Captain of the Guard (1930) DVD-R

Starring Laura La Plante, John Boles, Sam De Grasse, James A. Marcus, Lionel Belmore
Directed by John S. Robertson, and 1 more credit »

Print: black/white
Audio: Silent with English title cards.
Runtime: 83 min.
Print quality: C
Genre: drama

Begins with Rouget de Lisle, as a captain of the King's Guards and a Royalist music teacher, falling in love with Marie Marnay, an innkeeper's daughter who has some political beliefs that do not include kings or queens. As time goes by, he writes "La Marseillaise", and she leads a revolution.