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Mammy (1951 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Mammy' is a 1951 French drama film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Gaby Morlay, Pierre Larquey and Franoise Arnoul.Rge p.939
It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart.
Synopsis
Madame Pierre, known as Mammy, dotes on her grandson Maurice. He has been away in Canada for ten years, and is a disreputable lowlife. However her husband has created a false image of a decent, happily-married architect for her benefit. When news comes of Maurice's disappearance in a plane crash, Mammy is so distraught that her husband hires a young couple to pose as Maurice and his invented wife Marthe, in the hope that his wife will accept them as real.
Cast
* Gaby Morlay as Mme Pierre dite Mammy
* Pierre Larquey as Dr. Andr Pierre
* Franoise Arnoul as Marthe Roux
* Andre de Chauveron as Genevive
* Claude Nicot as Le petit ami
* Micheline Gary as Lucette
* Solange Varenne as Marie
* Michel Jourdan as Le vrai Maurice
* Marcel Delatre as Un acolyte de Maurice
* Philippe Hersent as Un acolyte de Maurice
* Maurice Blanchot as Un acolyte de Maurice
* Gaby Tyra as La soeur
* Luce Fabiole as La concierge
* Georges Sauval as Le boucher
* Ren Hell as Le vendeur de journaux
* Philippe Lemaire as Maurice Laprade
References
Bibliography
* Rge, Philippe. 'Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1'. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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