Mammy (1951 film)

Mammy
Directed by	Jean Stelli
Written by	Alejandro Casona (novel) Pierre Laroche Albert Valentin
Produced by	Claude Dolbert
Starring	Gaby Morlay Pierre Larquey Françoise Arnoul
Cinematography	Marc Fossard
Edited by	André Gug
Music by	Marcel Landowski
Production company	Codo Cinéma
Distributed by	Consortium du Film
Release date	28 November 1951 (1951-11-28)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Mammy is a 1951 French drama film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Gaby Morlay, Pierre Larquey and Françoise Arnoul. 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

Bibliography

• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Mammy at IMDb