''The Improvised Son'' (French: ''Le fils improvisé'') is a 1932 French

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by René Guissart and starring

Fernand Gravey Fernand Gravey (25 December 1905 in Ixelles (Belgium) – 2 November 1970 in Paris, France),Death certificate # 8/445/1970 also known as Fernand Gravet in the United States, was the son of actors Georges Mertens and Fernande Depernay, who a ...

Florelle Florelle (born Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau, 9 August 1898 – 28 September 1974) was a French soprano singer and actress. She gained fame as Polly Peachum in the French film ''The Threepenny Opera'', after which she had numerou ...

and

Saturnin Fabre Saturnin Fabre (4 April 1884 – 4 October 1961) was a French film actor. Selected filmography * ''La rafale'' (1920) - comte de Bréchebel * ''Mademoiselle de La Seiglière'' (1921) * '' The Road Is Fine'' (1930) - Le professeur Pique * '' ...

. The film was produced and distributed by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. It was shot at the

Joinville Studios The Joinville Studios were a film studio in Paris which operated between 1910 and 1987. They were one of the leading French studios, with major companies such as Pathé and Gaumont making films there. A second studio was added to the original ...

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. It returned modest profits for Paramount, but did not stop the company largely ceasing its production operations at Joinville the following year.Williams p.177

Synopsis

The

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of a wealthy antiques collector tries to pass off her much younger lover to him as her long-lost son.

Cast

as Fernand Brassart *

as Maud *

as M. Brassart * Jackie Monnier as Fanny * Edmond Roze as Le baron Brick *

Louis Baron fils Louis Bouchêne, known as Louis Baron, fils (born Paris 24 December 1870, died Dieppe 30 November 1939), was an actor and singer, who took part in many operettas and comédie-musicales, and was in 30 films between 1929 et 1938. He was the son of ...

as Léon Le Bélier * Christiane Dor as Nöémie * Jeanne Blanche * Christian Gérard * Lucien Brulé * Claudie Gesvres

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Williams, Alan Larson. ''Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking''. Harvard University Press, 1992.

External links

* 1932 films 1932 comedy films French comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by René Guissart French black-and-white films 1930s French films Films shot at Joinville Studios Paramount Pictures films Films scored by René Sylviano {{1930s-France-film-stub