''Monsieur Sans-Gêne'' is a 1935 French

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film directed by Karl Anton and starring

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 ...

, Josseline Gaël and Ginette Gaubert. The following year it was remade as an American comedy '' One Rainy Afternoon'', released by

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.Mazdon p.152

Synopsis

A man creates a national scandal after he mistakenly kisses the wrong woman in a darkened cinema.

Cast

as Fernand Martin * Josseline Gaël as Monique Perrochin * Ginette Gaubert as Juliette Durand * Armand Dranem as Le souffleur * Thérèse Dorny as La féministe * Jeanne Byrel as La gouvernante *

Charles Dechamps Charles Dechamps (13 September 1882 – 25 September 1959) was a French stage and film actor. He married the comedian Fernande Albany on 19 November 1925. He died in 1959, and was buried at cimetière du Père-Lachaise. Filmography * 1909: ...

as Pierre Crémieux *

Jim Gérald Jim Gérald (4 July 1889 – 2 July 1958) was a French actor. Gérald was born Gérald Ernest Cuénod in Paris. He died in Paris in 1958. Selected filmography * ''La légende de soeur Béatrix'' (1923) - Un soudard * ''The Imaginary Voyage' ...

as Monsieur Perrochin * Nicolas Rimsky as Le musicien

References

Bibliography

*Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Mazdon, Lucy. ''Encore Hollywood: Remaking French Cinema''. British Film Institute, 2000.

External links

* 1935 romantic comedy films French romantic comedy films Films directed by Karl Anton Films set in Paris French black-and-white films 1930s French films Films scored by Ralph Erwin {{1930s-romantic-comedy-film-stub