The Slipper Episode

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Switzerland

The Slipper Episode (French: Le voyage imprévu) is a 1935 French-Swiss romantic comedy film directed by Jean de Limur and starring Betty Stockfeld, Roger Tréville and Claude Dauphin.^{[1] [2]} It was based on a 1928 novel by Tristan Bernard. It was shot at the Cité Elgé in Paris and on location around Locarno and the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. A British version Runaway Ladies was released in 1938.

The Slipper Episode was partially censored in New York state, despite being similar in content to several Hollywood films.^[3]

Synopsis

A woman in Switzerland with her jealous husband remembers that she has left an item of clothing at her lover's house in Paris, which her husband is now demanding to see. She asks her friend Béatrice to pick it up and bring to her, but has a number of delays and a romantic encounter as she does so.

Cast

• Betty Stockfeld as Béatrice
• Roger Tréville as Georges
• Claude Dauphin as André Chabrolles
• Raymond Cordy as Le pêcheur
• Janine Guise as Laurence de Tourville
• Jean Tissier as Jacques de Tourville
• Jean Dax as Le directeur de l'hôtel
• Maryanne as La dame de compagnie
• Émile Genevois as Le groom

References

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1986.
• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
• Goodman, Ezra. "Notes for a Geography of Morals; In the Movies, Naughty and Nice Depend a Lot on Latitude". The New York Times, 10 July 1938.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• The Slipper Episode at IMDb