Monte Carlo (1925 film)

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Monte Carlo
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Carlyle Blackwell, Jean-Louis Allibert and Betty Balfour
Directed by Louis Mercanton
Written byLouis Mercanton
Based on Prodigals of Monte Carlo by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Produced by A.C. Bromhead
R.C. Bromhead
Starring Carlyle Blackwell
Betty Balfour
Rachel Devirys
Cinematography Léon Wladimir Batifol
Production
company
Phocea Film
Distributed byPhocéa Location
Release date
18 December 1925
CountryFrance
LanguagesSilent
French intertitles

Monte Carlo is a 1925 French silent drama film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Betty Balfour and Rachel Devirys. The film is based on the novel Prodigals of Monte Carlo by E. Phillips Oppenheim. [1] The casting of Blackwell and Balfour in leading roles was intended to give the film appeal in the British market.

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  1. Goble p.352

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