What for?

Dec 10, 1926

1h 39m

★ 0.0

Overview

Céleste Noménoé, a provincial actor, comes to Paris for an inheritance. He also gets a part in a movie. The managers of a music-hall notice him. He takes the stage name of Grock.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Les Établissements Jacques Haïk

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Cast

Céleste Noménoé

Grock

Little girl

Pierrette Lugand

Grandfather

Gaston Dubosc

Blanche

Valentine Lugand

Young woman

Simone Montalet

Grandmother

Marguerite de Morlaye

Little boy

Roger Hoguenet

Director

Lucien Baroux

Music Hall Director

Georges Cahuzac

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