A Good Little Devil

Name: A Good Little Devil
Director: René Leprince
Released: 1923
Duration: 49 min
Cast: Jean Rauzena, Jeanne Bérangère, Madeleine Erickson, Charles Lamy, Jules Mondos

1923 49 minutes Directed by René Leprince

About A Good Little Devil

René Leprince's comedy adapts the Comtesse de Ségur's 1865 novel Un bon petit diable. Orphan Charles McLance lives in Scotland with his stingy cousin, Madame MacMiche, who mistreats him. The maid Betty helps him play tricks on her. Madame MacMiche sends him away to a boarding school kept by Old Nick.

Cast & crew

More about A Good Little Devil

René Leprince directed the Pathé adaptation of the Comtesse de Ségur novel, first serialized in 1865. The negative is listed at 1,330 meters. It was released in 1923. This is not Mary Pickford's 1914 American film of a different play that used the same English title.

Themes

An orphan and a stingy cousin
Pranks with the maid
A boarding school
Scotland
orphan
Comtesse de Ségur
boarding school
maid

Preservation

A print is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

Jean Rauzéna plays Charles McLance, Jeanne Bérangère plays Madame MacMiche, and Madeleine Erickson plays Betty.
Jules Mondos plays Old Nick, Charles Lamy the judge, and Jeanne Helbling Juliette.
The French release title is Un bon petit diable.

Influenced by

Comtesse de Ségur's Un bon petit diable (1865)

Also available

Wikimedia Commons