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Happy Arenas (1935)

Happy Arenas poster
Original title
Arènes joyeuses
Directed by
Karl Anton
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young couple gets involved in a series of comedic misunderstandings during a summer on the French Riviera. The story is full of songs and romantic mix-ups set against a sunny coastal backdrop.

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What happens

Happy Arenas (French: Arènes joyeuses) is a 1935 French musical comedy film directed by Karl Anton and starring Lucien Baroux, Betty Stockfeld and André Alerme. It is an operetta film, based on the 1934 operetta of the same title by Henri Allibert and Vincent Scotto. Location shooting took place around Martigues on the French Riviera. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Lafitte. It was remade as a 1958 film of the same name directed by Maurice de Canonge. Notable as one of the European films photographed by American cinematographer Harry Stradling and the last appearance by the French celebrity Polaire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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