English As It Is Spoken Explained

English As It Is Spoken
Director:	Robert Boudrioz
Based On:	English As It Is Spoken by Tristan Bernard
Starring:	Félicien Tramel Wera Engels Gustave Hamilton
Studio:	Gaumont-Franco Film-Aubert
Distributor:	Gaumont Distribution
Runtime:	90 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French

English As It Is Spoken (French: L'anglais tel qu'on le parle) is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Robert Boudrioz and starring Félicien Tramel, Wera Engels and Gustave Hamilton.^[1] It is an adaptation of an 1899 play of the same title by Tristan Bernard.^[2]

Synopsis

A interpreter working in a Paris hotel has to be absent for a day and recruits a man to work as his replacement, despite the fact he doesn't speak any English. Complications ensue when he has to deal with a female British guest.

Cast

• Félicien Tramel as Eugène
• Wera Engels as Miss Betty Hogson
• Gustave Hamilton as Arthur
• Maryanne as La caissière
• Roger Dann as Julien Cicandel
  • • • • Pierre Labry Nicole de Rouves Léon Courtois Albert Broquin Romain Gérard as Le caissier anglais myope

References

1. Bessy & Chirat p.88
2. Goble p.37

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.