The Spice of Life
1948 • Comedy
Jean Dréville
Director
Status
Released
Release date
November 26, 1948
Duration
75 Min
Language
fr
Popularity
1.358
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
A series of vignettes, in which Noel-Noel appears as the moderator, lecturer, commentator and leading actor, that examine the bores and pests of everyday life much like Pete Smith and Robert Benchley had done for years in American short subjects. Among those are the Practical Joker who will do anything for a laugh; the Party Entertainer who never stops singing; the Talkative Neigbor who forgets the time; the noisy neighbors who dance the tango all night; and women drivers, people who telephone at meal time, the friend you never saw before and amatuer medical experts. Much use of trick photography, montages, puppets and animation along with some adult Gallic wit and gentle satire.
Cast
Noël-Noël
Bernard Blier
Marguerite Deval
Jean Tissier
Henri Crémieux
Pierre Destailles
Paul Frankeur
Elisa Lamotte
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Georges Questiau
René Blancard
Charles Vissières
Claire Olivier
Elisa Lamotte
Madeleine Barbulée
Maryse Martin
Lucien Frégis
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Jacques Varennes
Franck Maurice
Georges Rollin
Charles Bayard
Fritz Schmiedel