
The Spice of Life
1948 • Comedy
Jean Dréville
Director
Status
Released
Release date
November 26, 1948
Duration
75 Min
Language
fr
Popularity
0.1232
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

Rudy Lenoir

Franck Maurice

Georges Rollin

Charles Bayard

Fritz Schmiedel