Pearls of the Crown

The Pearls of the Crown
Directed by	Sacha Guitry Christian-Jaque
Produced by	Serge Sandberg
Written by	Sacha Guitry Christian-Jaque
Music by	Jean Françaix
Cinematography	Jules Kruger
Edited by	Myriam William Barache
Distributed by	Gaumont
Release dates	1937 (1937)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	France
Language	French English Italian

The Pearls of the Crown (French: Les Perles de la couronne) is a 1937 comedy film of historically-based fiction by Sacha Guitry who plays four roles in it. (Many of the other performers play multiple roles, as well.) Guitry's Jean Martin investigates the history of seven pearls, four of which end up on the crown of England, while the other three initially go missing.

Cast

• Sacha Guitry as Jean Martin/François I/Barras/Napoleon III
• Jacqueline Delubac as Françoise Martin/Mary, Queen of Scots/Josephine
• Lyn Harding as Equerry (English narrator)/Henry VIII
• Renée Saint-Cyr as Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne
• Enrico Glori as Chamberlain (Italian narrator)
• Ermete Zacconi as Pope Clement VII
• Barbara Shaw as Anne Boleyn
• Marguerite Moreno as Catherine de'Medici/Empress Eugenie
• Yvette Pienne as Mary I of England/Elizabeth I of England/Queen Victoria
• Marcel Dalio as Abyssinian Minister
• Arletty as Queen of Abyssinia
• Marcel Dalio as Abyssinian Minister
• Claude Dauphin as Italian in Abyssinia
• Robert Seller as Englishman in Abyssinia
• Ponzio as Singing worker
• Andrews Engelmann as The Robber
• Yvette Pienne as Queen Mary Tudor/Queen Elizabeth I/Queen Victoria
• Raimu as Industrialist
• Lisette Lanvin as Femme du monde/Reine Victoria
• Pierre Juvenet as The Expert
• Henri Crémieux as Auctioneer
• Aimé Simon-Girard as Henri IV
• Germaine Aussey as Gabrielle d'Estrées
• Simone Renant as Madame Du Barry
• Damia as Woman of the People
• Di Mazzei as Sans-coulotte
• Jean-Louis Barrault as Young Bonaparte
• Robert Pizani as Talleyrand
• Émile Drain as Napoleon I (1815)
• Huguette Duflos as Queen Hortense
• Raymonde Allain as Empress Eugenie (1865)
• Violet Farebrother as An Old Lady
• Rosine Deréan as Young girl/Catherine d'Aragon
• Marie Leconte as A Woman in Misery
• Pierre Magnier as An Old Lord
• Cécile Sorel as A Courtesan
• Lillie Grandval as Soprano
• Jean Coquelin as An Old man
• Gaston Dubosc as A Grand Duke
• Pauline Carton as Femme du Chambre
• Anaclara as La négresse
• Colette Borelli as Mary Stuart (girl)
• Julien Clément as Le gigolo
• Marfa d'Hervilly as La vieille courtisane
• Denis de Marney as Darnley
• Aline Debray
• Dynalik as Le petit rat
• Georges Fels
• Eugénie Fougère as La vieille coquette
• Gary Garland as Une passagère sur le Normandie
• Anthony Gildès as Le vieil hongrois
• Georges Grey as Le jeune hongrois
• Geneviève Guitry
• Lautner as Le Titien
• Oléo as La petite poule
• Jacqueline Pacaud as Jane Seymour
• Annie Rozanne
• Léon Walther as Anne de Montmorency
• Laurence Atkins as Madame Tallien/Madame d'Estampes
• Jacques Berlioz Bit part
• Humberto Catalano as Spanelli
• James Craven as Hans Holbein
• Derrick De Marney as Darnley
• Fred Duprez as An American
• Romuald Joubé as Clouet
• Darling Légitimus
• Percy Marmont as Cardinal Wolsey
• Paulette Élambert as Catherine de Medici (girl)

External links

• Pearls of the Crown at IMDb