''Mademoiselle Béatrice'' is a 1943 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
Max de Vaucorbeil
Max de Vaucorbeil (1901–1982) was a Belgian film director.Goble p.478
Selected filmography
* ''The Road to Paradise'' (1930)
* ''Captain Craddock'' (1932)
* ''Princess, At Your Orders!'' (1931)
* ''A Weak Woman'' (1933)
* ''Mademoiselle Béatri ...
and starring
Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France. ,
André Luguet
André Luguet (15 May 1892 – 24 May 1979) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1910 and 1970. He was born in Fontenay-sous-Bois, France, and died in Cannes, France. His daughter Rosine Luguet became ...
and
Louise Carletti
Louise Carletti (27 February 1922 – 1 April 2002) was a French film actress.Kennedy-Karpat p.171 She was married to the director Raoul André.
Selected filmography
* '' People Who Travel'' (1938)
* ''Girls in Distress'' (1939)
* '' The White ...
.
[Bertin-Maghit p.175] 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 ...
Raymond Druart.
Synopsis
A
student
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In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementar ...
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 ...
is in love with Jeanette, but her family seem to present an obstacle to marriage. Fortunately Aunt Béatrice steps in to assist and all eventually turns out happily.
Cast
*
Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France. as Béatrice
*
André Luguet
André Luguet (15 May 1892 – 24 May 1979) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1910 and 1970. He was born in Fontenay-sous-Bois, France, and died in Cannes, France. His daughter Rosine Luguet became ...
as Hubert de Sainte-Croix
*
Louise Carletti
Louise Carletti (27 February 1922 – 1 April 2002) was a French film actress.Kennedy-Karpat p.171 She was married to the director Raoul André.
Selected filmography
* '' People Who Travel'' (1938)
* ''Girls in Distress'' (1939)
* '' The White ...
as Jeanette
*
Jacques Baumer
Jacques Baumer (born Jacques Henri Nusbaumer; 12 April 1885 - 20 June 1951), was a French theatre director and comedian.
Filmography
* 1932: ' by Georges Lacombe
* 1933: ''Étienne'' by Jean Tarride
* 1936: ' by Max Glass and Marco de Gastyne ...
as Maître Bergas
*
Germaine Charley
Germaine Charley (1887–1959) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.50
Selected filmography
* '' The Regiment's Champion'' (1932)
* '' Bach the Millionaire'' (1933)
* '' The Uncle from Peking'' (1934)
* ''Barnabé'' (1938)
* ''Sacred Woods ...
as Madame de Malempré
*
Marguerite Deval
Marguerite Deval (19 September 1866 – 18 December 1955) was a French singer and actress.
Born Marguerite Hippolyte Juliette Brulfer, she was a comedian, opera chanteuse, and actress of stage and film. She was born in Strasbourg and died in Pa ...
as La vieille dame du banc
*
Louis Salou
Louis Vincent Goulven Salou (23 April 1902 – 12 October 1948) was a French stage and film actor.
Louis was born in Oissel and died in Fontenay-aux-Roses.
Selected filmography
* ''First Ball'' (1941)
* '' The Benefactor'' (1942)
* ''Bolero' ...
as Maurin-Gautier
*
Jean Périer
Jean (Alexis) Périer (2 February 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French operatic baryton-martin and actor. Although he sang principally within the operetta repertoire, Périer did portray a number of opera roles; mostly within operas by Wolfgang ...
as Le vieux monsieur du banc
*
Sinoël as Dagobert
*
Gabrielle Fontan
Gabrielle Fontan (16 April 1873 – 8 September 1959) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1927 and 1959.
Selected filmography
* '' Misdeal'' (1928)
* '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1929)
* '' The La ...
as Angèle
*
Noëlle Norman
Noëlle Norman (January 7, 1921 – January 11, 1985) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than thirty films including ''On demande un assassin'' (1949).Goble p.452
Selected filmography
* ''Immediate Call'' (1939)
* ''Grandfather'' (19 ...
as Virginie de Malempré
*
Génia Vaury
Génia (stylized as GéNIA; born in Ukrainian SSR) is a London-based virtuoso concert pianist and composer. Génia was born in Ukraine into the Horowitz family of musicians and scientists. Her repertoire ranges from classical music to contemporary ...
as Madame Philippon
*
Jimmy Gaillard
Jimmy Gaillard (1916–1985) was a French actor.Flitterman-Lewis p.158 He began his film career in 1924 as a child actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Peach Skin'' (1929)
* ''Heart of Paris'' (1932)
* ''Whirlwind of Paris'' (1939)
* ''Nightclub Host ...
as Christian Bergas
*
Pierre Bertin
Pierre Victor Théophile Bertin (24 October 1891 – 13 May 1984) was a French stage and film actor. In 1948, he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under Sacha Guitry.
He was the librettist of the opéra-comique ''La Gageure imprévue ...
as Archange
References
Bibliography
* Bertin-Maghit, Jean Pierre. ''Le cinéma français sous Vichy: les films français de 1940 à 1944''. Revue du Cinéma Albatros, 1980.
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1943 films
1940s French-language films
1943 comedy films
French comedy films
Films directed by Max de Vaucorbeil
Gaumont Film Company films
Films set in Paris
1940s French films
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