Quadrille is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Sacha Guitry and starring Guitry, Gaby Morlay and Jacqueline Delubac.The A to Z of French Cinema p.197 It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Perrier. The title refers to the quadrille, a dance in which the participants keep changing partners. It was later remade as a film of the same title by Valérie Lemercier.
Synopsis In Paris the arrival of an American film star upsets the routine of a French newspaper editor and his two female companions.
Cast Sacha Guitry as Philippe de Morannes Gaby Morlay as Paulette Nanteuil Jacqueline Delubac as Claudine André Georges Grey as Carl Erickson Pauline Carton as La femme de chambre de l'hôtel Jacques Vitry as Le docteur Louis Baldy as Durmel Julien Rivière as Le maître d'hôtel Louis Vonelly as Le chef de réception Paul Alex as Le concierge Marc Hélin as Un chasseur Pierre Huchet as Un valet de chambre Georges Lemaire as Le régisseur Marie-Claire Pissaro as Une femme de chambre Clary Monthal as Une habilleuse Marguerite Templey as Madame de Germond Adolphe Borchard as Lui-même dans le générique Robert Lefebvre as Lui-même dans le générique Ray Ventura as himself
References
Bibliography Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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