Le Friquet
About Le Friquet
A clown finds an abandoned baby and raises her in the circus. She grows up as Le Friquet, a rider and trapeze artist. The boss mistreats her. She takes shelter with a rich benefactor, then learns that the man she loves does not love her back.
Cast & crew
More about Le Friquet
Maurice Tourneur wrote and directed the film for Éclair, which also distributed it. Polaire plays Le Friquet. The English title is The Sparrow. Wikidata gives 27 minutes. Henry Roussel, André Dubosc, Renée Sylvaire, and Gilbert Dalleu are in the cast. César plays Mafflu.
Themes
Making
Tourneur made the picture in France for Éclair before his American features. The story stays inside a circus and then a rich household.
Preservation
A print is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- Polaire, a café-concert star, plays the trapeze artist.
- The French title Le Friquet is a name for a sparrow.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive.
- One later listing times the film at 21 minutes rather than 27.
Scenes
- The clown takes in the abandoned baby.
- Le Friquet works the trapeze under a boss who mistreats her.
- She understands that the man she loves does not return it.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-le-friquet)
