''The Brighton Twins'' (French: ''Les jumeaux de Brighton'') is a 1936 French
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
Claude Heymann
Claude Heymann (13 November 1907 – 13 April 1994) was a French screenwriter and film director.Frey p.78
Selected filmography
* '' American Love'' (1931)
* '' Idylle au Caire'' (1933)
* ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936)
* ''Paris-New York'' (1 ...
and starring
Raimu
Jules Auguste Muraire (18 December 1883 – 20 September 1946), whose stage name was Raimu, was a French actor. He is most famous for playing César in the 'Marseilles trilogy' ('' Marius'', '' Fanny'' and '' César'').
Life and career
Born in T ...
,
Michel Simon
Michel Simon (; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss-French actor. He appeared in many notable French films, including ''La Chienne'' (1931), ''Boudu Saved from Drowning'' (1932), ''L'Atalante'' (1934), ''Port of Shadows'' (1938), '' The He ...
and
Suzy Prim.
[Crisp p.407] It is based on the 1908
play of the same title by
Tristan Bernard
Tristan Bernard (7 September 1866 – 7 December 1947) was a French playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer.
Life
He studied law, and after his military service, he started his career as the manager of an aluminium smelter. In the 1890s, ...
. Twins are separated at birth in 1890, with one being raised in the United States and the other in France. More than forty years later they encounter each other for the first time.
Cast
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Raimu
Jules Auguste Muraire (18 December 1883 – 20 September 1946), whose stage name was Raimu, was a French actor. He is most famous for playing César in the 'Marseilles trilogy' ('' Marius'', '' Fanny'' and '' César'').
Life and career
Born in T ...
as Alfred Beaugérard et les deux fils Achille
*
Michel Simon
Michel Simon (; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss-French actor. He appeared in many notable French films, including ''La Chienne'' (1931), ''Boudu Saved from Drowning'' (1932), ''L'Atalante'' (1934), ''Port of Shadows'' (1938), '' The He ...
as Labrosse
*
Suzy Prim as Clémentine Beaugérard
*
Charlotte Lysès
Charlotte Lysès (1877–1956) was a French stage and film actress.Capua p.124
Selected filmography
* '' The Heir of the Bal Tabarin'' (1933)
* '' La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933)
* '' The Rosary'' (1934)
* ''The Last Waltz'' (1936)
* ''The Brig ...
as Madame Tupin - La belle-mère
*
Pierre Finaly
Pierre Finaly (1889–1937) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.477
Finaly was born into a family with Hungarian Jewish roots and died in Paris.
Selected filmography
* ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931)
* '' Maurin of the Moors'' (1932)
* ''C ...
as L'avocat
*
Marcel Maupi
Marcel Maupi, stage name of Marcel Louis Alexandre Barberin or Maupi, (6 November 1881, Marseille – 4 January 1949, Antibes) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Dance Hall'' (1931)
* '' Marius'' (1931)
* '' Fanny'' (1932)
* '' The Iron ...
as Le garde du corps
*
Jacques Bousquet
Jacques Bousquet (1883–1939) was a French actor and screenwriter.Waldman p.43
Selected filmography
* '' Dancing Mad'' (1925)
* '' A Gentleman of the Ring'' (1926)
* '' Rendezvous'' (1930)
* ''Love Songs'' (1930)
* ''My Wife's Teacher'' (1930)
...
as L'oncle d'Amérique
*
Georges Paulais
Georges Paulais (16 September 1884 – 12 December 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born in Guimps, Charente, France and died in Chabanais, Charente, France.
Selected filmograph ...
as Le docteur Paulard
*
Mila Parély
Mila Parély (7 October 1917 – 14 January 2012), born Olga Colette Peszynski, was a French actress of Polish ancestry best known for the roles of Félicie, Belle's eldest sister, in Jean Cocteau's '' La Belle et la Bête'' (1946), and as Gen ...
as Antoinette - La bonne de Nancy
*
Pierre Piérade
Pierre Piérade (died 1937) was a Belgian stage and film actor.Hardt p.242
Selected filmography
* '' Little Lise'' (1930)
* ''American Love'' (1931)
* '' The Indictment'' (1931)
* '' To the Polls, Citizens'' (1932)
* ''Here's Berlin'' (1932)
* ' ...
as Le président du tribunal
* Mansuelle as L'huissier
* Lucienne Masset as La nourrice
*
Madeleine Milhaud
Madeleine Milhaud Milhaud (22 March 1902 – 17 January 2008) was a French actress and librettist. She was both cousin to and wife of composer Darius Milhaud.
Madeleine Milhaud was born in Paris to Michel and Maria Milhaud. Her father was from ...
as Madame Achille Beaugérard
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Paul Velsa
Paul Velsa (29 December 1905 – 20 May 1944) was a French film actor.Alpi p.346 He appeared in more than thirty films between 1928 and 1938.
Selected filmography
* '' Captain Fracasse'' (1929)
* ''Heart of Paris'' (1932)
* '' Mademoiselle Joset ...
as Le contrôleur des passeports
*
Geneviève Sorya
Geneviève Sorya (born Geneviève Marie Thérèse Durand; 23 June 1912 – 23 March 2008) was a French stage and film actress. She was also known as the mother of actress Anouk Aimée.
Sorya performed in over 15 films, including '' The End of ...
as La poule du garde du corps
* Three Notes Singers as Trio chantant à Brighton
*
Jean Tissier
Jean Tissier (1896–1973) was a French stage, film and television actor.Goble p.440 A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career. He was married to the actress Georgette Tissier.
Selected filmograp ...
as Roberdet
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René Génin
René Génin (25 January 1890 – 24 October 1967) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1931 and 1965.
Selected filmography
* ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936)
* ''27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936)
* '' Nights ...
as L'encaustiqueur
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Germaine Aussey
Germaine Aussey (born Germaine Adrienne Agassiz, December 18, 1909 in Paris – March 15, 1979 in Geneva) was a French actress who worked with, among others, René Clair, Julien Duvivier, Paul Fejos, Jean Grémillon, Marc Allégret, and ...
as Nancy Le Bail
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Émile Genevois
Émile Genevois (1 January 1918 – 19 September 1962) was a French film actor
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 mode ...
as Le gamin
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Albert Malbert
Albert Malbert (1914–1972) was a French film actor.Goble p.66
Selected filmography
* ''The Crisis is Over'' (1934)
* '' Return to Paradise'' (1935)
* ''Bach the Detective'' (1936)
* ''Moutonnet'' (1936)
* ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936)
* ''Culpr ...
as Le barman
*
Jane Pierson
Jane Pierson was a French film actress.Goble p.130 She appeared in fifty five films between 1924 and 1952.
Selected filmography
* ''The Imaginary Voyage'' (1926)
* '' Captain Rascasse'' (1927)
* '' The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'' (1927)
...
as La directrice du bureau de placement
*
Yvonne Yma
Yvonne Yma (1887–1959) was a French stage and film actress.Phillips p.212
Selected filmography
* '' Take Care of Amelie'' (1932)
* '' A Father Without Knowing It'' (1932)
* ''Student's Hotel'' (1932)
* ''The Barber of Seville'' (1933)
* ''The Br ...
as Une dame au tribunal
References
Bibliography
* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.
External links
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1936 films
1936 comedy films
French comedy films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Claude Heymann
French films based on plays
Films set in 1890
Films set in Brighton and Hove
Films about twin brothers
Pathé films
French black-and-white films
Films based on works by Plautus
Works based on Menaechmi
1930s French films
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