''Let's Touch Wood'' (French: ''Touchons du bois'') is a 1933 French

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directed by Maurice Champreux and starring Jeanne Cheirel, Armand Bernard and

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. It is based on the play ''

The Importance of Being Earnest ''The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious ...

'' by

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.Tanitch p. 271

Cast

* Jeanne Cheirel as La générale de Saint-Preux * Armand Bernard as Auguste Chantilly *

as Geneviève *

Suzy Pierson Suzy Pierson (1902–1996) was a French film actress.Goble p.128 She played lead roles in several silent films of the 1920s. Selected filmography * '' Six and One Half Times Eleven'' (1927) * ''The Three-Sided Mirror'' (1927) * '' André Cornéli ...

as Minouche * Jules Moy as M. Lebigre * Roland Armontel as Jacques de Saint-Preux * Marcelle Barry as Mlle. Frontin *

Suzet Maïs Suzette Charlotte Marie Mathilde Roux (January 31, 1908 – January 24, 1989), screen name "Suzet Maïs", was a French stage and film actress. Selected filmography References External links * 1908 births 1989 deaths French film actre ...

as Arlette *

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as La petite compagne d'amusement * Carlos Avril

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Tanitch, Robert. ''Oscar Wilde on Stage and Screen''. Methuen, 1999.

External links

* 1933 films 1933 comedy films French comedy films 1930s French-language films Films based on The Importance of Being Earnest Films directed by Maurice Champreux Gaumont Film Company films French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub