''Miquette'' (French: ''Miquette et sa mère'') is a 1934 French

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directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and André Gillois and

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. It stars

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and Roland Toutain.Crisp p.399 It is based on the 1906 play of the same name by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers. Further adaptations were made in 1940 and 1950. The film's sets were designed by the art director

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Synopsis

Miquette, a young woman with theatrical ambitions, is tired of working in her mother's

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in the provinces. She leaves for

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to try and realise her dreams of stardom.

Cast

as Miquette Grandier *

as Monchablon * Roland Toutain as Urbain de la Tour Mirande * Marcelle Monthil as Mme Monchablon *

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as Mlle Poche *

Marthe Mellot Marthe Mellot (16 February 1870 - 13 August 1947) was a French film actress. Marthe Mellot was born in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nièvre, France, and died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''Feu Mathias Pascal'' (1925) * ''The Red Robe'' (1933) * ...

as Mlle Majoumel * Lulu Vattier as Périne *

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as L'impresario * René Hiéronimus as L'auteur *

Robert Ozanne Robert Ozanne (February 13, 1898 – September 14, 1941) was a French film actor.Youngkin p.466 Selected filmography * ''The Three Musketeers'' (1932) * ''The Oil Sharks'' (1933) * '' Miquette'' (1934) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1934) * ''The ...

as Le contrôleur *

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as Le marquis Aldebert de la Tour Mirande * Jeanne Cheirel as Madame Grandier *

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as Petit rôle * Germaine Brédy * Vyola Vareyne

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

* 1934 comedy films French comedy films 1934 films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Henri Diamant-Berger French films based on plays French black-and-white films 1930s French films Films set in Paris Pathé films {{1930s-France-film-stub