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The Spice of Life

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Original title

Les casse-piedsaka

AKA

Parade du temps perdu

Year

1948

Running time

75 min.

Country

France

Director

Jean Dréville

Screenwriter

Noël-Noël

Cast

Music

René Cloërec

Cinematography

Animation, Léonce-Henri Burel (B&W)

Producer

Gaumont

Genre

Animation. Comedy. Romance

Synopsis

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. The title was changed to "The Spice of Life" when it was released in the USA in 1953.

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The Spice of Life

1948

Jean Dréville