The Pearls of the Crown
| The Pearls of the Crown | |
|---|---|
Films Sonores Tobis | |
Release date | 12 May 1937 |
Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Languages | French English Italian |
The Pearls of the Crown (
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Plot
Tracing the history of seven valuable pearls of the English Crown from the time of
Cast
- Viscount Barras/Old Napoleon III
- Jacqueline Delubac as Françoise Martin/Mary, Queen of Scots/Josephine
- Lyn Harding as John Russell/Henry VIII
- Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne
- Enrico Glori as Pope's Chamberlain
- Ermete Zacconi as Pope Clement VII
- Barbara Shaw as Anne Boleyn
- Empress Eugenie
- Arletty as Queen of Abyssinia
- Marcel Dalio as Abyssinian Minister/Jewel Seller
- Claude Dauphin as Italian in Abyssinia
- Robert Seller as Englishman in Abyssinia
- Ponzio as Singing worker
- Andrews Engelmann as The Lead Robber
- Queen Elizabeth I/Queen Victoria
- Raimu as Industrialist
- Lisette Lanvin as Femme du monde/Reine Victoria
- Pierre Juvenet as The Expert
- Henri Crémieux as Auctioneer
- Henri IV
- Germaine Aussey as Gabrielle d'Estrées
- Madame Du Barry
- Damia as Woman of the People
- Di Mazzei as Sans-coulotte
- Jean-Louis Barrault as Lorenzo de Medicia/Young Bonaparte
- Talleyrand
- Napoleon I(1815)
- Huguette Duflos as Queen Hortense
- Empress Eugenie(1865)
- Violet Farebrother as An Old Lady
- Catherine d'Aragon
- Marie Leconte as A Woman in Misery
- Pierre Magnier as An Old Lord
- Cécile Sorel as A Courtesan (5th billed in star credit!)
- Lillie Grandval as Opera Soprano
- Jean Coquelin as An Old man
- Gaston Dubosc as A Grand Duke
- Pauline Carton as Femme du Chambre
- Anaclara as La négresse
- Colette Borelli as Mary Stuart (girl)
- Julien Clément as Le gigolo
- Marfa d'Hervillyas La vieille courtisane
- Denis de Marney as Darnley
- Aline Debray
- Dynalik as Le petit rat
- Georges Fels as ?
- Eugénie Fougère as La vieille coquette
- Gary Garland as Une passagère sur le Normandie
- Anthony Gildès as Le vieil hongrois
- Georges Grey as Le jeune hongrois
- Geneviève Guitry as ?
- Lautner as Le Titien
- Oléo as La petite poule
- Jacqueline Pacaud as Jane Seymour
- Annie Rozanne as ?
- Léon Walther as Anne de Montmorency
- Laurence Atkins as Madame Tallien/Madame d'Estampes
- Jacques Berlioz as ?
- ? as Hipollite
- Humberto Catalano as Spanelli (uncredited!)
- James Craven as Hans Holbein
- Derrick De Marney as Darnley
- Fred Duprez as An American
- Romuald Joubé as Clouet
- Darling Légitimus as ?
- Cardinal Wolsey
- Catherine de Medici(girl)
Critical reception
Writing for Night and Day in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a good review claiming that it "entertained me even more than it irritated me". Admitting some degree of distaste in director Guitry's general style and demeanor, Greene found admiration in Guitry's "ingenious[] attempts to give a wider circulation to a French picture by working the story out in three languages" and described his use of language in certain scenes as "cunningly and quite naturally arranged". Greene praised the story and the acting of Guitry and Delubac.[3]
TV Guide gave the film three out of four stars, writing, "Although Guitry chose to push the audience's patience a bit by filming the story in three languages, PEARLS OF THE CROWN is one of his finest works, and perhaps his least theatrical. (In French, Italian, and English; English subtitles)."[4]
References
- ^ "Les PERLES DE LA COURONNE (1937)". Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "Les Perles De La Couronne (1937) - Christian-Jaque,Sacha Guitry - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ISBN 0192812866.)
- ^ "Pearls Of The Crown". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
External links
- The Pearls of the Crown at IMDb
