With a Smile (film)
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With a Smile | |
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Directed by | Maurice Tourneur |
Written by | Louis Verneuil |
Produced by | José Marquis |
Starring | Maurice Chevalier Marie Glory André Lefaur |
Cinematography | Armand Thirard Louis Née |
Edited by | Harold Earle |
Music by | Marcel Lattès |
Production company | Les Films Marquise |
Distributed by | Métropole Distribution |
Release date | 4 December 1936 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
With a Smile (French: Avec le sourire) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Maurice Tourneur and based on an original screenplay by Louis Verneuil. The film stars Maurice Chevalier and the title of the film is taken from one of his comic songs "With a Smile" (Avec le Sourire, 1907).[1]
It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors and .
Plot[]
A smooth talking but penniless vagrant (Maurice Chevalier) arrives in Paris and sets out to make it to the top with nothing more than his smile, charm and cunning mind.
Cast[]
- Maurice Chevalier as Victor Larnois
- Marie Glory as Gisèle Berthier
- André Lefaur as Ernest Villary, le propriétaire du "Palace"
- Paule Andral as Valentine Villary, son épouse
- Marcel Vallée as Pascaud
- as Templier
- as Fromentel, le directeur des Beaux-Arts
- Rivers Cadet as Albert, le chasseur du "Palace"
- as l'épouse d'Albert
- as le maître d'école
- Milly Mathis as la caissière du "Palace"
- Jean Gobet as Bruzin
- as l'entraîneur
- as Suzy Dorfeuil, la vedette du "Palace"
- Lucien Callamand as Vauclin
- as le duc de Ganges
- Anthony Gildès as le baron Wurtz
- as la dactylo
- Georges Bever as le valet de pied
- as le président du tribunal
- Robert Ozanne as un invité à la noce
- as Genneval
- as le maître d'école
- Robert Ozanne as un invité à la noce
- Rivers Cadet as le chasseur
- as l'amant de la femme du chasseur
- Jean Témerson as Cam
References[]
- ^ Rae Beth Gordon Dances with Darwin, 1875-1910: Vernacular Modernity in France 2009 "In 1907, when Maurice Chevalier was still an Idiot Comic, he performed the comic monologue and song, "With a Smile," in which his usual grimaces and poses are combined with fantasies of Africa: "Strolling along in Africa one day, I was ..."
External links[]
- With a Smile at IMDb
Categories:
- French-language films
- 1936 films
- 1936 comedy films
- French comedy films
- French films
- Films directed by Maurice Tourneur
- French black-and-white films
- Films shot at Joinville Studios
- 1930s French film stubs