Mam'zelle Spahi is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Max de Vaucorbeil and starring Noël-Noël, Raymond Cordy and Josette Day. It was produced and distributed by the French subsidiary of Fox Film. It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé-Natan in Paris.
Synopsis
Two officers serving in a regiment of Spahis discard their mistresses as they try to turn over a new, more respectable leaf. Annoyed at not being invited to a dance being held to celebrate the engagement of one of the officers to Nicole, the colonel's daughter, the two woman steal Spahi uniforms from two soldiers and turn up to the party to create havoc.
Cast
Noël-Noël as Bréchu - l'ordonnance du colonel
Raymond Cordy as Perlot - l'ordonnance du lieutenant
Josette Day as Nicole
Saturnin Fabre as Le colonel du 32ème de Spahis
Mady Berry as La colonelle
Colette Darfeuil as Aline
Félix Oudart as Poupart - un réserviste
Pierre Magnier as Le général
Jean Rousselière as Le lieutenant Gilbert
Lyne Clevers as Paulette
Georges Bever as Malaigre
Jeanne Byrel as Madame Poupart
Lucien Callamand as Maître Serpolet
Charles Camus as L'adjudant
Nino Constantini as Le maréchal de logis
Hubert Daix as Le gérant
Frédérique as Madame Lubin
René Navarre as Le major
Henry Prestat as Le premier réserviste
Marcel Vidal as de Vaugrineuse
Mona Goya as Une femme au bal
Gina Manès as Une femme au bal
Viviane Romance as Minor Role
References
Bibliography
Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988. Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.