The Heart Disposes (French: Le coeur dispose) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Renée Saint-Cyr, Raymond Rouleau and Marguerite Templey.Rège p.462Crisp p.449 It was based on a play by Francis de Croisset. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carl Ludwig Kirmse.
Synopsis Robert, the secretary to a Chatelaine, is roped in to help her marry off her only unmarried daughter Hélène. Robert and Hélène don't hit it off but when she shows attention to a widowed and cynical baron he eventually comes to her rescue.
Cast Renée Saint-Cyr as Hélène Raymond Rouleau as Robert Levaltier Marguerite Templey as Mme Miran-Charville Nicole Vattier as Lady Hamilton Christian Gérard as Le prétendant Jacques Dumesnil as Le baron Houzier Pierre Palau as Parainneaux Félix Oudart as M. Miran-Charvile
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. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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