Mon ceur balance
Cast & Crew
René Guissart
Marie Glory
Noël-noël
Jean Aquistapace
André Urban
Hélène Perdrière
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Le Comte Noel, although titled, is flat broke. He decides to marry the wealthy Mademoiselle Tripette, a young woman desiring a tie to the aristocracy. Mademoiselle Lulu, his mistress, is not happy when he tells her that he must make this business arrangement. However, she accepts and agrees that they will remain good friends. The count leaves for the evening, and Jean, the servant, answers the door to find Geneviève, the modest and lovely daughter of his former employer, an aristocrat who has lost all his money. He invites her in to eat the meal that the count has left behind, and Geneviève welcomes the champagne and food and tells about her new job as a typist. When the champagne goes to her head, she falls asleep, and Jean puts her in the count's bed. The count arrives home earlier than expected, discovers Geneviève, berates Jean, but finding the girl lovely, allows her to stay. When Lulu arrives, she believes that Geneviève is Mlle. Tripette, and she decides to tell Monsieur Tripette, the fiancée's father. M. Tripette arrives demanding to see his daughter, and the count reveals that the girl in his bed is not Mlle. Tripette, to which M. Tripette answers that he is shocked that the count has kept his mistress even after an official engagement. The count begins to fall for Geneviève, and he tells Lulu the truth. Lulu agrees to go to M. Tripette and pretend to be the count's elder sister, thus clearing up the mess. Then the count's real sister, who is deaf and aging, visits and mistakes Geneviève for the fiancée and M. Tripette for a delivery man. Finally, Mlle. Tripette arrives and admits that she does not love the count. Eventually, M. Tripette and Lulu find happiness together, and Geneviève and the count marry for love not money.
Director
René Guissart
Cast
Marie Glory
Noël-noël
Jean Aquistapace
André Urban
Hélène Perdrière
Diana
Marguerite Moreno
Henry Trévoux
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Reviews translated the title as "My Heart Wavers" and "My Heart Hesitates." New York Times called the film "one of the most enjoyable motion pictures ever submitted for the approval and entertainment of the French-speaking population of New York." Variety commented that it was "unquestionably the best film of this type ever turned out of the Joinville studios, or any other here [i.e. Paris] for that matter."
