''The Clairvoyant'' (French: ''La voyante'') is a 1924 French silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Leon Abrams Leon David Abrams FRCS (1923–2012) was a British cardiothoracic surgeon who developed and implanted the first variable rate heart pacemaker, together with Ray Lightwood, at the University of Birmingham. Leon Abrams was born in Leeds. He ...

and starring

Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt (; born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 or 23 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including '' La Dame Aux Camel ...

Georges Melchior Georges Melchior (15 September 1889 – 2 September 1944) was a French actor of the silent era. He appeared in 67 films between 1911 and 1937. Selected filmography * ''Fantômas'' (1913) * '' L'Atlantide'' (1921) * '' The Clairvoyant'' (192 ...

and

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. It was based on a play by

Sacha Guitry Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and follow ...

. This was the final film of the celebrated stage actress

who died during production.Menefee p.39

Plot

Jean is thrown out of the house by his father, a remarried politician, out of jealousy for his friendship with his mother-in-law. He finds refuge at an artist's apartment. In the same building lives a famous fortune teller that the mother-in-law just happens to consult. With her help, Jean will be able to marry his young sweetheart and his father will solve his political troubles.

Cast

as Madame Gainard *

as Jean Detaille *

as Monsieur Detaille *

Mary Marquet Mary Marquet (born Micheline Marguerite Delphine Marquet; 14 April 1895 – 29 August 1979) was a French stage and film actress. Career Marquet came from a family of artists: her parents were actors, an aunt was a star dancer at the Paris Ope ...

as Madame Detaille *

Jean-François Martial Jean-François Martial (12 September 1891 – 18 October 1977) was a Belgians, Belgian actor who appeared in mostly French films beginning in the silent film era of the early 1910s until his retirement in the early 1960s. Born Martial Joseph Gh ...

as André Renaud *

Lili Damita Lili Damita (born Liliane Marie-Madeleine Carré; 10 July 1904 – 21 March 1994) was a French-American actress and singer who appeared in 33 films between 1922 and 1937. Early life and education Lili Damita was born Liliane Marie-Madeleine Car ...

as Suzanne *

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as La concierge *

Jeanne Brindeau Jeanne Brindeau (1860–1946) was a French stage and film actress.Capua p.129 Selected filmography * ''Ramuntcho'' (1919) * ''Enemies of Women'' (1923) * '' The Clairvoyant'' (1924) * '' The Fiery Cavalcade'' (1925) * '' The Hearth Turned Off'' ( ...

as Madame Gainard's Double *

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as Couturier *

Philippe Richard Philippe Richard (24 June 1891 – 24 December 1973) was a French film and theater actor. Richard was born in Saint-Étienne and began his film career in the early 1920s in silent film. In 1948 he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under S ...

as André Renaud *

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References

Bibliography

David W. Menefee David Wayne Menefee is an American writer and editor from Fort Worth, Texas. After his work as a journalist for the ''Dallas Times Herald,'' he wrote and published several works about stars of the silent film era. In addition, he has served as an ...

. ''The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004.

External links

* 1924 films French silent feature films 1924 drama films 1920s French-language films French black-and-white films Silent French drama films 1920s French films {{1920s-France-film-stub