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Adolphe Menjou in "A Gentleman of Paris" (1927)

Edward de Marignan, a cynical young Parisian noble, is a French aristocrat and seducer who flirts with every Parisian girl he meets. With a weakness for women, Le Marquis de Marignan is a brazen womanizer who spends most of his life escaping the wrath of husbands he has angered. Joseph, his faithful valet, frequently rescues edward from disaster. Edward promises to retire from his irresponsible life of pleasure. Just as he arrives home from an all-night party, he is paid an unexpected visit by his fiancée (Jacqueline), her father (General de Latour), and her mother; and with the help of his efficient valet, he receives them properly. Edward is advised by his prospective father-in-law to give up his euphemistic morning exercises and boxing kangaroos. To appease the general, Edward sends word to his women friends that he is to be married. He goes to a modiste's to bid farewell to Henriette, Joseph's wife, and is discovered by the valet, who thereupon gives him notice. Edward and Jacqueline are married, and following a houseparty, he gambles heavily with Dufour. But when Joseph finds out that among his boss' conquests, he has been sleeping with the valet's wife, the vengeful plots a scheme to publicly humiliate Marquis, and slips an ace up Edward's sleeve, causing him to be accused of as a card cheat. The ruse works, all societal hell breaks amusingly loose, but Edward manages to have the last laugh by faking his own suicide and returning to haunt Joseph, and his loyalty moves him to confessi his scheme. Edward and his wife are then happily reunited. A 1927 American Black & White silent comedy film, directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, produced by Jesse L. Lasky and Adolph Zukor, adaptation by Benjamin Glazer, intertitles by Herman J. Mankiewicz, loosely based on the novel and play "Bellamy the Magnificent" by Roy Horniman, cinematography by Harold Rosson, starring Adolphe Menjou, Shirley O Hara, Arlette Marchal, Ivy Harris, Nicholas Soussanin, Lawrence Grant, William B. Davidson, and Lorraine MacLean. Four feet of Two-Strip Technicolor footage were included somewhere in the film at the time of its original release. This was the basis for film "A Certain Young Man" (1928). Adolphe Menjou (1890-1963), born Adolphe Jean Menjou in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's "A Woman of Paris" (1923), in the the lead role; Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory" (1957) with Kirk Douglas; Ernst Lubitsch's "The Marriage Circle" (1924); "The Sheik" (1921) with Rudolph Valentino; "Morocco" (1930) with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper; "A Star Is Born" (1937) with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March; and was nominated for an Academy Award for "The Front Page" (1931). Attracted to the vaudeville stage, he made his movie debut in "The Blue Envelope Mystery" (1916). During World War I, he served as a captain in the United States Army Ambulance Service, for which he trained in Pennsylvania before going overseas.After returning from the war, Menjou gradually rose through the ranks with small but fruitful roles. By 1922, he was receiving top or near-top billing, with a selection of those films being with Famous Players–Lasky. The crash of the stock market in 1929 meant that his contract with Paramount was cancelled, but he went on to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and continued on with films (now talkies) in a variety of ways, with his knowledge of French and Spanish helping at key times, although his starring roles declined by this point. This is an interesting and elegant comedy very influenced by Monta Bell and especially Ernst Lubitsch, who obviously Herr d'Arrast admired. Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, was an unknown film director who entered American films during the silent year of 1922 and then assisted Charlie Chaplin on "A Woman Of Paris" (1923) and "The Gold Rush" (1925). This mysterious film director, born in Argentina, only directed eight films. Menjou was a staunch Republican who equated the Democratic Party with socialism. He supported the Hoover administration's policies during the Great Depression. In 1947, Menjou cooperated with the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Menjou was a leading member of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, a group formed to oppose "communist influence" in Hollywood, whose members included John Wayne, Barbara Stanwyck, and her husband, Robert Taylor. For his contributions to the motion picture industry, Menjou has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6826 Hollywood Boulevard. A stylishly directed comedy of manners that uses the camera masterfully. With many moments of remarkable high comedy, there's nothing outstanding here. Menjou is much better playing basically the same character in Charlie Chaplin's directorial debut, "A Woman of Paris" (1923). Far from a must-see, recommended for fans of the silent era, and Adolphe Menjou completists.