Name: The Duchess of Buffalo
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Released: 1926-09-04
Duration: 65 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Constance Talmadge, Tullio Carminati, Edward Martindel, Rose Dione, Chester Conklin

The Duchess of Buffalo

ZOWSKI! She danced on her toes and put Russia on it's ear! Napoleon's retreat from Moscow wasn't half so sensational as Connie's entry.

An American dancer on a tour of pre-Boleshevik Russia falls for a young army officer, and the feeling is mutual. However, the officer's father is the Grand Duke of Russia, and he has designs on the girl himself--not letting a minor detail like his already being married bother him--and refuses to let his son marry her.

ComedyRomanceDrama

DirectorSidney Franklin

WritersHanns Kräly, F. Martos, Max Brody

StatusReleased

LanguageEnglish

Release DateSeptember 4, 1926

Runtime1h 5m

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

June 6, 20227/10

Constance Talmadge is super in this gentle farce about a dancer on a tour on Imperial Russia. She attracts the attention of dashing, handsome "Orloff" (Tullio Carminati) and the two hit it off nicely. Their relationship causes a bit of jealously - not least from the Grand Duke "Gregory", who just happens to the married father of our young dragoon - and who attempts to put the kibosh on their burgeoning courtship. What ensues is a pleasant mini-farce as the girl has to deal with her love, her charming, useful but unwanted elderly suitor - and, of course, his wife - the little cabbage Grand Duchess "Olga" (Rose Dione). Sidney Franklin has adapted Max Brod's unheralded play "Sybil" well, the story is simple and amusing - there's a quite a fun scene with the two men, the two women and a wardrobe (no Narnia!) that knits the story effectively towards the end... Many filmmakers of the time chose the Romanov court as a sentimental backdrop for their stories, and this is certainly amongst the best.