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)
UFA[https://web.archive.org/web/20180219001721/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7eabab1a Counsel for Romance] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
| 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}}
}}
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
- Danielle Darrieux as Jacqueline Serval
- Henri Garat as Pierre Meynard
- André Alerme as Monsieur Serval
- Marguerite Templey as Mme. Serval
- Madeleine Suffel as Marie
- Jean Dax as Feutrier père
- Alfred Pasquali as P'tit Louis
- Léon Arvel as Le juge d'instruction
- Lucien Callamand as Le voisin de palier
- Robert Casa as Le bâtonnier / President of the Bar
- Jean Hébey as Fil-de-fer / Slim
- Roger Legris as Le vicomte
- Edouard Hamel as Le secrétaire du bâtonnier
- Bill Bocket as Le client violent au musette
- Emile Prud'homme as L'accordéoniste / Accordionist
Notes
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0147863}}
- [http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=138664.html Counsel for Romance] at AlloCiné
- [http://www.evene.fr/cinema/films/un-mauvais-garcon-23531.php Counsel for Romance] at Evene.fr
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Category:French black-and-white films
Category:1930s French-language films
Category:French romantic comedy films
Category:1936 romantic comedy films
Category:Films directed by Raoul Ploquin
Category:Films directed by Jean Boyer
Category:Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
Category:Films scored by Georges Van Parys
Category:French-language romantic comedy films
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