''Let's Touch Wood'' (French: ''Touchons du bois'') is a 1933 French

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directed by

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and starring

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and Lily Zévaco. It is based on the play ''

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'' by

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.Tanitch p. 271

Cast

as La générale de Saint-Preux *

as Auguste Chantilly * Lily Zévaco as Geneviève * Suzy Pierson as Minouche *

Jules Moy Jules Moy (1862–1938) was a French stage and film actor.Tanitch p.271 Selected filmography * ''The Vein'' (1928) * ''Cagliostro'' (1929) * '' Mistigri'' (1931) * ''The Man at Midnight'' (1931) * '' Let's Touch Wood'' (1933) *'' Bach the Detecti ...

as M. Lebigre *

Roland Armontel Roland Armontel (21 December 1901 – 15 March 1980) was a French actor. Born Auguste Louis Magnin in Vimoutiers, Orne, France, he died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''Fun in the Barracks'' (1932) * '' Let's Touch Wood'' (1933) * ''Les M ...

as Jacques de Saint-Preux *

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as Mlle. Frontin * Suzet Maïs as Arlette *

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as La petite compagne d'amusement *

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References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Tanitch, Robert. ''Oscar Wilde on Stage and Screen''. Methuen, 1999.

External links

* 1933 films 1933 comedy films French comedy films 1930s French-language films Films based on The Importance of Being Earnest Films directed by Maurice Champreux Gaumont Film Company films French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub