Beautiful Star (1938 film)

Beautiful Star
Directed byJacques de Baroncelli
Written byMichel Duran
Produced byFrançois Chavane
Starring
CinematographyJean Charpentier
Roger Hubert
Edited byJean Hénin
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byÉclair-Journal
Release date
  • 24 November 1938 (1938-11-24)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Beautiful Star (French: Belle Étoile) is a 1938 French comedy drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Michel Simon, Meg Lemonnier, and Jean-Pierre Aumont.[1][2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul-Louis Boutié and Georges Wakhévitch.

Synopsis

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Meg Lemarchal doesn't want to marry the man her father has picked out for her. She is driven to suicide, but is saved by a young man Jean-Pierre. However she is then kidnapped, leading to Jean-Pierre trying to rescue her.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Belle Étoile". En.unifrance.org. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. ^ Crisp p.412

Bibliography

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  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
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