''Loves, Delights and Organs'' (French: ''Amours, délices et orgues'') is a 1947 French

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directed by

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and starring

Jean Desailly Jean Desailly (24 August 1920 – 11 June 2008) was a French actor. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 to 1946, and later participated in about 90 movies. Life and career Desailly studied at the École nationale supérieure des ...

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and

Catherine Erard Catherine Erard (1928–2009) was a French film and stage actress.Paietta p.167 She played the female lead in a number of films during the 1950s. Selected filmography * '' Loves, Delights and Organs'' (1947) * '' Young Love'' (1951) * '' Three Wo ...

. Parish & Canham p.22 The film's sets were designed by the

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Robert Gys Robert Gys (1901–1977) was a French art director.O'Shaughnessy p.238 Selected filmography * '' Imperial Violets'' (1924) * '' The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge'' (1925) * ''Miss Europe'' (1930) * ''Dance Hall'' (1931) * '' The Dream'' (1931) * '' ...

Synopsis

In provincial France, a

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based in the chateau of a French

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is presided over by a

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-loving principal. He does everything he can to encourage his student's love of life and tries to overcome the count's opposition to his daughter marrying one of the boys.

Cast

as Jean Pelletier dit 'Pivoine' *

as Pierre de Beaucourt *

as Yolande de Coeur-Joly *

Bernard Lajarrige Bernard La Jarrige (25 February 1912 – 29 May 1999) was a French film and television actor.Paietta p.17 His name is sometimes written as Bernard Lajarrige. Selected filmography * '' Orage'' (1938) - Un copain (uncredited) * ''La cité des lumi ...

as Martin * Dominique Nohain as Etienne Marcay *

Jacques Louvigny Jacques Louvigny (1884–1951) was a French stage and film actor.Hayward p.241 Selected filmography * '' Delphine'' (1931) * ''On purge bébé'' (1931) * '' Fanfare of Love'' (1935) * '' The Squadron's Baby'' (1935) * ''The Lover of Madame Vidal' ...

as Pacoulin *

Charles Dechamps Charles Dechamps (13 September 1882 – 25 September 1959) was a French stage and film actor. He married the comedian Fernande Albany on 19 November 1925. He died in 1959, and was buried at cimetière du Père-Lachaise. Filmography * 1909: ...

as Le comte de Coeur-Joly *

Henri Crémieux Henri Crémieux (19 July 1896 – 10 May 1980) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1930 to 1980. Selected filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cremieux, Henri 1896 births 1980 deaths Male actors from ...

as Mathieu *

Alice Tissot Alice Tissot (1 January 1890 – 5 May 1971) was a French actress. Partial filmography * ''Poum à la chasse'' (1908) * ''Le devoir'' (1908) * ' (1909) * ' (1909) * '' The Two Girls'' (1921) * '' A Son from America'' (1924) * ''Captain Rascas ...

as Tante Ursule *

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as Gouttenoire *

Paul Faivre Paul Faivre (3 March 1886 – 5 March 1973) was a French actor. Selected filmography * '' The House Opposite'' (1937) * '' The Lady from Vittel'' (1937) * ''Cinderella'' (1937) * '' Behind the Facade'' (1939) * '' Vidocq'' (1939) * ''Moulin ...

as Saturnin * Janine Mareil as Angèle *

Gisèle Pascal Gisèle Pascal (17 September 1921 – 2 February 2007) was a French actress and a former lover of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. She was born Gisèle Marie Madeleine Tallone at Cannes, France. Her first movie role was in 1942's '' L'Arlés ...

as Micheline *

Robert Rollis Robert Rollis (16 March 1921 - 6 November 2007) was a French actor. He mainly starred as a film actor, but also appeared in television and also in theatre in the 1950s and early 1960s. Amongst many roles, he starred in Yves Robert's '' War of the ...

as Robinot * Jack Vetter as Bouboule

References

Bibliography

* Parish, James Robert & Canham, Kingsley. ''Film Directors Guide: Western Europe''. Scarecrow Press, 1976. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1947 films French comedy films 1947 comedy films 1940s French-language films Films directed by André Berthomieu French black-and-white films 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub