My Childish Father (1953 film)

My Childish Father
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Directed by	Léon Mathot
Produced by	Jean Yatove
Written by	Léopold Marchand
Based on	My Childish Father by Léopold Marchand
Starring	Maurice Teynac Jean Tissier Arlette Poirier
Music by	Marceau Van Hoorebecke
Cinematography	Léonce-Henri Burel
Edited by	Marity Cléris
Production company	Joëlle Films
Distributed by	Les Films Marceau
Release dates	8 July 1953
Running time	88 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

My Childish Father (French: Mon gosse de père) is a 1953 French drama film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Maurice Teynac, Jean Tissier and Arlette Poirier. It is based on the 1925 play of the same title by Léopold Marchand which had previously been made into a 1930 film My Childish Father. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart.

Synopsis

A party-minded Parisian architect attempts to try and settle down when he marries a younger wife. However he still finds it impossible to overcome his distaste for hard work and his love of fun. Not even the arrival of his hard-working illegitimate American son can change him/

Cast

• Maurice Teynac as Lucien Landier
• Sirena Adgemova as Yvonne Calabrier
• Jean Tissier as Stanley Percheron
• Armand Bernard as Révérend James Holiday
• Jacques François as Gérard Morrison
• Arlette Poirier as Philippine Opposum
• Evelyn Nattier
• Robert Seller
• Mary Thierry
• Pamela Wilde

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• My Childish Father at IMDb