A Caprice of Darling Caroline

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A Caprice of Darling Caroline
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Directed by Jean Devaivre
Written by Jean Anouilh
Jacques Laurent
Based onA Caprice of Darling Caroline
by Jacques Laurent
Produced by François Chavane
Alain Poiré
Robert Sussfeld
Starring Martine Carol
Jacques Dacqmine
Marthe Mercadier
Cinematography André Thomas
Edited by Raymond Lamy
Music by Georges Van Parys
Production
companies
Cinéphonic
Gaumont
Distributed by Gaumont Distribution
Release date
  • 6 March 1953 (1953-03-06)
Running time
104 minutes
Country France
LanguageFrench

A Caprice of Darling Caroline (French: Un caprice de Caroline chérie) is a 1953 French historical comedy film directed by Jean Devaivre and starring Martine Carol, Jacques Dacqmine and Marthe Mercadier. It is based on the 1950 novel of the same title by Jacques Laurent. [1] It was the sequel to the 1951 hit Darling Caroline . It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. It was one of the first French films to be shot in Technicolor. [2]

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Cast

Reception

Reception of the film was divided, with Cardinal Pierre-Marie Gerlier describing it as "a scandalous display of vice". [3]

References

  1. Goble p.704
  2. Crisp p.141
  3. TIME Magazine. The Cardinal & Caroline June 22, 1953

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