''I Like Only You'' (French: ''Je n'aime que toi'') is a 1949
French comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Pierre Montazel
Pierre Montazel (5 March 1911 – 8 September 1975) was a French cinematographer and screenwriter.Kay Weniger: ''Das große Personenlexikon des Films.'' Berlin 2001, Band 5, S. 520
Selected filmography
* '' Vidocq'' (1939)
* ''Sing Anyway'' (1940 ...
, and starring by
Luis Mariano
Luis Mariano Eusebio González García (13 August 1914 – 14 July 1970), also known as Luis Mariano, was a popular tenor of Spanish origin who achieved celebrity in 1946 with "La belle de Cadix" ("The Beautiful Lady of Cadix") an operetta by ...
,
Martine Carol
Martine Carol (born Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer; 16 May 1920 – 6 February 1967) was a French film actress.
Career
Born Maryse Mourer (or Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer) in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, (France), she studied acting und ...
and
André Le Gall.
[Powrie & Cadalanu p.114] It was shot at the
Cité Elgé
Cité Elgé were French film studios located in Paris. They were constructed in 1905 in the Buttes-Chaumont area of the city by the Gaumont Film Company
The Gaumont Film Company (, ), often shortened to Gaumont, is a French film studio headq ...
Studios in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Jean d'Eaubonne
Jean d'Eaubonne (March 8, 1903 – July 30, 1971) was a French art director. He received an Oscar nomination in 1951 for his work on Max Ophüls's ''La Ronde''.
Selected filmography
* '' The Polish Jew'' (1931)
* '' Love and Luck'' (1932)
* '' M ...
.
Synopsis
Irène is married to the celebrated
singer
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...
Renaldo Cortez who is completely devoted to his work. Frustrated she goes off with another man and Renaldo enlists the help of his faithful friend Arthur to return her to him so they can reconcile.
Cast
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Luis Mariano
Luis Mariano Eusebio González García (13 August 1914 – 14 July 1970), also known as Luis Mariano, was a popular tenor of Spanish origin who achieved celebrity in 1946 with "La belle de Cadix" ("The Beautiful Lady of Cadix") an operetta by ...
as Renaldo Cortez, singer, husband of Irène
*
Martine Carol
Martine Carol (born Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer; 16 May 1920 – 6 February 1967) was a French film actress.
Career
Born Maryse Mourer (or Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer) in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, (France), she studied acting und ...
as Irène, wife of Don Renaldo
*
André Le Gall as Gérard
*
Robert Dhéry
Robert Dhéry (27 April 1921 – 3 December 2004) (born Robert Léon Henri Fourrey or Robert Foullcy) was a French comedian, actor, director and screenwriter.
He was married to actor Colette Brosset, with whom he appeared onstage in ''La Plume de ...
as Arthur Bidois
*
Raymond Bussières
Raymond Bussières (3 November 1907 – 29 April 1982) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1933 and 1982. He was born in Ivry-la-Bataille and died in Paris. He is buried in Marchenoir. He was married to the ac ...
as Ernest
*
Annette Poivre
Annette Poivre (24 June 1917 – 2 June 1988) was a French stage and film actress.Hayward p.241 She was married to the actor Raymond Bussières with whom she sometimes co-starred. Poivre was noted for her comic performances.
Selected filmography
...
as Julia, maidservant of Don Renaldo
*
Edmond Ardisson
Edmond Ardisson (23 October 1904, in Marseille – 30 November 1983, in Jouarre
Jouarre () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Jouarre Abbey
It is the site of the Jouarre Abbey, a ...
as Le chauffeur
*
Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fil ...
as pianist of the orchestra
*
René Berthier
René Berthier (1912–2001) was a French film and television actor.Vincendeau p.247
Partial filmography
* ''Croisière pour l'inconnu'' (1948) - Fleuret
* ''I Like Only You'' (1949) - Le secrétaire
* ''Rendezvous in July'' (1949)
* ''Not Any ...
as Le secrétaire
*
Jean Richard as Un passager de l'avion
*
Gaston Orbal as Le maître d'hôtel
*
Joé Davray as Un garçon de café
*
Roger Saget
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ...
as Le présentateur
*
Pierrette Rossi as Une admiratrice
*
Colette Georges
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her ...
as Une admiratrice
*
Paul Azaïs
Paul François Robert Azaïs (6 May 1902 – 17 November 1974) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1929 and 1966.
Selected filmography
* '' The Three Masks'' (1929) - Le fils Vescotelli
* ''Le défenseur'' ( ...
as Le compositeur
*
Colette Brosset
Colette Marie Claudette Brosset (21 February 1922 – 1 March 2007) was a French actress, writer and choreographer.
She was once married to actor Robert Dhéry, with whom she appeared onstage in ''La Plume de Ma Tante'' and '' Ah! Les belles ba ...
as Monrival
*
Jean Carmet
Jean Carmet (25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor.
Life and career
Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internatio ...
as Le père affolé
*
Roger Pierre
Roger Pierre (30 August 1923 – 23 January 2010) was a French comedian and actor.
Early life
Roger Pierre was born on 30 August 1923 in Paris, France.
Career
Pierre and Jean-Marc Thibault were one of France's most popular comedy acts. Working r ...
as Un journaliste d'Ici Paris
*
Jean-Marc Thibault
Jean-Marc Thibault (1923–2017) was a French film and television actor.Halliwell p.56 He also directed three films.
Selected filmography
* ''First on the Rope'' (1944)
* ''Cage of Girls'' (1949)
* '' I Like Only You'' (1949)
* ''Women of Paris'' ...
as journaliste d'Ici Paris
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* Powrie, Phil & Cadalanu, Marie . ''The French Film Musical''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
External links
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Je n’aime que toi (1949)at the ''Films de France''
1949 films
French comedy films
1940s French-language films
French black-and-white films
Films directed by Pierre Montazel
1949 comedy films
1940s French films
French films based on plays
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