Black and White (1931 film)

Black and White
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Directed by	Marc Allégret Robert Florey
Produced by	Maurice Tourneur
Written by	Sacha Guitry
Based on	Black and White by Sacha Guitry
Starring	Raimu André Alerme Louis Baron fils
Music by	Philippe Parès Georges Van Parys
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Edited by	Jean Mamy Denise Batcheff
Production company	Les Établissements Braunberger-Richebé
Distributed by	Cinélux
Release dates	21 May 1931
Running time	106 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Black and White (Lang-fr|Le blanc et le noir}}) is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Marc Allégret and Robert Florey and starring Raimu, André Alerme and Louis Baron fils. An adaptation of the 1922 play of the same title by Sacha Guitry, who wrote the screenplay, it was the feature screen debut to the comedian Fernandel.

It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Marc Allégret also worked as art director, designing the film's sets.

Plot

Maliciously jealous of her husband Marcel, Marguerite Desnoyers decides to cheat on him with "the first man who comes along", in this case the star singer who is performing at the hotel. Having received him in the dark, she was unable to realise that the crooner was black. Nine months later, a child of colour was born, making Marguerite inevitably an adulterer. But the husband, having discovered a strong paternal streak, cannot accept such a situation and, having prevented his wife from seeing the child, he coldly goes to the Assistance Publique to exchange it for a white baby.

The unfaithful wife, not having seen her inadequate offspring, is thrilled to discover her adorable pink baby. Less cynically, Marcel falls madly in love with the baby, whom he thinks is "almost his", and the child brings him closer to Marguerite, whom he decides to leave in her illusions.

Cast

• Raimu as Marcel Desnoyers
• Suzanne Dantès as Marguerite Desnoyers
• André Alerme as George Samoy
• Louis Baron fils as H. Massicourt, Marguerite's father
• Charles Lamy as doctor Leclerc
• Louis Kerly as Arthur
• Fernandel as the virgin bellboy
• Paul Pauley as M. Timiriou, the office manager
• Irène Wells as Peggy Samoy
• Charlotte Clasis as Mme Massicaut
• Pauline Carton as Marie
• Monette Dinay as Joséphine
• Les Jackson Girls as themselves

Bibliography

• Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929–1939. Indiana University Press, 2015.

External links

• Black and White at IMDb