Bizarre, Bizarre

Bizarre, Bizarre
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Directed by	Marcel Carné
Produced by	Edouard Corniglion-Molinier
Written by	J. Storer Clouston (novel) Jacques Prévert (adaptation)
Starring	Louis Jouvet Françoise Rosay Michel Simon
Music by	Maurice Jaubert
Cinematography	Eugen Schüfftan
Edited by	Marthe Poncin
Distributed by	Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Release dates	20 October 1937 (1937-10-20)
Running time	94 min.
Country	France
Language	French

Bizarre, Bizarre (French: Drôle de drame) is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Marcel Carné.^[1] It is based on the 1912 novel His First Offence by J. Storer Clouston.^[2]

Plot

Botanist/famed undercover crime novelist Irwin Molyneux (Michel Simon) goes undercover after being accused of spousal homicide by his brother in law, bishop Soper (Louis Jouvet).

Cast

Louis Jouvet as Archibald Soper
Françoise Rosay as Margaret Molyneux
Michel Simon as Irwin Molyneux, alias Felix Chapel
Jean-Pierre Aumont as Billy
Jean-Louis Barrault as William Kramps
Nadine Vogel as Eva
Pierre Alcover as L'inspecteur-chef Bray
Henri Guisol as Buffington

Bibliography

Clouston, Joseph Storer (1912). His First Offence. London: Mills & Boon.

References

↑ "Drôle de drame / Bizarre, Bizarre". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
↑ Joseph Storer Clouston 1912 p. 320

External links

Bizarre, Bizarre at the Internet Movie Database
Bizarre, Bizarre at AllMovie
His First Offence

Films directed by Marcel Carné

Bizarre, Bizarre Port of Shadows Hôtel du Nord Le Jour Se Lève Les Visiteurs du Soir Children of Paradise Gates of the Night La Marie du port Juliette, or Key of Dreams Thérèse Raquin Air of Paris Young Sinners Wasteland Three Rooms in Manhattan Law Breakers

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Seminal works

Letters

Film

Waxworks (1924)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1926)
Pandora's Box (1929)
The Lodger (1932)
The Lodger (1944)
Man in the Attic (1953)
Jack the Ripper (1959)
Lulu (1962)
A Study in Terror (1965)
Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
The Ruling Class (1972)
What the Swedish Butler Saw (1975)
Jack the Ripper (1976)
Murder by Decree (1979)
Time After Time (1979)
Jack's Back (1988)
Edge of Sanity (1989)
Deadly Advice (1994)
Ripper (2001)
From Hell (2001)
Bad Karma (2002)
Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
The Lodger (2009)
Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012)

Parody

Bizarre, Bizarre (1937)
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

Music

Stage

Earth Spirit (1895 play)
Pandora's Box (1904 play)
Lulu (1937 opera)
The Lodger (1960 opera)
The Ruling Class (1968 play)

Comics

Literature

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Short stories	"A Toy for Juliette" "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World"

Other	A Feast Unknown Anno Dracula Blood and Fog Matrix A Night in the Lonesome October Jack the Ripper, Light-Hearted Friend Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed Time After Time The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century Phantom Blood Night of the Ripper Darkside Lifeblood Lost The Witches of Chiswick Broken Dracula the Un-dead

Series	Jack the Ripper (1973) The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town (1976) Jack the Ripper (1988) Sanctuary (2007–2011) Whitechapel (2009–2013) Ripper Street (2012–present)

Episodes	"Wolf in the Fold" (1967) "Comes the Inquisitor" (1995) "Ripper" (1999) "Sanctuary for All" (2008)

Video games

The Ripper (canceled)
Jack the Ripper (1987)
Ripper (1996)
Duke Nukem: Zero Hour (1999)
Shadow Man (1999)
MediEvil 2 (2000)
Jack the Ripper (2003)
Mystery in London: On the Trail of Jack the Ripper (2007)
Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper (2009)

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