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The Suitors Club

1941 film

The Suitors Club (French: Le club des soupirants) is a 1941 French comedy film directed by Maurice Gleize and starring Fernandel, Louise Carletti and Annie France.[1] [2] [3] The film was produced by the German-backed company Continental Films. It was shot at the Marseille Studios and on location around Nice in the Unoccupied Zone.[4] The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch.

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Synopsis

Having run up heavy debts, a group of young men are persuaded by their creditor to court the wealthy heiress Daisy's hand in marriage. They are given intensive training in the arts of wooing. Amongst them is Antoine a butterfly collector who is more interested in Daisy's cousin Edith. In fact Edith turns out to have the money, while Daisy finds genuine romance with Maxime.

Cast

References

  1. [1]
    Leteux p.26
  2. [2]
    Siclier p.312
  3. [3]
    https://www.unifrance.org/film/7609/le-club-des-soupirants
  4. [4]
    Leteux p.214

Bibliography

  • Leteux, Christine. Continental Films: French Cinema under German Control. University of Wisconsin Press, 2022.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
  • Siclier, Jacques. La France de Pétain et son cinéma. H. Veyrier, 1981.
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