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French Without Tears is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Ray Milland. It was based on the 1936 play of the same name by Terence Rattigan , who also co-wrote the script.
French Without Tears is a comic play written by a 25-year-old Terence Rattigan in 1936. Setting. It takes place in a cram school for adults needing to acquire French for business reasons. Scattered throughout are Franglais phrases and schoolboy misunderstandings of the French language.
- Terence Rattigan
- 1937
French Without Tears: Directed by Anthony Asquith. With Ray Milland, Ellen Drew, Janine Darcey, David Tree. The love affairs of three young Englishmen at a language cramming school in the south of France.
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- Comedy
- Anthony Asquith
- 1940-04-28
Directed by Anthony Asquith. They Took Their French in One “Knee-sy” Lesson! It is based on the popular West End stage comedy by Terrence Rattigan. It all begins when Diana (Ellen Drew), the sister of a British boy studying in France, arrives in town to flirt with all of her brothers’ schoolmates.
- Anthony Asquith
- Two Cities Films
The residents of Professor Maingot's French school for English gentlemen are agog when beautiful Diana Lake comes to visit her younger brother. The only man unaffected by her beauty is Alan Howard, who is disdainful of her flirtations.
- Anthony Asquith, Teddy Baird
- Ray Milland
Sep 10, 2012 · In an idyllic little French language school, trainee diplomats and a sex-starved naval commander lose their hearts and minds to a winsome, gooey adventuress.
The love affairs of three young Englishmen at a language cramming school in the south of France. Diana, the sister of one of the boys, arrives in town to flirt with all of her brothers’ schoolmates.
