''On the Road'' or ''Take the Road'' (French: ''Prends la route'') is a 1936 French

musical comedy film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...

directed by Jean Boyer and starring

Jacques Pills Jacques Pills (born René Jacques Ducos; 7 January 1906, Tulle, France – 12 September 1970) was a French singer and actor. His impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. In 1959, Pills was the Monegasque entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with t ...

Claude May Claude May (1913–2009) was a French film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, ...

, and

Georges Tabet Georges Tabet (23 January 1905 – 28 February 1984) was a French Algerian actor, musician and screenwriter.Goble p.141 During the 1930s he appeared frequently alongside Jacques Pills. Selected filmography Actor * '' A Gentleman of the Ring'' (1 ...

.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.123 The same lead actors had also appeared together in ''

You Are Me ''You Are Me'' (French: ''Toi, c'est moi'') is a 1936 French musical comedy film directed by René Guissart (director), René Guissart and starring Jacques Pills, Georges Tabet, and Claude May.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.159 It is an operetta film bas ...

''. It was produced by the French subsidiary of the German company

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Main cast

as Jacques *

as Simone *

as Potopoto, le motocycliste et agent d'assurance *

André Alerme André Alerme (9 September 1877 – 31 January 1960) was a French actor. Alerme was born Marie André Alerme in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France and died at the age of 82 in Montrichard, Loir-et-Cher, France. Selected filmography * ''Black and Wh ...

as Dupont-Dernier, l'indistriel * as le comte *

Lucien Callamand Lucien Callamand born Lucien Marie Pascal Eugène Callamand (April 1, 1888, in Marseille – December 3, 1968, in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes) was one of the earliest French film actors whose career spanned six decades of French cinema. Between 1909 ...

as le gendarme *

Colette Darfeuil Colette Darfeuil (born Emma Henriette Augustine Floquet, 7 February 1906 – 15 October 1998) was a French actress whose film career began at age 14 in 1920 and continued through the early 1950s. Darfeuil made her screen debut in at age 14 ...

as Wanda, l'aventurière *

Monette Dinay Monette Dinay (1906–1986) was a French film actress.Crisp p.45 Partial filmography * ''Black and White'' (1931) - Joséphine * ''L'agence O-Kay'' (1932) - Simone * ''Ce cochon de Morin'' (1932) * ''Un beau jour de noces'' (1932) - Marinette D ...

as la secrétaire de Potopoto *

Jeanne Loury Jeanne Loury or Jane Loury (1876–1951) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Goble p.199 Selected filmography * ''My Aunt from Honfleur (1923 film), My Aunt from Honfleur'' (1923) * ''House in the Sun'' (1929) * ''All That's Not Wort ...

as Tante Guiguitte

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1936 films French musical comedy films 1936 musical comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Jean Boyer Operetta films French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{musical-comedy-film-stub