Lady Paname
{{short description|1950 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Lady Paname
| image = File:Lady Paname.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Henri Jeanson
| producer = André Paulvé
Michel Safra
| writer = Henri Jeanson
| narrator =
| starring = Louis Jouvet
Suzy Delair
Henri Guisol
Henri Crémieux
| music = Georges Van Parys
| cinematography = Robert Lefebvre
| editing = Roger Dwyre
| studio = Spéva Films
| distributor =DisCina
| released ={{Film date|1950|05|26|df=yes}}
| runtime = 113 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Lady Paname is a 1950 French comedy film directed and written by Henri Jeanson and starring Louis Jouvet, Suzy Delair, Henri Guisol and Henri Crémieux.Crisp p.130 It tells the story of a young female singer who tries to become a star in the music hall world of the 1920s and falls in love with a composer. It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne with costumes by Georges Annenkov.
Plot
The evocation of 1920s Paris mingles with the rapid rise of the irresistible Caprice, a talented singer, and her tumultuous love affair with Jeff the composer. A photographer nicknamed Bagnolet, a gentle anarchist, keeps a gentle eye on Caprice's activities as she becomes Lady Paname, and in the absence of morals, makes love triumph.
Cast
- Louis Jouvet as Gambier, dit Bagnolet - un photographe anarchiste
- Suzy Delair as Raymonde Bosset, dite Caprice - une chanteuse de music-hall
- Henri Guisol as Jeff - un compositeur de chansons
- Henri Crémieux as Milson - le directeur de l'Olympia
- Raymond Souplex as Arsène Marval - un chanteur célèbre et cabotin
- Jane Marken as Madame Gambier
- Claire Olivier as Léa Bosset - la mère de Caprice et de Marcel
- Camille Guérini as Auguste Bosset
- Véra Norman as La môme Oseille - l'amie de Caprice
- Monique Mélinand as Costa - l'accompagnatrice
- Germaine Montero as Mary-Flor - une chanteuse finie mais capricieuse
- Huguette Faget as Janine
- Georges Douking as Le parlementaire - un ami de Fred
- Maurice Régamey as Fred
- Odette Laure as La grue
- Odette Barencey as La dame des toilettes
- Jane Helly as Madame Marval - la femme du chanteur
- Maurice Nasil as Chacaton
- Albert Valsien as Le chef d'orchestre
- Sylvain as Un ami
- Jean Berton as Le régisseur
- Mag-Avril as L'habilleuse
References
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Bibliography
- Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 2, 1940–1958. Indiana University Press, 2015.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060308021844/http://www.lady-paname.be/indexOK.html Official Website]
- {{IMDb title|id=0197612}}
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:1950s French-language films
Category:Films set in the 1920s
Category:Films shot at Boulogne Studios
Category:Films scored by Georges Van Parys
Category:Films with screenplays by Henri Jeanson
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