The Pont-Biquet Family (French: La famille Pont-Biquet) is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Gina Manès, Armand Bernard and Paul Pauley.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.92 It is based on the 1897 play of the same title by Alexandre Bisson.Goble p.42 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Henri Ménessier and René Renoux.
Synopsis The Pont-Biquet is headed my a judge and his domineering wife. Their two daughters and son-in-law try to get round the elder generation.
Cast Gina Manès as Carmen Armand Bernard as La Reynette Paul Pauley as Monsieur Pont-Biquet - juge d'instruction Jacqueline Daix as Gabrielle Jacques de Féraudy as Dagobert Claude Lehmann as Jacques Dubois Pierre Stéphen as Toupance Alice Tissot as Madame Pont-Biquet
References
Bibliography Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986. Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen . The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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