Rigolboche (film)

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Rigolboche
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Directed by Christian-Jaque
Written byJean-Henri Blanchon
Jacques de Bérac
Produced byJean-Pierre Frogerais
Starring
Cinematography Marcel Lucien
Edited byWilliam Barache
Music by Casimir Oberfeld
Jacques Simoneau
Production
company
Productions Sigma
Distributed by
  • Les Acacias
  • Les Films Vog
Release date
  • 8 October 1936 (1936-10-08)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Rigolboche is a 1936 French historical musical film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Mistinguett, André Lefaur and Jules Berry. [1] It portrays a fictionalized version of the life of Rigolboche, the dancer who made the Can-can famous. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Gotko  [ fr; pl ] and Georges Wakhévitch.

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References

  1. Dudley, Andrew (2021) [1995]. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film . Princeton University Press. p. 355. ISBN   978-0-691-05686-9. LCCN   94015486.

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