The Grand Duke's Tour

1910 Comedy Directed by Léonce Perret

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About The Grand Duke's Tour

Wealthy Parisians treat a trip through poor streets as an amusement. A troupe of actors stages the tour. Real Apaches, the street criminals of that Paris slang, are folded into the show.

Cast & crew

More about The Grand Duke's Tour

Léonce Perret directed this Pathé comedy. Polaire is billed, with Armand Numès, Gaston Sylvestre, and Maria Fromet. A copy is on the Internet Archive as silent-la-tourne-des-grands-ducs. The French title is La Tournée des grands-ducs.

Themes

  • a slum tour sold as fun
  • actors and real Apaches in the same show
  • grand dukes
  • Apaches
  • Polaire
  • Perret
  • Pathé
  • Paris

Background

The title uses a Paris fad of the time: rich people paying to be shown the poor quarters.

Preservation

A copy is on the Internet Archive.

Notes

  • The 'grand dukes' are the rich tourists, not a Russian court on a state visit.
  • Apache, in 1910 Paris, meant a street criminal.
  • Polaire is the name on the Wikidata cast.
  • The archive file uses the French title.

Scenes

  • The rich party sets out to look at the poor streets.
  • Apaches turn up inside the staged tour.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-la-tourne-des-grands-ducs)

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