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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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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

99 mins

Rating

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Release Date

10 December 1926

Country

Cast

Grock

Grock

Céleste Noménoé

Pierrette Lugand

Pierrette Lugand

Gaston Dubosc

Gaston Dubosc

Valentine Lugand

Valentine Lugand

Simone Montalet

Simone Montalet

Marguerite de Morlaye

Marguerite de Morlaye

Roger Hoguenet

Roger Hoguenet

Lucien Baroux

Lucien Baroux

Georges Cahuzac

Georges Cahuzac

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