''A Caprice of Pompadour'' (French: ''Un caprice de la Pompadour'') is a 1931 French historical musical film directed by Joë Hamman and

Willi Wolff Willi is a given name, nickname (often a short form or hypocorism of Wilhelm) and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Willi Apel (1893–1988), German-American musicologist * Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991), Austrian violin ...

and starring André Baugé, Marcelle Denya and

Gaston Dupray Gaston Dupray (8 June 1886 – 12 December 1976) was a Belgian film actor. Dupray was born Gaston Joseph Dopère in Schaerbeek and died in 1976 in Ixelles. Dupray spent most of his film career working in French cinema. Selected filmography * ''A ...

. A separate German version ''

Madame Pompadour Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (, ; 29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764), commonly known as Madame de Pompadour, was a member of the French court. She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, and rema ...

'' was also made.Bock & Bergfelder p.156 It marked the film debut of the future star Suzy Delair.

Cast

* André Baugé as Gaston de Méville * Marcelle Denya as La marquise de Pompadour *

as Le marquis de l'Espinglette * Paulette Duvernet as Madeleine Biron * René Marjolle as Le roi Louis XV * André Marnay as Maurepas * Madyne Coquelet as Madame de l'Estrade *

Jean Rousselière Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * J ...

as Marcel de Clermont * Fernand Baer as Le baron Cerf * Max Réjean as Un cadet * Jacques Christiany as Le dauphin * Suzy Delair as Une soubrette de la Pompadour * Pierre Léaud *

Théo Tony Theo is a given name and a hypocorism. Greek origin Many names beginning with the root "Theo-" derive from the Ancient Greek word ''theos'' (''θεός''), which means god, for example: *Feminine names: Thea, Theodora, Theodosia, Theophania, ...

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1931 films French historical musical films 1930s historical musical films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Willi Wolff Films set in the 18th century Operetta films French multilingual films Cultural depictions of Louis XV Cultural depictions of Madame de Pompadour French black-and-white films 1931 multilingual films Films scored by Eduard Künneke 1930s French films {{historic-musical-film-stub