The Rosary (1934 film)
1934 film by Tony Lekain
The Rosary (French: Le rosaire) is a 1934 French drama film directed by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel and starring Louisa de Mornand, André Luguet and Hélène Robert. It is based on the 1909 novel The Rosary by British writer Florence L. Barclay and its stage adaptation by Alexandre Bisson.
Cast
Louisa de Mornand as Jeanne de Champel
André Luguet as Gérard Delaval
Hélène Robert as Pauline Lister
Charlotte Lysès as La duchesse de Miremont
Camille Bert as Docteur Grand
Pierre Juvenet as Firmin
Jean Rousselière as Bob de Lanzac
Georges Flateau as Docteur Maréchal
References
Bibliography
Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film.
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