The Guardsman

The Guardsman

82 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 20, 1931

An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year, are already showing signs of strain in their marriage. The actor believes his wife is capable of infidelity and sets out to prove this is so. Disguising himself as the kind of man he believes she fancies (a Russian military officer), the actor woos his wife while she believes her husband to be out of town.

The Guardsman

82 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 20, 1931

The Guardsman
An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year, are already showing signs of strain in their marriage. The actor believes his wife is capable of infidelity and sets out to prove this is so. Disguising himself as the kind of man he believes she fancies (a Russian military officer), the actor woos his wife while she believes her husband to be out of town.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Guardsman
Directors Sidney Franklin, Harold S. Bucquet, Claudine West
Writers Ernest Vajda, Ferenc Molnár

Cast

Alfred Lunt

as The Actor

Lynn Fontanne

as The Actress

Roland Young

as The Critic

Zasu Pitts

as Liesl

Maude Eburne

as "Mama"

Herman Bing

as A Creditor

Ann Dvorak

as Fan Saying "There He Is" (uncredited)

Geraldine Dvorak

as Operagoer (uncredited)

Michael Mark

as The Actor's Valet (uncredited)

Eric Mayne

as Theatregoer (uncredited)