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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami ()

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In 1880, in Paris, chance brought together two former comrades-in-arms - Charles Forestier, who had become a journalist for "La Vie française" - and Georges Duroy, idle since leaving the sixth regiment of hussars.
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Georges Duroy
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Clotilde de Marelle
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Claire Madeleine Forestier
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Charles Forestier
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Suzanne Walter (as Susan Douglas)
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Monsieur Walter
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Laroche-Mathieu
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Marie de Varenne
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Jacques Rival
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Rachel Michot
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Madame Walter
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Philippe de Cantel
John Good ...
Paul de Cazolles
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Norbert de Varenne
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Potin
Judy Cook ...
Hortense
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Laurine de Marelle
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Commissioner
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Keeper of the Seals
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Mayor of Canteleu
Betty Fairfax ...
Louise
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Surgeon
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Second Surgeon
Gloria Grafton ...
Singer
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Count de Vaudrec
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Jack Deery ...
Man at Folies Bergere (uncredited)
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Vendor (uncredited)
Rudy Germane ...
Georges' Butler (uncredited)
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Newspaper Employee (uncredited)
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Butler (uncredited)
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Forestier Butler (uncredited)
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Man at Folies Bergere (uncredited)
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Man at Folies Bergere (uncredited)
Count Stefenelli ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Lawyer (uncredited)

Directed by

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Albert Lewin

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Albert Lewin ... (screenplay)
 
Guy de Maupassant ... (novel "Bel Ami") (uncredited)

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Ray Heinz ... associate producer
David L. Loew ... producer

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Darius Milhaud

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Russell Metty ... (photography)

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Albrecht Joseph

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Gordon Wiles

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Frank Paul Sylos ... (as Frank Sylos)

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Edward G. Boyle ... (as Edward Boyle)

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Norma Koch ... (costumes designed by) (as Norma)

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Gustaf Norin ... head of makeup (as Gus Norin)
Ern Westmore ... makeup supervisor

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Robert Aldrich ... assistant director

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Max Ernst ... painting: "The Temptation of Saint Anthony"

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Frank Webster ... sound engineer

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Tom Lawless ... special scenic effects
Robert H. Moreland ... special effects (as Robert Moreland)

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Darius Milhaud ... conductor
Rudolph Polk ... musical supervisor

Additional Crew

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Albert Lewin ... presenter
David L. Loew ... presenter
Ernst Matray ... choreographer
Maria Matray ... choreographer
Raphael Bretton ... technical advisor (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

Writer Georges Duroy (George Sanders) is one social-climbing S.O.B. who does most of his climbing over the warm (and cold) bodies of women. He begins with Rachel (Marie Wilson), a hanger-on in the cafés and Folies Bergere crowd, and then moves on to dally with Clotilde de Morelle (Dame Angela Lansbury). Always striving to move upward on the social scale, he ditches her to marry Madeleine Forestier (Ann Dvorak). Now he gets on the fast track. He persuades Madame Walter (Katherine Emery), the wife of his publisher, to fall in love with him, and then compromises Madeleine to frame a divorce, so he can pursue Madame Walter's daughter, Suzanne (Susan Douglas Rubes). He moves along so well that ere long he is in legal position to usurp the title of one of France's most noble houses. The moral, at the end, is it is okay to mess with French women, but triffling with French titles is going too far. Written by Les Adams

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Taglines WOMEN GROVELED AT HIS FEET... and whimpered when he paused to give them a smile! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Guy de Maupassant's The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (United States)
  • Women of Paris (United States)
  • Bel Ami (United States)
  • The Affairs of Bel Ami (United States)
  • Guy de Maupassant's The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (United Kingdom)
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Trivia The movie is in black-and-white except for the one shot of Max Ernst's "Temptation of St. Antony", which is in color. See more »
Goofs At 9', a piano player and a violin player are doing a number. We hear a vibrato on the violin, but the left fingers of the player are not moving at all. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Inglourious Basterds (2009). See more »
Soundtracks My Bel Ami See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits: "This is the history of a scoundrel. The time is 1880 and the place is Paris." See more »
Quotes Georges Duroy: [dying] I have been scratched by an old cat.
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