The Improvised Son (French: Le fils improvisé) is a 1932 French comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Fernand Gravey, Florelle and Saturnin Fabre.[1] The film was produced and distributed by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. It returned modest profits for Paramount, but did not stop the company largely ceasing its production operations at Joinville the following year.[2]

The Improvised Son
Directed byRené Guissart
Written byHenri Falk
Starring
CinematographyTheodore J. Pahle
Edited byJean Delannoy
Music byRené Sylviano
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Distributed byLes Films Paramount
Release date
  • 22 November 1932 (1932-11-22)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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The mistress of a wealthy antiques collector tries to pass off her much younger lover to him as her long-lost son.

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References

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  1. ^ Crisp p.395
  2. ^ Williams p.177

Bibliography

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  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Williams, Alan Larson. Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking. Harvard University Press, 1992.
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