''Chiffon's Wedding'' (French: ''Le mariage de Chiffon'') is a 1942 French

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directed by

Claude Autant-Lara Claude Autant-Lara (; 5 August 1901 – 5 February 2000) was a French film director, screenwriter, set designer and costume designer who worked in films for over 50 years. He made films characterised by bourgeois Realism (arts), realism, anti- ...

and starring

Odette Joyeux Odette Joyeux (5 December 1914 – 26 August 2000) was a French actress, playwright and novelist. Biography She was born in Paris, where she studied dance at the Paris Opera Ballet before taking the stage. Joyeux started her film career in 19 ...

André Luguet André Luguet (15 May 1892 – 24 May 1979) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1910 and 1970. He was born in Fontenay-sous-Bois, France, and died in Cannes, France. His daughter Rosine Luguet became ...

and Jacques Dumesnil. https://www.unifrance.org/film/2823/le-mariage-de-chiffon It is based on the 1894 novel of the same title by Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau. The film's sets were designed by the

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Jacques Krauss.

Cast

as Corysande dite Chiffon *

as Le duc d'Aubières * Jacques Dumesnil as Marc de Bray *

Suzanne Dantès Suzanne Dantès (1888–1958) was a French stage and film actress.Abecassis p.96 Selected filmography * '' The Courier of Lyon'' (1923) * ''Black and White'' (1931) * '' A Happy Man'' (1932) * '' Arlette and Her Fathers'' (1934) * ''Extenuating ...

as La comtesse de Bray *

Louis Seigner Louis Seigner (23 June 1903 – 20 January 1991) was a French actor.He was born in Saint-Chef, Isère, France, the son of Louise (Monin) and Joseph Seigner, and died in Paris. He was the father of actress Françoise Seigner, with Marie Cazeaux, a ...

as Philippe de Bray *

Georges Vitray Georges Vitray (1888–1960) was a French film actor.Crisp p.155 Biography Georges Victor Leporcher was born in Paris, France to Constant Leporcher and Victorine Victoire Bricier. Georges took the name Vitray as a stage name. Georges' mother wa ...

as Van Doren * Monette Dinay as Alice de Liron *

Bernard Blier Bernard Blier (; 11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French character actor. Life and career Blier was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute, was posted at the time. His rotund featu ...

as Le garçon d'hôtel *

Marthe Mellot Marthe Mellot (16 February 1870 – 13 August 1947) was a French film actress. Marthe Mellot was born in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nièvre, France, and died in Paris. Selected filmography * '' Feu Mathias Pascal'' (1925) * ''That Scoundrel Morin ...

as La marchande de journaux de la gare * Richard Francoeur as Léon * Pierre Jourdan as L'officier * France Ellys as Sophie * Yvonne Yma as Mathilde - la cuisinière *

Raymond Bussières Raymond Bussières (3 November 1907 – 29 April 1982) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films from 1933 to 1982. He was born in Ivry-la-Bataille and died in Paris. He is buried in Marchenoir. He was married to the actre ...

as Marcel Férez *

Robert Le Vigan Robert Le Vigan (born Robert Coquillaud, 7 January 1900 – 12 October 1972) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1931 and 1943 almost exclusively in small or supporting roles. He was, according to film academic Gin ...

as Maître Blondin - l'huissier *

Pierre Larquey Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77. Selected filmography * ''P ...

as Jean

References

Bibliography

* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. * Siclier, Jacques. ''La France de Pétain et son cinéma''. H. Veyrier, 1981. * Williams, Alan L. ''Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking''. Harvard University Press, 1992.

External links

* 1942 films French comedy films 1942 comedy films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Claude Autant-Lara French black-and-white films 1940s French films Films based on French novels French historical films 1940s historical films Films set in the 19th century Films set in Paris Films scored by Roger Désormière {{1940s-France-film-stub