Directed by René Clair • 1931 • France
Starring Annabella, René Lefèvre, Louis Allibert
An impoverished artist discovers he has purchased a winning lottery ticket at the very moment his creditors come to collect. The only problem is, the ticket is in the pocket of his coat. . . which he left at his girlfriend’s apartment. . . who gave the coat to a man hiding from the police. . . who sells the coat to an opera singer who uses it during a performance. By turns charming and inventive, René Clair’s lyrical masterpiece had a profound impact on not only the Marx Brothers and Charlie Chaplin, but on the American musical as a whole.
Up Next in René Clair‘s Inventive Enchantments
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Les grandes manoeuvres
Directed by René Clair • 1955 • France
Les Grandes Manoeuvres is a wonderfully autumnal work from Rene Clair -- it was also his first film in color, and he uses the production design and the story, coupled with the range of available hues to impart a dreamlike quality to plot, a romantic escapad...
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The Ghost Goes West
Directed by René Clair • 1935 • United Kingdom
Starring Robert Donat, Jean Parker, Eugene PalletteAn old-world ghost gets a taste of new-world values in this sly supernatural satire. When an ancient Scottish castle is taken down and moved to Florida to be rebuilt brick by brick, the new America...
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Entr’acte
Directed by René Clair • 1924 • France
One of the seminal films of the surrealist art movement, ENTR’ACTE (1924) brought together three of the great French artists of its time: Francis Picabia, Erik Satie, and René Clair. Presented in two parts as the introduction and intermission of a ballet, E...
