Finishing School (1953 film)
1952 French-Italian comedy film by Bernard Vorhaus
- 24 January 1953 (1953-01-24)
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Italy
Finishing School (Italian: Fanciulle di lusso) is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Susan Stephen, Anna Maria Ferrero and Jacques Sernas.[1] It was made at Cinecittà with sets designed by the art director Franco Lolli. It is also known by the alternative title of Luxury Girls.
Plot
After finishing her studies, an American, Susan Miller, spends a vacation period in Rome with her parents. His father, a wealthy man who led a dissipated life, sent him to complete his worldly education at the famous college of Mont-Fleuri, Switzerland.
Cast
- Susan Stephen as Lorna Whitmore
- Anna Maria Ferrero as Valerie De Beranger
- Jacques Sernas as Jean-Jacques
- Steve Barclay as George Whitmore
- Marina Vlady as Eljay
- Brunella Bovo as Jeannie Gordon
- Rossana Podestà as Pereira
- Elisa Cegani as Madame Charpentier
- Claudio Gora as Professor Charpentier
- Estelle Brody as Mrs. Whitmore
- Lawrence Ward as Greg Wilson
- Paola Mori as Beejay
- Roberto Risso as Steve
- Eva Vanicek as Statistician
- Vera Palumbo as Knitter
- Anna Casini as Albino
- Colette Laurent as Boopie
- Bianca Manenti as Maid
- Charles Rutherford as Jean-Jacques' friend
- Mary Alcaide as Ballet Mistress
- Liana Del Balzo as Princess De Vick-Beranger
- Franco Lodi as Riding Instructor
- Leopoldo Savona as Boyfriend of Val
- Luisella Boni
- Giovanna Pala
- Roberta Primavera
References
- ^ Feldner, Gorrara & Passmore p.231
Bibliography
- Heiko Feldner, Claire Gorrara & Kevin Passmore. The Lost Decade? The 1950s in European History, Politics, Society and Culture. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010.
External links
- Finishing School at IMDb
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Films directed by Bernard Vorhaus
- The Ghost Camera (1933)
- On Thin Ice (1933)
- Money for Speed (1933)
- Crime on the Hill (1933)
- Blind Justice (1934)
- The Night Club Queen (1934)
- The Broken Melody (1934)
- Street Song (1935)
- Ten Minute Alibi (1935)
- Dark World (1935)
- The Last Journey (1936)
- Dusty Ermine (1936)
- Cotton Queen (1937)
- Tenth Avenue Kid (1937)
- King of the Newsboys (1938)
- Fisherman's Wharf (1939)
- Way Down South (1939)
- Meet Dr. Christian (1939)
- The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
- Three Faces West (1940)
- Lady from Louisiana (1941)
- Angels with Broken Wings (1941)
- Hurricane Smith (1941)
- Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941)
- The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
- Ice-Capades Revue (1942)
- Winter Wonderland (1947)
- Bury Me Dead (1947)
- The Spiritualist (1948)
- So Young, So Bad (1950)
- Pardon My French (1951)
- Finishing School (1953)
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