Une fille à papa (1936)

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Country: France
Genres: N/A
Release: 1936-04-15
Director: René Guissart
Writers: René Pujol
Language: French
Stars: Lucien Baroux , Josette Day , Jean Servais , Simone Texier , Michel André , Lucette Desmoulins , Luce , Mattler , Marty , René Lestelly
Runtime: 85 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Una ragazza intraprendente (Italy) , Una hija de ocasión (Spain) , Daddy's Girl (United States of America) , Une fille à papa , Une fille à papa (France, French Republic)
Plot: René Guissart was a minor director who made pleasant comedies ("toi c'est moi") and sometimes displayed social concern ("Ménilmontant" (1936),his best film , with something of the 1936 front populaire).Plot: A wealthy orphan girl (Josette Day) asks the receptionist of a hotel (at the time they called them "concierge" ) to play the role of her papa ,for she wants to marry and she wants to do the right choice. Both go to a Winter sports resort where they meet a fortune-hunter whose girlfriend will make a big mistake , a lieutenant ,who in civilian life,is a priest. Undaunted,they head for the seaside.The papa is harassed by a countess who's got a crush on him,because she mistakes him for a noble.Pleasant ,harmless stuff ; Lucien Baroux was a good comic actor. And an occasion to see a young Jean Servais ,who became known when he was older.
IMDB:tt0209451