Girls in Distress (1939)

5.0/10 90 min Drama

Overview

Somewhat reminiscent of 'Mädchen in Uniform' (1931), the story is set in a private girl's school, populated almost exclusively by children from broken homes. Among the few students who can claim family stability is Micheline Presle, but even her happiness is threatened when her lawyer father Andre Luguet inaugurates an affair with stage actress Jacqueline Debulac. With the help of Debulac's daughter Louisa Carletti, Presle is able to break up her father's romance and deliver him into the open arms of her mother Marcelle Chantal.

Cast

Marcelle Chantal

Docteur Marthe Presle

Jacqueline Delubac

Pola d'Ivry, la mère de Margot

André Luguet

Maître Jacques Presle

Micheline Presle

Jacqueline Presle

Louise Carletti

Margot Montbleu

Barbara Shaw

La belle-mère d'Amélie

Gaston Jacquet

Le père d'Amélie

Georges Jamin

Le beau-père d'Amélie

Marcel Lupovici

Morel

Pierre Nay

Noëlle Norman

Une élève de la pension

Sinoël

Le concierge du théâtre

Gabrielle Robinne

Le mère d'Yvette

Pierre Bertin

Legris, le secrétaire de Me Presle

Arthur Devère

Le père d'Alice

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