''The Scandal'' (French: ''Le Scandale'') is a 1934 French
romantic drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier (; 23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued unti ...
and starring
Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France. ,
Henri Rollan
Henri Rollan (23 March 1888 – 23 June 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1910 and 1962.
Selected filmography
* '' De afwezige'' (1913)
* ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (1921)
* ''The Three Masks'' (1921 ...
, and
Jean Galland
Jean Galland (1887–1967) was a French film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Fantômas'' (1932)
* ''The Oil Sharks'' (1933)
* ''The Barber of Seville'' (1933)
* '' The Scandal'' (1934)
* '' Princesse Tam Tam'' (1935)
* ''Whirlpool of Desire'' (19 ...
. The film is based on a play written by
Henry Bataille
Félix-Henri "Henry" Bataille (4 April 1872, in Nîmes – 2 March 1922, in Rueil-Malmaison) was a French dramatist and poet. His works were popular between 1900 and the start of World War I.
Bataille's parents died when he was young. He attend ...
, which had previously been turned in a 1923 British
silent film of the same title.
[Goble p.28]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Robert Gys
Robert Gys (1901–1977) was a French art director.O'Shaughnessy p.238
Selected filmography
* '' Imperial Violets'' (1924)
* ''The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge'' (1925)
* ''Miss Europe'' (1930)
* ''Dance Hall'' (1931)
* '' The Dream'' (1931)
* '' ...
and
Pierre Schild
Pierre Schild (1897–1968) was a Russian Empire-born art director known for his work in French and Spanish cinema. Born Lakka Schildknecht, he left Russia following the October Revolution in 1917. Following the German invasion of France in 1940 he ...
.
Cast
*
Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France. as Charlotte Férioul
*
Henri Rollan
Henri Rollan (23 March 1888 – 23 June 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1910 and 1962.
Selected filmography
* '' De afwezige'' (1913)
* ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (1921)
* ''The Three Masks'' (1921 ...
as Maurice Férioul
*
Jean Galland
Jean Galland (1887–1967) was a French film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Fantômas'' (1932)
* ''The Oil Sharks'' (1933)
* ''The Barber of Seville'' (1933)
* '' The Scandal'' (1934)
* '' Princesse Tam Tam'' (1935)
* ''Whirlpool of Desire'' (19 ...
as Count Artanezzo
*
Mady Berry
Mady Berry (14 October 1887 – 18 January 1965) was a French stage and film actress.Waldman p.146
Selected filmography
* '' Gloria'' (1931)
* ''All That's Not Worth Love'' (1931)
* '' Moon Over Morocco'' (1931)
* ''The Girl and the Boy'' (1931)
...
as Misses Férioul
*
Pierre Larquey
Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77.
Selected filmography
* ''Patr ...
as Parizot
*
Jean Marais
Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), known professionally as Jean Marais (), was a French actor, film director, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer and photographer. He performed in over 100 f ...
as the lift operator
*
Milly Mathis
Milly Mathis (September 8, 1901 – March 30, 1965) was a French actress who appeared in more than 100 films during her career. Born on September 8, 1901, as Emilienne Pauline Tomasini in Marseilles, France, she made her film debut with a small, ...
as the café keeper
*
Mircha as Little Riquet
*
Gaby Triquet as Suzanne
*
André Nicolle
André Nicolle (1 June 1885 – 25 February 1945) was a French film actor.Phillips p.212
Selected filmography
* ''The Chocolate Girl'' (1927)
* ''Karina the Dancer'' (1928)
* ''The Vein'' (1928)
* ''Temptation'' (1929)
* '' The Unknown Dancer'' ( ...
as Jeannetier
*
Paulette Burguet Paulette may refer to:
*Paulette (name), French feminine given name
* Paulette (tax)
* Paulette Caveat - a caveat filed in 1973 by a group of Dene chiefs at the land titles office in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to gain a legal interest in 4 ...
as Margaridou
See also
* ''
The Scandal (1923 film)
''The Scandal'' is a 1923 British-French silent drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Henry Victor, Edward O'Neill and Vanni Marcoux.Palmer p.50
Cast
* Henry Victor as Artenezzo
* Edward O'Neill as Jeannetier
* Vanni Marcoux as ...
''
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
*
Le Scandale (1934)at the ''Films de France''
1934 films
French romantic drama films
1930s French-language films
French black-and-white films
Films directed by Marcel L'Herbier
Films scored by Michel Michelet
1934 romantic drama films
French films based on plays
1930s French films
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