Happy Arenas (1958 film)

Happy Arenas (French: Arènes joyeuses) is a 1958 French musical comedy film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Fernand Raynaud, Danielle Godet and Colette Ripert.[1] [2] It is an operetta film, based on the 1934 operetta of the same title by Henri Allibert, René Sarvil and Vincent Scotto. Location shooting took place around Martigues and the Camargue. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani.[3] The operetta had previously been made into the 1935 film Happy Arenas directed by Karl Anton.

Happy Arenas
Directed byMaurice de Canonge
Written byJuliette Saint-Giniez
Based onHappy Arenas by Henri Allibert and René Sarvil
Produced byRené Allamelle
Jean Martinetti
StarringFernand Raynaud
Danielle Godet
Colette Ripert
CinematographyWilly Faktorovitch
Edited byVictor Grizelin
Music byVincent Scotto
Production
companies
Compagnie Méditerranéenne de Films
Athos Films
Eminente Films
Distributed byLes Films Fernand Rivers
Release date
  • 13 August 1958 (1958-08-13)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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References

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  1. ^ Powrie & Cadalanu p.248
  2. ^ Rège p.801
  3. ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/2039/arenes-joyeuses

Bibliography

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  • Powrie, Phil & Cadalanu, Marie . The French Film Musical. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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