''The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful'' (French: ''La mariée est trop belle'') is a 1956 French

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directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring

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and

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. It was also known by the

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of ''Her Bridal Night''. The film was based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Odette Joyeux. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in

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and on location in

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in Southern France. The film's sets were designed by the art director

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Cast

as Catherine Ravaud, aka Chouchou *

as Judith Aurigault *

as Michel Bellanger * Marcel Amont as Toni * Jean-François Calvé as Patrice * Roger Dumas as Marc * Madeleine Lambert as Agnès * Marcelle Arnold as Mme Victoire *

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as Yvonne *

Roger Tréville Roger Tréville (17 November 1902, in Paris – 27 September 2005, in Beaumont-du-Périgord) was a French actor. He was born as Roger Troly; his parents, Georges Tréville (1875–1944) and Fanny Delisle (1881–1969), were also stage and film act ...

as M. Designy * Annie Roudier as La cuisinière * Nicole Gueden as Juliette *

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References

Bibliography

* Phillips, Alastair & Vincendeau, Ginette. ''Journeys of Desire: European Actors in Hollywood''. British Film Institute, 2006.

External links

* * 1956 films Films directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit French comedy films 1956 comedy films 1950s French-language films Pathé films Films shot at Billancourt Studios Films scored by Norbert Glanzberg 1950s French films French black-and-white films {{1950s-France-film-stub