''Cocoanut'' (French: ''Noix de coco'') is a 1939 French-German
comedy drama film
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adapted by
Marcel Achard
Marcel Achard (5 July 1899 – 4 September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies Garzanti p. 3 maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles ...
from his play of the same name. It was directed by
Jean Boyer and stars
Raimu
Jules Auguste Muraire (18 December 1883 – 20 September 1946), whose stage name was Raimu, was a French actor. He is most famous for playing César in the 'Marseilles trilogy' ('' Marius'', '' Fanny'' and '' César'').
Life and career
Born in T ...
,
Marie Bell
Marie Bell (23 December 1900 – 14 August 1985), born Marie-Jeanne Bellon-Downey, was a French tragedian, comic actor and stage director. She was the director of the Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris from 1962 onwards, and this theatre now bear ...
and
Michel Simon
Michel Simon (; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss-French actor. He appeared in many notable French films, including ''La Chienne'' (1931), ''Boudu Saved from Drowning'' (1932), ''L'Atalante'' (1934), '' Port of Shadows'' (1938), '' The H ...
.
[Crisp p.130] The film was made by the German studio
UFA
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, and released by its French subsidiary
ACE
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.
The film's
art direction
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ...
was by
Max Mellin
Max Mellin (1904–1977) was a German art director.Jacobsen & Prinzler p.275
Selected filmography
* ''Happy Days in Aranjuez'' (1933)
* ''The Girlfriend of a Big Man'' (1934)
* '' Playing with Fire'' (1934)
* '' Marriage Strike'' (1935)
* ''Fresh ...
.
Cast
*
Raimu
Jules Auguste Muraire (18 December 1883 – 20 September 1946), whose stage name was Raimu, was a French actor. He is most famous for playing César in the 'Marseilles trilogy' ('' Marius'', '' Fanny'' and '' César'').
Life and career
Born in T ...
as Loulou Barbentane
*
Marie Bell
Marie Bell (23 December 1900 – 14 August 1985), born Marie-Jeanne Bellon-Downey, was a French tragedian, comic actor and stage director. She was the director of the Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris from 1962 onwards, and this theatre now bear ...
as Caroline
*
Michel Simon
Michel Simon (; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss-French actor. He appeared in many notable French films, including ''La Chienne'' (1931), ''Boudu Saved from Drowning'' (1932), ''L'Atalante'' (1934), '' Port of Shadows'' (1938), '' The H ...
as Josserand
*
Gilbert Gil
Gilbert Gil (September 9, 1913 – August 25, 1988) was a French film actor. He also directed a single film '' Criminal Brigade'' in 1947.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.47
Partial filmography
* ''Mayerling'' (1936) - Un étudiant (uncredited)
* ''Les gr ...
as Antoine
*
Junie Astor
Rolande Jeanne Risterucci (1911–1967), better known as Junie Astor, was a French actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Stradivarius'' (1935)
* ''The Lower Depths'' (1936)
* ''Women's Club'' (1936)
* ''Excursion Train'' (1936)
* ''27 Rue de la Paix ...
as Colette Ventadour
*
Gisèle Préville
Gisèle Préville (1918–2006) was a French film actress and beauty contestant. She entered the film industry after being crowned Miss Paris in 1934 and Miss France in 1935. While she mainly featured in French films, she also starred in the Brit ...
as Nathalie
*
Fernand Fabre
Fernand Fabre (1899–1987) was a French stage, television and film actor.Goble p.49
Selected filmography
* ''The Queen's Necklace'' (1929)
* '' The Indictment'' (1931)
* ''Luck'' (1931)
* ''The Weaker Sex'' (1933)
* ''Madame Bovary'' (1934)
* '' ...
as Salvador
*
Betty Daussmond
Betty Daussmond (1873–1957), born Marguerite Anne Bettina Doneau, was a French stage and film actress.
In 1914 she played the leading female part in Georges Feydeau's last full-length farce, '' Je ne trompe pas mon mari!''. The author commented ...
as Angèle
*
Georges Lannes
Georges Lannes (27 October 1895 – 8 July 1983) was a French film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during his career including '' André Cornélis'' (1927).Goble p.50
Selected filmography
* '' The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922)
* '' ...
as Lieberkrantz
*
Marcel Maupi
Marcel Maupi, stage name of Marcel Louis Alexandre Barberin or Maupi, (6 November 1881, Marseille – 4 January 1949, Antibes) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Dance Hall'' (1931)
* '' Marius'' (1931)
* '' Fanny'' (1932)
* '' The Iron ...
as Colleville
*
Magdeleine Bérubet as Mme Testavin
*
Harry-James as Un invité
*
Suzet Maïs as Fernande Josserand
*
Simone Gauthier
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* Simone (given name), a feminine (or Italian masculine) given name of Hebrew origin
* Simone (surname), an Italian surname
Simone may also refer to:
* ''Simone'' (1918 film), a French silent drama film
* ''Simone'' (1926 fi ...
*
Claire Gérard
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Places
Canada
* Clair, New Brunswick, a former village, now part of Haut-Madawaska
* Clair Parish, New Brunswick
* Pointe-Claire, Que ...
as Une invitée
References
Bibliography
* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.
External links
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1939 films
German comedy-drama films
1939 comedy-drama films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Jean Boyer
French films based on plays
UFA GmbH films
French comedy-drama films
French black-and-white films
German black-and-white films
1930s French films
1930s German films
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