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Directed by former actor John Francis Dillon and edited by future Oscar nominee LeRoy Stone, the film surrounds an Austrian colonel who's holding a rebel count as a hostage, threatening to execute him unless his countess wife agrees to have sex with him. According to reviews of the time, the film was well-received, with most of the praise being levied on the soundtrack and cinematography.  
Directed by former actor John Francis Dillon and edited by future Oscar nominee LeRoy Stone, the film surrounds an Austrian colonel who's holding a rebel count as a hostage, threatening to execute him unless his countess wife agrees to have sex with him. According to reviews of the time, the film was well-received, with most of the praise being levied on the soundtrack and cinematography.  


However, due to its scandalous content such as a subplot revolving around a prostitute trying to steal the colonel's love for personal reasons, a scene where one of the ancestors of the countess jumps out of a portrait wearing only an ermine cloak and gets the colonel drunk, as well as a dreamt sex scene, it was given a very limited run and later banned under the Hays Code. Only audio of the film exists, as well as several stills.
However, due to its scandalous content such as a subplot revolving around a servant of the count trying to steal the colonel's love in order to get out of a marriage <ref>[http://vitaphonesoundtracks.blogspot.com/2013/04/bride-of-regiment-1930-complete.html A Blogspot about the film which contains the little information about the film's subplot.] Retrieved 16 Jan '22</ref>, a scene consisting of the countess's ancestor jumping out of a portrait with only a cloak on and getting the colonel drunk, and a dreamt sex scene, it was given a very limited run and later banned under the Hays Code. Only audio of the film exists, as well as several stills.


==Availability==
==Availability==
The audio of the film, preserved on Vitaphone records, is the most publicly available and easiest to track the origin, being posted on Youtube in two different parts by a channel dedicated to Vitaphone recordings. However, the rest of the evidence gathered is way more diverse, with concrete origins being few and far between, with a major example being many of the available stills, which randomly appeared on a website called notrecinema.com with no listed sources.<ref>[https://www.notrecinema.com/communaute/v1_detail_film.php3?lefilm=29487 notrecinema.com page of the film.] Retrieved 12 Jan '22</ref>  
The audio of the film, preserved on Vitaphone records, is the most publicly available and easiest to track the origin, being posted on Youtube in two different parts by a channel dedicated to Vitaphone recordings. However, the rest of the evidence gathered is way more diverse, with concrete origins being few and far between, with a major example being many of the available stills, which randomly appeared on a website called notrecinema.com with no listed sources.<ref>[https://www.notrecinema.com/communaute/v1_detail_film.php3?lefilm=29487 notrecinema.com page of the film.] Retrieved 12 Jan '22</ref>  


Newspaper evidence is no better, with brief coverage from ''New York Time'',<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1930/05/22/archives/the-screen.html ''New York Times'' article on the film.] Retrieved 12 Jan '22</ref> ''The Montreal Gazette'',<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VRQuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SYwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3461,1818808&dq=bride-of-the-regiment&hl=en Archived ''The Montreal Gazette'' article on the film.] Retrieved 12 Jan '22</ref> and even the ''Prescott Evening Courter''.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0Z4nAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9k8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4053,4555046&dq=bride-of-the-regiment+technicolor&hl=en ''Prescott Evening Courter'' article on the film.] Retrieved 12 Jan '22</ref> However, while extremely low-quality, a Discord user known as FuckLouisVIII has found some new stills from an episode of ''I've Got a Secret!'', so there might be hope for an actual lead yet.
Newspaper evidence is no better, with brief coverage from ''New York Time'',<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1930/05/22/archives/the-screen.html ''New York Times'' article on the film.] Retrieved 12 Jan '22</ref> ''The Montreal Gazette'',<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VRQuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SYwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3461,1818808&dq=bride-of-the-regiment&hl=en Archived ''The Montreal Gazette'' article on the film.] Retrieved 12 Jan '22</ref> and even the ''Prescott Evening Courter''.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0Z4nAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9k8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4053,4555046&dq=bride-of-the-regiment+technicolor&hl=en ''Prescott Evening Courter'' article on the film.] Retrieved 12 Jan '22</ref> However, while extremely low-quality, a Discord user known as FuckLouisVIII has found some new stills from an episode of ''I've Got a Secret'', so there might be hope for an actual lead.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Videos===
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===Images===
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File: Bride Of The Regiment still.jpg| The colonel first entering the count's castle.
File: Bride Of The Regiment still2.jpg| The count and countess returning from church after their marriage.
File: Bride Of The Regiment still3.jpg| The servant's musical number.
File: Bride Of The Regiment still4.jpg| The servant with her fiancé.
</gallery>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 02:12, 17 January 2022

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Bride Of The Regiment poster.jpg.jpg

Official poster for the movie's theatrical release.

Status: Partially Lost

Bride of the Regiment is a 1930 technicolor film meant to be a remake of the 1927 film known as The Lady In Ermine, starring Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon, and Allan Prior as the three main characters.

Directed by former actor John Francis Dillon and edited by future Oscar nominee LeRoy Stone, the film surrounds an Austrian colonel who's holding a rebel count as a hostage, threatening to execute him unless his countess wife agrees to have sex with him. According to reviews of the time, the film was well-received, with most of the praise being levied on the soundtrack and cinematography.

However, due to its scandalous content such as a subplot revolving around a servant of the count trying to steal the colonel's love in order to get out of a marriage [1], a scene consisting of the countess's ancestor jumping out of a portrait with only a cloak on and getting the colonel drunk, and a dreamt sex scene, it was given a very limited run and later banned under the Hays Code. Only audio of the film exists, as well as several stills.

Availability

The audio of the film, preserved on Vitaphone records, is the most publicly available and easiest to track the origin, being posted on Youtube in two different parts by a channel dedicated to Vitaphone recordings. However, the rest of the evidence gathered is way more diverse, with concrete origins being few and far between, with a major example being many of the available stills, which randomly appeared on a website called notrecinema.com with no listed sources.[2]

Newspaper evidence is no better, with brief coverage from New York Time,[3] The Montreal Gazette,[4] and even the Prescott Evening Courter.[5] However, while extremely low-quality, a Discord user known as FuckLouisVIII has found some new stills from an episode of I've Got a Secret, so there might be hope for an actual lead.

Gallery

Videos

Bride of the Regiment (audio only 1/2).

Bride of the Regiment (audio only 2/2).

Images

References