''The Queen's Necklace'' (French: ''Le collier de la reine'') is a 1929 synchronzied sound French

historical History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categ ...

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directed by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel and starring Marcelle Chantal, Georges Lannes and Diana Karenne. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects. Klossner p.77 The film is an adaptation of

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas , was a French novelist and playwright. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the mos ...

's novel '' The Queen's Necklace'' which portrays the Affair of the Diamond Necklace which occurred before the French Revolution. The film's art direction was by

Lucien Carré Lucien Carré (born 1904) was a French art directorCapua p.127 active in the French cinema designing film sets from the late 1920s to the late 1950s. He worked frequently with the director André Hunebelle as well as Julien Duvivier and Anatole ...

. The film was made and distributed by Gaumont. In Germany it was released by the major studio UFA. Like many film from the early sound era, the film was shot as a

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

and then was synchronized with a musical score and sound effect

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Cast

* Marcelle Chantal as La comtesse de la Motte * Georges Lannes as Le cardinal de Rohan * Diana Karenne as Marie-Antoinette / Oliva * Jeanne Evrard as La princesse de Lamballe * Jean Weber as Le chevalier Réteau de Villette * Renée Parme as Madame Élisabeth * Fernand Fabre as Le comte de La Motte * Harry Harment as Louis XVI * Odette Talazac as Madame de Misezy * Jules Mondos as Le joaillier * Gaston Mauger as Monsieur de Crosne * Paul Sato as Toussaint de Beauvire * Henri Lesieur as L'autre joaillier * Ady Cresso as Madame Vigée-Lebrun * Marc Dantzer * Jean Fay * Marco Monti * Gilberte Savary * Emilio Vardannes

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Bibliography

* Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000''. McFarland, 2002.

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* 1929 films 1920s historical drama films French historical drama films 1920s French-language films Films based on works by Alexandre Dumas Films directed by Gaston Ravel Films directed by Tony Lekain Films set in the 18th century Gaumont (company) films Transitional sound films Works about the Affair of the Diamond Necklace Films about Marie Antoinette Cultural depictions of Louis XVI 1929 drama films 1920s French films French-language historical drama films {{historic-film-stub

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