What for?

Céleste Noménoé, a provincial actor, comes to Paris for an inheritance. He also gets a part in a movie. The managers of a music-hall notice him. He takes the stage name of Grock.

Cast

Grock

as Céleste Noménoé

Pierrette Lugand

as Little girl

Gaston Dubosc

as Grandfather

Valentine Lugand

as Blanche

Simone Montalet

as Young woman

Marguerite de Morlaye

as Grandmother

Roger Hoguenet

as Little boy

Lucien Baroux

as Director

Georges Cahuzac

as Music Hall Director

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