''Compliments of Mister Flow'' or ''Mister Flow'' is a 1936 French

mystery film A mystery film is a genre of film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, i ...

directed by

Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak (; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German film director who also worked in the United States. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of films noirs he made in the 1940s, such as ''The Killers'' (194 ...

and starring

Fernand Gravey Fernand Gravey (25 December 1905 in Ixelles (Belgium) – 2 November 1970 in Paris, France),Death certificate # 8/445/1970 also known as Fernand Gravet in the United States, was the son of actors Georges Mertens and Fernande Depernay, who a ...

, Edwige Feuillère and Louis Jouvet.Greco p.190 It was based on the 1927 novel '' Mister Flow'' by

Gaston Leroux Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 186815 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel '' The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, ...

. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Gys and Léon Barsacq.

Cast

as Antonin Rose * Edwige Feuillère as Lady Helena Scarlett * Louis Jouvet as Durin / Mr. Flow * Jean Périer as Lord Philippe Scarlett *

Vladimir Sokoloff Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sokoloff (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Соколо́в; December 26, 1889 – February 15, 1962) was a Russian-American character actor of stage and screen. After studying theatre in Moscow, ...

as Merlow *

Jim Gérald Jim Gérald (4 July 1889 – 2 July 1958) was a French actor. Gérald was born Gérald Ernest Cuénod in Paris. He died in Paris in 1958. Selected filmography * ''La légende de soeur Béatrix'' (1923) - Un soudard * ''The Imaginary Voyage' ...

as Le Cubain * Jean Wall as Pierre * Mila Parély as Marceline * Victor Vina as Garber * Philippe Richard as Le procureur * Tsugundo Maki as Maki * Yves Gladine as Un inspecteur * Marguerite de Morlaye * Myno Burney * Léon Arvel * Georges Cahuzac

References

Bibliography

* Greco, Joseph. ''The File on Robert Siodmak in Hollywood, 1941-1951''. Universal-Publishers, 1999.

External links

* 1936 films French mystery films 1936 mystery films 1930s French-language films Films based on French novels Films based on works by Gaston Leroux Films directed by Robert Siodmak Films scored by Michel Michelet French black-and-white films Films shot at Billancourt Studios 1930s French films {{mystery-film-stub