''La Maison de la Fléche'' is a 1930
French mystery film
A mystery film is a film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur Detective, sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, ...
directed by
Henri Fescourt
Henri Fescourt (23 November 1880 – 9 August 1966) was a French film director. He directed some 40 films in his career.
Filmography
* 1912 : ''Un vol a été commis''
* 1912 : ''Le Petit restaurant de l'impasse Canin''
* 1912 : ''Paris-Saint ...
, starring
Alice Field
Alice Field (1903–1969) was a French Algerian stage and film actress.Goble p.322
Partial filmography
* ''Villa Destin'' (1921)
* ''Visages voilés... âmes closes'' (1921) - La seconde épouse de Hadji
* ''Atlantis'' (1930) - Madame Lambert
...
,
Léon Mathot
Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in ''The Count of Monte Cristo (1918 series), The Count of Monte Cristo'' se ...
and
. The film was based on the 1924 novel ''
The House of the Arrow'' by
A.E.W. Mason
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 – 22 November 1948) was an English author and Liberal Party Member of Parliament. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime, '' The Four Feathers'', and is also known ...
, and was made at
Twickenham Studios
Twickenham ( ) is a suburban district of London, England, on the River Thames southwest of Charing Cross. Historic counties of England, Historically in Middlesex, since 1965 it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, who ...
in London as part of a co-production that saw an
English-language version directed by
Leslie S. Hiscott.
Cast
*
Annabella
Annabella, Anabella, or Anabela is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Annabella of Scotland (c. 1433–1509), daughter of King James I
*Annabella (actress) (1907–1996), stage name of French actress Suzanne Georgette C ...
- Betty Harlowe
*
Alice Field
Alice Field (1903–1969) was a French Algerian stage and film actress.Goble p.322
Partial filmography
* ''Villa Destin'' (1921)
* ''Visages voilés... âmes closes'' (1921) - La seconde épouse de Hadji
* ''Atlantis'' (1930) - Madame Lambert
...
- Ann Upcott
*
Léon Mathot
Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in ''The Count of Monte Cristo (1918 series), The Count of Monte Cristo'' se ...
- Langeac
*
- Jim Frobisher
*
Jeanne Brindeau - Miss Harlowe
*
Henri Desfontaines
Henri Desfontaines (12 November 1876, Paris – 7 January 1931, Paris) was a French film director, actor, and scriptwriter.
Filmography
As director
* 1908 : ''Hamlet''
* 1909 : '' Le Puits et le pendule''
* 1910 : '' Un invité gênant' ...
- Bex
*
Nadia Debory - Francine Juliard
*
Marcel de Garcin - Thévenet
*
Robert Casa
Robert Gabriel Guillaume Casadesus, known as Robert Casa (23 January 1878 in Paris, France – 30 May 1940) was a French composer, singer and stage and film actor. He was a member of a prominent French musical family, and best known today as ...
- Girardot
*
Max Maxudian - Boris Waberski
External links
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1930 films
British mystery films
1930 mystery films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Henri Fescourt
Films based on British novels
Films based on mystery novels
French multilingual films
French black-and-white films
French mystery films
1930 multilingual films
1930s British films
1930s French films
Films based on works by A. E. W. Mason
French-language mystery films
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