The Heart Disposes

1936 film
  • 15 May 1936 (1936-05-15)
Running time
70 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

The Heart Disposes (French: Le coeur dispose) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Renée Saint-Cyr, Raymond Rouleau and Marguerite Templey.[1][2][3] It was based on a play by Francis de Croisset. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carl Ludwig Kirmse.

Synopsis

Robert, the secretary to a Chatelaine, is roped in to help her marry off her only unmarried daughter Hélène. Robert and Hélène don't hit it off but when she shows attention to a widowed and cynical baron he eventually comes to her rescue.

Cast

  • Renée Saint-Cyr as Hélène
  • Raymond Rouleau as Robert Levaltier
  • Marguerite Templey as Mme Miran-Charville
  • Nicole Vattier as Lady Hamilton
  • Christian Gérard as Le prétendant
  • Jacques Dumesnil as Le baron Houzier
  • Pierre Palau as Parainneaux
  • Félix Oudart as M. Miran-Charvile

References

  1. ^ Rège p.462
  2. ^ Crisp p.449
  3. ^ "Le Coeur dispose de Georges Lacombe, Raoul Ploquin (1937)". Unifrance. Retrieved 2024-05-05.

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935–1939. 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.
  • The Heart Disposes at IMDb
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Films directed by Georges Lacombe
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  • A Telephone Call (1932)
  • That Scoundrel Morin (1932)
  • The Invisible Woman (1933)
  • Youth (1934)
  • The Scandalous Couple (1935)
  • The Happy Road (1936)
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  • Café de Paris (1938)
  • Behind the Facade (1939)
  • Musicians of the Sky (1940)
  • Paris-New York (1940)
  • They Were Twelve Women (1940)
  • The Last of the Six (1941)
  • Montmartre (1941)
  • The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock (1942)
  • Monsieur La Souris (1942)
  • The Stairs Without End (1943)
  • Florence Is Crazy (1944)
  • Land Without Stars (1946)
  • Martin Roumagnac (1946)
  • Convicted (1948)
  • Prelude to Glory (1950)
  • The Night Is My Kingdom (1951)
  • The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
  • The Call of Destiny (1953)
  • Their Last Night (1953)
  • The Light Across the Street (1956)
  • White Cargo (1958)
  • My Darned Father (1958)
  • L'âme de Nicolas Synders (1961)
  • L'âne et le boeuf (1962)
  • Message pour Margaret (1964)
  • La fabrique du roi (1965)
  • Le réquisitionnaire (1968)
  • Pierre de Ronsard, gentilhomme vendômois (1970)
  • Les mensonges (1971)
  • Une atroce petite musique (1973)
  • Un souper chez Lauzun (1973)


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