Madame Guillotine
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Madame Guillotine is a 1931 British
historical romance film
directed by Reginald Fogwell
and starring Madeleine Carroll
, Brian Aherne
and Henry Hewitt
. During the French Revolution
, a revolutionary falls in love with and marries an aristocratic woman.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
historical romance film
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
directed by Reginald Fogwell
Reginald Fogwell
Reginald Fogwell was a British Film Director, producer and screenwriter.-Selected filmography:Director* The Warning * Cross Roads * The Written Law...
and starring Madeleine Carroll
Madeleine Carroll
Edith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree...
, Brian Aherne
Brian Aherne
Brian Aherne was a British actor of both stage and screen, who found success in Hollywood.-Early life and stage career:...
and Henry Hewitt
Henry Hewitt
-Selected filmography:* School for Scandal * Stamboul * Madame Guillotine * The Written Law * Betrayal * Admirals All * Rembrandt * The High Command * Old Iron...
. During the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
, a revolutionary falls in love with and marries an aristocratic woman.
Cast
- Madeleine CarrollMadeleine CarrollEdith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree...
... Lucille de Choisigne - Brian AherneBrian AherneBrian Aherne was a British actor of both stage and screen, who found success in Hollywood.-Early life and stage career:...
... Louis Dubois - Henry HewittHenry Hewitt-Selected filmography:* School for Scandal * Stamboul * Madame Guillotine * The Written Law * Betrayal * Admirals All * Rembrandt * The High Command * Old Iron...
... Vicomte d'Avennes - Frederick CulleyFrederick Culley-Selected filmography:* Madame Guillotine * The Private Life of Henry VIII * Once a Thief * Talk of the Devil * Knight Without Armour * The Rebel Son * The Drum...
... Marquis - Hector AbbasHector Abbas-Selected filmography:* A Prince of Lovers * The Wandering Jew * School for Scandal * Madame Guillotine * A Gentleman of Paris * Rembrandt * The Man Who Made Diamonds...
... Le Blanc - Ian MacDonaldIan MacDonaldIan MacCormick was a British music critic and author, best known for Revolution in the Head, his forensic history of The Beatles which borrowed techniques from art historians, and The New Shostakovich, a controversial study of the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich...
... Jacques - J. Fisher White ... Le Farge