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Boulot the Aviator

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Boulot the Aviator
Directed byMaurice de Canonge
Written byJean Bedoin
Arnold Lippschitz
Based onAventures cocasses de Boulot, aviateur by Georges de La Fouchardière and Alain Laubreaux
Produced byGeorges Maurice
Xavier Revenaz
StarringRobert Arnoux
Michel Simon
Marguerite Moreno
CinematographyGeorges Million
Music byJacques Belasco
Production
companies
Lutèce Films
Trianon Film
Distributed byLocation Film
Release date
  • 16 July 1937 (1937-07-16)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Boulot the Aviator (French: Boulot aviateur) is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Robert Arnoux, Michel Simon and Marguerite Moreno. It was based on the 1932 novel Aventures cocasses de Boulot, aviateur by Georges de La Fouchardière and Alain Laubreaux.[1][2]

Synopsis

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A fake baron runs a fraudulent insurance company. His latest swindle is to try and cheat the drunken Boulot.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.115
  2. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.185

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.
  • 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.
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