Alexis, Gentleman Chauffeur

1938 film

22 July 1938 (1938-07-22)

Running time

91 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

Alexis, Gentleman Chauffeur (French: Alexis gentleman chauffeur) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Max de Vaucorbeil and René Guissart and starring Suzy Prim, André Luguet and Raymond Cordy.^[1]^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile Duquesne.

Synopsis

Film star Margot Fontane leaves her handbag in the taxi of Alexis de Saint-Grisols, a former First World War pilot of distinction now working as a taxi driver to make ends meet. She arranges for him to play the role of a driver in her latest film.

Cast

Suzy Prim as Madame Tabasco aka alias Margot Fontane
André Luguet as Alexis de Saint-Grisols
Raymond Cordy as Émile¨Panard
Marcel Simon as Tabasco
Michel Duran as Dornach
Jean Marconi as Silvio
Aimé Simon-Girard as Henri IV
Doumel as Napoléon I
Anthony Gildès as Le général
Charles Lemontier as L'assistant
Robert Ozanne as Un mécano
Georges Lannes as Justin
René Bergeron as Le chauffeur
Dalcy as Alfred
Pierre Labry as Un acteur
Hélène Ray as La femme de chambre
Annie Rozanne as Mlle Rose
Jean Gobet as Le maquilleur
Léonce Corne as L'opérateur
Eddy Debray as Un mécano
Pierre Juvenet as L'ambassadeur
Marthe Sarbel as La sociétaire

References

^ Crisp p.409
^ Bessy & Chirat p.264

Bibliography

Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, Volume 2. Pygmalion, 1986.
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.