RIVIERA DREAM
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Year Published: 1950'
Format: 16mm
Description: This black & white novelty film features Egyptian actor Alex d'Arcy -- playing the part of a discharged American soldier -- traveling the French Riviera in his 1950's Studebaker convertible. d'Arcy meets up with many other movie stars including Charles Boyer, Sonja Henie, Maurice Chevalier, George Raft, Annie Crombez (ski champion), Elsa Maxwell, Bob Stack, Buddy Rogers, Steve Reeves (Mr. America 1948). Copyright 1950. Opening title: Riviera Dream (:07-1:17). Aerial shot of Nice in the South of France. Food on a table at a French restaurant. Women serve food to d'Arcy at a table. His plate is full, the women keep giving him more and more food. The man has a dessert. The man drives around in a Studebaker. He talks to a woman on a bike. He then stops near a bikini clad woman (1:18-3:15). The bikini woman approaches the man's car. Her husband shows up and drags her towards the water, when she looks back at the man, her husband tosses her into the water. The man continues driving and slows as he has a flat tire. He fixes the flat. He goes over to the water's edge and relaxes (3:16-5:11). He sees clothing and goes to see what woman it belongs to. He looks out over the water. No one is there. He takes a woman's shoe and goes back to his car. The man rests, looks up at the clouds, enters a dream. A pretty woman walks over in a bikini top and skirt and asks for her missing shoe. The man drives her back to town. The Port de Cannes docks. The woman and the man go over to a boat. She removes her skirt. The two of them get into a little speedboat (5:12-8:12). The two drive around in a boat, all around the port of Cannes. They watch a woman water skiing. The guy does water skiing and it's not easy. The woman does great water skiing. The man isn't doing so well. Eden Roc. People swim in a pool. Sonja Henie walks by (8:13-10:39). Numerous attractive women sit by the pool and a dashing French Officer comes by and talks to a bikini clad woman. The man is an actor and his name is George Raft, he signs her bathing suit and faints into a pool. Steve Reeves flexes by the pool. Attractive women by the pool. Sonja Henie in a bathing suit, the man and the woman hang out near the water. Sonja does water skiing (10:40-13:06). Buddy Rogers waves at the couple. The woman approaches Buddy. A man does a water ski jump. The couple looks out over the sights. Robert Stack, walks by below with a hunting rifle. He shoots at a couple by mistake and has a laugh. The couple returns to his car (13:08-15:13). They drive off in a car. They park back at Cannes. Carlton Hotel. Maurice Chevalier shows up and signs a book. Maurice writes his memoir. Charles Boyer reads a book. The couple plays a game called bocce ball. Boyer likes the shot the man takes. Maurice comes over to play. He does a great shot (15:14-17:50). A woman prepares to swim. She's swimming in the French Riviera. She then gets out and changes her clothes. The man smiles at her. She exits with clothes and the two kiss. The man wakes up from his dream and is being yelled at by an older woman. It is her shoe he took. The man drives off with her shoe in his Studebaker. Elsa Maxwell is who the woman was (17:51-19:49). End credits (19:50-19:57).
