Count Fernand du Bois d'Enghien typifies the pleasure seeker and as such he has a mistress of course, star singer Lucette Gauthier. But now Fernand feels it is time for him to tie the knot. For that, pretty Viviane Duverger is the ideal prey. The trouble is that the explosive Lucette does not hear it that way. Fortunately for Bois d'Enghien, Urugua, a rich South American general, falls in love with Lucette.
Acting
Suzy Delair's volcanic mistress—every entrance is an event.
Costume
Post-war Parisian glamour that screams 'I have a complicated love life'.
Writing
Feydeau adaptation where doors slam and dignity evaporates.
Director
Guy Lefranc
Noël-Noël
Le comte Fernand de Bois-d'Enghien
Geneviève Kervine
Viviane du Verger, la fiancée de Fernand
Gabrielle Dorziat
La baronne du Verger, mère de Viviane
Suzy Delair
Lucette Gauthier, la volcanique maîtresse du comte, vedette à l'Alcazar
Henri Guisol
Claude Bertrand, le directeur de l'Alcazar
Bourvil
Camille Bouzin, clerc de notaire et auteur de chansonnettes lestes
Jacques Eyser
Le général mexicain Urugua (Sociétaire de la Comédie Française)
Henri Crémieux
Le docteur Fontanet
Yvette Etiévant
Marceline Gauthier, la sœur de Lucette
Alain Feydeau
Un homme du mariage
Claude Borelli
Nini, la jeune parvenue
Madame Pâquerette
L'habilleuse de Lucette
Gaston Orbal
Le gaffeur
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from Georges Feydeau's 1896 play, this updates Belle Époque bedroom farce for postwar audiences still skeptical of traditional marriage.
Noël-Noël was a huge French star who co-wrote the screenplay—his Count Fernand is basically his on-screen persona refined into aristocratic deadbeat energy.
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