''The King'' (French: ''Le roi'') 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
Pierre Colombier
Pierre Colombier (1896–1958) was a French screenwriter and film director.
Selected filmography
Director
* '' The Marriage of Rosine'' (1926)
* '' His Best Client'' (1932)
* ''Charlemagne'' (1933)
* '' School for Coquettes'' (1935)
* '' La Marrai ...
and starring
Victor Francen
Victor Francen (born Victor Franssens, 5 August 1888 – 18 November 1977) was a Belgian-born actor with a long career in French cinema and in Hollywood.
Biography
Francen was born in 1888 in Tienen, the son of a chief of police.
According ...
,
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 ...
and
Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France. .
[Andrews p.355] King Jean IV of Cerdagne visits Paris to sign an important treaty where he becomes involved with an actress and a dishonest Senator.
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 ...
Jacques Colombier.
Cast
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Victor Francen
Victor Francen (born Victor Franssens, 5 August 1888 – 18 November 1977) was a Belgian-born actor with a long career in French cinema and in Hollywood.
Biography
Francen was born in 1888 in Tienen, the son of a chief of police.
According ...
as Le roi Jean IV de Cerdagne - en visite à Paris
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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 M. Bourdier - un riche industriel et sénateur qui reçoit le Roi
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Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France. as Marthe Bourdier - la femme de l'industriel
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Elvire Popesco
Elvira Popescu (; in French, Elvire Popesco; 10 May 1894 – 11 December 1993) was a Romanian- French stage and film actress and theatre director. During the 1930s and 1940s, she starred in a number of French comedy films.
Life and career
P ...
as Thérèse Marnix - une actrice célèbre
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Hélène Robert as Suzette Bourdier
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Christian Argentin as Gabrier
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Paul Amiot
Paul Amiot (29 March 1886 – 26 January 1979) was a French film actor. His career spanned some 63 years and he appeared in nearly 100 films between 1910 and 1973.
In 1920 he appeared in Robert Péguy's ''Être aimé pour soi-même''. He was n ...
as Lelorrain
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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 ...
as L'évêque
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Albert Duvaleix
Albert Duvaleix (1893-1962) was a French stage and film actor. Bessy & Chirat p.138 A character actor he appeared in a number of supporting roles in French comedies and drama films. His son Christian Duvaleix also became an actor.
Selected fil ...
as Cormeau
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Jean Gobet
Jean Gobet (20 July 1888 – 29 April 1980) was a French stage and film actor.
Filmography Cinema
* 1928: ''Les Fourchambault'' by Georges Monca
* 1931: '' L'Amour à l'américaine'' by Claude Heymann
* 1931: '' Coiffeur pour dames'' by ...
as Rivelot
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Philippe Hersent
Philippe Hersent (26 July 1912 – 30 December 1982) was a French actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1930 to 1978.
Filmography
References
External links
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1912 births
1982 deaths
French male film actors
{{Franc ...
as Sernin de Chamarande
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Georges Péclet
Prosper Désiré "Georges" Péclet (27 July 1897 – 11 January 1974) was a French actor, director, and screenwriter.
Career
Between 1919 and 1957, Péclet played in ninety-five films (including several short films). He was an assistant directo ...
as Fouchart
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Frédéric Duvallès
Frédéric Duvallès (1884–1971) was a French film actor.Hayward p.383 He was often simply credited as Duvallès.
Selected filmography
* '' The Wonderful Day'' (1932)
* ''Companion Wanted'' (1932)
* '' Dora Nelson'' (1935)
* '' The King'' (1936 ...
as M. Blond
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Marguerite de Morlaye
Marguerite de Morlaye (29 January 1870, Saint-Mandé –18 September 1957, Paris) was a French actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Martyr'' (1927)
* '' A Foolish Maiden'' (1929)
* '' The Wonderful Day'' (1932)
* '' La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933)
...
as La marquise de Chamarande
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Edith Gallia
Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and var ...
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Anthony Gildès
Anthony Gildès (13 August 1856 – 6 October 1941) was a French actor.
Anthony Gildès was born Anatole Gleizes in Metz, France. He died in Paris at age 85.
Selected filmography
* '' The Zone of Death'' (1917)
* '' The Torture of Silence'' (191 ...
as Le président des restrictions
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Gustave Hamilton
Gustave Honoré Hamilton (27 March 1871, in Brussels – 5 January 1951, in Villefranche-sur-MerSite ''Les gens du cinéma'/ref>) was a 20th-century Belgian film actor.
He was the nephew of actor, theatre director and playwright Louis Péricaud an ...
*
André Lefaur
André Lefaur (25 July 1879 – 5 December 1952) was a French film and theatre actor, notably working several times with director Sacha Guitry.
Partial filmography
* ''La Vénus d'Arles'' (1911)
* ''L'homme qui assassina'' (1913)
* ''Ainsi v ...
as Le marquis de Chamarande
References
Bibliography
* Andrews, Dudley. ''Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film''. Princeton University Press, 1995.
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1936 films
French comedy films
1936 comedy films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Pierre Colombier
Films set in Paris
French films based on plays
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
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