Charming Boys (French: Charmants Garçons) is a 1957 French musical comedy film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Zizi Jeanmaire, Daniel Gélin and Henri Vidal. It was one of two Hollywood-style musicals made by Decoin around this time along with Folies-Bergère.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.120
It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. It was made using Technicolor.
Synopsis Lulu, a nightclub entertainer, has many male admirers who all turn out to be completely unreliable.
Cast Zizi Jeanmaire as Lulu Natier Daniel Gélin as Alain Cartier Henri Vidal as Jo, dit Kid Chabanne - le boxeur François Périer as Robert Gert Fröbe as Edmond Petersen Marie Daëms as Germaine Renaud Mary as Henri Anne Carrère as Lili Albert Médina as Le client volé au palace palace René Alié as Le policier au théâtre Marius David as Le maître d'hôtel du relais André Chanu as Le speaker Jacques Morlaine as Un inspecteur Jacques Dhéry as Un agent Jean Degrave as Le célibataire Madeleine Suffel a sAlice - l'habilleuse Yves Barsacq as Le détective de l'hôtel Jean Lara as Le célibataire Pierre Mirat as Un brigadier Alain Nobis as Le commissaire à Cannes Jean-Pierre Marielle as Le chef de la réception à l'hôtel de Deauville Madeleine Lambert as Madame Micoulin Jacques Berthier as André Noblet Gil Vidal as Max, le gigolo Jacques Dacqmine as Charles
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Bibliography Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, Maryellen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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