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Louis Mercanton (4 May 1879 – 29 April 1932) was a Swiss film director, screenwriter and actor. Mercanton was born in Nyon, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. In the same year (1912), the directing duo then brought the literary material Adrienne Lecouvreur to the screen, also with Bernhardt in the title role.
Louis Mercanton was born on 4 May 1879 in Nyon, Switzerland. He was a director and writer, known for Oh! Ce baiser! (1917), Suzanne (1916) and Vénus (1929). He died on 29 April 1932 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Director, Writer, Actor
- May 4, 1879
- Louis Mercanton
- April 29, 1932
Louis Mercanton est un réalisateur, scénariste, acteur et producteur de cinéma franco-suisse, né le 4 mai 1879 à Nyon (Canton de Vaud, Suisse) et mort le 29 avril 1932 à Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Mothers of France: Directed by René Hervil, Louis Mercanton. With Sarah Bernhardt, Gabriel Signoret, Georges Deneubourg, Jean Angelo. A mother loses first her son and then her husband in the trenches of France during the First World War.
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- Drama, War
- René Hervil, Louis Mercanton
- 1917-05-07
The Call of the Blood (French: L'appel du sang) is a 1920 French silent drama film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Ivor Novello, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, and Charles Le Bargy. The film is most notable for giving a screen debut to the Welsh actor Novello, who went on to become a major star in the 1920s. [1]
Louis Mercanton was born on May 4, 1879 in Nyon, Switzerland. He was a director and writer, known for Oh! Ce baiser! (1917), Suzanne (1916) and Vénus (1929). He died on April 29, 1932 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
Directors René Hervil and Louis Mercanton (who had previously directed Bernhardt in Jeanne Doré (1915)) show little in the way of artistic accomplishment - most of the film consists of long static shots with actors unimaginatively lined up before the camera as in a stage play - but the performances are engaging and authentically offered.
