The Lady from Vittel

The Lady from Vittel
Directed by	Roger Goupillières
Written by	Roger Ferdinand
Based on	The Lady from Vittel by Georges Dolley
Produced by	André Aron
Starring	Alice Field Frédéric Duvallès Fernand Charpin
Cinematography	Jean Isnard
Music by	Ralph Erwin
Production companies	Les Films Roger Ferdinand Pan-Ciné
Distributed by	Paris Cinéma Location
Release date	5 February 1937 (1937-02-05)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Lady from Vittel (French: La dame de Vittel) is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Roger Goupillières and starring Alice Field, Frédéric Duvallès and Fernand Charpin.[1] It was based on a 1934 play of the same title by Georges Dolley. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand.

Synopsis

In Paris Jean Bourselet encounters the attractive and flirtatious Madeleine Fidoux, whose husband owns a hotel in the spa town of Vittel. In order to further their acquittance he feigns ill health so he can visit the resort, which is famous for its local mineral water. However his suspicious wife follows him there and, discovering that he is passing himself off as a widower, begins flirtations of her own with men. Eventually the couple are lovingly reconciled.

Cast

• Alice Field as Henriette Bourselet
• Frédéric Duvallès as Jean Bourselet
• Fernand Charpin as Victor Fidoux
• Christiane Delyne as Madeleine Fidoux
• André Bervil as José Gonin
• Denise Grey as Mme Bleu
• Paul Faivre as Cornillon

References

1. Bessy & Chirat p.175

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.

External links

• The Lady from Vittel at IMDb