Counsel for Romance

Counsel for Romance
Counsel for Romance
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Jean Boyer ; Raoul Ploquin
Written by	Jean Boyer
Produced by	Raoul Ploquin
Starring	Danielle Darrieux ; Henri Garat ; Jean Dax
Cinematography	Ewald Daub
Edited by	Klaus Stapenhorst
Music by	Georges Van Parys
Production; companies	L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne (ACE); UFA
Distributed by	ACE
Release dates	18 December 1936 (France); 7 September 1938 (USA) ; 5 January 1944 (France, re-release)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Counsel for Romance (French: Un mauvais garçon) is a 1936 French romantic comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and Raoul Ploquin and starring Danielle Darrieux, Henri Garat and Jean Dax.

Production[edit]

The film was made as a co-production between the German studio UFA and its French subsidiary ACE. It was made at UFA's Babelsberg Studios in Berlin, with location shooting taking place in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Artur Günther and Max Knaake. The music is by Georges Van Parys.

Plot[edit]

A young female lawyer refuses to get married as she thinks only of her work. But soon her father sends a crook so that she dedicates herself. Gradually, she begins to love the charming swindler.

Cast[edit]

Danielle Darrieux as Jacqueline Serval
Henri Garat as Pierre Meynard
André Alerme as Monsieur Serval
Marguerite Templey as Mme. Serval
Madeleine Suffel as Marie
Jean Dax as Feutrier père
Alfred Pasquali as P'tit Louis
Léon Arvel as Le juge d'instruction
Lucien Callamand as Le voisin de palier
Robert Casa as Le bâtonnier / President of the Bar
Jean Hébey as Fil-de-fer / Slim
Roger Legris as Le vicomte
Edouard Hamel as Le secrétaire du bâtonnier
Bill Bocket as Le client violent au musette
Emile Prud'homme as L'accordéoniste / Accordionist

Notes[edit]

^ Counsel for Romance at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}
^ "Un mauvais garçon". Cinémathèque française. Retrieved 2009-11-12.

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[1] Counsel for Romance at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}

[2] "Un mauvais garçon". Cinémathèque française. Retrieved 2009-11-12.

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