Black and White (1931 film)

CinematographyTheodor SparkuhlEdited byJean Mamy
Denise BatcheffMusic byPhilippe Parès
Georges Van ParysDistributed byCinélux106 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

Black and White (French: Le blanc et le noir) is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Marc Allégret and Robert Florey and starring Raimu, André Alerme and Louis Baron fils. Described as a "feeble racist comedy" it was the feature screen debut to the comedian Fernandel.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1922 play of the same title by Sacha Guitry, who wrote the screenplay.

It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Marc Allégret also worked as art director, designing the film's sets.

• Raimu as Marcel Desnoyers
• André Alerme as George Samoy
• Louis Baron fils as H. Massicourt - Le père de Marguerite'
• Charles Lamy as Le docteur Leclerc
• Louis Kerly as Arthur
• Fernandel as Le groom vierge
• Paul Pauley as M. Timiriou - le chef de bureau
• Suzanne Dantès as Marguerite Desnoyers
• Irène Wells as Peggy Samoy
• Charlotte Clasis as Mme Massicaut
• Pauline Carton as Marie - la bonne
• Monette Dinay as Joséphine
• Les Jackson Girls as Elles-mêmes - dans leur numéro

• Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929–1939. Indiana University Press, 2015.

• Black and White at IMDb