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Charley's Aunt (1936 film)

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Charley's Aunt
Directed byPierre Colombier
Written byArnold Lipp
René Pujol
Based onCharley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas
Produced byJack Forrester
Adolphe Osso
André Parant
StarringLucien Baroux
Olly von Flint
Monique Rolland
CinematographyCharles Bauer
Robert Lefebvre
Music byPierre Chagnon
Fred Pearly
Vincent Scotto
Production
company
Les Films E.F.
Distributed byLes Films Fernand Rivers
Release date
  • 17 January 1936 (1936-01-17)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Charley's Aunt (French: La marraine de Charley) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Pierre Colombier and starring Lucien Baroux, Olly von Flint and Monique Rolland.[1] It is based on the 1892 play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

Synopsis

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A young man invites his fiancee and her father to visit him at his lodgings at Oxford University. He expects them to be chaperoned by his aunt arriving from Brazil but when she is delayed he gers his servant to impersonate her.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.99
  2. ^ Goble p.458

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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