Scaramouche

TCM's Dave Karger introduces Scaramouche, 1952.

TCM's Dave Karger introduces Scaramouche, 1952.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Scaramouche, 1952.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Scaramouche, 1952.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Scaramouche, 1952.

Summoned by his cousin Marie Antoinette (Nina Foch) for piercing too many noblemen, swordsman Marquis de Maynes (Mel Ferrer) is introduced to favored marriage prospect Aline (Janet Leigh), early in MGM's Scaramouche, 1952, also starring Stewart Granger and Eleanor Parker.

First scene for Lenore (Eleanor Parker), an actress hiding her background, en route to marry sausage merchant Vanneau (Howard Freeman) when her rogue ex-boyfriend Andre (Stewart Granger) catches up, pre-Revolutionary France, in MGM's Scaramouche, 1952.

Marquis de Maynes (Mel Ferrer) an agent for the queen, up to his usual tricks, goading Revolution-sympathetic young nobleman Philippe (Richard Anderson) into a duel, his virtual brother Andre (Stewart Granger) failing to intercede, in MGM's Scaramouche, 1952.

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder in Scaramouche (1952).