''Charley's Aunt'' (French: ''La marraine de Charley'') is a 1936 French

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directed by

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and starring Lucien Baroux, Olly von Flint and Monique Rolland. It is based on the 1892 play ''

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'' by

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.Goble p.458 The film's sets were designed by the

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Jacques Colombier.

Synopsis

A young man invites his

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and her father to visit him at his lodgings at

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. He expects them to be chaperoned by his aunt arriving from

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but when she is delayed he gers his

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to impersonate her.

Cast

* Lucien Baroux as William * Olly von Flint as Olly Parker * Monique Rolland as Kitty Spettik *

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) - Lepape * ''Seul'' (1932) - Michel * '' Fun in the Ba ...

as Spettik * Claude Lehmann as Charley * Georges Mauloy as Le colonel * Robert Goupil as Pitt * George Rigaud as Jack *

Marguerite Moreno Marguerite Moreno (born Lucie Marie Marguerite Monceau; 15 September 1871, Paris - 14 July 1948, Touzac, Lot) was a French stage and film actress. On 12 September 1900, in England, she married the writer Marcel Schwob, whom she had met in 18 ...

as Lucie d'Alvadorez * Léna Darthès as Betty * Jean Dax as L'huissier *

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as Le secrétaire *

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as Un rédacteur * Max Lerel as Un rédacteur

References

Bibliography

* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939''. Pygmalion, 1986. * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * 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

* 1936 films French comedy films 1936 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Pierre Colombier French black-and-white films 1930s French films French films based on plays Films scored by Vincent Scotto Films set in Oxford {{1930s-France-film-stub