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Featuring:
Lucien Baroux, Josette Day, Jean Servais
Written by:
René Pujol
Directed by:
René Guissart
Release Date:
April 14, 1936
Original Title:
Une fille à papa
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 85
After winning the lottery, an orphan who wants to find a husband asks a hotel porter to be her father.
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.
Director:
René Guissart
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