Mauvaise graine (DVD) / La Compagnie Nouvelle Commerciale présente ; scénario de Lustig, Wilder et Kolpe, avec la collaboration de Claude-André Puget ; mise en scène de Wilder & Esway ; production dirigeé par Georges Bernier.
Edition:
DVD·MOD edition
Publisher:
Blackhawk Films Collection :
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1934. Special features: bonus film: La Joie de Vivre (The Joy of Living) directed by Hector Hoppin and Anthony Gross, a 1934 animated fairy tale made in France (11 min. : sound., black and white). Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Mingand, Raymond Galle, Jean Wall, Paul Escoffier, Paul Velsa, Michel Duran.
Summary:
Shot in France during Wilder's migration from Germany to the U.S. "Mauvaise Graine" centers around Henry Pasquier (Pierre Mingand), the spoiled son of a wealthy doctor, who discovers high-octane thrills, jazz-era romance and a sense of purpose in life when he unwittingly falls into the company of an organized ring of car thieves. After befriending Jean (Raymond Galle), a dapper young chap with a curious fetish for men's neckties, Henry falls in love with Jean's sister Jeannette (legendary screen diva Danielle Darrieux), who works as car-bait for the gang, luring love-hungry Parisian gentlemen away from their chrome-plated carriages --Container.
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