When Paris Loves

Name: When Paris Loves
Director: René Leprince
Genre: Drama
Released: 1913
Duration: 50 min
Cast: René Alexandre, Louis Ravet, Gabrielle Robinne, Berthe Bovy, Aimée Tessandier

1913 Drama 50 minutes Directed by René Leprince

About When Paris Loves

Sculptor Jean Clédat stays in Paris with the painter Gabrielle Normand instead of going home to his fiancée, Marie-Claire. His father, Gaston, arrives, sees a doll in the studio, and decides Gabrielle has a child. He offers to pay for the child and orders Jean home. The girl is four, and she is Gabrielle’s sister, not her daughter.

Cast & crew

More about When Paris Loves

René Leprince and Ferdinand Zecca directed. Pierre Decourcelle wrote it. René Alexandre plays Jean, Gabrielle Robinne plays Gabrielle, Louis Ravet plays Gaston Clédat, and Berthe Bovy plays Marie-Claire. Listed running time is 50 minutes. It is a 1913 silent drama.

Themes

A sculptor who will not go home
A doll taken for a child
A sister, not a daughter
Jean Clédat
Gabrielle Normand
Marie-Claire
doll
Paris
Fine Arts Academy

Making

Zecca shares the direction with Leprince. The scene that turns the plot is the father walking into the studio and seeing the doll.

Music

Silent.

Notes

Aimée Tessandier plays Madame Clédat.
The doll in the studio is what makes the father sure there is a child.
The French title used in some listings is Coeur de femme.
The published synopsis stops on the father’s mistake about the little sister.

Scenes

Gaston finds the doll in Jean’s studio.
He tells Gabrielle he will pay to keep the child.
The four-year-old is Gabrielle’s sister.

Also available

Internet Archive (silent-when-paris-loves)