Suzy Vernon Movies
French leading lady of the '20s and '30s Suzy Vernon worked with some of her era's best directors. She made her film debut in Jaques Feyder's Visages d'enfants (1925). She next appeared in Abel Gance's epic Napoleon (1927). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1939
The man and his wife in this anecdotal French seriocomedy are Papon and Janette, played by Harry Baur and Suzy Vernon. Bored with her marriage to civil-servant Papon, Janette wanders off to have a brief fling with her casual lover. Upon her return, she finds out that her husband has become quite wealthy. Now he is the desirable one, and she is left out in the cold. The considerable age gap between Harry Baur and Suzy Vernon makes the basic situation in A Man and His Wife all the more amusing -- and poignant. Heavily reliant upon its witty dialogue, the film lost a great deal of its pungency when translated into English. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Harry Baur, Suzy Vernon, (more)
- 1932
Heroine Miche (Suzy Vernon), short for Micheline, is in love with Jacques (Robert Burnier), a young painter. Jacques, a man of no commitments, keeps his distance from Miche, preferring to carry on affairs with married women. That's why Miche pretends to be the wife of Monsieur Demaze (Demain), a stuffy provincial lawyer. The rest of the film consists of the efforts by the hero and heroine to make each other jealous as "proof" of their undying love. Though purportedly set in Switzerland, Miche was filmed at Paramount's French studios in Joinville. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Suzy Vernon, Marguerite Moreno, (more)
- 1932
Filmed by Paramount's Paris facilities in 1932, Une Etoile Disparait (A Star Vanishes) was not released in the U.S. until 1934. A murder mystery set in a film studio, this fast-paced meller stars Suzy Vernon as Rosine, an American gal trying to break into pictures. Rosine finds herself one of several murder suspects, all of them well-fortified with motive and opportunity. To keep the audience alert, a number of prominent (and unbilled) French film favorites make cameo appearances. Une Etoile Disparait was directed by Robert Wyler, brother of celebrated American filmmaker William Wyler. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Suzy Vernon, Constant Remy, (more)
- 1932
Filmed in Berlin, the French-language Le Femme de Mes Reves (My Dream Woman) stars Suzy Vernon as the title character. Impoverished gigolo Fred (Roland Toutain) tries to weasel out of paying his hotel bill by attaching himself to wealthy Eveline First (Vernon). After professing his love for Eveline for several reels, Fred ends up falling in love with her for real. He kicks over the traces of his shady past to "rescue" the heroine from a pair of predatory older millionaires. Le Femme de Mes Reves was also simultaneously filmed in a German-language version; miraculously, both versions came in for a combined cost of only $100,000. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Suzy Vernon, Marcel Vibert, (more)
- 1932
Celebrated Russian actor Ivan Mosjoukine plays the title role in the French Foreign Legion meller Le Sergent X. Reported killed in battle, Russian officer Moujoskine returns home, only to find that his wife is remarried. Hoping to cut himself off from the rest of the world, our hero signs up with the Foreign Legion, where he is known only as Sergeant X. In this guise, he ends up rescuing his former wife and her new husband from insurgent Arabs. Filmed on location in North Africa, Le Sergent X was remade in 1960, with most of the original plot intact. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Suzy Vernon, Bill Bocket, (more)
- 1932
Young jeweler's assistant Robert Arnoux is in love with Suzy Vernon, the daughter of his pompous employer Andre Berley. The boss hopes to bully the boy into giving up Vernon, but Arnoux gets even by pretending to swallow a valuable pearl. Hoping to recover the priceless gem, Berley is forced to accept Arnoux as his house guest. By the time Berley discovers that the pearl is safe, Arnoux has authored a successful play and become a millionaire -- and as such, a worthy son-in-law. Critics in 1932 likened Arnoux and Berley to Laurel and Hardy, though the resemblance is purely physical. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Suzy Vernon, Edwige Feuillère, (more)
- 1931
