The Heir of the Bal Tabarin

The Heir of the Bal Tabarin
Directed byJean Kemm
Written byJean-Louis Bouquet
Based onThe Heir of the Bal Tabarin by André Mouëzy-Éon and Nicolas Nancey
Produced byAlex Nalpas
StarringFrédéric Duvallès
Charlotte Lysès
Germaine Michel
CinematographyRené Guichard
Maurice Guillemin
Edited byJean Lecocq
Music byLucien Wurmser
Jean Yatove
Production
company
Les Films Alex Nalpas
Distributed byLes Films Alex Nalpas
Release date
  • 20 October 1933 (1933-10-20)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Heir of the Bal Tabarin (French: L'héritier du Bal Tabarin) is a 1933 French comedy film directed by Jean Kemm and starring Frédéric Duvallès, Charlotte Lysès and Germaine Michel.[1] [2] It was based on the 1919 stage farce of the same title by André Mouëzy-Éon and Nicolas Nancey. It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé-Natan. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

Synopsis

A prudish man unexpectedly inherits the Bal Tabarin cabaret in Paris. According to the terms of the will he must manage it himself, something he conceals from his family.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.414
  2. ^ Crisp p.398

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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