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1937 film

Chaste Susanne

Directed by	André Berthomieu
Written by	Frederick Gotfurt Jean Boyer Austin Melford Val Valentine
Based on	Chaste Susanne by Antony Mars Maurice Desvallières
Produced by	Curtis Bernhardt Eugène Tucherer
Starring	Raimu Meg Lemonnier Henri Garat
Cinematography	Roy Clark
Edited by	Marcel Cohen
Music by	Jean Gilbert
Production companies	B.U.P. Française British Unity Pictures
Release date	27 May 1937 (1937-05-27)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	France United Kingdom
Language	French

Chaste Susanne (French: La chaste Suzanne) is a 1937 French-British comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Raimu, Meg Lemonnier and Henri Garat. It is an adaptation of the 1912 operetta Chaste Susanne by Jean Gilbert, itself based on an earlier play by Antony Mars and Maurice Desvallières. It was made when the 1930s booms in operetta films was at its height.

Made at Ealing Studios in London, it was the French-language version of the British film The Girl in the Taxi. Henri Garat was the only actor to appear in both productions. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne.

Synopsis

In Paris an academy dedicated to promoting virtue awards its annual prize, but accidentally gives it to the wrong woman named Suzanne. The recipient is in fact a dancer who performs at the Moulin Rouge and is conducting an affair with the potential son-in-law of Monsieur des Aubrays, the head of the academy.

Cast

Raimu as Monsieur des Aubrays
Meg Lemonnier as Suzanne Pomarel
Henri Garat as René Boislurette
Blanchette Brunoy as Jacqueline
Serge Flateau as Hubert
Jean Témerson as Alexis
Blanche Denège as Madame des Aubrays
Anthony Gildès as Dominique
Charles Dechamps as Pomarel

References

Oscherwitz& Higgins p.361

Bibliography

Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen . The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

Chaste Susanne at IMDb

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Films directed by André Berthomieu

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