Summary
6-year old orphan girl Lucette lives with her elderly grandfather, Pascalon, a violist
who cannot find work. Impressed by Lucette’s promise as a dancer, a wealthy American
couple offer to adopt her, but her grandfather refuses. Taking pity on the old man
and his young charge, the American couple give them a thousand dollar note, but this leads
only to further tragedy...
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Credits
- Director: Maurice Champreux, Louis Feuillade
- Script: Louis Feuillade
- Photo: Maurice Champreux, Léon Morizet
- Cast: Bouboule (Lucette), Henri-Amédée Charpentier (Le virtuose Pascalon), René Poyen, Prouzac, Alice Tissot
- Country: France
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- Runtime: 54 min; B&W; silent
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