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| name = Little Devil May Care
| name = Little Devil-May-Care
| image = File:Little Devil May Care.png
| image = File:Little Devil May Care.png
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| director = [[Marcel L'Herbier]]
| director = [[Marcel L'Herbier]]
| producer =
| producer =
| writer = [[Lucie Delarue-Mardrus ]] (novel) <br> Marcel L'Herbier
| writer = Marcel L'Herbier
| based_on = {{based on|the novel ''L'Ex-voto''|[[Lucie Delarue-Mardrus]]}}
| narrator =
| starring = [[Betty Balfour]] <br> [[Jaque Catelain]] <br> [[Roger Karl]]
| starring = [[Betty Balfour]] <br>[[Jaque Catelain]]<br>[[Roger Karl]]
| music =
| music =
| editing =
| editing =
| cinematography = [[Lucien Bellavoine ]] <br> [[Louis Le Bertre ]] <br> [[Jean Letort ]]
| cinematography = Jean Letort<br>Lucien Bellavoine<br>Louis Le Bertre
| studio = Cinégraphic
| studio = Cinégraphic<br>[[Gaumont-British]]
| distributor = [[Pathé Consortium Cinéma]]
| distributor = [[Pathé Consortium Cinéma]]
| released = 3 March 1928
| released = {{Film date|1928|03|3|France|df=yes}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = France
| country = France / UK
| language = Silent <br> French [[intertitles]]
| language = Silent
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'''''Little Devil May Care''''' or ''''' The Devil in the Heart''''' (French: '''''Le diable au coeur''''') is a 1928 French [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Marcel L'Herbier]] and starring [[Betty Balfour]], [[Jaque Catelain]] and [[Roger Karl]].<ref>Roud p.624</ref> Balfour was a leading British star of the silent era who made several films in France. Unlike many films of the era it is still extant and survives in [[film archive]]s.
'''''Little Devil-May-Care''''' (or '' The Devil in the Heart'') (French: '''''Le Diable au cœur''''') is a 1928 French-British silent drama film directed by [[Marcel L'Herbier]] and starring [[Betty Balfour]], [[Jaque Catelain]] and [[Roger Karl]].<ref>Richard Roud. ''Cinema: A Critical Dictionary: the Major Film-makers''; volume 2. New York: Viking Press, 1980. p. 624.</ref><ref>[https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150017404 ''Le Diable au cœur''] at British Film Institute collections database. Retrieved 31 May 2021.</ref>

The film's sets were designed by [[Lucien Aguettand]], [[Claude Autant-Lara]] and [[Robert-Jules Garnier]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
In a small coastal town a fisherman's daughter falls in love with orphaned boy who comes to live with them.
In a small coastal town Ludivine, a fisherman's daughter, falls in love with Delphin, an orphaned boy who comes to live with them. But her father wants her to marry Lauderin, the lecherous manager of a local cabaret-bar.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Betty Balfour ]] as Ludivine Bucaille - une fille étrange
* [[Betty Balfour]] as Ludivine Bucaille
* [[Jaque Catelain]] as Delphin Leherg - le fils de Leherg qu'aime Ludivine
* [[Jaque Catelain]] as Delphin Leherg
* [[Roger Karl]] as Le père Leherg - le père de Delphin
* [[Roger Karl]] as Bucaille, Ludivine's father
* [[André Nox]] as Pierre Lauderin - un tenancier de boîte auquel Bucaille destine sa fille
* [[André Nox]] as Pierre Lauderin
* [[Kissa Kouprine]] as Thania
* [[Kissa Kouprine]] as Thania
* [[Catherine Fonteney]] as Madame Bucaille - la mère de Ludivine
* [[Catherine Fonteney]] as Madame Bucaille, Ludivine's mother
* [[Magda Aranyi]] as La belle-mère de Lauderin
* Magda Aranyi as Lauderin's stepmother
* [[Leo Da Costa]] as Gaston Lauderin
* Leo Da Costa as Gaston Lauderin
* [[André Heuzé]] as André Bucaille
* [[André Heuzé]] as André Bucaille
* [[Auguste Picaude]] as Maurice Bucaille - le père alcoolique de Ludivine
* Auguste Picaude as Maurice Bucaille
* Falcau as Le frère de Lauderin
* Falcau as Lauderin's brother
* [[Jane Pierson]] as Une femme
* [[Jane Pierson]] as a woman
* [[Marie Glory]] as Petite voleuse
* [[Marie Glory]] as a young thief

==Production==
L'Herbier had originally made an agreement with the [[Gaumont-British]] company to film [[Eugène Marin Labiche|Labiche]]'s stage farce ''Un chapeau de paille d'Italie'' with the popular English actress [[Betty Balfour]]. When that project was delayed, the filming rights were ceded to [[René Clair]] who was also eager to adapt the work, and L'Herbier proceeded with an alternative adaptation of a novel by [[Lucie Delarue-Mardrus]] set in a Breton fishing community.<ref>Jaque Catelain. ''Marcel L'Herbier''. Paris: Vautrain, 1950. pp. 99-100.</ref>

