Dainah the Mulatto (French: Daïnah la métisse) is a 1932 French drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Charles Vanel, Habib Benglia and Gaston Dubosc.[1][2][3] Location shooting took place around Nice and Corsica. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Lafitte. The original length was of 90 minutes, but it was cut down by the distribution company Gaumont to a shorter 51 minute version for release. This is the only version that survives in film archives.

Dainah the Mulatto
Directed byJean Grémillon
Written byPierre Daye
Charles Spaak
StarringCharles Vanel
Habib Benglia
Gaston Dubosc
CinematographyLouis Page
Georges Périnal
Production
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Distributed byGaumont-Franco Film-Aubert
Release date
  • 19 August 1932 (1932-08-19)
Running time
51 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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References

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  1. ^ Neupert p.206
  2. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.130
  3. ^ Crisp p.418

Bibliography

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  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Neupert, Richard. French Film History, 1895–1946. University of Wisconsin Pres, 2022.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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