The Tomboy

1h 35m
DramaRomance
3.1

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.

Cast

Marie Bell
Monique Lerbier, la garçonne
Arletty
Niquette
Henri Rollan
Régis Boisselot
Jean Worms
Lerbier
Maurice Escande
Lucien Vigneret
Édith Piaf
Chanteuse
Marcelle Praince
Madame Lerbier
Marcelle Géniat
Tante Sylvestre
Suzy Solidor
Anika
Vanda Gréville
Élisabeth
Jaque Catelain
Georges Blanchet
Pierre Etchepare
Plombino
Jean Tissier
Des Souzaies
Philippe Hersent
Peer Rys

Crew

Jean de Limur
Director
Albert Dieudonné
Writer
Victor Margueritte
Novel
Jean Oser
Editor
Charles Bauer
Director of Photography
Roger Hubert
Director of Photography
Jean Wiener
Music
Jacques Natanson
Dialogue
Lucien Aguettand
Art Direction

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