The Pearls of the Crown

The Pearls of the Crown
Directed bySacha Guitry
Christian-Jaque
Written bySacha Guitry
Christian-Jaque
Produced bySerge Sandberg
StarringJacqueline Delubac
Sacha Guitry
Lyn Harding
Renée Saint-Cyr
CinematographyJules Kruger
Edited byMyriam Borsoutsky
William Barache
Music byJean Françaix
Production
companies
Cinéas
Impérial Film
Distributed byFilms Sonores Tobis
Release date
  • 12 May 1937 (1937-05-12)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesFrench
English
Italian

The Pearls of the Crown (French: Les Perles de la couronne) is a 1937 French comedy film of historically based fiction by Sacha Guitry who plays four roles in it (many of the other performers play multiple roles, as well). Guitry's Jean Martin investigates the history of seven pearls, four of which end up on the crown of England, while the other three initially go missing.

It was made at the Billancourt Studios in Paris with location shooting at a variety of sites including the Abbaye de Royaumont, the Château de Louveciennes and aboard the S.S. Normandie. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Perrier.