''Josette'' is a 1938 American
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 o ...
directed by
Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.
Early life
Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan, wa ...
and starring
Don Ameche
Don Ameche (; born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor, comedian and vaudevillian. After playing in college shows, stock, and vaudeville, he became a major radio star in the early 1930s, which ...
,
Simone Simon
Simone Thérèse Fernande Simon (23 April 1910 or 1911 – 22 February 2005) was a French film actress who began her film career in 1931.
Early life
Born in Marseille, France, she was the daughter of Henri Louis Firmin Clair Simon, a French J ...
and
Robert Young.
[Tucker p.55-57] Two brothers fall in love with the same
nightclub singer
A nightclub act is a production, usually of nightclub music or comedy, designed for performance at a nightclub, a type of drinking establishment, by a nightclub performer such as a nightclub singer or nightclub dancer, whose performance may ...
.
Plot
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Tucker, David C. ''Joan Davis: America's Queen of Film, Radio and Television Comedy''. McFarland, 2014.
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1938 films
1938 romantic comedy films
20th Century Fox films
American black-and-white films
American romantic comedy films
Films about singers
Films directed by Allan Dwan
Films scored by Walter Scharf
Films set in New Orleans
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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