The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful
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| Directed by | Pierre Gaspard-Huit |
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| Based on | The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful by Odette Joyeux |
| Produced by | Christine Gouze-Rénal |
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| Cinematography | Louis Page |
| Edited by | Louisette Hautecoeur |
| Music by | Norbert Glanzberg |
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| Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
Release date | 26 October 1956 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 2,366,799 admissions (France)[1] |
The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful (French: La mariée est trop belle) is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle and Louis Jourdan.[2] It was also known by the alternative title of Her Bridal Night.[3]
The film was based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Odette Joyeux. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Saint-Émilion in Southern France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne.
Cast
- Brigitte Bardot as Catherine Ravaud, aka Chouchou
- Micheline Presle as Judith Aurigault
- Louis Jourdan as Michel Bellanger
- Marcel Amont as Toni
- Jean-François Calvé as Patrice
- Roger Dumas as Marc
- Madeleine Lambert as Agnès
- Marcelle Arnold as Mme Victoire
- Colette Régis as Yvonne
- Roger Tréville as M. Designy
- Annie Roudier as La cuisinière
- Nicole Gueden as Juliette
- Dominique Boschero
References
- ^ Box office information for film at Box Office Story
- ^ Phillips & Vincendeau p.129
- ^ "La Mariée est Trop Belle 1956". The Louis Jourdan Website. Retrieved 21 Jan 2014.
Bibliography
- Phillips, Alastair & Vincendeau, Ginette. Journeys of Desire: European Actors in Hollywood. British Film Institute, 2006.
External links
- The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful at IMDb
- Crowther, Bosley (January 21, 1958). "La Mari e est trop belle (1956) Screen: Brigitte Bardot; Stars in 'The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful'". The New York Times.
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