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The Brighton Twins
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Wikipedia article
'The Brighton Twins' (French: 'Les jumeaux de Brighton') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Claude Heymann and starring Raimu, Michel Simon and Suzy Prim.Crisp p.407 It is based on the 1908 play of the same title by Tristan Bernard. Twins are separated at birth in 1890, with one being raised in the United States and the other in France. More than forty years later they encounter each other for the first time.
Cast
* Raimu as Alfred Beaugrard et les deux fils Achille
* Michel Simon as Labrosse
* Suzy Prim as Clmentine Beaugrard
* Charlotte Lyss as Madame Tupin - La belle-mre
* Pierre Finaly as L'avocat
* Marcel Maupi as Le garde du corps
* Jacques Bousquet as L'oncle d'Amrique
* Georges Paulais as Le docteur Paulard
* Mila Parly as Antoinette - La bonne de Nancy
* Pierre Pirade as Le prsident du tribunal
* Mansuelle as L'huissier
* Lucienne Masset as La nourrice
* Madeleine Milhaud as Madame Achille Beaugrard
* Paul Velsa as Le contrleur des passeports
* Genevive Sorya as La poule du garde du corps
* Three Notes Singers as Trio chantant Brighton
* Jean Tissier as Roberdet
* Ren Gnin as L'encaustiqueur
* Germaine Aussey as Nancy Le Bail
* mile Genevois as Le gamin
* Albert Malbert as Le barman
* Jane Pierson as La directrice du bureau de placement
* Yvonne Yma as Une dame au tribunal
References
Bibliography
* Crisp, Colin. 'Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939'. Indiana University Press, 2002.
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