The Suitors Club

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The Suitors Club
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Directed by Maurice Gleize
Written by Marcel Aymé
André Cayatte
Maurice Gleize
Jean Manse
Produced by Alfred Greven
Starring Fernandel
Louise Carletti
Annie France
Cinematography Léonce-Henri Burel
Edited by Christian Gaudin
Music by Philippe Parès
Georges Van Parys
Production
company
Distributed byL'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne
Release date
  • 26 September 1941 (1941-09-26)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Suitors Club (French: Le club des soupirants) is a 1941 French comedy film directed by Maurice Gleize and starring Fernandel, Louise Carletti and Annie France. [1] [2] [3] The film was produced by the German-backed company Continental Films. It was shot at the Marseille Studios and on location around Nice in the Unoccupied Zone. [4] The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch.

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Synopsis

Having run up heavy debts, a group of young men are persuaded by their creditor to court the wealthy heiress Daisy's hand in marriage. They are given intensive training in the arts of wooing. Amongst them is Antoine a butterfly collector who is more interested in Daisy's cousin Edith. In fact Edith turns out to have the money, while Daisy finds genuine romance with Maxime.

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References

  1. Leteux p.26
  2. Siclier p.312
  3. https://www.unifrance.org/film/7609/le-club-des-soupirants
  4. Leteux p.214

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