Une étoile disparaît
Cast & Crew
Robert Villers
Suzy Vernon
Constant Rémy
Alexandre Dréan
Edith Méra
Rolla Norman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
At the studios of Luminaux Films, a scene is filmed with all the principals: Liane Baxter, the haughty lead; her lover, with whom she is fighting, leading man Roland Mercier; another lover, the director, Santerre; his assistant, Claudius; the ingenue, Arlette; a third lover, the cameraman, Ricot; and the costumer. Liane suddenly asks for a glass of water, and she has barely drunk when she collapses. Roland listens to her heart and nearly passes out as he realizes it has stopped. The director calls for the police and a doctor, and Liane is pronounced dead from poison. The crew is asked to stay until the inspector arrives and conjectures fly. Because of his volatile arguments with Liane, Roland is thought to be the murderer. The foolish Inspector Hulot and the commissioner of police begin their investigation and, after hearing the costumer's story, that she had witnessed Roland and the victim violently arguing, take Roland away in handcuffs. Only one person, Rosine, Liane's secretary, does not think that Roland is guilty, as she is in love with him. She begins her own investigation, which implicates Santerre, who was also in love with Liane. Rosine reveals her suspicions to Ricot, who believes that a letter Liane received before her death might point to the killer. Ricot queries Santerre, who kills him brutally. Later, Rosine suggests that the inspector watch the shot during which Liane died and Santerre is seen pouring powder into a glass of water. Santerre is then arrested, and with the mystery resolved, the final score of the film is re-shot with Rosine, who doubles for Liane, happily kissing Roland, her beloved.
Director
Robert Villers
Cast
Suzy Vernon
Constant Rémy
Alexandre Dréan
Edith Méra
Rolla Norman
Marcel Vallée
René Worms
Sandra Ravel
Marie Glory
Meg Lemonnier
Madeleine Guitty
Louise Dauville
Lucien Brûlé
Christian Argentin
Noël-noël
Saint-granier
Henri Garat
Fernand Gravey
Paul Pauley
Claude Marty
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Notes
In reviews, the film's title is translated as "A Star Disappears." The Variety Paris review noted, "Robert Villers is a Frenchification of his name used by Bob Wyler so as to make the Paramount production sound all French." Bob Wyler was the brother of director William Wyler. Variety noted that the film included scenes of the Paramount Joinville lot during filming, and that some French film stars, including Marie Glory, Madeleine Guitty and Noël Noël, who were on the lot for other films, appeared in bit roles in this film. In its review of the film's 1935 New York showing, Variety explained that after a number of Paramount's Joinville films were flops when they played in the U.S. in 1931 and 1932, Paramount decided to only distribute them in Europe, but in 1935, when German films became unpopular in the U.S., Paramount executive Jack Barry decided to try to distribute some of his company's early French films.
