An Interview with Writer/Director/Producer Penelope Lawson
We chat with Penelope Lawson about her short film, The Dinner Party, her experience founding her own production company, and fun cinema.
Clingy Women
Babinois courts all the women he meets. He has a mistress, Gladys. He would like to marry the Bourillon's daughter, Monique. His maid, Rose, claims to marry him; Héloïse, a young widow, is madly in love with him. Babinois, not knowing how to refuse women anything, promises marriage to all. The fatal day arrives. The four women show up at the town hall in bridal costume and while the other three are doing their buns, Babinois marries Monique.
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Babinois courts all the women he meets. He has a mistress, Gladys. He would like to marry the Bourillon's daughter, Monique. His maid, Rose, claims to marry him; Héloïse, a young widow, is madly in love with him. Babinois, not knowing how to refuse women anything, promises marriage to all. The fatal day arrives. The four women show up at the town hall in bridal costume and while the other three are doing their buns, Babinois marries Monique.
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Genre:Comedy
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Runtime:95 minutes
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Cast
Pierre Caron
Director
Henri Garat
Jacques Badinois
Marguerite Moreno
Madame Mourillon
Armand Bernard
Séraphim Campluchard
Josseline Gaël
Eloïse Duboucher
Betty Stockfeld
Gladys Grey
Marcel Vallée
Mr. Joseph Mourillon
Mona Goya
Rose
Michèle Béryl
Monique Mourillon
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Mourillons' maid
Jean Tissier
Claude Patrice
Albert Duvaleix
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