The Tomboy
TMDB Letterboxd IMDb

The Tomboy 1936 Directed by Jean de Limur La Garçonne

The eponymous garçonne or flapper is Monique Lerbier, an emancipated French woman who leaves home to escape a marriage of convenience to a man she does not love which her parents have forced on her. She then falls into all sorts of carnal temptations and artificial pleasures previously unknown to her. These include her being seduced into a lesbian love affair by a chanteuse.

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Spoken Language French
Gneres Drama , Romance
Production Company Franco London Films
Release Date 21 February 1936
95 mins
Cast
Marie Bell
Marie Bell Monique Lerbier, la garçonne
Arletty
Arletty Niquette
Henri Rollan
Henri Rollan Régis Boisselot
Jean Worms
Jean Worms Lerbier
Maurice Escande
Maurice Escande Lucien Vigneret
Édith Piaf
Édith Piaf Chanteuse
Marcelle Praince
Marcelle Praince Madame Lerbier
Marcelle Géniat
Marcelle Géniat Tante Sylvestre
Suzy Solidor
Suzy Solidor Anika
Vanda Gréville
Vanda Gréville Élisabeth
Jaque Catelain
Jaque Catelain Georges Blanchet
Pierre Etchepare
Pierre Etchepare Plombino
Jean Tissier
Jean Tissier Des Souzaies
Philippe Hersent
Philippe Hersent Peer Rys
Crew
Director
Jean de Limur
Jean de Limur
Writer
Albert Dieudonné
Albert Dieudonné
Cinematography
Charles Bauer
Charles Bauer
Roger Hubert
Roger Hubert
Editor
Jean Oser
Jean Oser
Original Writer
Victor Margueritte
Victor Margueritte
Art Direction
Lucien Aguettand
Lucien Aguettand
Music
Jean Wiener
Jean Wiener