''Under the Red Robe'' is a 1923 American silent

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directed by

Alan Crosland Alan Crosland (August 10, 1894 – July 16, 1936) was an American stage actor and film director. He is noted for having directed the first feature film using spoken dialogue, '' The Jazz Singer'' (1927). Early life and career Born in New York C ...

based upon the Stanley Weyman novel '' Under the Red Robe''. The film marks the last motion picture appearance by stage actor

Robert B. Mantell Robert Bruce Mantell (7 February 1854 – 27 June 1928) was a noted Shakespearean stage actor who made several silent films. His mother was Elizabeth Bruce Mantell who objected to her son becoming an actor so he used the name Robert Hudson earl ...

who plays

Cardinal Richelieu Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu (; 9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French clergyman and statesman. He was also known as ''l'Éminence rouge'', or "the Red Eminence", a term derived from the ...

and the only silent screen performance of opera singer John Charles Thomas. The novel was refilmed in the sound era in 1937 as '' Under the Red Robe'' directed by

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Cast

Preservation

The film survives complete at the

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. A Samuel Goldwyn release, it was donated by

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.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Under the Red Robe''
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* * * * 1923 films American silent feature films Films directed by Alan Crosland Goldwyn Pictures films American historical films Films set in the 1620s Films set in the 1630s 1920s historical films American black-and-white films Cultural depictions of Cardinal Richelieu 1920s American films {{historic-film-stub