The Fortune (French: La fortune) is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Jean Hémard and starring Alice Tissot and Simone Deguyse and Claude Dauphin.Crisp p.391 It was based on the story of the same title by Tristan Bernard.
Synopsis A young man needs to raise money in order to marry his cousin. However his plan to use a "system" for winning at roulette proves a disaster and he loses everything. Now she fixes her eyes on a wealthy magistrate.
Cast Jane Marny as Bérangère Alice Tissot as Mlle de Tavères Simone Deguyse as L'artiste de cinéma Claude Dauphin as Joannis Daniel Lecourtois as Badoureau / Studel Raymond Rognoni as M. Martelet Henri Poupon as Saturnin Armand Guy Maryanne Nitta-Jo as herself on stage Gil Roland
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Bibliography Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
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