Figaro is a 1929 French silent historical comedy film directed by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel and starring Ernst Van Duren, Arlette Marchal and Marie Bell. ^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1778 Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro, with material also used from its two sequels. It was released in 1929 in the US as a silent film, then reissued there in 1932 with an added music track, recorded by SpA Bixiophone, under the title IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA.

Cast

• Ernst Van Duren as Figaro
• Arlette Marchal as Rosine
• Marie Bell as Suzanne
• Léon Belières as Batholo
• José Davert as Basile
• Tony D'Algy as Le Comte Almaviva
• Jean Weber as Chérubin
• Odette Talazac as Marceline
• Genica Missirio as Bogaerts
• Roland Caillaux as Grippe-Soleil

References

Bibliography

• Waldman, Harry & Slide, Anthony. Hollywood and the Foreign Touch: A Dictionary of Foreign Filmmakers and Their Films from America, 1910-1995. Scarecrow Press, 1996.

External links

• Figaro at IMDb

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