Once Upon a Time (1933 film)

{{short description|1933 film}}

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| name = Once Upon a Time

| image = Once Upon a Time (1933 film).jpg

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| director = Léonce Perret

| producer = {{ubl|Bernard Natan|Emile Natan}}

| writer = Francis de Croisset (play)

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Gaby Morlay|André Luguet|Andrée Ducret}}

| music = {{ubl|Marcel Delannoy|Maurice Thiriet}}

| cinematography = Victor Arménise

| editing =

| studio = Pathé-Natan

| distributor = Pathé Consortium Cinéma

| released = {{film date|df=y|1933|10|6}}

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| country = France

| language = French

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Once Upon a Time (French: Il était une fois) is a 1933 French drama film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Gaby Morlay, André Luguet and Andrée Ducret.The A to Z of French Cinema p.306{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/La_Revue_musicale/6S5m3biqOlQC?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=Il+%C3%A9tait+une+fois+L%C3%A9once+Perret&dq=Il+%C3%A9tait+une+fois+L%C3%A9once+Perret&printsec=frontcover |title=La Revue musicale |date=1934 |publisher=Editions Richard-Masse |language=fr}}

It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne.

According to Perret's biographer, critics found that the film, based on a play by Francis de Croisset,{{Cite book |last=Moules |first=Patrick |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/The_9_5mm_Vintage_Film_Encyclopaedia/AErYDwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Il+%C3%A9tait+une+fois+L%C3%A9once+Perret&pg=PA196&printsec=frontcover |title=The 9.5mm Vintage Film Encyclopaedia |date=2020-07-28 |publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-83859-269-1 |language=en}} "bordered on the conflict between theatre technicians and film studio technicians".{{Cite book |last=Taillé |first=Daniel |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/L%C3%A9once_Perret_cin%C3%A9matographiste/dB5lAAAAMAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=Il+%C3%A9tait+une+fois+L%C3%A9once+Perret&dq=Il+%C3%A9tait+une+fois+L%C3%A9once+Perret&printsec=frontcover |title=Léonce Perret, cinématographiste |date=2006 |publisher=Association "Cinémathèque en Deux-Sèvres" |isbn=978-2-9526128-0-7 |language=fr}}