Anne-Marie is a 1936 French drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Annabella, Pierre Richard-Willm and Paul Azaïs. If features Annabella as an aspiring young pilot.Driskell p.97-98 It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Jean Perrier.
Synopsis Anne-Marie, a young civil aviation engineer, persuades several of her male colleagues to teach her to fly. Each of them fall slightly in love with her.
Cast Annabella as Anne-Marie Pierre Richard-Willm as L'inventeur Paul Azaïs as Le boxeur Pierre Labry as Le paysan Abel Jacquin as Le détective Christian Gérard as L'amoureux Jean Murat as Le penseur André Carnège as Le général Enrico Glori as Un homme d'affaires Odette Talazac as La bonne
Reception Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly good review, describing it as "silly but with some amiable qualities". Commenting that "there is very little to be said for this odd plot", and suggesting that "there is no discoverable theme", Greene nevertheless praised Saint-Exupéry's scenario writing and concluded that "it is chiefly worth seeing for [its] exciting and beautifully directed melodramatic climax". (reprinted in: )
References
Bibliography Jonathan Driskell. The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom and the Modern Woman in 1930s France. I.B.Tauris, 2015.
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