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1935 film

The Scandalous Couple

Directed by	Georges Lacombe
Written by	Fortuné Paillot Marcel Pollet Charles Spaak
Based on	The Scandalous Couple by Fortuné Paillot
Starring	Suzy Vernon René Lefèvre Maurice Escande
Cinematography	Michel Kelber
Music by	Marcel Pollet
Production company	Fina Film Production
Distributed by	Monopol Film
Release date	12 July 1935 (1935-07-12)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Scandalous Couple (French: Les Epoux scandaleux) is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Suzy Vernon, René Lefèvre and Maurice Escande. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon.

Synopsis

A couple marry not because they are in love but to escape their respective families. When their car breaks down and they are forced to spend time together in a mountain hotel, their marriage of convenience gradually turns to love.

Cast

Suzy Vernon as Loulou
René Lefèvre as Jean
Maurice Escande as Desbonnières
Jeanne Aubert as Jeanne Aubry
Pierre Finaly as Monsieur Desbois
Marthe Derminy as Madame Gallet
Madeleine Suffel as Sylvia
Mona Dol as Madame Moncourt
Yvonne Yma as La duègne
Mathilde Alberti as L'aubergiste
Ketty France as La bonne
Rose Yssa as La femme de chambre
Gaston Dupray as Maître Lepoutre
Marek Liven as Monsieur Michaud
Paul Forget as L'impresario
Jean Kolb as Le directeur du théatre
Jean Valroy as Le régisseur
Marcel Charvey as Le bijoutier
Jean Brochard as Un ouvrier
Charbonnier as Un ouvrier

References

Bessy & Chirat p.96
Goble p.357

Bibliography

Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2015.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

The Scandalous Couple at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Georges Lacombe
Bubble Gum (1931) A Telephone Call (1932) That Scoundrel Morin (1932) The Invisible Woman (1933) Youth (1934) The Scandalous Couple (1935) The Happy Road (1936) The Heart Disposes (1936) Café de Paris (1938) Behind the Facade (1939) Musicians of the Sky (1940) Paris-New York (1940) They Were Twelve Women (1940) The Last of the Six (1941) Montmartre (1941) The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock (1942) Monsieur La Souris (1942) The Stairs Without End (1943) Florence Is Crazy (1944) Land Without Stars (1946) Martin Roumagnac (1946) Convicted (1948) Prelude to Glory (1950) The Night Is My Kingdom (1951) The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) The Call of Destiny (1953) Their Last Night (1953) The Light Across the Street (1956) White Cargo (1958) My Darned Father (1958) L'âme de Nicolas Synders (1961) L'âne et le boeuf (1962) Message pour Margaret (1964) La fabrique du roi (1965) Le réquisitionnaire (1968) Pierre de Ronsard, gentilhomme vendômois (1970) Les mensonges (1971) Une atroce petite musique (1973) Un souper chez Lauzun (1973)

Films directed by Georges Lacombe

Bubble Gum (1931)
A Telephone Call (1932)
That Scoundrel Morin (1932)
The Invisible Woman (1933)
Youth (1934)
The Scandalous Couple (1935)
The Happy Road (1936)
The Heart Disposes (1936)
Café de Paris (1938)
Behind the Facade (1939)
Musicians of the Sky (1940)
Paris-New York (1940)
They Were Twelve Women (1940)
The Last of the Six (1941)
Montmartre (1941)
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock (1942)
Monsieur La Souris (1942)
The Stairs Without End (1943)
Florence Is Crazy (1944)
Land Without Stars (1946)
Martin Roumagnac (1946)
Convicted (1948)
Prelude to Glory (1950)
The Night Is My Kingdom (1951)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
The Call of Destiny (1953)
Their Last Night (1953)
The Light Across the Street (1956)
White Cargo (1958)
My Darned Father (1958)
L'âme de Nicolas Synders (1961)
L'âne et le boeuf (1962)
Message pour Margaret (1964)
La fabrique du roi (1965)
Le réquisitionnaire (1968)
Pierre de Ronsard, gentilhomme vendômois (1970)
Les mensonges (1971)
Une atroce petite musique (1973)
Un souper chez Lauzun (1973)

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