Mademoiselle from Paris

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Mademoiselle from Paris
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Directed by Walter Kapps
Written by Maurice Griffe
Produced byPierre Chichério
Starring Jean-Pierre Aumont
Gisèle Pascal
Nadine Basile
Cinematography Armand Thirard
Edited by Henri Taverna
Music by Paul Durand
Production
company
Pécéfilms
Distributed byJeannic Films
Release date
28 June 1955
Running time
110 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

Mademoiselle from Paris (French: Mademoiselle de Paris) is a 1955 French comedy film directed by Walter Kapps and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gisèle Pascal and Nadine Basile. The film was one of several films set in the work of high fashion made during the decade, popularising the New Look of Christian Dior. [1] It was shot using Eastmancolor. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rino Mondellini.

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Synopsis

Micheline works hard to keep the struggling fashion house of her employer, Maurice, afloat. When it goes out of business she accepts an offer to tour the country as an accompanist to the singer Jacqueline François. In Nice she encounters both her sister and Maurice who is now planning to start a new fashion house.

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  1. Shingler p.70

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