''The Gutter'' or ''The Stream'' (French: ''Le ruisseau'') is a 1938 French
drama film directed by
Maurice Lehmann and
Claude Autant-Lara and starring
Françoise Rosay
Françoise Rosay (; born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche; 19 April 1891 – 28 March 1974) was a French opera singer, diseuse,''Design'', Volume 9 1965 p. 24 and actress who enjoyed a film career of over sixty years and who became a legendary figure ...
,
Michel Simon,
Gaby Sylvia and
Ginette Leclerc.
[Rège p.622] It is based on the 1907 play of the same title by
Pierre Wolff. It was shot at the
Epinay Studios in
Paris and
on location around
Le Havre in
Normandy. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
René Renoux. The play had previously been adapted as a 1919 American silent film ''
The Virtuous Model'' and a 1929 French silent ''
Le Ruisseau''.
Cast
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Françoise Rosay
Françoise Rosay (; born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche; 19 April 1891 – 28 March 1974) was a French opera singer, diseuse,''Design'', Volume 9 1965 p. 24 and actress who enjoyed a film career of over sixty years and who became a legendary figure ...
as Régina Berri
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Michel Simon as Le comte Edouard de Bourgogne dit 'L'Escargot'
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Gaby Sylvia as Denise
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Ginette Leclerc as Ginette
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Georges Lannes
Georges Lannes (27 October 1895 – 8 July 1983) was a French film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during his career including '' André Cornélis'' (1927).Goble p.50
Selected filmography
* '' The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922)
* '' ...
as Ricardo
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Paul Cambo as Paul Prébant
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Bernard Blier as Le chauffeur de taxi
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Yves Deniaud as Le garçon de cabaret
References
Bibliography
* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, Volume 2''. Pygmalion, 1986.
* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1938 films
French drama films
1938 drama films
1930s French-language films
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
Films directed by Claude Autant-Lara
French films based on plays
Sound film remakes of silent films
Films shot in Normandy
Films shot at Epinay Studios
Films scored by Vincent Scotto
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