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The Lady from Vittel (French: La dame de Vittel) is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Roger Goupillières and starring Alice Field, Frédéric Duvallès and Fernand Charpin. It was based on a 1934 play of the same title by Georges Dolley. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand.
Synopsis
In Paris Jean Bourselet encounters the attractive and flirtatious Madeleine Fidoux, whose husband owns a hotel in the spa town of Vittel. In order to further their acquittance he feigns ill health so he can visit the resort, which is famous for its local mineral water. However his suspicious wife follows him there and, discovering that he is passing himself off as a widower, begins flirtations of her own with men. Eventually the couple are lovingly reconciled.
Cast
Alice Field as Henriette Bourselet
Frédéric Duvallès as Jean Bourselet
Fernand Charpin as Victor Fidoux
Christiane Delyne as Madeleine Fidoux
André Bervil as José Gonin
Denise Grey as Mme Bleu
Paul Faivre as Cornillon
References
Bibliography
Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
The Lady from Vittel at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- The Lady from Vittel
- List of French films of 1937
- Denise Grey
- Georges Dolley
- Roger Goupillières
- Alice Field
- Frédéric Duvallès
- Roger Ferdinand
- Ralph Erwin
- Paul Faivre
