The Girls of the Rhône

1938 film

The Girls of the Rhône

Directed by| Jean-Paul Paulin
Written by| Jean des Vallières
Produced by| Léon Beytout
René Pignières
Starring| Annie Ducaux
Daniel Lecourtois
Alexandre Rignault
Cinematography| Léonce-Henri Burel
Edited by| Jean Mondollot
Music by| Maurice Jaubert

Production
company

Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie

Distributed by| Pathé Consortium Cinéma

Release date

* April 20, 1938 (1938-04-20)

Running time

| 110 minutes
Country| France
Language| French

The Girls of the Rhône (French: Les filles du Rhône) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Annie Ducaux, Daniel Lecourtois and Alexandre Rignault.[1] It was nominated for the Grand prix du cinéma français but lost out to Alert in the Mediterranean.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin.

## Synopsis

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In the Camargue region at the mouth of the River Rhône, an impoverished aristocrat attempts to marry off his eldest daughter to a wealthy man who she does not love.

## Cast

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* Annie Ducaux as Frédérique
* Daniel Lecourtois as Fabregas Fils
* Alexandre Rignault as Danjou
* Pierre Larquey as Fabregas Père
* Denise Bosc as Marguerido
* Nane Germon as Rosette
* Paul Escoffier as Comte de Vauvert
* Andrée Berty as Audiberte
* Madeleine Sologne as Sara
* Teddy Parent as Victorin
* André Nicolle as Dupuis
* Maurice Rémy as Bela
* Alexandre Arnaudy as Paulus
* Charles Blavette as Sergent de ville

## References

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1. ^ Rège p.799
2. ^ Crisp p.378

## Bibliography

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* Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
* Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

## External links

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* The Girls of the Rhône at IMDb

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Films directed by Jean-Paul Paulin

* The Nude Woman (1932)
* The Abbot Constantine (1933)
* The Red Dancer (1937)
* The Girls of the Rhône (1938)
* Three from St Cyr (1939)
* The Path of Honour (1939)
* The Marvelous Night (1940)
* The Man Who Sold His Soul (1943)
* Last Chance Castle (1947)
* Sybille's Night (1947)
* The Voice of Dreams (1949)
* Voyage for Three (1950)
* Sweet Madness (1951)

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