The Gaieties of the Squadron (1913)

Original title

Les gaîtés de l'escadron

Directed by

Maurice Tourneur

Genre

comedy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

30 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent French comedy follows the antics of soldiers in a barracks. Based on a stage farce, it shows their humorous misadventures and everyday routines.

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What happens

The Gaieties of the Squadron (French: Les gaîtés de l'escadron) is a 1913 French silent comedy film directed by Joseph Faivre and Maurice Tourneur and starring Edmond Duquesne, Henry Roussel and Henri Gouget. It is a military-based farce adapted from the popular play by Georges Courteline. Tourneur later remade it as a sound film Fun in the Barracks (1932). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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