Louise (1939)

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.

Directing:
  • Abel Gance

Stars:
Release Date: 1939-04-16
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  • Country: FR
  • Language: Français
  • Runtime: 83
Grace Moore
Grace Moore
Louise
Rivers Cadet
Rivers Cadet
Le chansonnier
Pauline Carton
Pauline Carto...
La première
Marcel Pérès
Marcel Pérès
Le sculpteur
Jacqueline Gauthier
Jacqueline Ga...
Alphonsine
Edmond Beauchamp
Edmond Beauch...
Le philosophe
Robert Le Vigan
Robert Le Vig...
Le peintre Gaston
Ginette Leclerc
Ginette Lecle...
Lucienne
Roger Blin
Roger Blin
(uncredited)
Georges Douking
Georges Douki...
(uncredited)
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