U.S. and France
France in American Film - 1940's
PARIS CALLING
1941
Director: Edwin L. Marin.
Cast: Elisabeth Bergner, Randolph Scott, Basil Rathbone.
Location: Paris.
THE CORSICAN BROTHERS
1941
Director: Gregory Ratoff.
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff.
Location: Paris; Corsica.
CASABLANCA
1942
Director: Michael Curtiz.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre.
Location: Paris (various locations, including: the Champs-Elysees; the Seine; a nightclub).
Notes: Scenes taking place in Paris appear in a flashback sequence.
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
1943
Director: Arthur Lubin.
Cast: Nelson Eddy, Claude Rains.
Location: Paris.
MADAME CURIE
1943
Director: Mervyn LeRoy.
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Walker, Reginald Owen.
Location: Paris.
PARIS AFTER DARK
1943
Director: Leonide Moguy.
Cast: George Sanders, Philip Dorn, Brenda Marshall.
Location: Paris.
THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
1943
Director: Henry King.
Cast: Jennifer Jones, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price.
Location: Lourdes (Midi-Pyrénées).
PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE
1944
Director: Michael Curtiz.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michele Morgan, Peter Lorre.
Location: Cayenne Prison (the French Guyana); Paris; Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhone).
EXPERIMENT PERILOUS
1944
Director: Jacques Tourneur.
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, George Brent, Paul Lukas.
Location: Paris.
Notes: Scenes taking place in Paris appear at the beginning of the film.
A SONG TO REMEMBER
1945
Director: Charles Vidor.
Cast: Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, Cornel Wilde.
Location: Paris.
THE FIGHTING GUARDSMAN
1945
Director: Henry Levin.
Cast: Willard Parker, Anita Louise, Janis Carter.
Location: France.
PARIS UNDERGROUND
1945
Director: Gregory Ratoff.
Cast: Constance Bennett, Gracie Fields, George Rigaud.
Location: Paris.
RHAPSODY IN BLUE
1945
Director: Irving Rapper.
Cast: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith.
Location: Paris.
Notes: Short sequence.
NIGHT AND DAY
1946
Director: Michael Curtiz.
Cast: Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Jane Wyman.
Location: France.
Notes: One part of the film takes place in France.
THE RAZOR'S EDGE
1946
Director: Edmund Goulding.
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb.
Location: Paris (various locations, including: the banks of the Seine with Notre-Dame in the background; several restaurants and nightclubs, particularly Restaurant Le Dome in Montparnasse, the restaurant of the Ritz Hotel on Place Vendome and a nightclub on Rue de Lappe); Lens (Pas-de-Calais); Toulon and Antibes (Riviera).
Notes: The largest part of the film takes place in France. Filmed partly on location.
13 RUE MADELEINE
1946
Director: Henry Hathaway.
Cast: James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte.
Location: Paris.
Notes: Filmed in Quebec (Canada). Rue Madeleine is a fictitious street name.
MONSIEUR VERDOUX
1947
Director: Charles Chaplin.
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan.
Location: Paris.
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
1948
Director: George Sidney.
Cast: Lana Turner, Gene Kelly, Van Heflin, Vincent Price.
Location: France (various locations).
JOAN OF ARC
1948
Director: Victor Fleming.
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Jose Ferrer, Francis L. Sullivan.
Location: Domremy (Lorraine); Orleans (Loire); Reims (Champagne).
ARCH OF TRIUMPH
1948
Director: Lewis Milestone.
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton.
Location: Paris (various locations); The Riviera.
MADAME BOVARY
1949
Director: Vincente Minelli.
Cast: Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan.
Location: Rouen (Normandy).
BLACK MAGIC
1949
Director: Gregory Ratoff.
Cast: Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff.
Location: France.
Notes: Filmed in Italy.
THE BLACK BOOK
1949
Director: Anthony Mann.
Cast: Robert Cummings, Arlene Dahl, Richard Hart.
Location: Paris.