Gigolettes of Paris

Gigolettes of Paris (released in the United Kingdom as Tarnished Youth) is a 1933 American movie written and directed by Alphonse Martell starring Madge Bellamy and Gilbert Roland featuring a A romance between a salesgirl, a wealthy count, and another man.^[1][2]

Gigolettes of Paris
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Directed by	Alphonse Martell
Written by	Alphonse Martell Mary Flannery (additional dialogue)
Produced by	Larry Darmour
Starring	Madge Bellamy Gilbert Roland Molly O'Day
Cinematography	Thomas Persons Otis Garrett (uncredited)
Music by	Darby St. John
Production company	Larry Darmour Productions
Distributed by	Equitable Pictures Majestic Pictures
Release date	December 6, 1933 (1933-12-06)
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Suzanne and her best friend and roommate Paulette work as shopgirls in a Paris parfumerie. Suzanne is swept off her feet by the well to do Albert Valraine who she becomes engaged to. Later, Albert takes his ring back and bits her adieu, laughing that Suzanne doesn't know the game. Brokenhearted, Suzette and Paulette become gigolettes obtaining jewelry from their rich paramours.

At a night club Suzette sees Albert with a woman named Diane who is wearing the same ring Albert took back from Suzette. Suzette plots her revenge using Antoine the gigolo to use his wiles to get the ring off Diane in order to humiliate Albert.

The battle of the sexes builds with one of them accused of murder, an excursion to Monte Carlo and a surprise marriage.

Production

Martell, a French actor who had by then appeared in many small roles in American films, wrote the story and directed it, his only credits of the sort.

The movie's original title was Gold Diggers of Paris but a lawsuit from Warner Bros. (which had released Gold Diggers of Broadway in 1929 and Gold DIggers of 1933 months before Martell's movie) prevented the use of the name.^[3] In 1938 Warner released a movie called Gold Diggers in Paris.

The film used RCA Photophone Recording.^[4]

Cast

• Madge Bellamy as Suzanne Ricord^[5]
• Gilbert Roland as Antoine 'Tony' Ferrand
• Natalie Moorhead as Diane Valraine
• Theodore Von Eltz as Albert Valraine
• Molly O'Day as Paulette
• Henry Kolker as Police Inspector
• Paul Porcasi
• Albert Conti

References

1. "Gigolettes of Paris (1933)" – via letterboxd.com.
2. Dialogue, Film (June 25, 2017). "Gigolettes of Paris (1933)".
3. Glenn, Susan A. (June 14, 2009). Female Spectacle: The Theatrical Roots of Modern Feminism. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674037663 – via page 209.
4. Villecco, Tony (November 18, 2015). Silent Stars Speak: Interviews with Twelve Cinema Pioneers. McFarland. ISBN 9780786482092 – via Google Books.
5. Liebman, Roy (February 19, 1998). From Silents to Sound: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Performers who Made the Transition to Talking Pictures. McFarland. ISBN 9780786403820 – via Google Books page 29.