Dora Nelson (1935 film)
Dora Nelson | |
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Directed by | René Guissart |
Written by | Louis Verneuil (play) |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Enzo Riccioni |
Music by | Armand Bernard |
Production company | Flores Film |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | 8 November 1935 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Dora Nelson is a 1935 French comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Elvira Popescu, André Lefaur and Frédéric Duvallès. The film was based on by Louis Verneuil. In 1939 it was remade as an Italian film of the same title.[1]
Synopsis[]
A leading film star abandons the picture she is working on, and elopes with her lover to Italy. The desperate filmmakers recruit a poor woman who strongly resembles her to take her place.
Partial cast[]
- Elvira Popescu as Dora Nelson et Suzanne Verdier
- André Lefaur as Philippe de Moreuil
- Frédéric Duvallès as Étienne Beaupertuis
- Micheline Cheirel as Yvonne de Moreuil
- Julien Carette as Fouchard
- Paule Andral as Madame de Chantalard
- as Madame d'Aubigny
- as Elsa
- as Célestine
- as Huguette
References[]
- ^ Gundle p.63
Bibliography[]
- Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links[]
- Dora Nelson at IMDb
Categories:
- French-language films
- 1935 films
- French films
- French comedy films
- French black-and-white films
- 1935 comedy films
- Films directed by René Guissart
- Films set in Italy
- Films set in France
- French films based on plays
- Films based on works by Louis Verneuil
- 1930s French film stubs