Filming began, in November 1926, on location at [[Honfleur]], and then at the Studios de la Villette in Paris and the [[Victorine Studios]] in Nice, but the production was beset with problems. Soon after filming began several leading members of the cast became ill, including Balfour, and the production had to be halted for a time, incurring greater costs. When they had resumed, the actor Auguste Mévisto, playing Ludivine's father, suddenly died, and several scenes had to be refilmed with his replacement [[Roger Karl]]. Further difficulties were caused by the [[panchromatic film]] which was being used for the first time in a French production, and technical inexperience with this filmstock produced a number of unforeseen problems. L'Herbier subsequently felt that, despite the film's appealing elements and the vivacious humour of Betty Balfour, the finished product lacked rigorous consistency.<ref>Marcel L'Herbier. ''La Tête qui tourne''. Paris: Belfont, 1979. pp.146-147: "... malgré des aspects séduisants il n'était pas d'une homogénéité implacable.".</ref><ref>Noël Burch. ''Marcel L'Herbier''. Paris: Seghers, 1973. p. 167.</ref>

The film's sets were designed by [[Claude Autant-Lara]], [[Lucien Aguettand]], and [[Robert-Jules Garnier]].<ref>[http://cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=49364&_ga=2.213265556.1684555786.1622476398-1001380861.1621864000 ''Le Diable au cœur''] at Ciné-Ressources. Retrieved 31 May 2021.</ref>

==Preservation==
The film has been restored by the [[Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée|CNC]] Archives françaises du film, and a DVD was released with the book ''Marcel L'Herbier: l'art du cinéma'' in 2007.<ref>Laurent Véray, ed. ''Marcel L'Herbier: l'art du cinéma''. Paris: Association française de recherche sur l'histoire du cinéma, 2007. The book also contains an essay on the film, by Éric Thouvenel, "Le Film fétiche: remarques sur une climatologie du cinéma d'après ''Le Diable au cœur'' (1926)", pp. 109-117.</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Richard Roud. ''Cinema: A Critical Dictionary : the Major Film-makers, Volume 2''. Viking Press, 1980.


==External links==
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Latest revision as of 20:17, 10 May 2024

Little Devil-May-Care
Directed byMarcel L'Herbier
Written byMarcel L'Herbier
Based onthe novel L'Ex-voto
by Lucie Delarue-Mardrus
StarringBetty Balfour
Jaque Catelain
Roger Karl
CinematographyJean Letort
Lucien Bellavoine
Louis Le Bertre
Production
companies
Cinégraphic
Gaumont-British
Distributed byPathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date
  • 3 March 1928 (1928-03-03) (France)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryFrance / UK
LanguageSilent

Little Devil-May-Care (or The Devil in the Heart) (French: Le Diable au cœur) is a 1928 French-British silent drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Betty Balfour, Jaque Catelain and Roger Karl.[1][2]

Plot

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In a small coastal town Ludivine, a fisherman's daughter, falls in love with Delphin, an orphaned boy who comes to live with them. But her father wants her to marry Lauderin, the lecherous manager of a local cabaret-bar.

Cast

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Production

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L'Herbier had originally made an agreement with the Gaumont-British company to film Labiche's stage farce Un chapeau de paille d'Italie with the popular English actress Betty Balfour. When that project was delayed, the filming rights were ceded to René Clair who was also eager to adapt the work, and L'Herbier proceeded with an alternative adaptation of a novel by Lucie Delarue-Mardrus set in a Breton fishing community.[3]

Filming began, in November 1926, on location at Honfleur, and then at the Studios de la Villette in Paris and the Victorine Studios in Nice, but the production was beset with problems. Soon after filming began several leading members of the cast became ill, including Balfour, and the production had to be halted for a time, incurring greater costs. When they had resumed, the actor Auguste Mévisto, playing Ludivine's father, suddenly died, and several scenes had to be refilmed with his replacement Roger Karl. Further difficulties were caused by the panchromatic film which was being used for the first time in a French production, and technical inexperience with this filmstock produced a number of unforeseen problems. L'Herbier subsequently felt that, despite the film's appealing elements and the vivacious humour of Betty Balfour, the finished product lacked rigorous consistency.[4][5]

The film's sets were designed by Claude Autant-Lara, Lucien Aguettand, and Robert-Jules Garnier.[6]

Preservation

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The film has been restored by the CNC Archives françaises du film, and a DVD was released with the book Marcel L'Herbier: l'art du cinéma in 2007.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Richard Roud. Cinema: A Critical Dictionary: the Major Film-makers; volume 2. New York: Viking Press, 1980. p. 624.
  2. ^ Le Diable au cœur at British Film Institute collections database. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  3. ^ Jaque Catelain. Marcel L'Herbier. Paris: Vautrain, 1950. pp. 99-100.
  4. ^ Marcel L'Herbier. La Tête qui tourne. Paris: Belfont, 1979. pp.146-147: "... malgré des aspects séduisants il n'était pas d'une homogénéité implacable.".
  5. ^ Noël Burch. Marcel L'Herbier. Paris: Seghers, 1973. p. 167.
  6. ^ Le Diable au cœur at Ciné-Ressources. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  7. ^ Laurent Véray, ed. Marcel L'Herbier: l'art du cinéma. Paris: Association française de recherche sur l'histoire du cinéma, 2007. The book also contains an essay on the film, by Éric Thouvenel, "Le Film fétiche: remarques sur une climatologie du cinéma d'après Le Diable au cœur (1926)", pp. 109-117.
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