Chéri-Bibi (1938 film)

Chéri-Bibi is a 1938 French drama film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Pierre Fresnay, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Marcel Dalio.[1][2] It was based on the Chéri-Bibi series of novels by Gaston Leroux. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. The character had previously appeared in the 1931 American film The Phantom of Paris and would return in a 1955 French film Chéri-Bibi and a 1974 television series of the same title.

Chéri-Bibi
Directed byLéon Mathot
Written byJacques Constant
Based onChéri-Bibi by Gaston Leroux
Produced byCharles Bauche
StarringPierre Fresnay
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Marcel Dalio
CinematographyRené Gaveau
André Thomas
Edited byMarguerite Beaugé
Music byPaul Misraki
Production
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Productions Charles Bauche
Distributed byCompagnie Française Cinématographique
Release date
  • 2 March 1938 (1938-03-02)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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Chéri-Bibi is sentenced to serve time in penal colony in South America, but plots a mutiny and an escape with his fellow prisoners.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Rège p.99
  2. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.200

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, Volume 2. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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