The Spice of Life
Les Casse-pieds
Comedy
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.
1948-11-26
fr
Cast
Director
Jean Dréville
Noël-Noël as Le conférencier
Bernard Blier as L'importuné
Marguerite Deval as La dame obligeante
Jean Tissier as L'importun
Henri Crémieux as Henri Crémieux
Pierre Destailles as L'employé du gaz
Paul Frankeur as Le blagueur
Elisa Lamotte as La Chauffarde
Jean-Pierre Mocky as Le postilloneur
Georges Questiau as le postillonneur
René Blancard as Thomas
Charles Vissières as Le speaker
Claire Olivier as La dame qui porte en ville
Elisa Lamotte as La dame qui conduit mal
La Houppa as La fille
Madeleine Barbulée as La chanteuse
Maryse Martin
Lucien Frégis
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Jacques Varennes
Rudy Lenoir
Franck Maurice
Georges Rollin
Charles Bayard
Fritz Schmiedel as German sailor in subway (uncredited)