
Directing
Louis Mercanton
Born 1879-05-04
Acting credits
Behind the camera
4.7A mother loses first her son and then her husband in the trenches of France during the First World War. She devotes herself to the French cause and to helping those wounded in the war.
Mothers of France
1916
10.0No synopsis available yet.
The Letter
1930
9.0Gisèle accidentally marries her stalker when she thinks she is signing a hotel register in a foreign country.
Let's Get Married
1931
No synopsis available yet.
Croquette
1929
10.0A jealous American, Mr Stevenson, travels to France with his very pretty young wife Kitty. He tries all sorts of subterfuges so that the charming young woman does not attract the attention of men. But she did not escape the gaze of a certain Robert Perceval.
Passionately
1932
No synopsis available yet.
Midinettes
1917
No synopsis available yet.
Midinettes
1917
NRJeanne Doré becomes the accomplice of her son Jacques who unfortunately commits a crime to help his mistress, Fanny, find money.
Jeanne Doré
1915
8.0A producer makes a star of the cockney waif who tried to rob him.
The Nipper
1930
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Vendetta
1914
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Vendetta
1914
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Sweetheart
1930
8.0'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British Film Catalogue)
Man of Mayfair
1931
7.0No synopsis available yet.
The mystery of the pink villa
1930
1.0Marguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Marguerite discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.
Camille
1912
9.0"A charming story of a young society girl and the pathetic love of a youth..." Considered a lost film.
The Blindness of Youth
1917
10.0A drama film directed by Louis Mercanton
These Charming People
1931
5.0Suzanne and the prince of Sylvanie fall in love with each other, but this is prohibited.
Suzanne
1916
5.0Suzanne and the prince of Sylvanie fall in love with each other, but this is prohibited.
Suzanne
1916
There is a rivalry between the top part and the lower part of the village of Murcie because of water. Pancho, Maria del Carmen's fiancé, hurts Xavier, son of the rich Domingo, so he has to leave the country. Maria proposes to take care of Xavier in exchange for Pancho's freedom. Unfortunately, Xavier falls in love with her and Domingo forces her to marry his son. Pancho reappears, ready to defy Xavier, but the two overhear a conversation and learn that Xavier's days are numbered. So he asks Pancho to elope with Maria.
Heritage
1923
7.0An Englishman, Lord Wheatley, purchases an island over which reigns the supremely beautiful Phroso, thus disposessing her of her land. Revolted, the islanders, supported by an adventurer who desires Phroso, rise against the new master. The English are saved by the British governor, also under the spell of gorgeous Phroso. The latter, for her part, is not wholly insensitive to Lord Wheatley's distinction. The imbroglio still worsens with the meddling of a dark horse : the neighboring sultan.
Phroso
1922
Cinders is about a professor who inherits both a vast fortune and a luxurious hotel on the French Riviera. He leaves his modest family house in London – where he keeps his insects – and takes Betty, the maid, along with him to his new home.
The Maid at the Palace
1926
Cinders is about a professor who inherits both a vast fortune and a luxurious hotel on the French Riviera. He leaves his modest family house in London – where he keeps his insects – and takes Betty, the maid, along with him to his new home.
The Maid at the Palace
1926
9.0Jacques Dombreval gets a new job at a lawyers office in Paris and end up in a romantic entanglement.
Students in Paris
1932
