The Gutter (1938 film)

The Gutter
Directed byMaurice Lehmann
Claude Autant-Lara
Written byJean Aurenche
Michel Duran
Based onThe Gutter by Pierre Wolff
Produced byMaurice Lehmann
StarringFrançoise Rosay
Michel Simon
Gaby Sylvia
Ginette Leclerc
CinematographyMichel Kelber
Edited byVictoria Posner
Music byTiarko Richepin
Vincent Scotto
Production
company
Productions Maurice Lehmann
Distributed byLes Distributeurs Français
Release date
  • 29 October 1938 (1938-10-29)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Gutter or The Stream (French: Le ruisseau) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara and starring Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Gaby Sylvia and Ginette Leclerc.[1] [2] [3] It is based on the 1907 play of the same title by Pierre Wolff. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around Le Havre in Normandy. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. The play had previously been adapted as a 1919 American silent film The Virtuous Model and a 1929 French silent Le Ruisseau.

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References

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  1. ^ Crisp p.457
  2. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.367
  3. ^ Rège p.622

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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