Let's Touch Wood
{{Short description|1933 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Let's Touch Wood
| image = Let's Touch Wood.jpg
| caption =
| director = Maurice Champreux
| producer = Joseph N. Ermolieff
| writer = {{ubl|Ninon Steinhoff|Louis Vérier|Oscar Wilde (play)}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Jeanne Cheirel|Armand Bernard|Lily Zévaco}}
| music = Ralph Erwin
| cinematography = Nikolai Toporkoff
| editing =
| studio = Gaumont-Franco Film-Aubert
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1933|04|24|df=yes}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
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Let's Touch Wood (French: Touchons du bois) is a 1933 French comedy film directed by Maurice Champreux and starring Jeanne Cheirel, Armand Bernard and Lily Zévaco.Crisp p. 400 It is based on the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.Tanitch p. 271
Cast
- Jeanne Cheirel as La générale de Saint-Preux
- Armand Bernard as Auguste Chantilly
- Lily Zévaco as Geneviève
- Suzy Pierson as Minouche
- Jules Moy as M. Lebigre
- Roland Armontel as Jacques de Saint-Preux
- Marcelle Barry as Mlle. Frontin
- Suzet Maïs as Arlette
- Suzy Delair as La petite compagne d'amusement
- Carlos Avril
References
Bibliography
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Tanitch, Robert. Oscar Wilde on Stage and Screen. Methuen, 1999.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0195355}}
{{The Importance of Being Earnest}}
Category:1930s French-language films
Category:Films based on The Importance of Being Earnest
Category:Films directed by Maurice Champreux
Category:Gaumont (company) films
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Ralph Erwin
Category:French-language comedy films
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