Louise

5.3
19391h 23m

What was it about opera diva Grace Moore that attracted the attention of filmdom's top directors? Moore's 1937 American movie vehicle When You're in Love had been directed by Josef Von Sternberg; two years later, her French starrer Louise was helmed by no less than Abel Gance, who a decade earlier had revolutionized the "historical epic" genre with the awesome Napoleon. There was, however, little that was revolutionary in this cinemadaption of Gustave Charpentier's opera. Moore plays Louise, a poor seamstress who is led astray by the rakish Julien (Georges Thill). After falling from grace (no pun intended), our heroine is rescued by her understanding father (Andre Pernet), who demonstrates his forgiveness by singing to her (it is, after all, an opera). Though it played to enthusiastic crowds in both London and Paris, Louise turned out to be Grace Moore's final film; conversely, Abel Gance continued to make commercial potboilers well into the 1970s.

Cast

Photo of Suzanne Desprès

Suzanne Desprès

La mère de Louise

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Rivers Cadet

Le chansonnier

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Pauline Carton

La première

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Marcel Pérès

Le sculpteur

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Edmond Beauchamp

Le philosophe

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Robert Le Vigan

Le peintre Gaston

Photo of Claude Benedict

Claude Benedict

(uncredited)

Photo of Roger Blin

Roger Blin

(uncredited)

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Georges Douking

(uncredited)

Photo of Renée Gardès

Renée Gardès

(uncredited)

Photo of Simone Gauthier

Simone Gauthier

A seamstress (uncredited)

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