''Wedding Night'' (French: ''Une nuit de noces'') is a 1935 French
comedy film
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directed by
Maurice Kéroul Maurice may refer to:
People
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*Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor
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and
Georges Monca
Georges Monca ( 23 October 1867 – 26 December 1939) was a French film director. He was extremely prolific, making nearly four hundred films during his career - mainly during the silent era. His shorts ''Rigadin Directeur de Cinéma'' and ''Ri ...
and starring
Armand Bernard,
Florelle and
Robert Arnoux
Robert Raymond Arnoux (23 October 1899, in Lille – 13 March 1964, in Paris) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Hantise'' (1922)
* ''Napoléon (1927 film), Napoléon'' (1927) - Un conventionnel (uncredited)
* ''Rive gauche'' (1931) ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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Max Heilbronner. It is based on the play of the same title by
Albert Barré and Henri Kéroul, previously adapted into a 1920 silent film ''
Wedding Night
In many traditions and statutes of civil or religious law, the consummation of a marriage, often called simply ''consummation'', is the first (or first officially credited) act of sexual intercourse between two people, following their marriage to ...
'' and the later 1950 film ''
Wedding Night
In many traditions and statutes of civil or religious law, the consummation of a marriage, often called simply ''consummation'', is the first (or first officially credited) act of sexual intercourse between two people, following their marriage to ...
''.
[Goble p.257]
Cast
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Armand Bernard as Laverdet
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Florelle as Sidonie de Valpurgis
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Robert Arnoux
Robert Raymond Arnoux (23 October 1899, in Lille – 13 March 1964, in Paris) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Hantise'' (1922)
* ''Napoléon (1927 film), Napoléon'' (1927) - Un conventionnel (uncredited)
* ''Rive gauche'' (1931) ...
as Gaston
*
Claude May
Claude May (1913–2009) was a French film actress
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as Madeleine
*
Julien Carette
Julien Henri Carette (23 December 1897 – 20 July 1966) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1964.
Selected filmography
* '' American Love'' (1931)
* ''George and Georgette'' (1934)
* ''My Heart Is ...
as Duvallier
*
Marcel Carpentier
Marcel Maurice Carpentier (2 March 1895 – 14 September 1977) was a French Army general who served in World War I, World War II and First Indochina War.
Early life
Born on 2 March 1895 in Marseille, he was the eldest son in his family. At 1 ...
*
Pauline Carton
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Lucette Desmoulins
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* ''Lucette'', a schooner attacked by killer whales
People with the given name
*Lucette Aldous (1938–2021), Australian ballet dancer and ballet teacher
*Lucette Finas (born 1921), French author and essayist, part of the s ...
*
Jacques Fontange
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Max Lerel
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* Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog
* Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE)
* Max (gorilla) (1 ...
*
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 ...
*
Robert Sidonac
*
Elmire Vautier
''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; french: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur, ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical thea ...
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1935 films
French comedy films
1935 comedy films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Georges Monca
Films directed by Maurice Kéroul
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
French films based on plays
Remakes of French films
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