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Prince Bouboule

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Prince Bouboule
Belgian poster
Directed byJacques Houssin
Written byPierre Maudru
Michel-Georges Michel
Produced byGeorges Milton
Louis Gondry
StarringGeorges Milton
Irén Zilahy
Michèle Alfa
CinematographyWilly Faktorovitch
Music byPaul Misraki
Ray Ventura
Production
company
Les Productions Parisiennes
Distributed byGallic Films
Release date
  • 11 January 1939 (1939-01-11)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Prince Bouboule (French: Le prince Bouboule) is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Jacques Houssin and starring Georges Milton, Irén Zilahy and Michèle Alfa.[1] It was one of several films featuring Milton in the role of Bouboule.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin.

Synopsis

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Bouboule is working as a taxi driver in Paris. A Russian princess wants to marry him for a time in order to gain French nationality. He agrees, although he can't wait for his divorce so that he can marry his girlfriend Lucette. In the meantime he gets drawn into a series of adventures.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.330
  2. ^ Crisp p.309

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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