The Mysteries of Paris
Cast & Crew
Ed Cornell
Marie Caldwell
Emily Fuller
Robert Carlson
Thomas E. Clifford
May Hamilton
Film Details
Synopsis
The plot of this film revolves around the morganatic marriage between a Grand Duke and a French peasant, who later abandons her young child. Life in the Parisian, pre-Revolution underworld is featured, including the customs and habits of the Apaches, a notorious gang of criminals.
Director
Ed Cornell
Cast
Marie Caldwell
Emily Fuller
Robert Carlson
Thomas E. Clifford
May Hamilton
James E. Murray
Pauline Powers
Miss Noel
Albert Meader
Ann Austin Collins
Mary Louise Ingraham
Viola Mcvey
George A. Gordon
Daniel Ross
Edward Slye
Edwin Cornell
Eva Harland
Coral Ayres
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Although this film appears to have been at least partially shot, no information on its completion or release has been located. This film was to be the first production of the Hub Cinemagraph Co., which was to specialize in adapting French classics. According to production news items, the film's exteriors were shot in New England and the interiors in the Hub studios in Winthrop, MA. Production was to last for two months and include a cast of thirty principals. Among the many other versions of the novel are: a 1912 French film Les Mystères de Paris, directed by Albert Capellani; the 1922 Mastodon Films release The Secrets of Paris, starring Lew Cody and directed by Kenneth Webb (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.4889); the 1937 French film Les Mystères de Paris, directed by Felix Gandera; and a 1962 French-Italian co-production of the same title, starring Jean Marais and directed by André Hunebelle.
