Samson (1936 film)

Samson
Directed by	Maurice Tourneur
Written by	Henri Bernstein (play) Léopold Marchand
Starring	Harry Baur Gaby Morlay André Lefaur Suzy Prim
Music by	Jacques Belasco
Cinematography	Victor Arménise René Colas
Edited by	René Le Hénaff
Production company	Paris Film
Distributed by	Paris Film
Release dates	4 March 1936
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Samson is 1936 French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Harry Baur, Gaby Morlay and André Lefaur. It was based on the 1908 play of the same title by Henri Bernstein, which had previously been made into three silent films.^[1] The film was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris, with sets designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne.

Synopsis

An aristocratic woman is coerced by her impoverished family into marrying a wealthy business tycoon.

Cast

Harry Baur as Jacques Brachart
Gaby Morlay as Anne-Marie d'Andeline
André Lefaur as Le Marquis Honoré d'Andeline
Gabrielle Dorziat as La Marquise d'Andeline
André Luguet as Jérôme 'Jessie' Le Govain
Suzy Prim as Grace Ritter
Christian Gérard as Max d'Andeline
Maurice Bénard as Flash
Laure Diana as Christiane Roy
Léon Arvel as Grünbaum
Simone Barillier
Raymond Blot as Un invité chez Christiane
Marie-Jacqueline Chantal as Lady Huxley
Nane Chaubert
Robert Clermont as Le maître d'hôtel
Nicole de Rouves as Une invitée chez Christiane
Ky Duyen as Le domestique de Le Govain
Foun-Sen as Le vendeuse de charité
Madeleine Geoffroy as Clotilde
Anthony Gildès as Un invité chez Christiane
Joffre as Le directeur de la Voix Populaire
Jeanne Juillia
Jean Marconi as Un invité chez Christiane
Charles Redgie as Stanley
Fernande Saala
Guy Sloux as Un invité chez Christiane

References

↑ Goble p.38

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

Samson at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Maurice Tourneur

1910s	Jean la Poudre (1912) Mother (1914) The Man of the Hour (1914) The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914) The Pit (1914) Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915) Trilby (1915) The Cub (1915) The Ivory Snuff Box (1915) The Butterfly on the Wheel (1915) The Pawn of Fate (1915) The Hand of Peril (1916) The Closed Road (1916) The Velvet Paw (1916) The Rail Rider (1916) A Girl's Folly (1916) The Whip (1917) The Undying Flame (1917) Exile (1917) The Law of the Land (1917) The Pride of the Clan (1917) The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) Barbary Sheep (1917) The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1917) Rose of the World (1917) The Blue Bird (1918) Prunella (1918) A Doll's House (1918) The Sporting Life (1918) Woman (1918) My Lady's Garter (1919) The White Heather (1919) The Life Line (1919) Victory (1919) The Broken Butterfly (1919)

1920s	The County Fair (1920) The Great Redeemer (1920) While Paris Sleeps (1920) Treasure Island (1920) The White Circle (1920) Deep Waters (1920) The Last of the Mohicans (1920) The Bait (1921) Foolish Matrons (1921) Lorna Doone (1922) The Brass Bottle (1923) The Christian (1923) The Isle of Lost Ships (1923) Jealous Husbands (1923) Torment (1924) The White Moth (1924) The Sporting Life (1925) Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925) Aloma of the South Seas (1926) Old Loves and New (1926)

1930s	Accusée, levez-vous! (1930) Les Gaietés de l'escadron (1932) L'Homme mystérieux (1933) Justin de Marseille (1934) Le Voleur (1934) Koenigsmark (1935) Samson (1936) With a Smile (1936) The Patriot (1938) Katia (1938)

1940s	Volpone (1941) La Min du diable (1943) Cécile est morte (1944) Après l'amour (1948)