Happy Arenas (1935 film)

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Happy Arenas
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Directed by Karl Anton
Written by Max Kolpé
Yves Mirande
René Pujol
Based onHappy Arenas by Henri Allibert
Produced byAndré E. Algazy
Starring Lucien Baroux
Betty Stockfeld
André Alerme
Cinematography Harry Stradling Sr.
Edited by Jacques Brillouin
Jean Oser
Music by Vincent Scotto
Production
company
Metropa Films
Distributed by Francinex
Release date
  • 20 December 1935 (1935-12-20)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Happy Arenas (French: Arènes joyeuses) is a 1935 French musical comedy film directed by Karl Anton and starring Lucien Baroux, Betty Stockfeld and André Alerme. [1] [2] [3] It is an operetta film, based on the 1934 operetta of the same title by Henri Allibert and Vincent Scotto. Location shooting took place around Martigues on the French Riviera. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Lafitte. It was remade as a 1958 film of the same name directed by Maurice de Canonge.

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Notable as one of the European films photographed by American cinematographer Harry Stradling and the last appearance by the French celebrity Polaire.

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References

  1. Bessy & Chirat p.450
  2. Crisp p.403
  3. Powrie & Cadalanu p.248

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