''Croquette'' is a 1927 French

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 ...

directed by

Louis Mercanton Louis Mercanton (4 May 1879 – 29 April 1932) was a Swiss people, Swiss film director, screenwriter and actor. Mercanton was born in Nyon, Vaud, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Partial filmography Director * ' ...

and starring

Betty Balfour Betty Balfour (born Florence Lilian Woods; 27 March 1902 – 4 November 1977) was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness". She was best known to aud ...

, Walter Byron and

Nicolas Koline Nicolas Koline (1878–1973) was a Russian stage and film actor. He established himself in Russia as a stage performer with the Moscow Art Theatre. He emigrated from Russia after the October Revolution of 1917 and came to France with La Chauve-Sou ...

.Goble p.311

Cast

as Croquette * Walter Byron as Bob *

as Morton *

Rachel Devirys Rachel Devirys (28 February 1890 - 16 May 1983) was a French film actress born in the Crimea, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). She starred in some 50 films between 1916 and 1956. Born Rachel Itzkovitz, in 1916 she played "Madelon", the name role i ...

as Lola Morelli *

Louis Baron fils Louis Bouchêne, known as Louis Baron, fils (24 December 1870 in Paris – 30 November 1939 in Dieppe), was an actor and singer, who took part in many operettas and comédie-musicales, and was in 30 films between 1929 et 1938. He was the son of ...

as L'Indendant Blomart * Ernest Chambéry as Monsieur Pluche, le pharmacien * Futelais as Clown *

Madeleine Guitty Madeleine Guitty (5 June 1870 – 12 April 1936) was a French stage and film actress.Crisp p.93 Selected filmography * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922) * '' Madame Sans-Gêne'' (1925) * ''Montmartre'' (1925) * '' Paris in Five Days'' (1926) * '' ...

as Madame Tromboli *

Bonaventura Ibáñez Bonaventura Ibáñez (18 February 1876 – 1 May 1932) was a Spanish film actor of the silent and early sound eras.Goble p.378 Selected filmography * '' Wanda Warenine'' (1917) * ''Romola'' (1924) * '' The Faces of Love'' (1924) * '' The Last Lo ...

as Le Duc de Valdomme *

Jean Mercanton Jean Mercanton (20 May 1920 – 4 November 1947) was a French film actor.Goble p.106 Mercanton began his career as a child actor, making his film debut in the year of his birth. Selected filmography * ''Miarka (1920 film), Miarka'' (1920) * ''The ...

as Dickie * Bob O'Connor as Clown * Albert Rancy as Jose

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1927 films Films directed by Louis Mercanton French silent feature films French black-and-white films Pathé films 1920s French films {{1920s-France-film-stub