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directed by Roger Capellani and

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and starring

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, Gloria Guzmán and Rosita Díaz Gimeno.Peiró p.302 It is the Spanish-language version of the 1927 film '' Evening Clothes''. It was made by Paramount Pictures at the

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in Paris. A French-language version ''

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'' was also released the same year.

Cast

as André de Dussange * Gloria Guzmán as Totoche * Rosita Díaz Gimeno as Susana de Dussange * Gabriel Algara as Pierre D'Allouville * Luis Llaneza as Buffetaut * Antonio Martínez as Soyer *

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as Baby * José Medina as Louis *

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as Guildé * Antoñita Colomé as Ninette *

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as Firmin *

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as Maître *

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References

Bibliography

* Eva Woods Peiró. ''White Gypsies: Race and Stardom in Spanish Musical Films''. U of Minnesota Press, 2012.

External links

* 1931 films 1931 comedy films 1930s Spanish-language films Spanish-language American films American comedy films Films directed by Roger Capellani Remakes of American films American multilingual films Films shot at Joinville Studios Paramount Pictures films American films based on plays American black-and-white films 1931 multilingual films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub