The Man in Evening Clothes
| The Man in Evening Clothes | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | René Guissart |
| Written by | Yves Mirande (play) André Picard (play) John McDermott Saint-Granier |
| Starring | Fernand Gravey Diana Suzy Vernon |
| Music by | Charles Borel-Clerc Lionel Cazaux Casimir Oberfeld |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | French |
The Man in Evening Clothes (French:Un homme en habit) is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by René Guissart, in his directorial debut,[1] and starring Fernand Gravey, Diana and Suzy Vernon.[2][3] It was made by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures at the Joinville Studios in Paris. A Spanish-language version A Gentleman in Tails was also released the same year.
The film adapts L'Homme en habit, a play by Yves Mirande and André Picard.[4]
It is presumably lost.[5]
Cast
[edit]- Fernand Gravey as André de Lussanges
- Diana as Gaby
- Suzy Vernon as Germaine de Lussanges
- Pola Illéry as Totoche
- Pierre Etchepare as Pierre d'Allouville
- Louis Baron fils as L'huissier Buffetaut
- Jany Holt as Ninette
- Paul Pauley as Le valet de chambre
- Jeanne Fusier-Gir
- Alexandre Dréan
- Marc-Hély
- Pierrette Caillol
- Marcel Carpentier
- Georges Bever
- Henry Prestat
- Georges Cahuzac
- Charlotte Martens
- Henri Vilbert
- Christian Argentin
- Francis Mérey
- Poussard
- Henri Trévoux
- André Pollack
- Henri Jullien
- Henri de Livry
Reception
[edit]In 1932, Hebdo-film found it was "one of the best films of the year".[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Restaurations et tirages de la cinémathèque Française III" [Restorations and prints from the French Cinematheque III] (PDF) (in French). 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2016.
- ^ Goble p.800
- ^ Focus on Film. Tantivy Press. 1974.
- ^ Jeux d'auteurs, mots d'acteurs: scénaristes et dialoguistes du cinéma français, 1930-1945 : actes des colloques SACD, 1992-1993 (in French). Institut Lumière. 1994. ISBN 978-2-7427-0371-5.
- ^ Waldman, Harry (2000). Missing Reels: Lost Films of American and European Cinema. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0724-8.
- ^ Hebdo-film (in French). André de Reusse. 1932.
Bibliography
[edit]- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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