Louis Mercanton (4 May 1879 – 29 April 1932) was a

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film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

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Nyon Nyon (; outdated German: or ; outdated Italian: , ) is a municipality in Nyon District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the G ...

Canton of Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...

, Switzerland and died in

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...

, France.

Partial filmography

Director * '' Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth'' (1912) co-director * '' Adrienne Lecouvreur'' (1913) co-director * ''

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'' aka ''Bouclette'' (1918) * '' Miarka'' (1920) * '' The Call of the Blood'' (1920) * '' Possession'' (1922) * '' The Gardens of Murcia'' (1923) * ''Les Deux Gosses'' (1924) adaptation of the novel by Pierre Decourcelle * ''

Monte Carlo Monte Carlo (; ; french: Monte-Carlo , or colloquially ''Monte-Carl'' ; lij, Munte Carlu ; ) is officially an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco, specifically the ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino i ...

'' (1925) * '' The Maid at the Palace'' (1927) * ''

Croquette A croquette is a deep-fried roll consisting of a thick binder combined with a filling, which is breaded and deep-fried; it is served as a side dish, a snack, or fast food worldwide. The binder is typically a thick béchamel or brown sauce, ...

'' (1927) * ''

Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never f ...

'' (1929) * ''

The Mystery of the Villa Rose ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (French: ''Le mystère de la villa rose'') is a 1930 French mystery film directed by René Hervil and Louis Mercanton and starring Léon Mathot, Simone Vaudry, and Louis Baron fils. Production The film is b ...

'' (1930) * '' The Nipper'' (1930) * ''

Octave In music, an octave ( la, octavus: eighth) or perfect octave (sometimes called the diapason) is the interval between one musical pitch and another with double its frequency. The octave relationship is a natural phenomenon that has been refer ...

'' (1930) * '' Let's Get Married'' (1931) * ''

A Man of Mayfair ''A Man of Mayfair'' is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Jack Buchanan, Joan Barry and Warwick Ward. Production It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios by the British subsidiary of Para ...

'' (1931) * '' These Charming People'' (1931) * '' Cognasse'' (1932) * ''

Students in Paris ''Students in Paris'' (Swedish: ''Studenter i Paris'') is a 1932 American-Swedish operetta film directed by Louis Mercanton.Waldman p.227 It was made by Paramount Pictures at its Joinville Studios in Paris as the Swedish-language version of ''He ...

'' (1932) * ''

The Fish Woman ''The Fish Woman'' (french: La femme-poisson) is a 1932 French film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Marc-Hély and Louis Sindrin.Barrot & Chirat Cast * Jeanne Fusier-Gir * Marc-Hély * Louis Sindrin * Loui ...

'' (1932) * ''

He Is Charming ''He Is Charming'' (French: ''Il est charmant'') is a 1932 French musical comedy film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Meg Lemonnier, Henri Garat and Louis Baron fils.Waldman p.43 It was one of a large number of operetta films made during ...

'' (1932)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mercanton, Louis 1879 births 1932 deaths Swiss film directors Swiss male film actors Swiss screenwriters Male screenwriters People from Nyon 20th-century screenwriters