''The Miracle Child'' (French: ''L'enfant du miracle'') is a 1932

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film based on a play of the same name by Robert Charvay and Paul Gavault. The

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of the film centers around a

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named Blanche Montel who endeavours to find a man with whom to produce a child so that she can pretend that the child was her late husband's and so inherit a fortune. In a scene which has been cited as particularly humorous, a few characters interrupt a

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and are subsequently believed to be

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's minor role in ''The Miracle Child'' was one of her first acting roles in a long and successful career.

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