Louise

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Grace Moore

Louise

Age : 48 | Popularity : 4%

Georges Thrill

Julien

Age : 86 | Popularity : 3%

André Pernet

Le père de Louise

Age : 72 | Popularity : 3%

Suzanne Desprès

La mère de Louise

Age : 75 | Popularity : 3%

Félix Clément

Casimir

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Rivers Cadet

Le chansonnier

Age : 76 | Popularity : 7%

Pauline Carton

La première

Age : 89 | Popularity : 4%

Marcel Pérès

Le sculpteur

Age : 76 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Léonide Azar
Camera	Director of Photography	Curt Courant André Bac
Directing	Director	Abel Gance
Art	Production Design	Henri Mahé Georges Wakhévitch
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Georges Annenkov
Department	Role	Name

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