''I'll Be Alone After Midnight'' (French: ''Je serai seule après minuit'') is a 1931 French
comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Jacques de Baroncelli
Jacques de Baroncelli (25 June 1881 – 12 January 1951) was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He came from a Florentine family who had settled in Provence in the 15th century, occupying a buildi ...
and starring
Mireille Perrey
Mireille Perrey (1904–1991) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.328 Perrey played some leading roles in the 1930s but gradually developed into a character actor, appearing in films such as the British comedy '' Hotel Sahara'' (1951). In ...
,
Pierre Bertin
Pierre Victor Th̩ophile Bertin (24 October 1891 Р13 May 1984) was a French stage and film actor. In 1948, he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under Sacha Guitry.
He was the librettist of the opéra-comique ''La Gageure imprévue' ...
and
Vanah Yami.
[Crisp p.418] The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
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)
* '' ...
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Cast
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Mireille Perrey
Mireille Perrey (1904–1991) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.328 Perrey played some leading roles in the 1930s but gradually developed into a character actor, appearing in films such as the British comedy '' Hotel Sahara'' (1951). In ...
as Monique Argilliers
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Pierre Bertin
Pierre Victor Th̩ophile Bertin (24 October 1891 Р13 May 1984) was a French stage and film actor. In 1948, he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under Sacha Guitry.
He was the librettist of the opéra-comique ''La Gageure imprévue' ...
as Michel
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Vanah Yami as La bonne
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Roger Blum as Le mari
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Maurice Rémy
Maurice Rémy (1899–1973) was a French film and stage actor. He appeared in the 1943 antimasonic propaganda film ''Forces occultes'' during the German occupation as well as antisemitic radio programmes.Michalczyk p.117 Fearing repercussions aft ...
as Le cambrioleur
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Georges Bever
Georges Bever (1884–1973) was a French film and television actor.Goble p.38
Selected filmography
* '' The Crystal Submarine '' (1927)
* '' Chérie'' (1930)
* ''The Man in Evening Clothes'' (1931)
* '' I'll Be Alone After Midnight'' (1931)
* '' ...
as Le petit employé
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Marcel Barencey as Le marinier
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Louis Kerly
Louis Kerly (18 June 1872 – 23 November 1936) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.475
Selected filmography
* '' In Old Alsace'' (1920)
* '' The Bread Peddler'' (1923)
* '' The Two Boys'' (1924)
* ''Monte Carlo'' (1925)
* '' My Priest Amon ...
as Le monsieur pressé
*
Paul Velsa
Paul Isaac Welsa (known professionally as Paul Velsa; 29 December 1905 – 20 May 1944) was a French stage and film actor.Alpi p.346 He appeared in more than thirty films between 1928 and 1938.
Biography
Paul Isaac Welsa was born on at the matern ...
as Le militaire
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Robert Goupil as Le pêcheur à la ligne
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Émile Saint-Ober as Le pépiniériste
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Joë Hamman as Le jazzman
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Chaumel as Le marchand de ballons
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Fred Marche
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People
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as Le raccommodeur de porcelaine
References
Bibliography
*Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934''. Pygmalion, 1988.
* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1931 films
French comedy films
1931 comedy films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Jacques de Baroncelli
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
French films based on plays
Films set in Paris
Films scored by Philippe Parès
Films scored by Georges Van Parys
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