This easy-going French musical comedy was released in English-speaking countries as A Man in Swallow Tails. Recently separated from his wife, young Andre (Fernand Gravey) ends up with only a dress suit and eight cents' worth of pocket change to his name. Forced to wander around the streets of Paris in his swallow-tail coat, Andre soon learns the truth of the old adage "clothes made the man" when his sartorial state plunges him into a series of bizarre adventures. When he is finally reunited with his wife, Andre had learned a lot about the mysteries of life. Un Homme en Habit was based on a play by Yves Mirand and Andre Picard. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Suzy Vernon, Fernand Gravey, (more)
- 1931
Le Chanteur de Seville is the French-language version of the Technicolor MGM musical drama Call of the Flesh. Ramon Novarro repeats his role as Juan, a young aspiring singer who is advised that he will never achieve greatness until his heart is broken. He learns the truth of this admonition when he falls in love with convent girl Lola (Pierette Caillol). Their brief, torrid romance proves to have unfortunate consequences, breaking not only Juan's heart but also his will to live. Though the original Call of the Flesh was directed by Charles J. Brabin, the French version was helmed by its star, Ramon Novarro, who did a commendable job. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Suzy Vernon, Ramon Novarro, (more)
- 1931
Adapted from a stage play by Lajos Zilahy, Le Rebelle features Pierre Batcheff as the title character, a young chemist named Sabline. His particular form of "revolt" is to refuse to serve to the best of his abilities as a Lieutenant in the Russian army during WWI. Condemned to death for insubordination, Sabline is rescued by his wife Maria (Suzy Vernon), who gives herself to arrogant General Platoff (Thomy Bourdelle) in exchange for her husband's freedom. Sabline is spared, but in the process loses Maria, who by now has fallen in love with Platoff. Zelahy, Le Rebelle was previously filmed in Hollywood as The Virtuous Sin, with Kay Francis and Walter Huston. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Suzy Vernon, Paule Andral, (more)
- 1930
In 1930, audiences saw three different versions of the George Kibbe Turner gangster novel Those Who Dance, each filmed in a different language. The English version starred Monte Blue and Lila Lee; the German version, Der Tanz Geht Weiter top-billed William Dieterle and Lissi Arna; and the French version, Contre-Enquete, featured Daniel Mendale and Suzy Vernon in the leading roles. In all three instances, the plot remained the same, with undercover cop Dan Hogan (Blue, Dieterle, Mendale) hoping to find out who was responsible for the murder of his younger brother. To get the goods on the killer, Hogan poses as a crook and joins a gangster mob. This he does as much for himself as for heroine Nora Brady (Lee, Arna, Vernon), whose brother has been falsely convicted of the murder. In addition to the three talkie adaptations of the Turner original, Those Who Dance was previously filmed in 1924. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Suzy Vernon, Jeanne Helbling, (more)
- 1929
If nothing else, The President (Das President) was undeniably an "international" production: it was filmed in Germany, with a Russian leading man (Ivan Mosjoukine) and an Italian director (Gennaro Righelli). The early portions of the film set out to satirize the quicksilver political conditions in Europe, with several jibes aimed at Italy's Mussolini. The story proper begins when Mosjoukine is introduced as a country bumpkin who comes to the Big City, rents a tuxedo, and accidentally crashes a political convention. Mistaken for a candidate, our hero is cajoled into delivering a nonsensical speech -- whereupon the audience cheers hysterically. Several lucky breaks later, our hero is elected president, at which point he becomes the target of every political assassin in Europe. The Candide-like protagonist not only escapes this dilemma, but emerges from the experience more popular than ever! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Suzy Vernon, Nikolai Malikoff, (more)
- 1929
Set in Paris in the pre-WWI years, Paris Girls stars Suzy Vernon as a French lass with show-business aspirations. Leaving her family behind, Vernon heads to America where she becomes a success on Broadway as dancing star "Captain Peggy." Returning to France, our heroine weds her childhood sweetheart Fernand Fabre. Their future happiness is threatened by Vernon's former stage cohort Esther Kiss, a jealous type who wants the wealthy Fabre all to herself. Things come to a rowdy climax on board a yacht, where Vernon and Kiss square off in a hiss-and-scratch duel. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Suzy Vernon, Daniele Parola, (more)
