Sultry screen siren Marlene Dietrich plays a dual role in the light romantic comedy The Flame of New Orleans (1941). As Claire Ledoux, Dietrich is a European adventuress during the 1840s. Leaving behind a colorful past, she comes to the shores of America in search of a rich husband and a life of comfort. Once she secures this in the form of wealthy fiance Roland Young, her past catches up with her, and she is forced to masquerade as a fictitious "bad seed" cousin to get herself off the hook. Along the way, however, she is unexpectedly sidetracked by the affections of a rugged sea captain played by Bruce Cabot.
Douglas Fairbanks jr plays Siamese twins, separated by a good doctor [scalpel hemostat sutures quickly!!] after their parents are killed by Vendetta, personified by Akim Tamiroff in bolero suits. One goes to Paris, one to the Corsican Mountains to become, respectively, a gentleman and a bandit. What will happen? "I have performed the miracle I have separated their bodies. But what of their souls?" Lucien [the bandit] feels everything Mario [the Parisian fop - I mean, gentleman] feels. 20 years pass…then another year…and they are reunited in Corsica. Banditry and vendetta and a beautiful Corsican countess ensue.
Laurence Sémonin (également connue sous le pseudonyme de Lola Sémonin), est une actrice et femme écrivain française.
Elle est nommée au Molière de la révélation théâtrale en 1988, puis au Molière du one man show en 1997. Elle publie plusieurs ouvrages sur son personnage, dont une saga littéraire chez Pygmalion: "La Madeleine Proust, une vie"…