The Bugler of Algiers

The Bugler of Algiers

50 mins | Drama | Nov. 27, 1916

Gabrielle Picard (Elda Hall) and Pierre Dupont (Rupert Julian) are lovers in a small French village in the early 1870s; Gabrielle's brother Anatole (Kingsley Benedict) is Pierre's best friend. The two young men are called to service by their country and go to Algiers. Anatole becomes the bugler and one day when he is commanded to sound the retreat, he sounds for the troops to charge instead. Anatole becomes a hero because of his action, but when the two men make their victorious return home, they find the Picard home ransacked and Gabrielle gone.

The Bugler of Algiers

50 mins | Drama | Nov. 27, 1916

The Bugler of Algiers
Gabrielle Picard (Elda Hall) and Pierre Dupont (Rupert Julian) are lovers in a small French village in the early 1870s; Gabrielle's brother Anatole (Kingsley Benedict) is Pierre's best friend. The two young men are called to service by their country and go to Algiers. Anatole becomes the bugler and one day when he is commanded to sound the retreat, he sounds for the troops to charge instead. Anatole becomes a hero because of his action, but when the two men make their victorious return home, they find the Picard home ransacked and Gabrielle gone.
Producers Bluebird Photoplays
Original title The Bugler of Algiers
Directors Rupert Julian
Writers Robert Hobart Davis, Elliott J. Clawson, Perley Poore Sheehan

Cast

Ella Hall

as Gabrielle

Kingsley Benedict

as Anatole Picard

Rupert Julian

as Pierre

Harry Carter

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Charles K. French

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Florence Noar

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Zoe Rae

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)