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What for?

8.019261h 39mMovieComedy

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.

DirectorJean Kemm
WriterJean Kemm

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Cast · Directed by Jean Kemm

GGrock
Grock
Céleste Noménoé
PL
Pierrette Lugand
Little girl
GDGaston Dubosc
Gaston Dubosc
Grandfather
VL
Valentine Lugand
Blanche
SM
Simone Montalet
Young woman
MMMarguerite de Morlaye
Marguerite de Morlaye
Grandmother
RH
Roger Hoguenet
Little boy
LBLucien Baroux
Lucien Baroux
Director
GCGeorges Cahuzac
Georges Cahuzac
Music Hall Director

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