The Man in Evening Clothes (French:Un homme en habit) is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by René Guissart, in his directorial debut, and starring Fernand Gravey, Diana and Suzy Vernon.Goble p.800 It was made by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures at the Joinville Studios in Paris. A Spanish-language version A Gentleman in Tails was also released the same year.
The film adapts L'Homme en habit, a play by Yves Mirande and André Picard.
It is presumably lost.
Cast Fernand Gravey as André de Lussanges Diana as Gaby Suzy Vernon as Germaine de Lussanges Pola Illéry as Totoche Pierre Etchepare as Pierre d'Allouville Louis Baron fils as L'huissier Buffetaut Jany Holt as Ninette Paul Pauley as Le valet de chambre Jeanne Fusier-Gir Alexandre Dréan Marc-Hély Pierrette Caillol Marcel Carpentier Georges Bever Henry Prestat Georges Cahuzac Charlotte Martens Henri Vilbert Christian Argentin Francis Mérey Poussard Henri Trévoux André Pollack Henri Jullien Henri de Livry
Reception In 1932, Hebdo-film found it was "one of the best films of the year".
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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