Beau Brummel is a 1924 American silent historical drama film starring John Barrymore and Mary Astor.

The film was directed by Harry Beaumont and based upon Clyde Fitch's 1890 play, which had been performed by Richard Mansfield,[2] and depicts the life of the British Regency dandy Beau Brummell.

She loves Beau Brummel, a penniless captain in the Tenth Hussars, but has been pressured into agreeing to marry Lord Alvanley, exchanging her family's wealth for social standing and a title.

Embittered, Brummel decides to seek revenge against society using his "charm, wit and personal appearance".

By 1811, Brummel has made his house in London the "rendezvous of the smart world" and himself the arbiter of fashion.

No longer able to fend off his creditors as a result of the withdrawal of the Prince's favor, Brummel flees to Calais to avoid going to debtors' prison, accompanied only by his loyal butler Mortimer.

Without his master's knowledge, Mortimer goes to see the King, pretending to represent Brummel in an effort to heal the breach.

[5] Barrymore and Willard Louis, who played the Prince of Wales, frequently told bawdy jokes rather than say their lines, since it was a silent film.

[5] The picture was a remake of a 1913 version and was in turn remade in 1954 with Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Ustinov, although the latter film restored the original spelling of "Brummell."