Madame Sans-Gêne (1925 film)


Madame Sans-Gêne is a 1925 American silent romantic costume comedy-drama film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Gloria Swanson. Based on the play of the same name by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau, the film is now considered lost. A vintage movie trailer displaying short clips of the film still exists however.

Plot

A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.

Production background

The film was produced and filmed in France, as Swanson was on extended vacation there. She soon became involved with Henri de la Falaise, hired by Paramount to be her French interpreter, and who later became her third husband.

Cast