Edward and Caroline
{{short description|1951 film}}
{{use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Edward and Caroline
| image = Edward and Caroline.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Jacques Becker
| producer = Raymond Borderie
| writer = Jacques Becker
Annette Wademant
| starring = Daniel Gélin
Anne Vernon
Elina Labourdette
| music = Jean-Jacques Grünenwald
| cinematography = Robert Lefebvre
| editing = Marguerite Renoir
| studio = Union Générale Cinématographique
| distributor = L'Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique
| released = {{film date|1951|4|6|df=yes}}
| runtime = 88 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
}}
Edward and Caroline ({{langx|fr|Édouard et Caroline}}) is a 1951 French comedy drama film directed by Jacques Becker and starring Daniel Gélin, Anne Vernon and Elina Labourdette.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/145006/Edouard-et-Caroline/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520065659/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/145006/Edouard-et-Caroline/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 May 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |author=Hal Erickson |title=New York Times: Easy Living |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2011 |accessdate=19 July 2008}} It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4079/year/1951.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Edward and Caroline |accessdate=2009-01-11 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304200449/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4079/year/1951.html |archivedate=4 March 2012 |df=dmy }} It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.
Plot
Édouard and Caroline are preparing for a important social gathering at her uncle's apartment during which Édouard will be expected to play the piano and impress the guests. Lacking a waistcoat Édouard goes to borrow one from his wife's cousin. In the meantime, Caroline attempts to re-model her dress to bring it more up-to-date. Her husband is not pleased and the evening consists of rows, fights and threats of divorce. It is the early morning before life returns to normal.
Cast
- Daniel Gélin as Édouard Mortier
- Anne Vernon as Caroline Mortier
- Elina Labourdette as Florence Borch de Martelie
- Jacques François as Alain Beauchamp
- Betty Stockfeld as Lucy Barville
- Jean Galland as Claude Beauchamp
- Jean Marsac as a guest
- William Tubbs as Spencer Borch
- Jean Toulout as Herbert Barville
- Yette Lucas as Mme Leroy, the concierge
- Jean Riveyre as Julien, the Beauchamp butler
- Hélène Duc as the artistic guest
- Micheline Rolla as a guest
- Edmond Ardisson as the hairdresser
- Grégoire Gromoff as Igor
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0042429|title=Edward and Caroline}}
{{Jacques Becker}}
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Category:1950s French-language films
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Fictional married couples
Category:Films directed by Jacques Becker
Category:Films produced by Raymond Borderie
Category:Films shot at Billancourt Studios
Category:Films scored by Jean-Jacques Grunenwald
Category:Films about pianos and pianists
Category:French-language comedy films
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