''Monte Carlo'' is a 1925 French silent

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directed by

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and starring

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, Betty Balfour and Rachel Devirys. The film is based on the novel ''

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'' by E. Phillips Oppenheim.Goble p.352 The casting of Blackwell and Balfour in leading roles was intended to give the film appeal in the British market.

Cast

as Sir Hargrave Wendever * Betty Balfour as Betty Oliver * Rachel Devirys as Madame de Fontanes * Jean-Louis Allibert as Robert Hewitt * Charles Lamy as Marquis de Villiers * Jean Aymé as Senor Trentino *

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as Wilson * Louis Kerly as Brandon * Noblet as Lord Pellingham * Henriette Clairval-Terof as Janitor * Robert English as Sir Philip Gorse *

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as Gregory Marston

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1925 films French silent feature films 1925 drama films 1920s French-language films Films directed by Louis Mercanton Films based on British novels Films set in Monaco French black-and-white films Silent French drama films 1920s French films French-language drama films {{1920s-France-film-stub