A Dog That Pays Off
1932 film
- 1 January 1932 (1932-01-01)
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A Dog That Pays Off (French: Un chien qui rapporte) is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Jean Choux and starring René Lefèvre, Arletty and Christiane Dor.[1][2][3] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert-Jules Garnier and Marcel Magniez. Location shooting took place around Paris including in the Bois de Boulogne and around Pont de Grenelle.
Synopsis
Josyane Plaisir, a singer short of money, joins the scheme of a dog owner who suggests that she should borrow his dog to ensnare rich men in a scheme. However René, the man she does meet through the plan, is himself very poor.
Cast
- René Lefèvre as René Brodart
- Arletty as Josyane Plaisir / Honorine Balut
- Médy as Alfred Debarazet
- Christiane Dor as Lucie
- Hélène Hallier as Loulou Craquelin
- Paulette Dubost as Suzy
- Rose Lorraine as Gaby
- Véra Sherbane as Alicette Paradio
- Laure Diana as La comtesse de Noyant-Maupré
- Madeleine Guitty as Mme Gras, la concierge
- Jean Coquelin as Homme qui attend la concierge
References
Bibliography
- O'Brien, Charles. Cinema's Conversion to Sound: Technology and Film Style in France and the U.S.. Indiana University Press, 2005.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- A Dog That Pays Off at IMDb
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Films directed by Jean Choux
- The Vocation of André Carel (1925)
- The Dying Land (1927)
- The Kiss That Kills (1928)
- Espionage (1929)
- The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans (1932)
- A Dog That Pays Off (1932)
- The Guardian Angel (1934)
- Motherhood (1935)
- Miarka (1937)
- Paris (1937)
- A Woman of No Importance (1937)
- Peace on the Rhine (1938)
- Angelica (1939)
- The Birth of Salome (1940)
- The Lost Woman (1942)
- Home Port (1943)
- Box of Dreams (1945)
- The Angel They Gave Me (1946)
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