''The Concierge's Daughters'' (French: ''Les filles de la concierge'') is a 1934 French

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directed by

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and starring

Jeanne Cheirel Jeanne Cheirel (born Jeanne Augustine Baltazar; 18 March 1869 – 2 November 1934) was a French film and stage actress. Greco p.189 She was in the original cast of two of Georges Feydeau's plays '' Tied by the Leg'' (1894) and '' The Turkey'' (18 ...

Paul Azaïs Paul François Robert Azaïs (6 May 1902 – 17 November 1974) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1929 and 1966. Selected filmography * '' The Three Masks'' (1929) - Le fils Vescotelli * ''Le défenseur'' ( ...

and

Josette Day Josette Noële Andrée Claire Dagory (31 July 1914 – 27 June 1978), better known as Josette Day, was a French film actress. She began her career as a child actress in 1919 at the age of five. When she was 18, Day was the mistress of Paul Mora ...

.Waldman p.135 The film's sets were designed by the

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Synopsis

The three daughters of the

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Madame Leclerc set out to find husbands.

Cast

as Madame Leclerc *

as Albert *

as Suzanne Leclerc * Ghislaine Bru as Lucie Leclerc *

Marcel André Marcel André (2 January 1885 – 13 October 1974) was a French film actor.Goble p.87 Selected filmography * ''Si l'empereur savait ça'' (1930) - Albert (Master of the Horse) * ''Soyons gais'' (1930) - Townley * ''Le père célibataire'' (1931) ...

as Gaston Rival *

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as Henry Robertson *

Pierre Nay Pierre Nay (1898–1978) was a French film actor who appeared in 42 French films between 1928 and 1940.Jung & Schatzberg p.223 Selected filmography * ''Le Roi des resquilleurs'' (1930) * '' Venetian Nights'' (1931) * '' 77 Rue Chalgrin '' (1931) * ...

as Jacques *

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as Mme Fallempin *

Germaine Aussey Germaine Aussey (born Germaine Adrienne Agassiz, 18 December 1909 in Paris – 15 March 1979 in Geneva) was a French actress who worked with, among others, René Clair, Julien Duvivier, Paul Fejos, Jean Grémillon, Marc Allégret, and Sacha ...

as Ginette Leclerc * Émile Saint-Ober as Edgar

References

Bibliography

* Waldman, Harry. ''Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films''. McFarland, 2001.

External links

* 1934 films French comedy films French black-and-white films 1934 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Jacques Tourneur 1930s French films Films scored by Georges Van Parys {{1930s-France-film-stub