''It's the Paris Life'' (French: ''C'est la vie parisienne'') is a 1954 French

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directed by Alfred Rode and starring

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Philippe Lemaire Philippe Lemaire (14 March 1927 – 15 March 2004) was a French actor. He appeared in more than ninety films between 1946 and 2004. Lemaire was married three times; Nicole Pinton (1949–1951) (divorced); Juliette Gréco Juliette Gréco (; ...

and

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 ...

.Hayward p.465 It was shot in

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. The film portrays the development of Parisian musical culture between 1900 and 1950.

Partial cast

as Cri-Cri Delagrange / Christine Weston *

as Paul de Barfleur / Alain de Villebois *

as Anatole Leduc * Noël Roquevert as Noël Le Garrec * Jean Tissier as M. Weston *

Maryse Martin Maryse Martin (1906–1984) was a French singer, film and television actress.Pallister & Hottell p.77 Selected filmography * ''Les Casse-pieds'' (1948) * ''We Will All Go to Paris'' (1950) – Maman Terrine * ''Musique en tête'' (1951) – La ...

as Mlle Machu * Arlette Poirier as Emilienne de Montluçon *

Claude Luter Claude Luter (23 July 1923 – 6 October 2006) was a jazz clarinetist who doubled on soprano saxophone. Luter was born and died in Paris. He began on trumpet, but switched to clarinet. He might be best known for being an accompanist to Sidn ...

as Himself *

Saturnin Fabre Saturnin Fabre (4 April 1884 – 4 October 1961) was a French film actor. Selected filmography * ''La rafale'' (1920) - comte de Bréchebel * ''Mademoiselle de La Seiglière'' (1921) * '' The Road Is Fine'' (1930) - Le professeur Pique * '' ...

as Comte Gontran de Barfleur *

Jim Gérald Jim Gérald (4 July 1889 – 2 July 1958) was a French actor. Gérald was born Gérald Ernest Cuénod in Paris. He died in Paris in 1958. Selected filmography * ''La légende de soeur Béatrix'' (1923) - Un soudard * ''The Imaginary Voyage' ...

as L'Américain * Amédée as Daniel * Alfred Rode as Drago *

Colette Régis Colette Régis (1893–1978) was a French film actress.Hayward p.280 Selected filmography * ''Rasputin'' (1938) - Une religieuse (uncredited) * '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) - Sarah Bernhardt * '' La Bête Humaine'' (1938) - Victoire Pecqueux * ''T ...

as La comtesse *

Georges Bever Georges Bever (1884–1973) was a French film and television actor.Goble p.38 Selected filmography * '' The Crystal Submarine '' (1927) * ''The Man in Evening Clothes'' (1931) * '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) * ''Fun in the Barracks'' ...

as Le maître d'hôtel * Françoise Delbart as L'amie *

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José Dupuis Joseph-Lambert Dupuis (known as José Dupuis) (18 March 1833, Liège – 9 May 1900, Nogent-sur-Marne) was a Belgian singer and actor. He was principally active in opéra-bouffe in Paris, in particular at the Théâtre des Variétés. Career ...

as Léopold * Les Trompes de la Chasse du Dèbuché de Paris as Themselves

References

Bibliography

* Hayward, Susan. ''French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film''. Intellect Books, 2010.

External links

* 1950s historical comedy films French historical comedy films 1954 films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Alfred Rode Films set in Paris 1954 comedy films 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub