''Extravagant Theodora'' (French: ''L'extravagante Théodora'') is a 1950 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 Henri Lepage and starring

Lucienne Le Marchand Lucienne Le Marchand (15 November 1908 – 9 February 1992) was a Belgian stage, film and television actress.Goble p.115 Selected filmography * ''Song of Farewell'' (1934) * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1935) * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1935) * '' ...

Robert Murzeau Robert Murzeau (1909–1990) was a French actor of stage, film and television.Goble p.91 Selected filmography * '' Destiny Has Fun'' (1946) * '' The Husbands of Leontine'' (1947) * '' Monsieur Vincent'' (1947) * '' To the Eyes of Memory'' (1948) ...

and

Jacqueline Gauthier Jacqueline Gauthier (7 October 1921 – 18 September 1982) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.115 Selected filmography * '' Louise'' (1939) * ''The Woman I Loved Most'' (1942) * '' At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) * '' The Newspaper ...

. It was based on a play of the same title by Jean de Letraz.https://www.unifrance.org/film/5362/l-extravagante-theodora-ou-j-te-confie-ma-femme The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Claude Bouxin Claude Bouxin (17 February 1907 – 23 February 1997) was a French art director.Soister p.280 He designed the film sets for over ninety productions. Selected filmography * '' Roger la Honte'' (1933) * '' Crainquebille'' (1934) * '' The Lady of Le ...

Cast

as Théodora *

as Thierry de Villiers *

as Brigitte Leprieur *

Pierre Stéphen Pierre Stéphen (1890–1980) was a French film actor.Goble p.346 Selected filmography * ''Irène'' (1920) * ''La dette'' (1920) * ''Gigolette'' (1921) * ''La brèche d'enfer'' (1923) - Le Vicomte de La Cardière * ''Le double piège'' (1923) * ...

as Octave Leprieur * Hélène Bellanger as Nicole, la secrétaire de Thierry *

Lucien Blondeau Lucien Blondeau (1884–1965) was a French stage, television and film actor.Goble p.168 Selected filmography * '' Marthe Richard'' (1937) * ''First on the Rope'' (1944) * ''Girl with Grey Eyes'' (1945) * ''Son of France ''Son of France'' (Frenc ...

Maurice Schutz Maurice Schutz (4 August 1866 – 22 March 1955) was a French film actor. He starred in some 91 films between 1918 and 1952. Selected filmography * '' Quatre-vingt-treize'' (1920) * ''Au-delà des lois humaines'' (1920) * '' The Three Masks'' ...

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1950 films French comedy films 1950 comedy films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Henri Lepage French black-and-white films 1950s French films French films based on plays {{1950s-France-comedy-film-stub