''Spanish Nights'' (French:''Nuit d'Espagne'') is a 1931 American
Pre-Code
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drama film
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directed by
Henri de la Falaise
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and starring
Jeanne Helbling
Jeanne Helbling (July 26, 1903 – August 6, 1985) was a French film actressGoble p.37 and a prominent member of the French Resistance during World War II.
Selected filmography
* ''The Thruster'' (1924)
* '' Mandrin'' (1924)
* '' Captain Rascas ...
,
Rose Dione
Claudine Rosalie Gras (1 January 1877 – 1 January 1936), professionally known as Rose Dione, was a French-American actress who appeared in numerous silent era and pre-code films.
She appeared in more than 60 films between 1910 and 1 ...
and
Geymond Vital
Geymond Vital (24 January 1897 – 6 December 1987) was a French film, stage and television actor
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.
[Waldman & Slide, p. 133] It is the French-language version of ''
Transgression'', with only
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Adrienne D'Ambricourt (born Adrienne DuNontier; 2 June 1878 – 6 December 1957) was a French-American actress of the silent and sound film eras. She was born in Paris, and emigrated to the United States after the end of World War I.
Biography ...
appearing in both films.
Cast
*
Jeanne Helbling
Jeanne Helbling (July 26, 1903 – August 6, 1985) was a French film actressGoble p.37 and a prominent member of the French Resistance during World War II.
Selected filmography
* ''The Thruster'' (1924)
* '' Mandrin'' (1924)
* '' Captain Rascas ...
as Elsie Maury
*
Rose Dione
Claudine Rosalie Gras (1 January 1877 – 1 January 1936), professionally known as Rose Dione, was a French-American actress who appeared in numerous silent era and pre-code films.
She appeared in more than 60 films between 1910 and 1 ...
as Paula Vrain
*
Geymond Vital
Geymond Vital (24 January 1897 – 6 December 1987) was a French film, stage and television actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the ...
as Le marquis de Lupa
*
Jean Delmour
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People
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* Jea ...
as Robert Maury
*
Marcelle Corday
Marcelle Corday (8 January 1890 – 25 June 1971) was a Belgian-born American actress. She mostly played character parts in silent and sound films.
Corday was a niece of violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. She learned to play violin and piano, studyi ...
as Undetermined Role
*
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Adrienne D'Ambricourt (born Adrienne DuNontier; 2 June 1878 – 6 December 1957) was a French-American actress of the silent and sound film eras. She was born in Paris, and emigrated to the United States after the end of World War I.
Biography ...
as Julie
References
Bibliography
* Harry Waldman & Anthony Slide. ''Hollywood and the Foreign Touch: A Dictionary of Foreign Filmmakers and Their Films from America, 1910-1995''. Scarecrow Press, 1996.
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1931 films
1931 drama films
1930s French-language films
American drama films
Films directed by Henri de la Falaise
Films set in Spain
Films set in Paris
American multilingual films
American black-and-white films
1931 multilingual films
1930s American films
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