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Louise (1939)

ALL 04/16/1939 (fr) 83 Min
  • Release
    04/16/1939
  • Production
    SPPF
  • Rotten tomato
    53%
  • Original title
    Louise
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

What was it about opera diva Grace Moore that attracted the attention of filmdom's top directors? Moore's 1937 American movie vehicle When You're in Love had been directed by Josef Von Sternberg; two years later, her French starrer Louise was helmed by no less than Abel Gance, who a decade earlier had revolutionized the "historical epic" genre with the awesome Napoleon. There was, however, little that was revolutionary in this cinemadaption of Gustave Charpentier's opera. Moore plays Louise, a poor seamstress who is led astray by the rakish Julien (Georges Thill). After falling from grace (no pun intended), our heroine is rescued by her understanding father (Andre Pernet), who demonstrates his forgiveness by singing to her (it is, after all, an opera). Though it played to enthusiastic crowds in both London and Paris, Louise turned out to be Grace Moore's final film; conversely, Abel Gance continued to make commercial potboilers well into the 1970s.

  1. Abel Gance

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Léonide Azar

    Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Grace Moore

    Louise

  2. Georges Thrill

    Julien

  3. André Pernet

    Le père de Louise

  4. Suzanne Desprès

    La mère de Louise

  5. Félix Clément

    Casimir

  6. Rivers Cadet

    Le chansonnier

  7. Pauline Carton

    La première

  8. Marcel Pérès

    Le sculpteur

  9. Jacqueline Gauthier

    Alphonsine

  10. Jacqueline Prévot

    Une cousette

  11. Edmond Beauchamp

    Le philosophe

  12. Robert Le Vigan

    Le peintre Gaston

  13. Ginette Leclerc

    Lucienne

  14. Claude Benedict

    (uncredited)

  15. Roger Blin

    (uncredited)

  16. Georges Douking

    (uncredited)

  17. Renée Gardès

    (uncredited)

  18. Simone Gauthier

    A seamstress (uncredited)

  19. Philippe Janvier

    (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 19 , Crews : 7

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Louise (1939) 83 Min

ALL 04/16/1939 (fr)
  • Release 04/16/1939
  • Production
    SPPF
  • Original title Louise
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

What was it about opera diva Grace Moore that attracted the attention of filmdom's top directors? Moore's 1937 American movie vehicle When You're in Love had been directed by Josef Von Sternberg; two years later, her French starrer Louise was helmed by no less than Abel Gance, who a decade earlier had revolutionized the "historical epic" genre with the awesome Napoleon. There was, however, little that was revolutionary in this cinemadaption of Gustave Charpentier's opera. Moore plays Louise, a poor seamstress who is led astray by the rakish Julien (Georges Thill). After falling from grace (no pun intended), our heroine is rescued by her understanding father (Andre Pernet), who demonstrates his forgiveness by singing to her (it is, after all, an opera). Though it played to enthusiastic crowds in both London and Paris, Louise turned out to be Grace Moore's final film; conversely, Abel Gance continued to make commercial potboilers well into the 1970s.

  1. Abel Gance

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Léonide Azar

    Editor

  4. Producer



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