Quadrille (1938)

The battle of the sexes as drawing room social satire. Philippe, a middle-aged newspaper editor, has lived for six years with Paulette, a successful stage actress. He tells her friend Claudine, a realistic and enterprising reporter, that he's thinking of proposing. Into the mix steps Carl Erickson, a charming Hollywood matinée idol in Paris briefly. He meets Paulette, sees her act (his box seat compliments of Philippe), and sets out to seduce her. The next two days bring talk, tears, separation, despair, surprises, and, perhaps, reconciliation as characters speak "exactly half the truth." It's a quadrille of changing partners.

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Summary Details
Running Time1 hr 35 min
GenresComedy Romance
FilmmakersRole
Sacha Guitry Director
Sacha Guitry Writer
Emile Natan Producer
Adolphe Borchard Composer
Robert Lefebvre Cinematographer
Myriam Borsoutsky Editor
Jean Perrier Production Designer
CastRole
Sacha Guitry
Gaby Morlay
Jacqueline Delubac
Georges Grey