With a Smile (film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by PrimeBOT (talk | contribs) at 11:52, 26 May 2020 (→‎top: Task 30 - replacing deprecated parameters in Template:Infobox film). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

With a Smile
Directed byMaurice Tourneur
Written byLouis Verneuil
StarringMaurice Chevalier
Marie Glory
André Lefaur
CinematographyArmand Thirard
Music byMarcel Lattès
Production
company
Les Films Marquise
Running time
98 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Avec le sourire (With a Smile) is a 1936 French comedy directed by Maurice Tourneur and based on an original screenplay by Louis Verneuil.

The film stars Maurice Chevalier and the title of the film is taken from one of his comic songs "With a Smile" (Avec le Sourire, 1907).[1]

Plot

A smooth talking but penniless vagrant (Maurice Chevalier) arrives in Paris and sets out to make it to the top with nothing more than his smile, charm and cunning mind.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Rae Beth Gordon Dances with Darwin, 1875-1910: Vernacular Modernity in France 2009 "In 1907, when Maurice Chevalier was still an Idiot Comic, he performed the comic monologue and song, "With a Smile," in which his usual grimaces and poses are combined with fantasies of Africa: "Strolling along in Africa one day, I was ..."

External links


Stub icon

This article related to a French film of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=With_a_Smile_(film)&oldid=958942661"