Louis Mercanton was born in 1879 in Switzerland as Louis Samuel Eugène Mercanton. He was a director and writer, known for Queen Elizabeth (1912), La petite bonne du palace (1927) and Le tournant (1918). He died on April 29, 1932 in Paris, France.
Was an early exponent of using real locations instead of studio facilities.
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Educated in England. Made his theatrical acting debut in South Africa in 1904. Returned to England as stage manager for Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. In 1911, became artistic director of the Anglo-French society L'eclipse. Had a successful career as a director during the 1910's and 20's, beginning with four films which starred the celebrated stage actress Sarah Bernhardt.
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He is the step-father of cinematographer 'Jacques Mercanton".
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Man of Mayfair
1931
These Charming People
1931
Su noche de bodas
1931
Marions-nous
1931
Conférence sur la beauté
1931
Short
En zinc sec
1931
Short
La girouette sur le toit
1931
Short
La malle
1931
Short
Le Bouif au salon
1931
Short
Le collier de perles
1931
Short
Le garçon de café
1931
Short
Le meeting
1931
Short
Les rois mages
1931
Short
Par T.S.F.
1931
Short
Pas d'histoires
1931
Short
Sur le tas de sable
1931
Short
Un joli succès
1931
Short
Bon appétit Messieurs
1930
Short
La lettre
1930
Chérie
1930
The Brat
1930
Le mystère de la villa rose
1930
co-director
Vénus
1929
Croquette
1928
La petite bonne du palace
1926
Monte Carlo
1925
Les deux gosses
1924
Sarati, le terrible
1923
co-director
Aux jardins de Murcie
1923
co-director
Phroso
1922
L'homme merveilleux
1921
The Call of the Blood
1921
Miarka, the Child of the Bear
1920
Bouclette
1918
co-director
Oh! Ce baiser!
1918
co-director
Le tournant
1918
Short co-director
Un roman d'amour et d'aventures
1918
co-director
Le tablier blanc
1917
co-director
Le torrent
1917
co-director
Midinettes
1917
co-director
Mères françaises
1917
co-director
La p'tite du sixième
1917
co-director
Le lotus d'or
1916
Manuella
1916
Short co-director
Suzanne, professeur de flirt
1916
co-director
Suzanne
1916
co-director
Jeanne Doré
1915
co-director
Sadounah
1915
co-director
La remplaçante
1914
Short co-director
Vendetta
1914
co-director
Anne Boleyn
1914
Short co-director
Le spectre du passé
1913
Short co-director
Adrienne Lecouvreur
1913
Short co-director
Les amours de la reine Élisabeth
1912
Short co-director
La dame aux camélias
1912
An Eye for an Eye; or, The Last Days of King Henry III of France