Madelon's Daughter

{{short description|1937 film}} {{Infobox film | name =Madelon's Daughter | image =File:Madelon's Daughter.jpg | caption = | director =Georges Pallu | producer =Maurice de Roock Jean Mugeli | based_on = | writer =Étienne Arnaud Francis Didelot André Heuzé | narrator = | starring =Henri Garat Hélène Robert Ninon Vallin | music = Jane Bos Louis Bousquet Marius-François Gaillard | cinematography =Hugo S. Delattre | editing = | studio =Films de Koster | distributor = Pathé Consortium Cinéma | released = {{Film date|1937|10|13|df=yes}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = | gross = }} '''''Madelon's Daughter''''' (French: '''''La fille de la Madelon''''') is a 1937 French comedy drama film directed by Georges Pallu and starring Henri Garat, Hélène Robert and Ninon Vallin.<ref>Crisp p.451</ref><ref>Rège p.26</ref><ref>Bessy & Chirat p.212</ref> The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. The title refers to the popular First World War song ''La Madelon''.

==Synopsis== The widow of a soldier from the First World War runs an inn frequented by veterans of the conflict. She is pleased to see her daughter fall in love with the son of a man who had once been in love with her during the war.

==Cast== * Henri Garat as René * Hélène Robert as Mado * Ninon Vallin as La Madelon * Raymond Aimos as Mochu * Jeanne Helbling as Monique * Pauline Carton as La marquise de Sérignan * Jean Dax as Le général de Cassagnes * Robert Goupil as Le vicomte de la Goupillère * André Marchal as Jef * Mady Berry * Camille Bert * Claire Gérard * Gustave Hamilton * Adrien Lamy * Olga Lord * Georges Prieur * Jean Sinoël

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, Volume 2''. Pygmalion, 1986. * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0143249}}

Category:1937 films Category:French comedy films Category:1937 comedy films Category:1937 French-language films Category:French black-and-white films Category:1937 French films Category:Films directed by George Pallu Category:Pathé films Category:Films scored by Jane Bos