Quadrille

Name: Quadrille
Director: Sacha Guitry
Released: 1938
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Sacha Guitry, Gaby Morlay, Jacqueline Delubac, Georges Grey, Pauline Carton

1938 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 441 VOTES · DIR. Sacha Guitry

Overview

The battle of the sexes as drawing room social satire. Philippe, a middle-aged newspaper editor, has lived for six years with Paulette, a successful stage actress. He tells her friend Claudine, a realistic and enterprising reporter, that he's thinking of proposing. Into the mix steps Carl Erickson, a charming Hollywood matinée idol in Paris briefly. He meets Paulette, sees her act (his box seat compliments of Philippe), and sets out to seduce her. The next two days bring talk, tears, separation, despair, surprises, and, perhaps, reconciliation as characters speak "exactly half the truth." It's a quadrille of changing partners.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,558 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:51 Written by, Directed by, and Starring SACHA GUITRY

00:08:13 Even your eyes are different.

00:11:49 Please come through the tearoom.

00:16:06 - I ask, "About what?" - Of course. You're not in the habit.

00:20:53 Not an exceptional dinner, but... - - We'll have to make do.

00:25:59 Must I beg on my knees?

00:30:31 Such a great artist in such a young little woman.

00:35:18 Oh, I've already waited up two hours.

00:39:40 No, but being honest isn't just saying what you think.

00:43:00 He recognized me as the autograph lady

00:46:20 - It's true. - You're asking the impossible.

00:49:53 This is the second time a woman's cheated on me

00:53:24 From Vienna.

00:57:15 - Send who up? - Claudine.

01:01:06 And only yesterday I spoke of marrying her!

01:04:47 No, I'm... -

01:08:17 he wanted to apologize and tried to kiss my hand.

01:13:54 - Leave it. - I'm not doing anything.

01:17:14 It's true. You both really do share her heart.

01:20:50 She sees what goes on between people.

01:24:09 No, to beat her to it.

01:27:46 No, not fear that you'd try to steal Philippe too.

01:31:04 Go out that way, and hurry.

01:34:42 Of course! I'll never have another man's wife!

Cast & Characters

Sacha Guitry Philippe de Morannes Gaby Morlay Paulette Nanteuil Jacqueline Delubac Claudine André Georges Grey Carl Erickson Pauline Carton La femme de chambre de l'hôtel Jacques Vitry Le docteur Louis Baldy Durmel Julien Rivière Le maître d'hôtel Louis Vonelly Le chef de réception Paul Alex Le concierge

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,558

Dialogue density16.4 lines / min

First line00:00:51

Final line01:34:42

Production Record

DirectorSacha Guitry

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes441