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The Mystery of the Villa Rose
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Wikipedia article
'The Mystery of the Villa Rose' (French: 'Le mystre de la villa rose') is a 1930 French mystery film directed by Ren Hervil and Louis Mercanton and starring Lon Mathot, Simone Vaudry, and Louis Baron fils.Crisp p.104
Production
The film is based on the 1910 novel 'At the Villa Rose' by A.E.W. Mason. A separate English-language version 'At the Villa Rose' was made by Twickenham Studios. The film's sets were designed by James A. Carter. Different sources disagree over where the French-language version was actually made, with one claim that it was produced at Twickenham as the first bilingual film in Britain.Richards p.41-42 Alternatively it is suggested that it was made at the newly established Courbevoie Studios in Paris, in which case it could lay a claim to be one of the earliest French sound films.Crisp p.104 Britain had converted to sound faster than France so several French filmmakers went to British studios to make films for release in France. Another French-language version of a Mason novel 'La Maison de la Flche', was also shot at Twickenham during the period.
Cast
* Lon Mathot as Langeac
* Simone Vaudry as Mado Dubreuil
* Louis Baron fils as Le Maillan
* Hlna Manson as Hlne Vauquier
* Georges Pclet as Mortagne
* Alice Ael as Madame Dauvray
* Jacques Henley as Le juge d'instruction
* Dahlia as L'inconnue
* Jean Mercanton as Le petit garon
* Ren Montis as Le chauffeur
References
Bibliography
* Crisp, C.G. 'The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960'. Indiana University Press, 1993.
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