Release date 17 January 1930 Screenplay A. E. W. Mason | Initial release 1930 | |
Directed by René HervilLouis Mercanton Written by A.E.W. Mason (novel)Louis d'YvréPierre MaudruCyril Twyford Starring Léon MathotSimone VaudryLouis Baron fils Productioncompany Les Établissements Jacques Haïk Distributed by Les Établissements Jacques Haïk People also search for La Maison de la Fléche, He Is Charming | ||
The Mystery of the Villa Rose (French: Le mystère de la villa rose) is a 1930 French mystery film directed by René Hervil and Louis Mercanton and starring Léon Mathot, Simone Vaudry and Louis Baron fils.
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Production
The film is based on the novel At the Villa Rose by A.E.W. Mason. A separate English-language version At the Villa Rose was made by Twickenham Studios. The film's sets were designed by James A. Carter. Different sources disagree over where the French-language version was actually made, with one claim that it was produced at Twickenham as the first bilingual film in Britain. Alternatively it is suggested that it was made at the newly established Courbevoie Studios in Paris, in which case it could lay a claim to be one of the earliest French sound films. Britain had converted to sound faster than France so several French filmmakers went to British studios to make films for release in France. Another French-language version of a Mason novel La Maison de la Fléche, was also shot at Twickenham during the period.