Blanchette (1937 film)

Blanchette
Directed by	Pierre Caron
Written by	Carlo Rim
Based on	Blanchette by Eugène Brieux
Produced by	Jean Lévy-Srauss
Starring	Marie Bell Jean Martinelli Abel Tarride
Cinematography	Alain Douarinou
Music by	Vincent Scotto
Production company	Films J.L.S.
Distributed by	Les Films Vog
Release date	12 March 1937 (1937-03-12)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Blanchette is a 1937 French drama film directed by Pierre Caron and starring Marie Bell, Jean Martinelli and Abel Tarride.^[1] It is based on the 1892 play of the same title by Eugène Brieux, which had previously been made into the 1921 silent film Blanchette.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Douarinou.

Cast

• Marie Bell as Blanchette Rousset
• Jean Martinelli as Georges Galoux
• Abel Tarride as M. Galoux
• Mady Berry as Mamam Rousset
• Charles Granval as Papa Rousset
• Jean Tissier as M. Max
• Édouard Delmont as Bonenfant
• Milly Mathis as Mme Jules, la cuisinière
• Léon Arvel as Barbaroux
• Laurence Atkins as Lucie Galoux
• Charlotte Barbier-Krauss as La chômeuse
• Guy Berry as Le chanteur
• Doumel as Le facteur
• Pierre Finaly as Un client
• Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Mme Michu
• Abel Jacquin as Auguste Morillon
• Marcel Maupi as Le joueur de boules
• Henri Poupon as Morillon

References

1. Bessy & Chirat p.173
2. Goble p.56

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.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Blanchette at IMDb