The Great Refrain

The Great Refrain
The Great Refrain
Directed by	Yves Mirande ; Robert Siodmak
Written by	Yves Mirande ; Arnold Lipp
Produced by	Yves Mirande
Starring	Fernand Gravey ; Jacqueline Francell ; Jeanne Aubert
Cinematography	Fred Mandl ; Harry Stradling Sr.
Edited by	Jacques Grassi
Music by	Werner R. Heymann
Production; company	Metropa Films
Distributed by	Distribution Parisienne de Films
Release date	18 September 1936;
Running time	98 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Great Refrain (French: Le grand refrain) is a 1936 French musical comedy drama film directed by Yves Mirande and Robert Siodmak and starring Fernand Gravey, Jacqueline Francell and Jeanne Aubert.^[1] ^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Gys and Eugène Lourié.

Cast

Fernand Gravey as Charles Panard - un compositeur de talent
Jacqueline Francell as Yvette Leclerc - la petite amie de Charles
André Alerme as André Davin - un éditeur musical
Jeanne Aubert as Léone de Vinci - une chnateuse vedette
Gabriel Signoret as Le marquis de Barfleur
Jean Tissier as Le réalisateur
Raymond Aimos as Le clochard
Lucien Callamand as Le barman
Jean Dax as Le directeur du cinéma
Cécile Lemaire as La capitaine des girls
Madeleine Suffel as L'amie d'Yvette
Emile Saulieu as Le domestique de Barfleur
Roger Legris as Le secrétaire de Davin

References

^ Alpi p.83
^ Bessy & Chirat p.177

Bibliography

Alpi, Deborah Lazaroff. Robert Siodmak: A Biography, with Critical Analyses of His Films Noirs and a Filmography of All His Works. McFarland, 1998.
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 Great Refrain at IMDb

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[1] Alpi p.83

[2] Bessy & Chirat p.177

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