''Let's Touch Wood'' (French: ''Touchons du bois'') is a 1933 French
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Maurice Champreux and starring
Jeanne Cheirel,
Armand Bernard and
Lily Zévaco
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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
Oscar Wilde
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.
[Tanitch p. 271]
Cast
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Jeanne Cheirel as La générale de Saint-Preux
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Armand Bernard as Auguste Chantilly
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Lily Zévaco
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as Geneviève
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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
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Jules Moy as M. Lebigre
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Roland Armontel as Jacques de Saint-Preux
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Marcelle Barry as Mlle. Frontin
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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
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1908 births
1989 deaths
French film actre ...
as Arlette
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Suzy Delair
Suzy Delair (born Suzette Pierrette Delaire; December 31, 1917 – March 15, 2020) was a French actress, dancer, singer, comedian and star of vaudeville.
Early years
Growing up in Montmartre, Delair was the daughter of a father who upholstered ...
as La petite compagne d'amusement
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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.
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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
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