''Two Timid Souls'' (french: Les Deux Timides) is a 1928 French silent film comedy directed by
René Clair, and based on the 1860 play ''Les Deux Timides'' by
Eugène Labiche.
It was made by the
Films Albatros production company.
[McGerr p.224] The 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 ...
Lazare Meerson.
Plot
A very shy lawyer, Fremissin, is tasked with defending Garadoux, a man charged rightfully with beating his wife. Fremissin gets nervous at the trial, and ends up demanding the harshest possible sentence for Garadoux, making him spend several months in prison. After a few years, Fremissin has fallen in love with a woman (Cecile Thibaudier). Garadoux sees this and tries to seduce her to get back at Fremissin for getting him sent to prison. Garadoux abuses Fremissin's timid nature, in hilarious acts like posing as a bandit and leaving him disturbing notes telling him not to leave home. After various trials, and meeting his shy counterpart in Cecile's father, Fremissin finally gets to Cecile in time to ask for her hand in marriage, and has a big fight with the Thibaudier and Garadoux family. He then defends the Thibaudier family successfully in court.
Cast
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Pierre Batcheff as Fremissin
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Jim Gérald as Garadoux
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Véra Flory
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Selected filmography
* ''Two Timid Souls'' (1928)
* ''Cousin Bette'' (1928)
* ''The Feather'' (1929)
* '' The Unknown Da ...
as Cecile Thibaudier
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Maurice de Féraudy as Thibaudier
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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 The aunt
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Madeleine Guitty as The maid
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Yvette Andréyor as Mme. Garadoux
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Léon Larive
Léon François Larive (28 June 1886 – 20 July 1961) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1923 and 1961.
Selected filmography
* ''Two Timid Souls'' (1928)
* ''The Great Passion'' (1928)
* ''La Passion de Jea ...
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Anna Lefeuvrier
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* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
Derived or associated terms
* Lewis (d ...
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Antoine Stacquet
Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin.
The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana, ...
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Odette Talazac
References
Bibliography
* Celia McGerr. ''René Clair''. Twayne Publishers, 1980.
External links
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French silent feature films
1928 films
1928 comedy films
Films directed by René Clair
French black-and-white films
Silent French comedy films
1920s French films
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