The Last Command
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Hollywood - 1928!
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The Magic Empire of the
Twentieth Century!
The Mecca of the World!
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To this Hollywood had
come Leo Andreyev,
a Russian director ....
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"Every Russian in
Hollywood is in
that stack!"
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"Have him report
to work tomorrow
morning -"
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"- and fit him into a
General's uniform!"
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"The Eureka Studio
calling -"
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"Six tomorrow morning
- studio gate!"
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The Bread Line of
Hollywood.
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"Quit your shovin'! Who
do you think you are?"
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"One Corporal!"
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"One General!"
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"Quit shakin' your head!
How do you expect me
to make up?"
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"Excuse me, please - I
can't help it - I - I had
a great shock once!"
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"Where'd you get the
gadget from - steal it
out of a hock shop?"
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"The Czar gave it
to me."
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"What do you know about
that? The Czar gave him
this beautiful medal!"
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"I'm your pal - I want to
show it to everybody -"
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Imperial Russia - 1917.
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Proud, majestic, haughty
- seemingly eternal
as the ages!
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On a dozen far-flung battle
fronts, Russia was
engaged in a death grapple
with the enemy.
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Tireless in the defense of a
crumbling empire was the
Grand Duke Sergius Alexander,
cousin to the Czar, and
Commanding General of the
Russian Armies.
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"Everything is in perfect order,
Your Imperial Highness. There
is no need for you to tire
yourself with an inspection."
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"The revolutionists have
intercepted most of our
supplies."
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"Let him strut a little
longer! His days are
numbered!"
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"The days of all who are
dragging Russia down
are numbered!"
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"Only a few weeks
more - but they seem
an eternity!"
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"We have waited too
long to be impatient
now!"
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"You are ordered to
report for passport
examination in the
morning."
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"They are actors playing for
the troops and their passports
are in order - but our reports
show they are revolutionists -"
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"- she is Natalie Dabrova,
the most dangerous
revolutionist in Russia!"
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"Let's have them up!
He's dangerous enough
- - and she's pretty
enough - to merit my
personal attention!"
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"The second time this
week you've worn my
coat and smoked my
cigarettes!"
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"If he does it again -
remove the coat and
shoot the contents!"
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"So you two are serving
your country - - by
acting!"
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"A fine patriotic service -
when Russia is fighting
for her life!"
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"Why aren't you
in uniform?"
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"My lungs are weak."
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"Perhaps it is your courage
that is weak!"
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"It doesn't require courage
to send others to battle
and death!"
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"Put him under arrest!"
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"What is this man
to you?"
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"Nothing at all. He is Leo
Andreyev - the director
of the Kief Imperial
Theatre."
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"Orders from the General
Staff, Your Imperial
Highness!"
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"You will, of course,
honor us with your
company?"
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The new Headquarters.
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"Recall a division from
the front - - His
Majesty thinks the
war is a parlor game."
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"We can't spare a division
- we need every man!"
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"Don't argue! Have a
division deloused and
re-equipped - and send
it here immediately!"
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And so, with the flames of
war crackling along a
two-thousand mile front, troops
bitterly needed to defend Russia
played parade for the Czar.
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"Your Imperial Highness,
you are urgently needed
to dispatch instructions!"
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"The show will be over
in a minute!"
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"Russia relies on you,
dear cousin."
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After a week - after thousands
of men had spilled their
blood to defend a few inches
of earth - - there came a lull
between storms.
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"Where is the lady?"
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"I beg you to accept this
expression of gratitude
for your company."
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"That sort of thing
should always be done
after caviar!"
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"The General Staff, Your
Imperial Highness!"
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"His Majesty plans to visit the
front tomorrow! It might be
advisable to stage an offensive
for him in the morning - -
not too early!"
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"My troops are not prepared
for an offensive! I will not
sacrifice them merely for
the entertainment of the
Czar!"
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"That's what provides
fuel for the revolution!"
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"Can't you see the man
is very ill?"
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"I'll show you dirty
revolutionary dogs!"
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"Aren't you taking a
terrific risk in defying
the Czar's wishes?"
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"I would take any risk
to prevent a needless
sacrifice."
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"Then why do you
continue this stupid
war?"
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"We must have victory!
Defeat means revolution
- and the collapse of
Russia!"
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"Then you love Russia
so much?"
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"I would gladly die tonight
- if it would help Russia!"
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"Before you die - won't
you at least have coffee
with me - in my room?"
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"You are very beautiful!
One could easily fall in
love with you!"
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"Your hand is trembling!"
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"Will you get me my
cigarettes, please?
Yours are so strong!"
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"Why didn't you shoot?"
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"I don't know why I
didn't kill you -"
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"- I suppose it was because
I couldn't kill - anyone - who
loves Russia as much as
you do!"
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"From now on you are
my prisoner of war -"
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"- and my prisoner
of love."
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A group of obscure
people meet to
decide the fate of Russia.
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"Train Number 476, carrying
the Grand Duke Sergius
Alexander and staff, has left
for the front!"
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"Communicate with our
agents at once! Tonight
Russia becomes a
republic!"
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"If we get the right news
at the next station - His
Imperial Highness will
long remember this ride!"
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"His Imperial Highness will be
here in five minutes! Let's
give him the greatest reception
he has ever had!"
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"All out, Masters of
Russia! Last stop!"
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"People of Russia - you
are being led by traitors!"
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"We have been slaves too
long! Now we are the
masters!"
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"I'll be your servant just
once more! I'll place the
noose around your neck
myself!"
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"This is the end, Your
Imperial Highness! It
is our turn now!"
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"Let's hang him in
Petrograd - for all
the world to see!"
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"Look at him! The greatest
man in Russia -- greater
even than the Czar!"
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"Make him sweat as we
have sweated! Make him
stoke our train to
Petrograd!"
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"Would His Imperial
Highness care for one
of his cigarettes?"
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"To the locomotive!"
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"That woman belongs to
me - she goes with the
coat!"
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"Don't you understand?
It was the only way I
could save your life."
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"I love you!"
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"These pearls will
pay your way out
of Russia!"
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"I love you! I love you!"
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And so the backwash
of a tortured nation
had carried still another
extra to Hollywood.
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"Get the extra people
on the stage!"
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"The director has an
important part for
you, Pop. You've got
to look nice!"
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"Is that beard supposed
to be Russian? It looks
like an ad for cough
drops!"
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"In Russia, that was worn
on the left side. I know
because I was a general."
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"I've made twenty Russian
pictures. You can't tell
me anything about Russia!"
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"Get me a whip!"
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"I've waited ten years
for this moment, Your
Imperial Highness."
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"The same coat, the same
uniform, the same man
- - only the times have
changed!"
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"This is supposed to be
a trench scene of troops
just before a battle -"
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"You are the General
in command!"
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"The troops are tired of
war - tired of listening
to your pretty speeches -"
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"One of them becomes
violent - you strike him
with this whip!"
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"We won't have to
rehearse that scene -
I know you can use
a whip!"
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"Music, please - the
Russian National
Anthem."
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"Wind machine!"
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"Lights!"
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"Camera!"
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"What's the difference
who wins this war? -
We're sick and tired
of fighting -"
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"You've given your last
command! A new day
is here! Down with
your Russia!"
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"People of Russia, you
are being led by traitors
- we must win or Russia
will perish!"
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"The command is
forward - - to
victory -"
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"Long Live Russia!"
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"Have we won?"
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"Yes, Your Imperial
Highness - you have
won!"
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"Tough luck! That guy
was a great actor."
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"He was more than a
great actor - he was
a great man."
The
End
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