Under the Red Robe

Under the Red Robe

100 mins | Drama, History | Nov. 12, 1923

Under the Red Robe is a 1923 silent historical drama directed by Alan Crosland based upon the Stanley Weyman novel Under the Red Robe. The film marks the last motion picture appearance by stage actor Robert B. Mantell who plays Cardinal Richelieu and the only silent screen performance of opera singer John Charles Thomas.

Under the Red Robe

100 mins | Drama, History | Nov. 12, 1923

Under the Red Robe
Under the Red Robe is a 1923 silent historical drama directed by Alan Crosland based upon the Stanley Weyman novel Under the Red Robe. The film marks the last motion picture appearance by stage actor Robert B. Mantell who plays Cardinal Richelieu and the only silent screen performance of opera singer John Charles Thomas.
Producers Cosmopolitan Productions
Original title Under the Red Robe
Directors Alan Crosland
Writers Stanley J. Weyman, Bayard Veiller

Cast

Robert B. Mantell

as Cardinal Richelieu

Alma Rubens

as Renee de Cocheforet

Otto Kruger

as Henri de Cocheforet

John Charles Thomas

as Gil De Berault

William Powell

as Duke of Orleans

Mary MacLaren

as Anne of Austria

Paul Panzer

as French Army Lieutenant

Charles Judels

as Antoine

Ian Maclaren

as King Louis XIII

Genevieve Hamper

as Duchesse de Chevreuse

Sidney Herbert

as Father Joseph

Arthur Housman

as Captain La Rolle

George Nash

as Jules

Evelyn Gosnell

as Madame de Cocheforet

Rose Coghlan

as (uncredited)

Frank DeVernon

as (uncredited)

Byron Douglas

as (uncredited)

Martin Faust

as (uncredited)

Helen Mack

as (uncredited)