Coquecigrole is a 1931 French comedy drama film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Max Dearly, Danielle Darrieux and Gabrielle Fontan.Goble p.299Bessy & Chirat p.200Crisp p.180 It was based on a 1926 novel of the same title by Alfred Machard. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne.
Synopsis Macarol, a former stage comedian now working as a waiter adopts the orphan Coquecigrole.
Cast Max Dearly as Macarol Danielle Darrieux as Coquecigrole Gina Barbieri as Léocadie Armand Bour as Maître Petit-Durand Gabrielle Fontan as Mme. Bien René Donnio as Casimir Raymond Galle as Tulipe Georges Pally as Le directeur du théâtre Jean Guirec as Louvetier Jean Diéner as Jeaminet Bude Gaston Jacquet as Saint-Palmier
References
Bibliography Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988. Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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