About this release
Jules Leroy, un industriel fabricant de cirage réputé pour sa rigueur et sa fermeté, semble bien tolérant vis-à-vis de Hyacinthe Camusset, un de ses employés pourtant particulièrement turbulent. Beaucoup, à commencer par son fils Achille, s’étonnent du revirement inexpliqué du directeur…
Disc 1
DVD
The White Blackbird (1944)
100 min
Comedy
Jules Leroy, an industrial shoe polish manufacturer, on his deathbed reveals to his son Achille that the family fortune originates from an inheritance stolen 23 years earlier. The one who should have inherited is one of the factory employees, Hyacinthe Camusset. The latter is also one of the lovers of Lucienne Leroy, the daughter of the family, who has a penchant for Jean Bernon, a boy who dedicates verses to her. Hyacinthe is unaware that he has been robbed but the Leroy family, who are not sure, try to woo him. The family, Hyacinthe, Jean and Lucienne meet at the castle.
Credits
Director
Jacques Houssin
Cast
Saturnin Fabreas Jules Leroy
Julien Caretteas Hyacinthe Camusset
Georges Rollinas Jean Bernon
Jean Tissieras Achille Leroy
Marcelle Géniatas Noémie
Michèle Gérardas Lucienne Leroy
Gabrielle Fontanas Landlady
Robert Dhéryas Viscount de Mazers
Alice Tissotas Madame Jules Leroy
Georgette Tissieras Émilie Leroy
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Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- July 24, 2026