Crainquebille
Also known as Bill in the USA; Old Bill of Paris in the United Kingdom : [Coster Bill of Paris] : {Cranque Bill}
(1923) France
B&W : [?] Five or Six? reels / 1600 metres
Directed by Jacques Feyder
Cast: Maurice de Féraudy [Jérôme Crainquebille], Marguerite Carré [Madame Laure], Jeanne Cheirel [Madame Bayard], Jean Forest [la souris (the mouse)], Armand Numès [le président, the preciding judge], Félix Oudart [constable 64], René Worms [M. Lemerle, the defense attorney], Charles Mosnier [Docteur Mathieu], Françoise Rosay [a shoe store customer]
Films Legrand production. / Scenario by Jacques Feyder, from the short story L’affaire Crainquebille by Anatole France. Art direction by Manuel Orazi. Cinematography by Léonce-Henri Burel and Maurice Forster. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA by Red Seal Pictures Corporation in 1923. The film was restored by Lobster Films, Paris, in collaboration with Lenny Borger in 2005.
Drama: Social satire.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Lobster Films film collection [35mm restoration negative, 35mm restoration positives]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: Anatole France - Dreams - Law: Judges
Listing updated: 20 December 2023.
References: Bardèche-History pp. 162-163, 233; Limbacher-Feature p. 52 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Lenny Borger.
Home video: DVD.
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