Two Timid Souls (1928 film)

For the 1943 film, see Two Timid Souls (1943 film).

Two Timid Souls
Directed by	René Clair
Written by	play by Eugène Labiche
Screenplay by	René Clair
Produced by	Alexandre Kamenka
Cinematography	Robert Batton Nikolas Roudakoff
Production companies	Films Albatros Sequana Films
Distributed by	Films Albatros
Release dates	5 December 1928 (1928-12-05) (U.S.) 1 March 1929 (1929-03-01) (France)
Running time	72 minutes (19f/s)
Country	France
Language	Silent

Two Timid Souls (French: Les Deux Timides) is a 1928 French silent film comedy directed by René Clair, and based on the 1860 play Les Deux Timides by Eugène Labiche.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} It was made by the Films Albatros production company.^[6] The sets were designed by the art director Lazare Meerson.

Plot

A very shy lawyer, Fremissin, is tasked with defending Garadoux, a man charged rightfully with beating his wife. Fremissin gets nervous at the trial, and ends up demanding the harshest possible sentence for Garadoux, making him spend several months in prison. After a few years, Fremissin has fallen in love with a woman (Cecile Thibaudier). Garadoux sees this and tries to seduce her to get back at Fremissin for getting him sent to prison. Garadoux abuses Fremissin's timid nature, in hilarious acts like posing as a bandit and leaving him disturbing notes telling him not to leave home. After various trials, and meeting his shy counterpart in Cecile's father, Fremissin finally gets to Cecile in time to ask for her hand in marriage, and has a big fight with the Thibaudier and Garadoux family. He then defends the Thibaudier family successfully in court.

Cast

• Pierre Batcheff as Fremissin
• Jim Gérald as Garadoux
• Véra Flory as Cecile Thibaudier
• Maurice de Féraudy as Thibaudier
• Françoise Rosay as The aunt
• Madeleine Guitty as The maid
• Yvette Andréyor as Mme. Garadoux
• Léon Larive
• Anna Lefeuvrier
• Louis Pré Fils
• Antoine Stacquet
• Odette Talazac

References

1. "Two Timid Souls (1928)". imdb.com. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
2. "Les Deux Timides, 1928". silentfilm.org. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
3. "Les Deux Timides". movies.msn.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
4. "Les Deux Timides (1928)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2014. Archived from the original on 20 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
5. "Les Deux Timides and La Tour - Museum of Modern Art". moma.org. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
6. McGerr p.224

Bibliography

• Celia McGerr. René Clair. Twayne Publishers, 1980.

External links

• Two Timid Souls at IMDb
• Two Timid Souls is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive