The Mystery of the Villa Rose

Written byProduced byJacques HaïkStarringCinematographyBasil EmmottDistributed byLes Établissements Jacques Haïk100 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

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.^[1]

Production

The film is based on the 1910 novel At the Villa Rose by A.E.W. Mason. A separate English-language version At the Villa Rose was made by Twickenham Studios. The film's sets were designed by James A. Carter. Different sources disagree over where the French-language version was actually made, with one claim that it was produced at Twickenham as the first bilingual film in Britain.^[2] Alternatively it is suggested that it was made at the newly established Courbevoie Studios in Paris, in which case it could lay a claim to be one of the earliest French sound films.^[3] Britain had converted to sound faster than France so several French filmmakers went to British studios to make films for release in France. Another French-language version of a Mason novel La Maison de la Fléche, was also shot at Twickenham during the period.

Cast

• Léon Mathot as Langeac
• Simone Vaudry as Mado Dubreuil
• Louis Baron fils as Le Maillan
• Héléna Manson as Hélène Vauquier
• Georges Péclet as Mortagne
• Alice Ael as Madame Dauvray
• Jacques Henley as Le juge d'instruction
• Dahlia as L'inconnue
• Jean Mercanton as Le petit garçon
• René Montis as Le chauffeur

References

Bibliography

• Crisp, C.G. The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960. Indiana University Press, 1993.

External links

• The Mystery of the Villa Rose at IMDb