Miquette

Miquette

100 mins | Comedy | May 1, 1940

Lillian Harvey plays Miquette, whose beauty and vivacity increases the clientele of her mother's tobacco shop. A Barrymoresque actor (Lucien Baroux) believes that Miquette has star potential, but he hasn't sufficient capital to finance her theatrical debut. He manages to get the money by practicing a bit of genteel blackmail on an aging marquis (Andre Lefaur) who has romantic designs on the heroine.

Miquette

100 mins | Comedy | May 1, 1940

Miquette
Lillian Harvey plays Miquette, whose beauty and vivacity increases the clientele of her mother's tobacco shop. A Barrymoresque actor (Lucien Baroux) believes that Miquette has star potential, but he hasn't sufficient capital to finance her theatrical debut. He manages to get the money by practicing a bit of genteel blackmail on an aging marquis (Andre Lefaur) who has romantic designs on the heroine.
Producers Union Française de Production Cinématographique (UFPC), Les Films G.É.C.É.
Original title Miquette
Directors Christian Chamborant, Jean Boyer
Writers Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Robert de Flers, Jacques Chabannes, Jean Boyer

Cast

Lilian Harvey

as Miquette Grandier

Lucien Baroux

as Monchablon

André Lefaur

as Le marquis de la Tour-Mirande

Daniel Clérice

as Urbain de la Tour-Mirande

Marguerite Pierry

as Madame Grandier

Léon Belières

as Lahirel

Suzanne Dantès

as Mademoiselle Émilienne

Agnès Capri

as Madame Mercadier

Madeleine Suffel

as Perrine