Happy Arenas
Directed by	Karl Anton
Written by	Max Kolpé Yves Mirande René Pujol
Based on	Happy Arenas by Henri Allibert
Produced by	André E. Algazy
Starring	Lucien Baroux Betty Stockfeld André Alerme
Cinematography	Harry Stradling Sr.
Edited by	Jacques Brillouin Jean Oser
Music by	Vincent Scotto
Production company	Metropa Films
Distributed by	Francinex
Release date	20 December 1935 (1935-12-20)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Happy Arenas (French: Arènes joyeuses) is a 1935 French musical comedy film directed by Karl Anton and starring Lucien Baroux, Betty Stockfeld and André Alerme.^{[1] [2] [3]} It is an operetta film, based on the 1934 operetta of the same title by Henri Allibert and Vincent Scotto. Location shooting took place around Martigues on the French Riviera. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Lafitte. It was remade as a 1958 film of the same name directed by Maurice de Canonge.

Notable as one of the European films photographed by American cinematographer Harry Stradling and the last appearance by the French celebrity Polaire.

Cast

• Lucien Baroux as Escopette
• Betty Stockfeld as Betty
• André Alerme as M. Gardy
• Lisette Lanvin as Marguerite Cabissol
• Henri Alibert as Rémy de Martigues
• Rellys as Ficelle
• Rafael Medina as Le torero Chico de Granada
• Marthe Mussine as La bonne
• Lucien Callamand as Fadoli
• Jean Sinoël as Le garçon d'hôtel
• Cécile Lemaire as Violette Cabissol
• Fernand Charpin as Cabissol
• Félix Oudart as Calixte
• Polaire as La bohémienne

References

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
• Powrie, Phil & Cadalanu, Marie . The French Film Musical. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Happy Arenas at IMDb

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