The Surprises of Divorce

1933 film
  • 10 March 1933 (1933-03-10)
Running time
87 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

The Surprises of Divorce (French: Les Surprises du divorce) is a 1933 French comedy film directed by Jean Kemm and starring Léon Belières, Nadine Picard and Charles Lamy.[1] [2] It was based on the 1888 play of the same title by Alexandre Bisson and Antony Mars, which had previously been adapted into a 1912 silent film. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.

Synopsis

A husband, annoyed by his mother-in-law, divorces his first wife. He remarries but on returning from his honeymoon he discovers that his new father-in-law has married his own ex-wife.

Cast

  • Léon Belières as Monsuier Bourganeuf
  • Mauricet as Henri Duval
  • Nadine Picard as Diane
  • Charles Lamy as Corbulon
  • Maximilienne as Mme. Bonicard
  • Louis Blanche as Champeaux
  • Simone Héliard as Gabrielle Bourganeuf

References

  1. ^ Rège p.561
  2. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.420

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
  • 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

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Films directed by Jean Kemm
  • André Cornélis (1918)
  • Le Bossu (1925)
  • André Cornélis (1927)
  • Atlantis (1930)
  • Hai-Tang (1930)
  • The Polish Jew (1931)
  • The Lacquered Box (1932)
  • Miss Helyett (1933)
  • The Barber of Seville (1933)
  • The Heir of the Bal Tabarin (1933)
  • The Surprises of Divorce (1933)
  • The Drunkard (1937)
  • Liberty (1938)
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