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The Perfume Of The Lady In Black (1931 Film)
''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (French: ''Le parfum de la dame en noir'') is a 1931 French mystery film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Roland Toutain, Huguette Duflos, and Marcel Vibert.Spicer p.455 It is an adaptation of the 1908 novel ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' by Gaston Leroux featuring the detective Joseph Rouletabille. It follows on from L'Herbier's ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' made the previous year. It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Schild. Cast * Roland Toutain as Joseph Rouletabille * Huguette Duflos as Mathilde * Marcel Vibert as Le vieux Bob * Léon Belières as Sainclair * Edmond Van Daële as Robert Darzac * Wera Engels as Edith Rance * Kissa Kouprine as Marie * Henri Kerny Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier (; 23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked on cultural programmes for French television. He also fulfilled many administrative roles in the French film industry, and he was the founder and the first President of the French film school Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). Early life Marcel L'Herbier was born in Paris on 23 April 1888 into a professional and intellectual family, and as he grew up he demonstrated a multi-talented disposition for sports, dancing, debating and the arts. He attended a Society of Mary (Marists), Marist school and then the Lycée Voltaire (Paris), Lycée Voltaire, followed by the École des Hautes Études Sociales in Paris. He worked hard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |