''A Girl on the Road'' (French: ''Une fille sur la route'') is a 1952 French
comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Jean Stelli
Jean Stelli (6 December 1894 in Lille – 2 February 1975 in Grasse) was a French screenwriter and film director.Rège p.939
Selected filmography
* ''The Hurricane on the Mountain'' (1922)
* ''Durand Jewellers'' (1938)
* ''Gibraltar (1938 film), ...
and starring
Georges Guétary
Georges Guétary (), born Lambros Vorloou ( ; 8 February 1915 – 13 September 1997) was a French singer, dancer, cabaret performer and film actor, best known for his role in the 1951 musical ''An American in Paris''.
Early life and career
...
,
Lenore Aubert
Lenore Aubert (born Eleonore Maria Leisner, April 18, 1913The book ''Women in Horror Films, 1940s'' says that Aubert was born "on April 18, 1913 (although 1918 was given in publicity)." – July 31, 1993) was a model and Hollywood actress best ...
and
Liliane Bert
Liliane Bert (1922-2015) was a French film and television actress.Hayward p.146
Selected filmography
* '' The Blue Veil'' (1942)
* ''We Are Not Married'' (1946)
* '' Four Knaves'' (1947)
* '' Colonel Durand'' (1948)
* '' Sergil and the Dictator'' ...
.Bessy & Chirat p.112 It was shot at the
Victorine Studios
Victorine Studios (French: Studios de la Victorine) are a film studio in the French city of Nice. They are also known as the Nice Studios. Several small studios have also existed in the city.
Originally built in 1921 in an attempt to create a Ho ...
in
Nice
Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionon location around the
French Riviera
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including
Cannes
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and
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (; ; Italian language, Italian: ''San Giovanni Capo Ferrato'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southe ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
singer
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is fed up with stardom and his over-demanding female admirers. He decides to escape it all by driving off in his car. On the way he picks up a
hitchhiker
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Signaling ...
who, to his delight, has never heard of him.
Cast
*
Georges Guétary
Georges Guétary (), born Lambros Vorloou ( ; 8 February 1915 – 13 September 1997) was a French singer, dancer, cabaret performer and film actor, best known for his role in the 1951 musical ''An American in Paris''.
Early life and career
...
as Carlo Cortez / Jacques Gary
*
Lenore Aubert
Lenore Aubert (born Eleonore Maria Leisner, April 18, 1913The book ''Women in Horror Films, 1940s'' says that Aubert was born "on April 18, 1913 (although 1918 was given in publicity)." – July 31, 1993) was a model and Hollywood actress best ...
as Princesse Véra
*
Liliane Bert
Liliane Bert (1922-2015) was a French film and television actress.Hayward p.146
Selected filmography
* '' The Blue Veil'' (1942)
* ''We Are Not Married'' (1946)
* '' Four Knaves'' (1947)
* '' Colonel Durand'' (1948)
* '' Sergil and the Dictator'' ...
as Annabel
*
Robert Pizani
Robert Pizani (26 April 1896 – 17 June 1965) was a French stage and film actor whose 45-year career encompassed leading roles in numerous plays, revues and operettas as well as dozens of films.
In operetta
Pizani's roles in operetta and musical ...
as Michel de Romeuil
*
Lucien Callamand
Lucien Callamand born Lucien Marie Pascal Eugène Callamand (1 April 1888 in Marseille – 3 December 1968 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes) was one of the earliest French film actors whose career spanned six decades of French cinema. Between 1909 and 1 ...
as Le valet
*
Robert Seller
Robert Seller (1889–1967) was a French stage and film actor.Crisp p.156
Also known by his surname, Seller began his film career in 1931 in Maurice de Canonge's film, ''Olive se marie''. He had parts in many films and plays by Sacha Guitry, in ...
as Joseph, le valet
*
Les Bluebell Girls
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* L.E.S. (producer), hip hop producer
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as Themselves
*
Jean Lefebvre
Jean Marcel Lefebvre (3 October 1919Some sources indicate he was born in 1922. – 9 July 2004) was a French film actor.
His erratic studies were interrupted by World War II. Taken prisoner and then requisitioned as a laborer, he escaped to joi ...
Jean Pignol
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People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
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* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* Jean ...
Frédéric Valmain
Frédéric and Frédérick are the French versions of the common male given name Frederick. They may refer to:
In artistry:
* Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator
* Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor
* Frédéric Bazille, Impressio ...