Frederica (1942 film)
1942 film
- 18 November 1942 (1942-11-18)
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Frederica (French: Frédérica) is a 1942 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Charles Trenet, Elvire Popesco and Jacqueline Gauthier.[1] It is based on a play by Jean de Letraz.
Synopsis
Gilbert Legrant a singer and owner of a cabaret is financially bailed out by his girlfriend Lilette. However, she is outraged when she discovers love letters written by him to a woman named Frederica. Frederica is in fact a fictional creation of his ideal woman, but Lilette doesn't believe him. Gilbert's friend gets his own girlfriend Claudine to pose as Frederica, while in turn a real Frederica arrives from Davos causing further confusion.
Cast
- Charles Trenet as Gilbert Legrant
- Elvire Popesco as Frédérica
- Rellys as Théodule
- Jacqueline Gauthier as Claudine
- Jacques Louvigny as Le baron
- Hélène Tossy as La vendeuse
- Hélène Dartigue as Anaïs
- Maurice Baquet as Un ami de Gilbert
- Francis Blanche as Ami de Gilbert
- Suzet Maïs as Lilette
- Christian Gérard as Un ami de Gilbert
- Robert Arnoux as Julien Blanchet
References
- ^ Bessy & Chirat p.178
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
External links
- Frederica at IMDb
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Films directed by Jean Boyer
- Calais-Dover (1931)
- Monsieur, Madame and Bibi (1932)
- Antonia (1935)
- Counsel for Romance (1936)
- On the Road (1936)
- Mother Love (1938)
- My Priest Among the Rich (1938)
- Cocoanut (1939)
- Extenuating Circumstances (1939)
- Miquette (1940)
- Serenade (1940)
- The Acrobat (1941)
- Romance of Paris (1941)
- Frederica (1942)
- Prince Charming (1942)
- At Your Command, Madame (1942)
- Bolero (1942)
- The Lucky Star (1943)
- The Devil Goes to Boarding School (1944)
- That's Not the Way to Die (1946)
- The Adventures of Casanova (1947)
- Mademoiselle Has Fun (1948)
- All Roads Lead to Rome (1949)
- Brilliant Waltz (1949)
- The Prize (1950)
- We Will All Go to Paris (1950)
- Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951)
- Monte Carlo Baby (1951)
- An Artist with Ladies (1952)
- Crazy for Love (1952)
- Women of Paris (1953)
- A Hundred Francs a Second (1953)
- My Seven Little Sins (1954)
- The Country of the Campanelli (1954)
- Madelon (1955)
- The Terror with Women (1956)
- Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956)
- Mademoiselle and Her Gang (1957)
- Sénéchal the Magnificent (1957)
- The Lord's Vineyard (1958)
- Nina (1959)
- The Indestructible (1959)
- It's Not My Business (1962)
- Virginie (1962)
- The Bamboo Stroke (1963)
- Relax Darling (1964)
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