The Lucky Star (1943 film)

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The Lucky Star

Directed by	Jean Boyer
Written by	Jacques Chabannes Jean Manse Thyde Monnier
Produced by	Jean Jeannin
Starring	Fernandel Janine Darcey René Génin
Cinematography	Paul Cotteret
Edited by	Mireille Bessette
Music by	Roger Dumas
Production company	Optimax Films
Distributed by	Les Films Minerva
Release date	24 March 1943 (1943-03-24)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Lucky Star (French: La bonne étoile) is a 1943 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Fernandel, Janine Darcey and René Génin.^[1]^[2] It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris during the German Occupation. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacques Dumesnil and Robert Dumesnil.

Synopsis

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Auguste, a simple fisherman from Provence, is secretly in love with Mireille the niece of one of his neighbours. She is friendly towards him, but has eyes only for Maurice, a wealthy fishmonger's son from Marseille who seduces and then abandons her. Not aware of this, she confides to Auguste who travels to Marseille in order to try and track him down.

Cast

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Fernandel as Auguste
Janine Darcey as Mireille
Andrex as Maurice Carissol
René Génin as Le curé Agnel
Henri Arius as Pétavin
Clairette Oddera as Zize
Gérard Boyer as Bicou
Charles Blavette as Le pêcheur
Marguerite Chabert as La marchande de poissons
Alice Rosielle as Pompon
Ginette Bergier as Lydia
Maurice Salabert as Le portier
Frédéric Mariotti as Le patron du bistrot
Édouard Delmont as Baptistin
Julien Carette as Le parisien

References

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^ Burch & Sellier p.110
^ Siclier p.92

Bibliography

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Burch, Noël & Sellier, Geneviève. The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930–1956. Duke University Press, 2013.
Siclier, Jacques. La France de Pétain et son cinéma. H. Veyrier, 1981.

External links

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The Lucky Star at IMDb

Films directed by Jean Boyer

Calais-Dover (1931)
Monsieur, Madame and Bibi (1932)
Antonia (1935)
Counsel for Romance (1936)
On the Road (1936)
Mother Love (1938)
My Priest Among the Rich (1938)
Cocoanut (1939)
Extenuating Circumstances (1939)
Miquette (1940)
Serenade (1940)
The Acrobat (1941)
Romance of Paris (1941)
Frederica (1942)
Prince Charming (1942)
At Your Command, Madame (1942)
Bolero (1942)
The Lucky Star (1943)
The Devil Goes to Boarding School (1944)
That's Not the Way to Die (1946)
The Adventures of Casanova (1947)
Mademoiselle Has Fun (1948)
All Roads Lead to Rome (1949)
Brilliant Waltz (1949)
The Prize (1950)
We Will All Go to Paris (1950)
Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951)
Monte Carlo Baby (1951)
An Artist with Ladies (1952)
Crazy for Love (1952)
Women of Paris (1953)
A Hundred Francs a Second (1953)
My Seven Little Sins (1954)
The Country of the Campanelli (1954)
Madelon (1955)
The Terror with Women (1956)
Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956)
Mademoiselle and Her Gang (1957)
Sénéchal the Magnificent (1957)
The Lord's Vineyard (1958)
Nina (1959)
The Indestructible (1959)
It's Not My Business (1962)
Virginie (1962)
The Bamboo Stroke (1963)
Relax Darling (1964)

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