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Girls' Club (1936)

Genre : Comedy, Crime, Drama

Runtime : 1H 21M

Director : Jacques Deval

Synopsis

A hotel for women-only and catering to working girls is the setting for not being able to get a USA PCA seal-of-approval for this French-film, but New York City's 55th Playhouse played it anyway. Along the way the audience meets the girl who sneaked her lover into her no-men-allowed room and her patch soon turns blue; a young lady with a passionate intensity who chooses another young lady as the object of her affections; the blindly-misguided director of the hotel, another lady of real easy virtue who is not the one who smuggled her lover into her room; and a girl who is only there as a procurer for a slavery ring.

Actors

Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Darrieux
Claire Derouve
Betty Stockfeld
Betty Stockfeld
Greta Kremmer
Else Argal
Else Argal
Alice Hermin
Raymond Galle
Raymond Galle
Robert
Ève Francis
Ève Francis
Madame Fargeton - la directrice de l'hôtel
Valentine Tessier
Valentine Tessier
Gabrielle Aubry - la doctoresse
Josette Day
Josette Day
Juliette
Junie Astor
Junie Astor
Hélène - la standardiste
Kissa Kouprine
Kissa Kouprine
Lucile
Marion Delbo
Marion Delbo
Françoise
Martine Mouneyres
Martine Mouneyres
Jacqueline
Carol Royce
Carol Royce
Georgette
Colette Proust
Colette Proust
Marie-Claire Pissaro
Marie-Claire Pissaro
Madeleine
Elisa Ruis
Elisa Ruis
La jeune fille enivrée
Michèle Roger
Michèle Roger
Greta Buciens
Greta Buciens
Gabrielle Calvi
Gabrielle Calvi
Betty Xan
Betty Xan
Madeleine Gérôme
Madeleine Gérôme
Suzanne
Colette Salomon
Colette Salomon
Molly Robert
Molly Robert
Julienne Paroli
Julienne Paroli
La mère à la gare

Crews

Jacques Deval
Jacques Deval
Director
Jacques Deval
Jacques Deval
Writer
Jacques Deval
Jacques Deval
Producer
Marius-François Gaillard
Marius-François Gaillard
Music
Jules Kruger
Jules Kruger
Cinematography
Jean Delannoy
Jean Delannoy
Editor
Henri Rust
Henri Rust
Editor
Lucien Aguettand
Lucien Aguettand
Art Direction
Jean Bijon
Jean Bijon
Set Decoration
Bernard de Latour
Bernard de Latour
Unit Manager
Jean Delannoy
Jean Delannoy
Assistant Director
William Robert Sivel
William Robert Sivel
Sound
Marc Fossard
Marc Fossard
Camera Operator

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