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Cyrano De Bergerac (Silent) (1925)
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Edmond Rostand's Cyrano De Bergerac was a triumph from the moment of its premiere on December 28, 1897.It has become the most popular play of the modern French theater, and Cyrano, despite an ugly visage dominated by an enormous nose, has become a world-beloved symbol of generosity, magnanimity of spirit and beauty of soul.
The wonderful Cyrano of this film, Pierre Magnier, understudied Coquelin in the original stage production.He toured with Coquelin and Sarah Bernhardt in 1900, playing Laertes to her Hamlet.Magnier frequently performed Cyrano following Coquelin's death in 1909 and remained active on stage and in films for another forty | | |