Scaramouche (1952 film) Scaramouche (1952 film) Scaramouche is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor romantic adventure film based on the 1921 novel "Scaramouche" by Rafael Sabatini as well as the 1923 film version starring Ramón Novarro. The film stars Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh, and Mel Ferrer. It was directed by George Sidney and produced by Carey Wilson from a screenplay by Ronald Millar and George Froeschel. The original music score was composed by Victor Young and the cinematography by Charles Rosher. In France just prior to the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoinette (Nina Foch) asks her cousin Noel, the Marquis de Maynes (Mel
Scaramouche (1952 film) one of his stipulations was that he star in the then-upcoming "Scaramouche" project. Ava Gardner was announced as Granger's co-star. Ricardo Montalban was signed to play the Marquis de Maynes, the villain. Talbot Jennings wrote the first script, Casey Wilson was assigned as producer and George Sidney as director. Eventually Montalban was dropped and it was announced Granger would play both the hero and the villain. Elizabeth Taylor was mentioned as a female lead in addition to Gardner. Granger was then cast in "Constable Pedley" (later called "The Wild North") which required location filming in snow. This meant he left