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==Plot==
==Plot==
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 (Chautard). 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.
it tells the story of on the French Riviera, where heroine Lucy (Colbert) successfully poses as a princess to serve as accomplice for a master jewel thief (Chautard), Lucy is caught by gentleman thief Monsieur Parkes (Menjou) — and it's love at first sight, whereupon each crook promises to reform for the other's sake.


==Cast==
==Cast==

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Mysterious Mr. Parkes
Directed byLouis J. Gasnier
Written byJacques Bataille-Henri
Percy Heath (play)
StarringAdolphe Menjou
Claudette Colbert
CinematographyAllen G. Siegler
Edited byJacques Bataille-Henri
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • August 30, 1930 (1930-08-30) (U.S.)
  • October 17, 1930 (1930-10-17) (France)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageFrench

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

it tells the story of on the French Riviera, where heroine Lucy (Colbert) successfully poses as a princess to serve as accomplice for a master jewel thief (Chautard), Lucy is caught by gentleman thief Monsieur Parkes (Menjou) — and it's love at first sight, whereupon each crook promises to reform for the other's sake.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "L'énigmatique Monsieur Parkes". IMDb.com. August 30, 1930. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "L'énigmatique Monsieur Parkes (1930)". IMDb.com. Retrieved October 14, 2017.