The Monkey Talks
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Raoul Walsh
Director
Olive Borden
Olivette
Jacques Lerner
Jocko Lerner [or Fano]
Don Alvarado
Sam Wick [or Pierre]
Malcolm Waite
Bergerin
Raymond Hitchcock
Lorenzo
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Feb
20,
1927
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Fox Film Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Le Singe qui parle by René Fauchois (Paris, 1925).
Synopsis
Three members of a traveling French circus--including Fano, the handyman--are stranded and decide to recoup their fortunes by disguising Fano as a talking monkey. Fano soon becomes a sensation, but his old war friend Pierre falls in love with Olivette, a wire walker, whom he also loves; he remains silent to preserve his identity. Bergerin, a lion tamer, steals the talking monkey and replaces him with a real chimpanzee, but Fano is mortally wounded in saving Olivette from an attack by the chimpanzee. Thus Olivette and Pierre find happiness together.
Director
Raoul Walsh
Director
Cast
Olive Borden
Olivette
Jacques Lerner
Jocko Lerner [or Fano]
Don Alvarado
Sam Wick [or Pierre]
Malcolm Waite
Bergerin
Raymond Hitchcock
Lorenzo
Ted Mcnamara
Firmin
Jane Winton
Maisie
August Tollaire
Mata
Crew
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Feb
20,
1927
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Fox Film Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Le Singe qui parle by René Fauchois (Paris, 1925).
