Mammy (1951 film)
{{short description|1951 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name =Mammy
| image =File:Mammy (1951 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Jean Stelli
| producer =Claude Dolbert
| based_on =
| writer = Alejandro Casona (novel)
Pierre Laroche
Albert Valentin
| narrator =
| starring = Gaby Morlay
Pierre Larquey
Françoise Arnoul
| music = Marcel Landowski
| cinematography = Marc Fossard
| editing = André Gug
| studio = Codo Cinéma
| distributor = Consortium du Film
| released = {{Film date|1951|11|28|df=yes}}
| runtime = 81 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Mammy is a 1951 French drama film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Gaby Morlay, Pierre Larquey and Françoise Arnoul.Rège p.939 It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart.
Synopsis
Madame Pierre, known as Mammy, dotes on her grandson Maurice. He has been away in Canada for ten years, and is a disreputable lowlife. However her husband has created a false image of a decent, happily married architect for her benefit. When news comes of Maurice's disappearance in a plane crash, Mammy is so distraught that her husband hires a young couple to pose as Maurice and his invented wife Marthe, in the hope that his wife will accept them as real.
Cast
- Gaby Morlay as Mme Pierre dite Mammy
- Pierre Larquey as Dr. André Pierre
- Françoise Arnoul as Marthe Roux
- Andrée de Chauveron as Geneviève
- Claude Nicot as Le petit ami
- Micheline Gary as Lucette
- Solange Varenne as Marie
- Michel Jourdan as Le vrai Maurice
- Marcel Delaître as Un acolyte de Maurice
- Philippe Hersent as Un acolyte de Maurice
- Maurice Blanchot as Un acolyte de Maurice
- Gaby Tyra as La soeur
- Luce Fabiole as La concierge
- Georges Sauval as Le boucher
- René Hell as Le vendeur de journaux
- Philippe Lemaire as Maurice Laprade
References
Bibliography
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0158752}}
{{Jean Stelli}}
Category:1950s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Jean Stelli
Category:Films based on Spanish novels
Category:Films scored by Marcel Landowski
Category:French-language drama films
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