The Girl from Maxim's (1933 film)

The Girl from Maxim's is a 1933 British musical comedy film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Frances Day, Leslie Henson, Lady Tree and Stanley Holloway. It was an adaptation of the 1899 play La Dame de chez Maxim by Georges Feydeau. A French-language version was filmed at the same time under the title La dame de chez Maxim's.

Plot

A doctor tries to pass off a singer as his wife in Paris in 1904.

Cast

• Leslie Henson as Doctor Petypon
• Frances Day as La Mome
• George Grossmith, Jr. as The General
• Lady Tree as Madame Petypon
• Stanley Holloway as Mongicourt
• Gertrude Musgrove as Clementine
• Evan Thomas as Corignon
• Desmond Jeans as Etienne
• Hugh Dempster as The Duke
• Eric Portman as Uncredited

Critical reception

TV Guide called it a "Dull British comedy."

References

External links

• The Girl from Maxim's at the British Film Institute