Under Two Flags (1936 film)

Infobox_Film
name = Under Two Flags


director = Frank Lloyd
starring = Ronald Colman Claudette Colbert Victor McLaglen Rosalind Russell Gregory Ratoff Nigel Bruce John Carradine.
music = Louis Silvers
cinematography = Ernest Palmer
editing = Ralph Dietrich
released = April 30, 1936
country = USA
runtime = 112 min.
language = English
distributor = Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
budget =
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amg_id = 1:115072
imdb_id = 0028442|

"Under Two Flags" is a 1936 adventure film, directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Ronald Colman, Claudette Colbert and Victor McLaglen. It was based on the 19th century novel of the same name by writer Ouida. The film has portions of action and melodrama and was widely popular with audiences of its time.

Plot

Victor (Ronald Colman) has taken the blame for his younger brother's crime and joins the French Foreign Legion to escape his past, taking with him his valet, Rake (Herbert Mundin). His commander is the ruthless Major Doyle (Victor McLaglen), who becomes jealous when Cigarette (Claudette Colbert), a cafe singer, sets her sights on Victor. He, however, is more interested in a refined Englishwoman, Lady Venetia (Rosalind Russell), and he eventually dumps Cigarette for her. Then, Doyle sends Victor off on a suicidal mission to get rid of his rival.

Cast

*Ronald Colman as Sergeant Victor
*Claudette Colbert as Cigarette
*Victor McLaglen as Major J.C. Doyle
*Rosalind Russell as Lady Venetia Cunningham
*Gregory Ratoff as Ivan
*Nigel Bruce as Captain Menzies
*C. Henry Gordon as Lieutenant Petaine
*Herbert Mundin as Rake
*John Carradine as Cafard
*Lumsden Hare as Lord Seraph
*J. Edward Bromberg as Colonel Ferol
*Onslow Stevens as Sidi-Ben Youssiff
*Fritz Leiber as French Governor
*Thomas Beck as Pierre
*William Ricciardi as Cigarette's Father
*Frank Reicher as French General
*Francis McDonald as Husson
*Harry Semels as Sergeant Malinas
*Nicholas Soussanin as Levine
*Douglas Gerrard as Colonel Farley

Trivia

*A large payment to cover the cost of remaking this movie caused Darrel F. Zanuck to become familiar with Lloyd's of London and led to him making the movie of the same name in the same year. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd%27s_of_London_%28film%29]
*The role of 'Cigarette' was originally filmed with Simone Simon but when Zanuck wasn't impressed with her footage he refilmed it with Claudette Colbert.
*Under Two Flags was previously filmed in 1912, 1916 and 1922.

Filming Locations

Imperial County, California, USA
Indio, California, USA
La Quinta, California, USA
Palm Canyon, California, USA
Palm Springs, California, USA
Yuma, Arizona, USA

External links

*tcmdb title|id=94403|title=Under Two Flags