Jeanne Helbling Movies
- 1932
Mon Ami Tim (My Friend Tim) is a French-language remake of the 1931 Columbia Pictures actioner Fifty Fathoms Deep. Thomy Bourdelle steps into the old Jack Holt role as Tim Burke, an experienced deep sea diver. Tim and his protégé Pinky (Franck O'Neill) have a falling out over the affections of predatory female Myra (Jeanne Hebling), whom Pinky eventually marries. Later on, Myra dumps Pinky in favor of a millionaire yachtsman. As fate would have it, both Tim and Pinky are pressed into rescue service when the millionaire's yacht is disabled in an accident. Most of the action highlights in Mon Ami Tim were lifted from the original American film, then inexpertly matched up with location shots lensed on a placid French lake. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jeanne Helbling, Frank O'Neill, (more)
- 1932
Avec L'Assurance (With Assurance) is the story of enterprising young insurance agent Jean d'Abray (Saint-Granier). Unable to sell a single policy, Jean concocts a scheme to steal the jewels of a wealthy matron, whereupon she immediate insures the rest of her valuables. Pretty soon he's drawing up policies insuring his customers against practically everything, from blackmail to infidelity. Jean endangers his job by flirting with a spendthrift American girl (Jeanne Heibling), but he is saved from disaster by his faithful sweetheart Helen (Simone Rouviere). Supposedly set on the Riviera, Avec L'Assurance was largely shot in front of a projection screen at Paramount's Joinville studios. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jeanne Helbling, Armand Lurville, (more)
- 1932
Le Cordon Bleu doesn't refer to a ham-and-veal delicacy, though there is plenty of ham in this Gallic comedy. The scene is a posh Parisian hotel-restaurant, which ends up a hotbed of infidelity and mistaken identity. Hotel cook Regina (Cora Lynn) is romantically involved with her boss Octave (Pierre Bertin), the husband of Irma (Jeanne Herbling). Mistaken for another woman, Irma is passionately pursued by Bernereau (Baron Fils), whose wife gets involved with someone else's husband, whose wife gets involved with . . . This keeps going for 85 minutes, by which time the audience is as winded as the cast. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Marguerite Moreno, Jeanne Helbling, (more)
- 1932
Also known as Billeting Order, this French military comedy-drama is based on a long-running play of the same name. Andre Berley stars as a martinet Army captain, as prudish as he is strict. Wartime circumstances force Berley to share the same quarters with an attractive widow, whereupon he exchanges billeting orders with a subordinate. Imagine his surprise when the captain discovers that his new quarters are located in a house of ill repute. Once this mess has been straightened out, Berley is more agreeable to his niece's romance with a junior officer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jeanne Helbling, André Berley, (more)
- 1931
Based on the stage comedy The Hottentot (filmed under that title in 1928), L'Aviateur is the French-language version of the 1930 Hollywood production The Aviator. The original film starred Edward Everett Horton as Robin Street, the author of a book on aviation who's forced to pose as a pilot, even though he's terrified of heights. Taking over in Horton's role is Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who speaks French like a native, even though comedically he isn't quite in Horton's league. The slapstick-comedy plane race finale is lifted almost verbatim from The Aviator, with newly filmed close-ups of Fairbanks. Director Jean Daumery does an able job matching the style and pace of Aviator helmsman Roy Del Ruth. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jeanne Helbling, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., (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)
