Louise (1939 film)

1939 film

Louise

DVD cover

Directed by| Abel Gance
Written by| Gustave Charpentier
Roland Dorgelès
Abel Gance
Steve Passeur
Starring| Grace Moore
Cinematography| André Bac
Curt Courant

Production
company

SPPF

Distributed by| Ideal Film (France)
Arthur Mayer & Joseph Burstyn (US)

Release date

* 24 August 1939 (1939-08-24)

Running time

| 83 minutes
Country| France
Language| French

Louise is a 1939 French musical film directed by Abel Gance. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Described as "wonderfully atmospheric", the film is based on the opera of the same name by Gustave Charpentier. Charpentier remained on the set throughout the filming and personally coached Grace Moore, who played the title role. Both Georges Thill, who played Julien and André Pernet who played Louise's father, were famous exponents of those roles on the opera stage and had recorded them in 1935.[2] The orchestra was directed by Louis Beydts.[3]

## Cast

[edit]

* Grace Moore as Louise
* Georges Thill as Julien
* André Pernet as Le père de Louise
* Suzanne Desprès as La mère de Louise
* Robert Le Vigan as Gaston
* Ginette Leclerc as Lucienne
* Edmond Beauchamp as Le philosophe (as Beauchamp)
* Jacqueline Gauthier as Alphonsine
* Rivers Cadet
* Pauline Carton as La première
* Roger Blin as Un rapin

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Louise". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
2. ^ Potter, Tully (2003). Liner Notes: Louise. Naxos Records
3. ^ "La Cinématographie Française (Sep-Dec 1938)". Paris. 1938.

## External links

[edit]

* Louise at IMDb

* v
* t
* e

Abel Gance

Filmography

Films directed|

* La Digue (1911)
* The Mask of Horror (1912)
* La Folie du Docteur Tube (1915)
* Un drame au château d'Acre (1915)
* Le périscope (1916)
* Les Gaz mortels (1916)
* Le droit à la vie (1917)
* The Torture of Silence (1917)
* Barberousse (1917)
* The Zone of Death (1917)
* The Tenth Symphony (1918)
* J'accuse (1919)
* La Roue (1923)
* Au Secours! (1924)
* Napoléon (1927)
* End of the World (1931)
* The Ironmaster (1933)
* The Lady of the Camellias (1934)
* Poliche (1934)
* Lucrezia Borgia (1935)
* Beethoven's Great Love (1936)
* The Woman Thief (1938)
* J'accuse! (1938)
* Louise (1939)
* Paradise Lost (1940)
* Vénus aveugle (1941)
* Captain Fracasse (1943)
* Tower of Lust (1955)
* Austerlitz (1960)
* Cyrano and d'Artagnan (1964)

Miscellaneous|

* Polyvision

This article related to a French film of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This article about a musical film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template