Dora Nelson is a 1935 French comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Elvira Popescu, André Lefaur and Frédéric Duvallès. The film was based on a play by Louis Verneuil. In 1939 it was remade as an Italian film of the same title.Gundle p.63
Synopsis A leading film star abandons the picture she is working on, and elopes with her lover to Italy. The desperate filmmakers recruit a poor woman who strongly resembles her to take her place.
Partial cast Elvira Popescu as Dora Nelson et Suzanne Verdier André Lefaur as Philippe de Moreuil Frédéric Duvallès as Étienne Beaupertuis Micheline Cheirel as Yvonne de Moreuil Julien Carette as Fouchard Paule Andral as Madame de Chantalard Annie Carriel as Madame d'Aubigny Jenny Burnay as Elsa Andrée Champeaux as Célestine Clara d'Arc as Huguette
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Bibliography Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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