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{{short description|1923 film by Stuart Paton}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{italic title}} {{infobox film | name = Bavu | image = Bavu (1923) - 2.jpg | caption = [[Wallace Beery]] as Bavu | director = [[Stuart Paton]] | producer = [[Carl Laemmle]] | writer = [[Raymond L. Schrock]]<br>Albert Kenyon | based_on = {{basedon|''The Attic of Felix Bavu''|[[Earl Carroll]]}} | starring = [[Wallace Beery]] | music = | cinematography = [[Allen M. Davey]] | editing = | distributor = [[Universal Pictures]] | released = {{film date|1923|05|07}} | runtime = 8 [[reel#Motion picture terminology|reels]] | country = United States | language = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s) }} '''''Bavu''''' is a 1923 [[silent film|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]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Search?searchField=MovieName&searchText=bavu |title=American Film Institute Catalog: ''Bavu'' |access-date=December 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/Bavu1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''Bavu''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203172630/http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/Bavu1923.html |date=December 3, 2023 }} at silentera.com</ref> The film is a period piece involving [[Bolsheviks]] and the [[Russian Revolution]].

==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.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Reid |first=Laurence |title="Bavu" |journal=Motion Picture News |date=1924 |volume=XXVII |issue=17 |pages=2059 }}</ref>

==Cast== * [[Wallace Beery]] as Felix Bavu * [[Estelle Taylor]] as Princess Annia * [[Forrest Stanley]] as Mischka Vleck * [[Sylvia Breamer]] as Olga Stropik * [[Josef Swickard]] as Prince Markoff * [[Nick De Ruiz]] as Kuroff * [[Martha Mattox]] as Piplette * [[Harry Carter (actor)|Harry Carter]] as Shadow * Jack Rollens as Michael Revno

==Preservation== With no prints of ''Bavu'' found in any film archives,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3631/default.html |title=Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Bavu'' |access-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002102318/http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3631/default.html |url-status=live }}</ref> it is a [[lost film]].

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Bavu (film)}} *{{IMDb title|0013863|Bavu}} {{Stuart Paton}}

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