The Improvised Son

The Improvised Son
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Directed by	René Guissart
Written by	Henri Falk
Starring	Fernand Gravey Florelle Saturnin Fabre
Music by	René Sylviano
Cinematography	Theodore J. Pahle
Edited by	Jean Delannoy
Production company	Les Films Paramount
Distributed by	Les Films Paramount
Release dates	22 November 1932
Running time	84 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Improvised Son (French: Le fils improvisé) is a 1932 French comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Fernand Gravey, Florelle and Saturnin Fabre. The film was produced and distributed by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. It returned modest profits for Paramount, but did not stop the company largely ceasing its production operations at Joinville the following year.

Synopsis

The mistress of a wealthy antiques collector tries to pass off her much younger lover to him as her long-lost son.

Cast

• Fernand Gravey as Fernand Brassart
• Florelle as Maud
• Saturnin Fabre as M. Brassart
• Jackie Monnier as Fanny
• Edmond Roze as Le baron Brick
• Louis Baron fils as Léon Le Bélier
• Christiane Dor as Nöémie
• Jeanne Blanche
• Christian Gérard
• Lucien Brulé
• Claudie Gesvres

Bibliography

• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
• Williams, Alan Larson. Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking. Harvard University Press, 1992.

External links

• The Improvised Son at IMDb