PROFILPELAJAR.COM

The Slipper Episode
The Slipper Episode
Directed by	Jean de Limur
Written by	Georges Lampin
Based on	Le voyage imprévu by Tristan Bernard
Produced by	Adolf Forter
Starring	Betty Stockfeld ; Roger Tréville ; Claude Dauphin
Cinematography	Fédote Bourgasoff
Edited by	Raymond Lamy
Music by	Roger Désormière ; Paul Segnitz ; Jean Wiener
Production; company	Les Films Helgal
Distributed by	Les Films Adimon
Release date	3 January 1935;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	France
Languages	French ; Switzerland

The Slipper Episode (French: Le voyage imprévu) is a 1935 French-Swiss romantic comedy film directed by Jean de Limur and starring Betty Stockfeld, Roger Tréville and Claude Dauphin.^[1]^[2] It was based on a 1928 novel by Tristan Bernard. It was shot at the Cité Elgé in Paris and on location around Locarno and the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. A British version Runaway Ladies was released in 1938.

The Slipper Episode was partially censored in New York state, despite being similar in content to several Hollywood films.^[3]

Synopsis

A woman in Switzerland with her jealous husband remembers that she has left an item of clothing at her lover's house in Paris, which her husband is now demanding to see. She asks her friend Béatrice to pick it up and bring to her, but has a number of delays and a romantic encounter as she does so.

Cast

Betty Stockfeld as Béatrice
Roger Tréville as Georges
Claude Dauphin as André Chabrolles
Raymond Cordy as Le pêcheur
Janine Guise as Laurence de Tourville
Jean Tissier as Jacques de Tourville
Jean Dax as Le directeur de l'hôtel
Maryanne as La dame de compagnie
Émile Genevois as Le groom

References

^ Rège p.590
^ Bessy & Chirat p.489
^ Goodman

Bibliography

Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1986.
Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
Goodman, Ezra. "Notes for a Geography of Morals; In the Movies, Naughty and Nice Depend a Lot on Latitude". The New York Times, 10 July 1938.
Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.