| Beau Brummel | |
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| Directed by | Harry Beaumont |
| Written by | Dorothy Farnum |
| Based on | Beau Brummel (1890 play) by Clyde Fitch |
| Starring | John Barrymore Mary Astor Carmel Myers Willard Louis Irene Rich |
| Cinematography | David Abel |
| Edited by | Howard Bretherton |
| Music by | James Schafer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 135 minutes (10 reels) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
| Budget | $343,000[1] |
| Box office | $495,000[1] |
Beau Brummel is a 1924 American silent historical drama film starring John Barrymore and Mary Astor. The film was directed by Harry Beaumont and based upon Clyde Fitch's 1890 play, which had been performed by Richard Mansfield,[2] and depicts the life of the British Regency dandy Beau Brummell.
Several years after Barrymore's death, his daughter Diana Barrymore was shown a special screening of this film as she had never seen her father in any of his silent films.[3]
In 1952, the film entered the public domain in the United States because Warner Bros. did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.[4]
- ^ a b Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15: 55–73. doi:10.1080/01439689500260031.
- ^ Beau Brummel at silentera.com
- ^ The Barrymores in Hollywood by James Kotsilibas Davis, c.1981
- ^ Pierce, David (June 2007). "Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain". Film History: An International Journal. 19 (2): 125–43. doi:10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 25165419. OCLC 15122313. S2CID 191633078.. See Note #44, pg. 142.