A Picnic on the Grass (French: Un déjeuner de soleil) is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Marcel Cravenne and starring Gaby Morlay, Jules Berry and Josseline Gaël.[1] [2] It was based on a 1926 play of the same title by André Birabeau.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. The play had previously been made into the 1927 American silent film Breakfast at Sunrise and was later adapted into the 1939 Italian film At Your Orders, Madame.

A Picnic on the Grass
Directed byMarcel Cravenne
Written byAndré-Paul Antoine
Based onA Picnic on the Grass by André Birabeau
Produced byRoger Richebé
StarringGaby Morlay
Jules Berry
Josseline Gaël
CinematographyLouis Née
Armand Thirard
Edited byJean Mamy
Music byGeorges Auric
Production
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Société des Films Roger Richebé
Distributed byParis Cinéma Location
Release date
  • 9 December 1937 (1937-12-09)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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References

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  1. ^ Rège p.269
  2. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.206
  3. ^ Goble p.41

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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