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''Mysterious Mr. Parkes'' is the French-language version of the American romantic melodrama ''Slightly Scarlet''. Replacing Evelyn Brent and Clive Brook, the stars of the original version, are Claudette Colbert and Adolphe Menjou. The story takes place on the French Riviera, where heroine Lucy (Colbert) successfully poses as a princess to mingle with the glitterati. To keep her low-born origins a secret, she is forced to serve as accomplice for a master jewel thief (Paul Lukas in the original, Emile Chautard in the French version). While pilfering the jewels of a wealthy American woman, Lucy is caught in the act by gentleman thief Monsieur Parkes (Menjou) — and it's love at first sight, whereupon each crook promises to reform for the other's sake. |
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international jewel thief Malatroff (Kaliz) in Nice, whereupon Englishman Mr. Parkes (Menjou) rescues her from Malatroff.<ref>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/576529/lenigmatique-mr-parkes#synopsis ''Mysterious Mr. Parkes''], TCM Movie Database, accessed November 5, 2023</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 02:54, 22 December 2024
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| Directed by | Louis J. Gasnier |
| Written by | Jacques Bataille-Henri Percy Heath (play) |
| Starring | Adolphe Menjou Claudette Colbert |
| Cinematography | Allen G. Siegler |
| Edited by | Jacques Bataille-Henri |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States[1] |
| Language | French |
Mysterious Mr. Parkes (French title: L'Énigmatique Monsieur Parkes) is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy drama film made by Paramount Pictures,[2] directed by Louis J. Gasnier. It was a French-language version of Slightly Scarlet for the European market.
Plot
[edit]It tells the story of heroine Lucy (Colbert), who is forced to serve as accomplice for an international jewel thief Malatroff (Kaliz) in Nice, whereupon Englishman Mr. Parkes (Menjou) rescues her from Malatroff.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Adolphe Menjou as Courtenay Parkes
- Claudette Colbert as Lucy Stavrin
- Emile Chautard as Sylvester Corbett
- Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Mrs. Corbett
- Sandra Ravel as Edith Corbett
- Armand Kaliz as Malatroff
- André Cheron as Police Captain
References
[edit]- ^ "L'énigmatique Monsieur Parkes". IMDb.com. August 30, 1930. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ^ "L'énigmatique Monsieur Parkes (1930)". IMDb.com. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ^ Mysterious Mr. Parkes, TCM Movie Database, accessed November 5, 2023
External links
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- 1930 films
- American black-and-white films
- 1930 comedy-drama films
- Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier
- Paramount Pictures films
- American comedy-drama films
- American multilingual films
- 1930 multilingual films
- 1930s French-language films
- 1930s American films
- French-language comedy-drama films
- 1930s comedy-drama film stubs
- French-language American films