''My Father Was Right'' (French: ''Mon père avait raison...'') is a 1936 French

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by

Sacha Guitry Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and follow ...

and starring Guitry,

Betty Daussmond Betty Daussmond (1873–1957), born Marguerite Anne Bettina Doneau, was a French stage and film actress. In 1914 she played the leading female part in Georges Feydeau's last full-length farce, '' Je ne trompe pas mon mari!''. The author commented ...

, Paul Bernard, Serge Grave and

Gaston Dubosc Gaston Dubosc (1861–1941) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.38 Selected filmography * '' A Gentleman of the Ring'' (1932) * '' A Son from America'' (1932) * ''The Red Robe'' (1933) * ''Once Upon a Time'' (1933) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1 ...

.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.24 It is an adaptation of the 1919 play of the same title by Guitry. It was shot at the

Epinay Studios The Epinay Studios are film production studios located in Epinay in northern Paris. It was a complex with two distinct and separate structures. The earliest was built in 1902 by Eclair Film. A second studio was controlled by the French subsidiar ...

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 ...

Cast

as Charles Bellanger *

as Germaine Bellanger, son épouse * Paul Bernard as Maurice Bellanger, leur fils adulte * Serge Grave as Maurice Bellanger, enfant *

as Adolphe Bellanger, père de Charles *

Jacqueline Delubac Jacqueline Delubac (1907–1997) was a French stage and film actress.Williams p.158 She was married to Sacha Guitry and appeared in a number of his productions on both stage and screen. Selected filmography * '' Let's Get Married'' (1931) * '' T ...

as Loulou, amie de Maurice *

Marcel Lévesque Marcel Lévesque (6 December 1877 – 16 February 1962) was a French film actor. Born Joseph Marcel Lévesque in Paris, he died in Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames. Selected filmography * ''Les Vampires'' (1915) * ''Judex'' (1916) * ''La dama de Chez Ma ...

as le docteur Mourier *

Pauline Carton Pauline Carton (4 July 1884 – 17 June 1974) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 190 films between 1907 and 1974. Filmography * ''La fille du Boche'' (1915) * ''Blanchette'' (1921) * ''La femme de nulle part'' (1922) * '' ...

as Marie Ganion, domestique des Bellanger *

Robert Seller Robert Seller (1889–1967) was a French stage and film actor.Crisp p.156 Also known by his surname, Seller began his film career in 1931 in Maurice de Canonge's film, ''Olive se marie''. He had parts in many films and plays by Sacha Guitry, i ...

as Émile Perducau, domestique des Bellanger

References

Bibliography

* Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* {{Sacha Guitry 1936 romantic comedy films 1936 films Films directed by Sacha Guitry French films based on plays French romantic comedy films 1930s French-language films Tobis Film films Films shot at Epinay Studios 1930s French films