The Improvised Son (French: Le fils improvisé) is a 1932 French comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Fernand Gravey, Florelle and Saturnin Fabre.Crisp p.395 The film was produced and distributed by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. It returned modest profits for Paramount, but did not stop the company largely ceasing its production operations at Joinville the following year.Williams p.177
Synopsis The mistress of a wealthy antiques collector tries to pass off her much younger lover to him as her long-lost son.
Cast Fernand Gravey as Fernand Brassart Florelle as Maud Saturnin Fabre as M. Brassart Jackie Monnier as Fanny Edmond Roze as Le baron Brick Louis Baron fils as Léon Le Bélier Christiane Dor as Nöémie Jeanne Blanche Christian Gérard Lucien Brulé Claudie Gesvres
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Bibliography Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Williams, Alan Larson. Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking. Harvard University Press, 1992.
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