10 December 1926 Comedy 99 mins
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.
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Grock as Céleste Noménoé
Pierrette Lugand as Little girl
Gaston Dubosc as Grandfather
Valentine Lugand as Blanche
Simone Montalet as Young woman
Marguerite de Morlaye as Grandmother
Roger Hoguenet as Little boy
Lucien Baroux as Director
Georges Cahuzac as Music Hall Director
Jean Kemm Director
Jean Kemm Writer
Jean Jouannetaud Director of Photography
Maurice Foster Director of Photography
Australia 26 May 1928
Denmark 20 May 1929
France 10 December 1926
United Kingdom 22 August 1927
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