''The Man in Evening Clothes'' (French:''Un homme en habit'') is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Fernand Gravey,

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and

Suzy Vernon Suzy Vernon (1901–1997) was a French film actress.Powrie p.178 Vernon was born Amelie Paris in Perpignan in Southern France. She began her screen career in 1923 during the silent era and went on to appear in just under fifty films. She generally ...

.Goble p.800 It was made by the French subsidiary of

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at the Joinville Studios in Paris. A Spanish-language version ''

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'' was also released the same year.

Cast

* Fernand Gravey as André de Lussanges *

as Gaby *

as Germaine de Lussanges * Pola Illéry as Totoche * Pierre Etchepare as Pierre d'Allouville * Louis Baron fils as L'huissier Buffetaut *

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as Ninette * Paul Pauley as Le valet de chambre * Jeanne Fusier-Gir * Alexandre Dréan * Marc-Hély * Pierrette Caillol *

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* Georges Bever * Henry Prestat * Georges Cahuzac * Charlotte Martens * Henri Vilbert *

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* Poussard * Henri Trévoux *

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* Henri Jullien * Henri de Livry

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1931 films 1931 comedy films 1930s French-language films American comedy films Films directed by René Guissart Remakes of American films American multilingual films Films shot at Joinville Studios Paramount Pictures films American films based on plays Films scored by Casimir Oberfeld 1931 multilingual films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub