A Woman of No Importance (1937 film)

A Woman of No Importance (French: Une femme sans importance) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Jean Choux and starring Pierre Blanchar, Lisette Lanvin and Marguerite Templey.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1893 play A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde.

A Woman of No Importance
Directed byJean Choux
Written byCharles Spaak
Oscar Wilde (play)
Produced byArys Nissotti
Pierre O'Connell
StarringPierre Blanchar
Lisette Lanvin
Marguerite Templey
CinematographyJules Kruger
Edited byMarguerite Beaugé
Music byJean Wiener
Production
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Régina Films
Distributed byFilms Sonores Tobis
Release date
  • 5 March 1937 (1937-03-05)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. The film was made by the French subsidiary of Tobis Film, which had made a German adaption of the story the previous year.

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References

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  1. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.268

Bibliography

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  • Maurice Bessy & Raymond Chirat. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1987.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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