''Miss Bonaparte'' (French: ''Mam'zelle Bonaparte'') is a 1942
French historical drama film
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directed by
Maurice Tourneur and starring
Edwige Feuillère
Edwige Feuillère (born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti; October 29, 1907 – November 13, 1998) was a French stage and film actress.
Biography
She was born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti to an Italian architect father and an Alsace-born mo ...
,
Monique Joyce
Monique Joyce (1912–1994) was a French model, singer and actress.Burch & Sellier p.157 She began her career appearing in Opéra comique. After winning the Mademoiselle Paris contest in March 1933 she received greater public attention and made ...
and
Raymond Rouleau
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. It is based on a novel by
Gérard Bourgeois and
Pierre Chanlain, set during the reign of
Napoleon III
Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...
. The film was made during the
German occupation of France
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.
[Waldman p.162]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director Guy de Gastyne
Guy de Gastyne (1888–1972) was a French art director. He was the brother of the film director Marco de Gastyne.Andrew p.184
Selected filmography
* '' Little Lise'' (1930)
* ''Orange Blossom'' (1932)
* '' Buridan's Donkey'' (1932)
* ''Abduct M ...
.
Cast
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Edwige Feuillère
Edwige Feuillère (born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti; October 29, 1907 – November 13, 1998) was a French stage and film actress.
Biography
She was born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti to an Italian architect father and an Alsace-born mo ...
as Cora Pearl
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Monique Joyce
Monique Joyce (1912–1994) was a French model, singer and actress.Burch & Sellier p.157 She began her career appearing in Opéra comique. After winning the Mademoiselle Paris contest in March 1933 she received greater public attention and made ...
as Lucy de Kaula
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Raymond Rouleau
Raymond Rouleau (4 June 1904 – 11 December 1981) was a Belgian actor and film director. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1928 and 1979. He also directed 22 films between 1932 and 1981. Rouleau studied at the Royal Conservatory of B ...
as Philippe de Vaudrey
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Guillaume de Sax
Guillaume de Sax (1889–1945) was a Belgian actor.
De Sax was born Guillaume Henri Robert de Segur Lamoignon in Belgium and died in France. He was married to the actress Cécile Sorel.
Partial filmography
* '' Ernest the Rebel'' (1938)
* '' Thr ...
as Le prince Jérôme Bonaparte
*
Simone Renant
Simone Renant (19 March 1911 – 29 March 2004) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1934 and 1983. She was born in Amiens, France and died in Garches, France.
Partial filmography
* ''La folle nuit'' (1932 ...
as Adèle Rémy
*
Marguerite Pierry
Marguerite Pierry (26 December 1887, Paris – 20 January 1963, Paris) was a French actress.
Selected filmography
* ''On purge bébé'' (1931)
* '' The Two Boys'' (1936)
* '' The Citadel of Silence'' (1937)
* '' Southern Mail'' (1937)
* '' Con ...
as La Blandin
*
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Acronyms
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as Augustine
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Aimé Clariond
Aimé Clariond (10 May 1894 – 31 December 1959) was a French stage and film actor.
Clariond was born in Périgueux, Dordogne, France and died in Paris.
Selected filmography
* ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1931) - Ivan Karamazoff
* '' Amourous ...
as Le duc de Morny
*
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 Arsène
*
Noël Roquevert as Criscelli
*
Jacques Maury
Jacques Maury (10 November 1920 – 12 April 2020) was a French pastor.
Biography
Jacques was the son of Pierre Maury, a dogmatic professor at the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris. Pierre Maury introduced the ideas of Karl Barth in France. ...
as Le comte de Brimont
*
Camille Bert
Camille Bert (1880–1970) was a French actor.
Born Camille Léon Louis Bertrand in Orléans, he died in Paris in 1970.
Selected filmography
* ''Le secret de Rosette Lambert'' (1920)
* ''The Thruster'' (1924)
* '' The Lady of Lebanon'' (1926)
* ' ...
as Le gouverneur du fort
*
André Carnège as Alexandre Dumas
References
Bibliography
* Waldman, Harry. ''Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films''. McFarland & Co, 2008.
External links
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1942 films
1940s French-language films
Films directed by Maurice Tourneur
Films based on French novels
French historical drama films
1940s historical drama films
Films set in the 19th century
French black-and-white films
1942 drama films
Tobis Film films
Continental Films films
1940s French films
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