My Childish Father (1930 film) explained

My Childish Father (French: Mon gosse de père) is a 1930 French drama film directed by Jean de Limur and starring Adolphe Menjou, Roger Tréville and Alice Cocéa. It is based on the 1925 play of the same title by Léopold Marchand which was later remade in 1953 as My Childish Father.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It was one of twelve sound films produced by Pathé-Natan that year following the conversion from silent film.^[2] A separate English-Language version The Parisian was produced, also starring Menjou.^[3]

Cast

• Adolphe Menjou as Jérome
• Roger Tréville as Gerard
• Charles Redgie as Stanley
• Alice Cocéa as Yvonne
• Olga Valéry as Mado
• Renee Savoye as Secretary
• Pauline Carton as The Concierge
• André Marnay as Le petit sale
• André Volbert as Julien
  • Marcello Spada Nicole de Rouves
    • Odette Barencey Fanny Clair Meg Lemonnier

Bibliography

• Crafton, Donald. The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931. University of California Press, 1999.
• Crisp, C.G. The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960. Indiana University Press, 1993.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

Notes and References

1. Goble p.872
2. Crisp p.104
3. Crafton p.420