Three narrators (French writer Jean Martin, an English royal equerry, and a papal chamberlain) tell the story of seven matched pearls, four of them now in the British Crown. Episodes whirl us from Pope Clement VII to Mary Queen of Scots, from whom the pearls are stolen while she's occupied with the headsman.
Should you watch this 1937 French oddity called The Pearls of the Crown tonight? Honestly, yes, if you love fast history jokes and don't mind reading subtitles while three guys talk directly to the camera.But if you hate stagey old movies where actors smirk at their own cleverness, you will absolutely loathe this. 🙄Th...
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"Should you watch this 1937 French oddity called The Pearls of the Crown tonight? Honestly, yes, if you love fast history jokes and don't mind reading subtitles while three guys talk directly to the camera.But if you hate stagey old movies where actors smirk at their own cleverness, you will absolutely loathe this. 🙄The whole plot is basically a big chase after seven matched pearls. Four of them ended up on the British crown, but the other three got lost in the cracks of time, so three dudes fro..."
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