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1928 film by Edward Sloman This article is about the 1928 film. For the Foreign Legion, see French Foreign Legion. For other uses, see Foreign legion (disambiguation).

The Foreign Legion
Poster
Directed by	Edward Sloman
Written by	Jack Jarmuth Charles Kenyon
Based on	The Red Mirage by I.A.R. Wylie
Starring	Norman Kerry Lewis Stone Mary Nolan
Cinematography	Jackson Rose
Edited by	Ted J. Kent
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	June 23, 1928 (1928-06-23)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Foreign Legion is a 1928 American silent adventure film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Norman Kerry, Lewis Stone, and Mary Nolan. The film is based on the 1913 novel The Red Mirage by I.A.R. Wylie. It was one of several Foreign Legion-themed films produced in the wake of the successful 1926 film Beau Geste. The production cost around $250,000, but was the subject of diplomatic protests from French authorities due to its depiction of brutality.

Cast

Norman Kerry as Richard Farquhar
Lewis Stone as Col. Destin
Crauford Kent as Capt. Arnaud
Mary Nolan as Sylvia Omney (credited as Imogene Robertson)
June Marlowe as Gabrielle
Walter Perry as Cpl. Gotz
Billy Seay as Richard as a Boy (uncredited)

Preservation

With no prints of The Foreign Legion located in any film archives, it is a lost film.

References

Progressive Silent Film List: The Foreign Legion at silentera.com
Vasey p. 203
Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Foreign Legion

Bibliography

Vasey, Ruth. "Beyond Sex and Violence," in Schatz, Thomas (ed.), Hollywood: Social Dimensions: Technology, Regulation and the Audience, Vol. III (2004). Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 0-415-28134-2

External links

The Foreign Legion at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Edward Sloman
Sequel to the Diamond from the Sky (1916) The Twinkler (1916) Fair Enough (1918) Molly of the Follies (1919) The Westerners (1919) The Luck of Geraldine Laird (1920) Blind Youth (1920) The Sagebrusher (1920) The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1920) Burning Daylight (1920) The Ten Dollar Raise (1921) The Other Woman (1921) Pilgrims of the Night (1921) Shattered Idols (1922) Backbone (1923) The Eagle's Feather (1923) The Last Hour (1923) The Price of Pleasure (1925) His People (1925) The Beautiful Cheat (1926) Butterflies in the Rain (1926) The Old Soak (1926) Surrender! (1927) Alias the Deacon (1928) The Foreign Legion (1928) We Americans (1928) Girl on the Barge (1929) The Lost Zeppelin (1929) The Kibitzer (1930) Hell's Island (1930) Puttin' On the Ritz (1930) Soldiers and Women (1930) The Conquering Horde (1931) Gun Smoke (1931) Murder by the Clock (1931) Caught (1931) His Woman (1931) Wayward (1932) There's Always Tomorrow (1934) A Dog of Flanders (1935) The Jury's Secret (1938)

Films directed by Edward Sloman

Sequel to the Diamond from the Sky (1916)
The Twinkler (1916)
Fair Enough (1918)
Molly of the Follies (1919)
The Westerners (1919)
The Luck of Geraldine Laird (1920)
Blind Youth (1920)
The Sagebrusher (1920)
The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1920)
Burning Daylight (1920)
The Ten Dollar Raise (1921)
The Other Woman (1921)
Pilgrims of the Night (1921)
Shattered Idols (1922)
Backbone (1923)
The Eagle's Feather (1923)
The Last Hour (1923)
The Price of Pleasure (1925)
His People (1925)
The Beautiful Cheat (1926)
Butterflies in the Rain (1926)
The Old Soak (1926)
Surrender! (1927)
Alias the Deacon (1928)
The Foreign Legion (1928)
We Americans (1928)
Girl on the Barge (1929)
The Lost Zeppelin (1929)
The Kibitzer (1930)
Hell's Island (1930)
Puttin' On the Ritz (1930)
Soldiers and Women (1930)
The Conquering Horde (1931)
Gun Smoke (1931)
Murder by the Clock (1931)
Caught (1931)
His Woman (1931)
Wayward (1932)
There's Always Tomorrow (1934)
A Dog of Flanders (1935)
The Jury's Secret (1938)

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