Gigolettes of Paris


Gigolettes of Paris is a 1933 American movie written and directed by Alphonse Martell starring Madge Bellamy and Gilbert Roland featuring a A romance between a salesgirl, a wealthy count, and another man.

Plot

Suzanne and her best friend and roommate Paulette work as shopgirls in a Paris parfumerie. Suzanne is swept off her feet by the well to do Albert Valraine who she becomes engaged to. Later, Albert takes his ring back and bits her adieu, laughing that Suzanne doesn't know the game. Brokenhearted, Suzette and Paulette become gigolettes obtaining jewelry from their rich paramours.
At a night club Suzette sees Albert with a woman named Diane who is wearing the same ring Albert took back from Suzette. Suzette plots her revenge using Antoine the gigolo to use his wiles to get the ring off Diane in order to humiliate Albert.
The battle of the sexes builds with one of them accused of murder, an excursion to Monte Carlo and a surprise marriage.

Production

Martell, a French actor who had by then appeared in many small roles in American films, wrote the story and directed it, his only credits of the sort.
The movie's original title was Gold Diggers of Paris but a lawsuit from Warner Bros. prevented the use of the name. In 1938 Warner released a movie called Gold Diggers in Paris.
The film used RCA Photophone Recording.

Cast