''Holiday'' (French: ''Vacances'') 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
Robert Boudrioz
Robert Pierre Frédéric Boudrioz (12 February 1887 – 22 June 1949) was a French screenwriter and film director.
Boudrioz was born in Versailles and died in Paris.
Selected filmography
Director
* ''Tom Thumb (1920 film), Tom Thumb'' (1920)
* '' ...
and starring
Florelle
Florelle (born Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau, 9 August 1898 – 28 September 1974) was a French soprano singer and actress. She gained fame as Polly Peachum in the French film ''The Threepenny Opera'', after which she had numerou ...
,
Lucien Gallas
Lucien Gallas (March 23, 1904 – May 26, 1967) was a French stage and film actor.Waldman p.165 He was married to the actress Ginette Leclerc.
Selected filmography
* ''Holiday'' (1931)
* '' Billeting Order'' (1932)
* '' Little Jacques'' (193 ...
and
Georges Charlia. It is an adaptation of the French play of the same name by René Besson and Georges Fabret.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Georges Wakhévitch
Georges Wakhévitch (; Georgy Leonidovich Vakhevich; August 18, 1907 in Odessa, Russian Empire – February 11, 1984 in Paris) was a Russian-born French art director.
The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921. He grew up in Par ...
.
Plot summary
Cast
*
Florelle
Florelle (born Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau, 9 August 1898 – 28 September 1974) was a French soprano singer and actress. She gained fame as Polly Peachum in the French film ''The Threepenny Opera'', after which she had numerou ...
as Paulette
*
Lucien Gallas
Lucien Gallas (March 23, 1904 – May 26, 1967) was a French stage and film actor.Waldman p.165 He was married to the actress Ginette Leclerc.
Selected filmography
* ''Holiday'' (1931)
* '' Billeting Order'' (1932)
* '' Little Jacques'' (193 ...
as Jacques Sarmette
*
Georges Charlia as Millet
*
Rachelly as La servante de l'auberge
*
Pierre Juvenet
Pierre Juvenet (1883–1951) was a French stage and film actor.Powrie p.231 A character actor, he appeared in more than a hundred films frequently portraying officials and authority figures.
Selected filmography
* '' The Mystery of the Yellow Ro ...
as Le Hubleau-Mornac
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1931 films
French comedy films
1931 comedy films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Robert Boudrioz
French films based on plays
Gaumont (company) films
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
Films scored by Lionel Cazaux
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