Counsel for Romance

{{short description|1936 film}}

{{Infobox film

| image = Un mauvais garçon 1936 film.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Jean Boyer
Raoul Ploquin

| writer = Jean Boyer

| starring = Danielle Darrieux
Henri Garat
Jean Dax

| runtime = 90 minutes

| studio =L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne (ACE)
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| distributor = ACE

| producer = Raoul Ploquin

| music = Georges Van Parys

| cinematography = Ewald Daub

| editing = Klaus Stapenhorst

| language = French

| country = France

| released = {{Film date|1936|12|18|France|ref1={{cite web |url=http://cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=47090 |title=Un mauvais garçon |work=Cinémathèque française |accessdate=2009-11-12}}|df=y}}

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Counsel for Romance (French: Un mauvais garçon) is a 1936 French romantic comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and Raoul Ploquin and starring Danielle Darrieux, Henri Garat and Jean Dax.

Production

The film was made as a co-production between the German studio UFA and its French subsidiary ACE. It was made at UFA's Babelsberg Studios in Berlin, with location shooting taking place in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Artur Günther and Max Knaake. The music is by Georges Van Parys.

Plot

A young female lawyer refuses to get married as she thinks only of her work. But soon her father sends a crook so that she dedicates herself. Gradually, she begins to love the charming swindler.

Cast

Notes

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