Lights of Paris

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Lights of Paris
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Directed by Richard Pottier
Written by Robert Liebmann
René Pujol
Produced by Robert Hakim
Starring Tino Rossi
Michèle Alfa
Raymond Cordy
Cinematography Curt Courant
Claude Renoir
Edited by Marguerite Beaugé
Music by Henry Himmel
Moïse Simons
Maurice Yvain
Production
company
Paris Film Productions
Distributed byParis Film Productions
Release date
5 October 1938
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Lights of Paris (French: Lumières de Paris) is a 1938 French musical comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Tino Rossi, Michèle Alfa and Raymond Cordy. [1]

Contents

It was shot at Pathé's Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew.

Synopsis

A celebrated singer in Paris meets a young woman and courts her by pretending to be a driving instructor.

Cast

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References

  1. Rège p.836

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