Voltaire

(1933)

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| Film | USA | B&W | Biography | 1h 12min |
U
| Stars: George Arliss, Doris Kenyon, Margaret Lindsay | Director: John G Adolfi

The life and times of the 18th-century French wit

Cast

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Photograph of British actor, George Arliss (1)
Voltaire
Doris Kenyon
Mme Pompadour
Margaret Lindsay
Nanette Calas
Reginald Owen
King Louis XV
Theodore Newton
Francois
Alan Mowbray
Count De Sarnac
Gordon Westcott
The Capt
Murray Kinnell
Emile – Voltaire’s Servant
Doris Lloyd
Mme Clairon – Actress
Douglass Dumbrille
Actor – Oriental King in Play
David Torrence
Dr Tronchin
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Reviews

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One of the better Arliss charades, because the film is as stagey as his performance. (Halliwell’s)

Production

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John G Adolfi
Director
Maude T Howell
Writer
George Gibbs
Writer (based on the novel by)
E Lawrence Dudley
Writer (based on the novel by)
Paul Green
Writer (screen play)

Also known as

The Affairs of Voltaire (USA)

Companies

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Warner Bros.
Distribution company