''Let's Get Married'' (French: ''Marions-nous'') 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
Louis Mercanton
Louis Mercanton (4 May 1879 – 29 April 1932) was a Swiss people, Swiss film director, screenwriter and actor.
Mercanton was born in Nyon, Vaud, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
Partial filmography
Director
* ' ...
and starring
Alice Cocéa,
Fernand Gravey
Fernand Gravey (25 December 1905 in Ixelles (Belgium) – 2 November 1970 in Paris, France),Death certificate # 8/445/1970 also known as Fernand Gravet in the United States, was a Belgian-born French actor.
Early life
Gravey was the son o ...
and
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 ...
. It was made at the
Joinville Studios
The Joinville Studios were a film studio in Paris which operated between 1910 and 1987. They were one of the leading French studios, with major companies such as Pathé and Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont making films there.
A second studio was a ...
in
Paris
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by the French subsidiary of
Paramount Pictures
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as a remake of the company's 1930 film ''
Her Wedding Night''. Such
multiple-language version
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s were common in the early years of
sound film
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before
dubbing
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became commonplace.
Cast
*
Alice Cocéa as Gisèle Landry
*
Fernand Gravey
Fernand Gravey (25 December 1905 in Ixelles (Belgium) – 2 November 1970 in Paris, France),Death certificate # 8/445/1970 also known as Fernand Gravet in the United States, was a Belgian-born French actor.
Early life
Gravey was the son o ...
as Francis Latour
*
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 Madame Marchal
*
Robert Burnier
Robert Burnier (1897–1974) was a French film actor.Goble p.920
Selected filmography
* '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931)
* '' Let's Get Married'' (1931)
* '' Miche'' (1932)
* ''Côte d'Azur'' (1932)
* ''Make-Up'' (1932)
* ''Nothing But Li ...
as Claude Mallet
*
Pierre Etchepare
Pierre Paul Lucien Salvat Etchepare (2 October 1891 – 20 April 1943) was a French actor.
Pierre Etchepare was born in Paris and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.
Selected filmography
* '' Happy Couple'' (1923)
* '' My Aunt from Ho ...
as Adolphe
*
Jacqueline Delubac
Jacqueline Delubac (1907–1997) was a French stage and film actress.Williams. p. 158.
She was married to actor, director and writer Sacha Guitry and appeared in a number of his productions on both stage and screen.
Selected filmography
* '' Ch� ...
as Simone
*
Helena D'Algy
Helena D'Algy (1906 - ?) was a Portuguese stage and film actress. D'Algy performed on Broadway in the ''Ziegfeld Follies of 1923'' and ''The Sex Fable'' (1931). She appeared in 20 films, the majority in Hollywood during the silent era. Her care ...
as Lolita
*
Véra Flory
Véra Flory (1907–2006) was a German-born French film actress of the silent and early sound eras. Powrie & Rebillard p.226
Selected filmography
* '' Two Timid Souls'' (1928)
* '' Cousin Bette'' (1928)
* '' The Feather'' (1929)
* ''The Unknown ...
as Maroussia
Reception
The film was judged "mediocre"
and very similar to
''Chérie''.
It is remembered for its songs.
References
Bibliography
* Waldman, Harry & Slide, Anthony. ''Hollywood and the Foreign Touch: A Dictionary of Foreign Filmmakers and Their Films from America, 1910-1995''. Scarecrow Press, 1996.
External links
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1931 films
French comedy films
1931 comedy films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Louis Mercanton
Films shot at Joinville Studios
Paramount Pictures films
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
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