Texas girl

Movie
German title	Texas girl
Original title	Sérénade au Texas
Country of production	France
original language	French
Publishing year	1958
length	98 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Richard Pottier
script	Richard Pottier
production	Suzanne Goossens
music	Francis Lopez
camera	Lucien Joulin
cut	Maurice Serein
occupation
Luis Mariano : Jacques Gardel Sonja Ziemann : Sylvia (as Sonia Ziemann ) Germaine Damar : Rose Bourvil : Notary Jérôme Quilleboeuf René Blancard : Sheriff of Big Bend Robert Rocca : Government representative Jean Pâqui : Abner Dawson Paul Mercey : Bill Gil Delamare : Harry André Philip : Chief of Police Arlette Poirier : Dolores Yves Deniaud : Roderick

Texas girl (original title: Sérénade au Texas ) is a French western parody from 1958, directed by Richard Pottier . The premiere in German-speaking countries took place on December 16, 1960.

action

The department store employee Jacques Gardel, who works in the music department in Honfleur and occasionally sings himself, learns from notary Quilleboeuf that he has inherited a Texan oil field. When the two get to Big Bend, they experience rejection and silence. They team up with the vaudeville artist Roderick and his two daughters Sylvia and Rose to free the city from the terror of the Black Riders, the man behind whom the banker of Dawson City can be exposed. They succeed in this in the end; the oil field can be taken possession of. Jacques stays in Texas, married to one of his daughters, Jérôme returns to France.

criticism

"Undemanding musical western parody with brightly colored colors - thematically thin, at best mediocre in terms of comedy."

Remarks

The following songs can be heard in the film (text: Camille François ): Pietro Codini , Femmes que vous êtes jolies and Ma Cherie ; Quand j'ai trop de peine (Luis Mariano and Sonja Ziemann); Sérénade au Téxas and Pour l'amour d'une belle (Luis Mariano); À dada and Les pruneaux (Bourvil).

The film was shot between April 17th and June 12th 1958 in the hinterland of Vence and the plateau of Caussols . It premiered on December 17, 1958. It was seen by 2.5 million viewers in France.

“Les Blue Bell Girls du Lido” are dancing.

Web links

• Texas girl in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Texas Girl. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ^ Page with films by Bourvils
3. ↑ [1]