Mammy (1951 film)
Mammy | |
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Directed by | Jean Stelli |
Written by | Alejandro Casona (novel) Pierre Laroche Albert Valentin |
Produced by | Claude Dolbert |
Starring | Gaby Morlay Pierre Larquey Françoise Arnoul |
Cinematography | Marc Fossard |
Edited by | |
Music by | Marcel Landowski |
Production company | Codo Cinéma |
Distributed by | Consortium du Film |
Release date | 28 November 1951 |
Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Mammy is a 1951 French drama film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Gaby Morlay, Pierre Larquey and Françoise Arnoul.[1]
It was shot at the in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director .
Synopsis[]
Madame Pierre, known as Mammy, dotes on her grandson Maurice. He has been away in Canada for ten years, and is a disreputable lowlife. However her husband has created a false image of a decent, happily-married architect for her benefit. When news comes of Maurice's disappearance in a plane crash, Mammy is so distraught that her husband hires a young couple to pose as Maurice and his invented wife Marthe, in the hope that his wife will accept them as real.
Cast[]
- Gaby Morlay as Mme Pierre dite Mammy
- Pierre Larquey as Dr. André Pierre
- Françoise Arnoul as Marthe Roux
- as Geneviève
- Claude Nicot as Le petit ami
- Micheline Gary as Lucette
- as Marie
- Michel Jourdan as Le vrai Maurice
- Marcel Delaître as Un acolyte de Maurice
- Philippe Hersent as Un acolyte de Maurice
- as Un acolyte de Maurice
- as La soeur
- as La concierge
- as Le boucher
- René Hell as Le vendeur de journaux
- Philippe Lemaire as Maurice Laprade
References[]
- ^ Rège p.939
Bibliography[]
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links[]
Categories:
- French-language films
- 1951 films
- 1951 drama films
- French drama films
- French films
- Films directed by Jean Stelli
- Films based on Spanish novels
- 1950s French film stubs