''Memories Are Not for Sale'' (French: ''Les souvenirs ne sont pas à vendre'') is a 1948 French

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directed by Robert Hennion and starring

Frank Villard Frank Villard (24 March 1917 – 19 September 1980) was a French film actor.Goble p.121 He was born François Drouineau in Saint-Jean-d'Angély. Selected filmography * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) - Un homme (uncredited) * ''Cartacalha, reine ...

, Blanchette Brunoy,

Sophie Desmarets Sophie Desmarets (; 1922–2012) was a French film actress.Davis p.145 Selected filmography * ''Battement de coeur'' (1940) - (uncredited) * ''Premier rendez-vous'' (1941) - Henriette Lefranc * ''The Man Who Played with Fire'' (1942) - Gabrielle ...

and

Martine Carol Martine Carol (born Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer; 16 May 1920 – 6 February 1967) was a French film actress. She frequently was cast as an elegant blonde seductress. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, she was the leading sex symbol and ...

. ''La Saison cinématographique, Volume 30''. U.F.O.L.E.I.S., 1948. p.195 The film's sets were designed by the

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Aimé Bazin. It is also known by the

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''Sextette''.

Synopsis

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, retiring after many years in the business, takes one last look around the property. It triggers memories of the various guests who have stayed there which he recalls in a series of episodes, some light and some dark in tone.

Cast

as Jean *

Maurice Baquet Maurice Louis Baquet (26 May 1911 – 8 July 2005) was a French actor and cellist. He was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône and died in Noisy-le-Grand.Blanchette Brunoy as Jeanne *

as Brigitte *

as Sonia *

Colette Darfeuil Colette Darfeuil (born Emma Henriette Augustine Floquet, 7 February 1906 – 15 October 1998) was a French actress whose film career began at age 14 in 1920 and continued through the early 1950s. Darfeuil made her screen debut in at age 14 ...

as Marie-Hélène * Monique Delavaud as Trinita *

Jean-Jacques Delbo Jean-Jacques Delbo (10 January 1909 – 20 May 1996) was a French actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1936 to 1990. Filmography References External links * 1909 births 1996 deaths French male film actors {{Fr ...

as Max *

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as Maria *

Jacques Famery Jacques Famery (July 20, 1923 – January 18, 2014) was a French film actor. Although known primarily for roles in the Cinema of France, he lived in Quebec for a time in the 1970s and was also a figure in the Cinema of Quebec during that time.

as Georges *

Robert Favart Marc Robert Favart (9 February 1911 – 26 July 2003) was a French actor, married to Jenny Carré, daughter of Albert Carré. Filmography Film *1938 in the movies, 1938: ''The City of Lights'' (by Jean de Limur) *1939 in the movies, 1939: ...

as Dessanges *

Arsenio Freignac Arsenio is an Italian, Portuguese and Spanish version of the male given name ''Arsenius''. It may refer to: People * Arsenio Balisacan, Filipino economist * Arsénio Bano (born 1974), East Timorese politician * Arsenio Benítez (born 1971), Pa ...

as Frère de Trinita * Yvonne Gaudeau as Madeleine * Gautier-Sylla as Père de Trinita * Robert Hommet as Lord Brookfield *

Pierre Juvenet Pierre Juvenet (1883–1951) was a French stage and film actor.Powrie p.231 A character actor, he appeared in more than a hundred films frequently portraying officials and authority figures. Selected filmography * '' The Mystery of the Yellow Ro ...

as Locataire *

Max Maxudian Max Algop Maxudian (12 June 1881 – 20 July 1976) was a French stage and film actor. Born in the Ottoman Empire to an Armenian family, Max Maxudian emigrated to France with his parents in 1893 at the age of twelve. Maxudian became a famous theat ...

as Dupuis *

Alexandre Rignault Alexandre Rignault (14 February 1901 – 2 April 1985) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1931 and 1985. Biography He was born on February 14, 1901 in Paris 5th, at his parents' home, rue Guy-de-La-Brosse. H ...

as Sancelmoz * Gilles Watteaux as François *

Marthe Sarbel Marthe may refer to: *Marthe (given name) a feminine given name * ''Marthe'' (novel), an 1876 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans *''Marthe'', an 1877 play by Georges Ohnet * ''Marthe'' (film), a 1997 film by Gérard Jugnot People with the surname *Willi ...

as Une invitée

References

Bibliography

* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1948 films French comedy films 1948 comedy films French drama films 1948 drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Robert Hennion French black-and-white films 1940s French films Films set in hotels Films scored by Louiguy {{1940s-France-film-stub