The Slipper Episode
1935 film by Jean de Limur
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. 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.
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.
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