Figure 1.-- Here we see Pargot Maurice Chavalier) , I think with Blanquette and Asticott. |
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'The Beloved Vagabond' has a complicated plot. It must have been a popular story because two silent films were made of the book before this production was shot. Each is alittle different. The French title is "Le Vagabond bien-aimé". And the shooting included both a French and English version. The main hertthrob is Mauruce Chevalier who plays Pargot, an archetect. He is in love with the boss's daughter--Joanna Rushworth (Betty Stockfield). She chooses another man. Disdraught he quits his job and returns to his native France. (This apparently is what attracted Chevalier to the film. His career in Hollywood was stagnating.) Chevalier is traveling with young Asticot (Desmond Tester) when the two meet a gypsy woman--Blanquette (Margaret Lockwood). She was orphaned at a young age. They form a minstrel act which provides an excuse for converting the film into a musical. The two fall in love, but Paragot is still stuck on Joanna. Hec returns to England to persue her. She neve goit married and is receotive to his advances. He soon learns about her true character and realize that Blanquette is his true love and he hightails it back to France. Perhaps one of our readers understands the plot better.
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