The Pearls of the Crown
May 12 1937
•2h 40m
•Comedy, History
The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.
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Sacha Guitry
Jean Martin / François Ier / Barras / Napoléon III
Jacqueline Delubac
Françoise Martin / Marie Stuart / Joséphine de Beauharnais
Lyn Harding
John Russell / Henry VIII
Renée Saint-Cyr
Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne
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