The Girl from Maxim's is a 1933 British musical comedy film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Frances Day, Leslie Henson, Lady Tree and Stanley Holloway.[1] It was an adaptation of the 1899 play La Dame de chez Maxim by Georges Feydeau.[2] A French-language version was filmed at the same time under the title La dame de chez Maxim's.
| The Girl from Maxim's | |
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| Directed by | Alexander Korda |
| Written by | Harry Graham Arthur Wimperis |
| Based on | the play La Dame de chez Maxim by Georges Feydeau |
| Produced by | Alexander Korda Ludovico Toeplitz |
| Starring | Leslie Henson Frances Day Stanley Holloway |
| Cinematography | Georges Périnal |
| Edited by | Harold Young (uncredited) |
| Music by | Kurt Schröder Niklos Schwalb |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists Corporation (UK) |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editA doctor tries to pass off a singer as his wife in Paris in 1904.
Cast
edit- Leslie Henson as Doctor Petypon
- Frances Day as La Mome
- George Grossmith, Jr. as The General
- Lady Tree as Madame Petypon
- Stanley Holloway as Mongicourt
- Gertrude Musgrove as Clementine
- Evan Thomas as Corignon
- Desmond Jeans as Etienne
- Hugh Dempster as The Duke
- Eric Portman as Uncredited
Critical reception
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Girl From Maxim's". TVGuide.com.
- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Girl From Maxim's". TVGuide.com.
External links
edit- The Girl from Maxim's at IMDb
- The Girl from Maxim's at the TCM Movie Database
- The Girl from Maxim's at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
