With a Smile (French: Avec le sourire) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Maurice Tourneur and based on an original screenplay by Louis Verneuil. The film stars Maurice Chevalier and the title of the film is taken from one of his comic songs "With a Smile" (Avec le Sourire, 1907).Rae Beth Gordon Dances with Darwin, 1875-1910: Vernacular Modernity in France 2009 "In 1907, when Maurice Chevalier was still an Idiot Comic, he performed the comic monologue and song, "With a Smile," in which his usual grimaces and poses are combined with fantasies of Africa: "Strolling along in Africa one day, I was ..."
It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Carré and Émile Duquesne.
Plot A smooth talking but penniless vagrant (Maurice Chevalier) arrives in Paris and sets out to make it to the top with nothing more than his smile, charm and cunning mind.
Cast
Maurice Chevalier as Victor Larnois Marie Glory as Gisèle Berthier André Lefaur as Ernest Villary, le propriétaire du "Palace" Paule Andral as Valentine Villary, son épouse Marcel Vallée as Pascaud Léon Arvel as Templier Marcel Simon as Fromentel, le directeur des Beaux-Arts Rivers Cadet as Albert, le chasseur du "Palace" Nicole de Rouves as l'épouse d'Albert Léon Morton as le maître d'école Milly Mathis as la caissière du "Palace" Jean Gobet as Bruzin Henri Houry as l'entraîneur Viviane Gosset as Suzy Dorfeuil, la vedette du "Palace" Lucien Callamand as Vauclin Jean Aymé as le duc de Ganges Anthony Gildès as le baron Wurtz Simone Sandre as la dactylo Georges Bever as le valet de pied Vincent Hyspa as le président du tribunal Robert Ozanne as un invité à la noce Georgé as Genneval Léon Morton as le maître d'école Robert Ozanne as un invité à la noce Rivers Cadet as le chasseur Eugène Stuber as l'amant de la femme du chasseur Jean Témerson as Cam
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