Yvonne Printemps Movies
- 1951
Banker Fournier Pierre Fresnay prefers to spend his spare time at home. But Fournier's wife Yvonne Printemps is possessed of a wandering spirit. After much pleading and cajoling, she convinces Fournier to accompany her on a trip to America, where their daughter lives. The comedy arises from Fournier's attempts to expedite the journey without going through the usual political channels. Director Henri Lavorel is not afraid to use slapstick to make his points; one wishes, however, that Lavorel had injected a little more variety into the proceedings. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Printemps, (more)
- 1938
Trois Valses (Three Waltzes) was adapted from the operetta of the same name by Oscar Straus, Leopold Marchand and Albert Willemitz. The story is divided into three "acts", each occuring at a different point in time. In 1869, a gorgeous dancer gives up the love of her life, a French military officer, in favor of her career. In 1900, the daughter of the dancer, a celebrated opera diva, falls in love with the son of the officer, but with the same unhappy results. The final episode occurs in 1938, as the dancer's granddaughter, a famous film star, refuses to make the same mistake as her mother and grandmother, finding happiness in the arms of the officer's grandson. Linking the three stories is Henri Guiol as the ever-ageing impresario who manages the careers of all three heroines. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay, (more)
- 1938
Prolific filmmaker Marcel l'Herbier directed this good-looking 1700s romance starring real-life spouses Pierre Fresnay and Yvonne Printemps. Printemps gives a sensitive performance as Adrienne Lecouvreur, the acclaimed actress who falls in love with Polish prince Maurice de Saxe (Fresnay), only to be poisoned by a jealous rival while Maurice is away at war. Several operas have been based on the story, which makes for a moving account of a doomed love. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Printemps, (more)
- 1934
Alexandre Dumas' romantic novel Lady of the Camelias (more popularly known as Camille) was filmed twice in 1953, first in Argentina, then in France. The Argentine film was heavily modernized, while the French version returns to Dumas' 19th-century milieu. Micheline Presle is excellent as Marguerite, the gorgeous courtesan who flits from man to man until she finds true love in the form of the much-younger Armand (Rolande Alexandre). Though he is willing to marry her despite her past, she is persuaded to forsake him, lest his reputation be ruined. The story then wends its way towards its famous tragic finale, as the consumptive Marguerite is permitted a few brief moments of happiness before her flame is permanently extinguished. Advertised as the seventh version of the Dumas classic, La Dame aux Camelias was certainly not the last. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Yvonne Printemps, Jane Marken [Jeanne], (more)
