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La Fine combine
1931 Comedy
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Credits
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Director: André Chotin
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Script: André Chotin, Jean Dermont
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Photo: Jimmy Berliet, Gustave Raulet
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Cast: Suzanne Dehelly (Madame Topinois),
Fernandel (Joseph),
Edwige Feuillère (Mado),
Raoul Marco (Monsieur Topinois),
Suzanne Nivette (Pilou)
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 29 min; B&W
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Summary
Monsieur Topinois is getting ready to spend an afternoon with his mistress, a cabaret
dancer named Mado. Unfortunately, he needs to come up with a convincing excuse for
his wife. His valet Jospeh has the answer. Topinois will pretend to go to
the horse races to try out his seemingly foolproof method for betting. Madame Topinois
naturally believes her husband and settles down to listen to the horse race results on
the radio. By spending an afternoon of illicit naughtiness in Mado’s boudoir, Topinois
gambles that there is no way he could win at the races using Joseph’s idea. Unfortunately
for him, the gamble doesn’t pay off...
Review
Popular comic actor Fernandel has an early film role in this low budget popular comedy,
a short film made in the early days of sound. Despite the film’s poor production
values and stereotypical characterisation, the script plays to Fernandel’s strengths as
a comic performer and the film is, if not flawless, rather entertaining. Edwige
Feuillère makes a very early film appearance, here credited under her original
stage name, Cora Lynn.
© James Travers 2005
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