''Four Days in Paris'' (French: ''Quatre jours à Paris'') is a 1955 French
musical
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comedy film
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directed by
André Berthomieu and starring
Luis Mariano,
Geneviève Kervine and
Jane Sourza.
[Shiri p.147] It was shot in
Eastmancolor at the
Boulogne Studios in
Paris
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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Raymond Nègre. It is based on the 1948
operetta of the same title composed by
Francis Lopez.
Synopsis
It follows a series of characters including Mario, a
fashionable Paris
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hairdresser in need of money, his girlfriend Gisèle, friend Nicolas and a wealthy American
heir
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ess who is sold a fake
rejuvenation serum. Mario then falls in love with Gabrielle, a
Southerner, and all the characters head for the
hotel
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she owns on the
Riviera.
Cast
*
Luis Mariano as Mario
*
Roger Nicolas as Nicolas
*
Jane Sourza as Rita Alvarez
*
Geneviève Kervine as Gabrielle
*
Andrex as Le brigadier
*
as Montaron
*
Gisèle Robert as Gisèle
*
Arthur Allan as Alvarez
*
Jackie Sardou as Zénaïde
*
Gaston Orbal as Hyacinthe
*
Nina Myra as L'habilleuse
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Luc Andrieux as Le gendarme
*
Darry Cowl as L'aviculteur
References
Bibliography
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
* Shiri, Keith. ''Directory of African Film-makers and Films''. Greenwood Press, 1992.
External links
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1955 films
1955 musical comedy films
French musical comedy films
1950s French-language films
Films directed by André Berthomieu
Operetta films
Films shot at Boulogne Studios
Films set in Paris
1950s French films
Films scored by Francis Lopez
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