''Television'' (Italian: ''Televisione'') is a 1931 American

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 Charles de Rochefort and starring

Anna Maria Dossena Anna Maria Dossena (1912–1990) was an Italian stage and film actress.Walman p.162 Selected filmography * ''Television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The ...

, Silvio Orsini and

Amina Pirani Maggi Amina Pirani Maggi (January 15, 1892 – November 10, 1979) was an Italian stage and film actress.Waldman p.162 Selected filmography * ''Television'' (1931) * ''Seconda B'' (1934) * '' Dimmed Lights'' (1934) * '' Like the Leaves'' (1935) * ''Depa ...

.Waldman p.162 Adapted from the play by

Howard Irving Young Howard Irving Young (April 24, 1893 – February 24, 1952) was an American screenwriter and playwright.Marshall p.297 During the 1930s and 1940s he worked on a number of British films. Selected filmography * '' A Million A Minute'' (1916) * '' Mi ...

, it was made at the

Joinville Studios The Joinville Studios were a film studio in Paris which operated between 1910 and 1987. They were one of the leading French studios, with major companies such as Pathé and Gaumont making films there. A second studio was added to the original ...

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. Paramount Pictures was pursuing a strategy of producing

multiple-language version A multiple-language version film, often abbreviated to MLV, is a film, especially from the early talkie era, produced in several different languages for international markets. To offset the marketing restrictions of making sound films in only one ...

s there, and this film was made in several different languages. The film's sets were designed by Paolo Reni.

Cast

as Jeanne * Silvio Orsini as Andrea Leroy, L'inventore *

as La signora Ridon, la portinaia * Cesare Zoppetti as Stefani, il finanziere * Nino Eller as Sinclair * Enrico Signorini as Jean

References

Bibliography

* Waldman, Harry. ''Missing Reels: Lost Films of American and European Cinema''. McFarland, 2000.

External links

* 1931 films 1931 comedy films Paramount Pictures films American comedy films Films shot at Joinville Studios 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Charles de Rochefort American black-and-white films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub