Bavu

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Bavu

1923 film by Stuart Paton

Bavu is a 1923 silent American drama film directed by Stuart Paton, starring Wallace Beery in the title role, and written by Albert Kenyon and Raymond L. Schrock based upon a play by Earl Carroll.[1][2] The film is a period piece involving Bolsheviks and the Russian Revolution.

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Plot

According to the Motion Picture News: A Russian revolutionist incites the peasantry to burn the city. Mischka, a former servant in the nobelman's home, is commissioner of licenses under the new administration. He loves the princess and in order to get her out of the country it is necessary to have the passport sealed with the revolutionist's ring. A fight follows, but Mischka escapes with the girl while Bavu drowns in the pursuit.[3]

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Bavu found in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.

References

  1. [1]
    American Film Institute Catalog: Bavu
  2. [2]
    Progressive Silent Film List: Bavu at silentera.com
  3. [3]
    Reid, Laurence (1924). ""Bavu"". Motion Picture News. XXVII (17): 2059.
  4. [4]
    Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Bavu
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