You Will Be a Duchess (1932)
"Tu seras duchesse!" ("You'll Be a Duchess!") With these words, self-made industrialist Poisson orders his daughter Lucie to marry a wealthy Duke. The duke's father objects to the union, whereupon Poisson arranges another marriage for his daughter, this time to an impoverished and sickly young marquis. Poisson's strategy runs something like this: the Marquis is expected to die soon, whereupon the widowed Lucie will become a marquess, and thus a worthy bride for the Duke. But the Marquis foils these plans by staging a miraculous recovery. The explanation? The Marquis and Lucie have been in love all along, and this was the only way that they could wed with Poisson's blessing. Darned clever, these Frenchmen!.
Director: René Guissart
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Marie Glory as Annette Poisson |
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Fernand Gravey as Marquis André de la Cour |
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Pierre Etchepare as Duke of Barfleur junior |
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Geneviève Doriane as Couquette |
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Pierre Feuillère as Léon |
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Paul Clerget as Duke of Barfleur senior |
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Jean Gobet as Doctor |
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Claude Marty as Abbot |
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André Berley as Monsieur Poisson |
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Geo Leroy as |
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Habib Benglia as |
| Directing | René Guissart | Director |