Token - Madame Sans Gene Paramount ND

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTE FRATERNITE EGALITE
SANS GENE MEANS
YOU'LL NEVER WORRY
Madame Sans Gene
A PARAMOUNT PICTURE
WHITEHEAD - HOAG

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It was struck to promote the April 1925 release of the silent film Madame Sans-Gêne ("Madame Doesn't Care"), the story of a French washerwoman who becomes a duchess and friend of Napoleon. Not only did Gloria Swanson star in it, but she was also instrumental in securing permission for it to be filmed on location in France. The obverse inscription is a play upon the Latin phrase Pro Patria et Gloria ("For country and glory"); the reverse is a variation of the French national motto, Liberté Égalité Fraternité ("Liberty, Equality, Fraternity")(from tokencatalog.com)