''Temptation'' is a 1934 British-French

musical comedy film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as break ...

directed by

Max Neufeld Max Neufeld (13 February 1887 – 2 December 1967) was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film ''The Song of the Sun'', which starred Vittorio De Sica. Selecte ...

and starring

Frances Day Frances Day (born Frances Victoria Schenk; December 16, 1907April 29, 1984) was an American actress and singer who achieved great popularity in the UK in the 1930s. Her career began as a nightclub cabaret singer in New York City and London. ...

Stewart Rome Stewart Rome (born Septimus William Ryott; 30 January 1886 – 26 February 1965) was an English actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 and took the stage name of Stewart Rome ...

and Anthony Hankey.Wood p.84 It was made at the

Joinville Studios The Joinville Studios were a film studio in Paris which operated between 1910 and 1987. They were one of the leading French studios, with major companies such as Pathé and Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont making films there. A second studio was a ...

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

with sets designed by the

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Jacques Colombier. It is the English-language version of '' Antonia''.

Cast

as Antonia Palmay *

as Paul Palmay * Anthony Hankey as William Parker *

Peggy Simpson Peggy Simpson (4 July 1913 – 1 January 1994) was a British actress. She appeared twice for director Alfred Hitchcock in '' The 39 Steps'' (1935) and '' Young and Innocent'' (1937). Partial filmography * ''Sleeping Car'' (1933) - (uncredited) * ...

as Piri *

Mickey Brantford Mickey Brantford (26 March 1911 – 18 October 1984) was an English actor and film production manager . Mickey Brantford was born Michael Richard Henry Comerford into a theatrical family, in London. He began his career in the silent film era as ...

as Johnny * Lucy Beaumont as Headmistress * Billy Watts as Gus * C. Denier Warren as Director * Effie Atherton as Vera Hanka * Molly Hamley-Clifford as Maresa * Alfred Rode and His Tzigane Orchestra as themselves

References

Bibliography

*Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. *Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927–1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1934 films 1934 musical comedy films British musical comedy films French musical comedy films Films shot at Joinville Studios Films directed by Max Neufeld British multilingual films French multilingual films British black-and-white films Films scored by Paul Abraham English-language French films 1934 multilingual films 1930s British films 1930s French films 1930s English-language films {{musical-comedy-film-stub