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as a GI had been too nice in South of France and passed during the war and I'd said like so many others that some day had come back of course I had an extra special reason as I was born there and lived there as a child before my parents came to America good ol nice and of course this time had come back without my uniform that my Jeep and certainly without Mike a rush all born some chow never like this in the old days hey air Mademoiselle please I'm very sorry but there is a little hors d'oeuvre you've forgotten were there I try to tell them that my plate was full but nothing could stop them until I finally reached the desert as I was driving along I met a young lady with a lovely hello honey mm-hmm with a lovely bicycle I wondered if this was the road to cash oh I'll ask her so I stopped the car and asked her excuse me man was l but is this the road to care she said I'm very sorry but I can't talk to you you see I'm married and my husband is very jealous because I immediately knew what she meant he said hey you I what's the matter with you talking to stranger I did not tell you before you mustn't talk up to people hey you might just well know that there she and I we are a sposa see she and i were a Marin understand um mother a miseria women either all of the same you leave them alone 10 minute then they took her to anybody ah and do occur here I want to tell you for the last of time night you look at another man again are you want to look at him okay take a dark and cool off rather cooled off myself I continued along my beautiful round I didn't like but Norris was it what I feared uh-huh yes it was oh I imagine fixing it flat up to such me oh well now I hope this thing works generally don't you know ah success as it was pretty warm I felt I needed a breath of fresh air hey say where is the doll that's hard not a soul hmm oh then suddenly I had an idea I thought ah now let me see if I take this shoe she'd have to come and look for it I should I I will I sort of burst stretched myself and as I was pretty tired I laid my head back and then started for me a beautiful tree and out of the dream appeared my little dream girl just as I hoped she would look and just as I thought she came to the car and asked me I'm sorry sir but have you seen my shoe I wanted dirt is that your shoe yes said she as it will come in and put it on you'll be much more comfortable cuz then very easy to convince her that I should drive her back to can our dreams sometimes beautiful she told me her name was reset as we're driving on the ducts of the port of cab she mentioned that she'd love to go for a boat ride no sooner said than done wish upon a dream and see what happens my little speed bow just happened to be there waiting for us this is the old section of the port of cash on the way to Eden Roc we met a young lady by the name of Annie crombez European water ski champion Annie makes water skiing if they're so easy but I wanted how a beginner would feel I mean a fellow doing it for the first time well there is one hmm it doesn't look so easy does it hold on old bar Catholic out let go paladin actor are chunky what grace I was wondering what our beginner was doing not so good they say that Miss Annie crombez is the only woman in the world capable of performing that stunt backwards on one leg and I believe it and here we are at famous Eden Roc the home of so many stars and celebrities and as we're looking around the pool we immediately noticed queen of the ice Sonia heavy looking cute as ever so I introduced Lisette to Sonya is that it's odd hello ah dashing French shots well it seems that all the girls have already noticed him he's not wasting any time she asked him what was his rank he said I'm a cat a movie captain of course oh then could I have your autograph why certainly but where shall we sign ah that was the problem she suddenly got a bright idea how about my bathing suit button why not and as she saw the name she read George Raft but you are George Raft I can't believe then the shot was much too great hey George now wait a minute lady might be drowning I pointed out to Lisette couple of girls who try thought look mighty cute but she didn't seem to think so I then thought but how do you think this one looks here we have Steve Reeves mr. America and mr. world 1948 maybe he got these muscles through her correspondence course some mail that she liked and that of course i did in life here we are back with Sonja Henie and have babies bizet and I wish Tanya good luck on her first venture on water ski boy look at her past that way and for the first time can you imagine well I guess that whether it's ice or melted ice Sonya will always be tops good work Sonya very good work and so long honey he said you see that fell over there well that's our very good friend buddy rogers hello buddy I try to get buddy to come to us but as he couldn't I send Lisette to him after a few words of greeting buddy pointed out to Lisette the man who holds the world record water ski jumping 110 feet and from the height of Joel Aviles jump we rise still higher one of the most beautiful places in the world chateau de Madrid here on the Left we have the very old village of air and down there we have the Bay of bill from and looking down we also saw place which looked like a very good hunting run while he said am I seeing things yes it is Bob staff the movie star and also the International skeet shooting champion now let's see how good Bob is at shooting fence well can you imagine I didn't know they had feathered rabbits around here haha and boy look at them run haha well Bob certainly had a good laugh and so did we you even in a dream a girl sometimes wishes to change her clothes nipun lisette's request I brought it back to camp hurry up honey I'll miss you here we have Lisette going back to the Carlton Hotel as we sat down for little refreshment he sets eyes gathered on a book entitled my song and that book was written by one of the greatest musical comedy stars of all time Maurice Chevalier as Maurice was writing his memoirs his very good friend Charles gueguen was sitting nearby reading one of maurices latest book but he was also very much interested in a game that we're playing on maressa score this game is commonly known as batchi the idea is to throw that large steel ball as close as possible to the little piggy waiting for his turn to play maurice was still writing now I had to make a good shot I just had to so I did but even where you thought L good shot very good indeed and very pleased with myself I immediately turned to Maurice and said hey Maurice come on it should turn to play all bored and I warned you i just made a shot that you can't beat we haven't got a chance haha said he ok i will show you haha come on Maurice you haven't got a chance ok just a minute that we show you and what I was afraid would happen happen to the amazement of william thought unbelievable oh yes back to our little dream girl getting ready for a swim in the blue water of the French Riviera asthma zet was changing her clothes I have called being a perfect gentleman was not looking oh she is grateful and now I'm a beautiful beautiful dream to reality why you little will sit how dare you be so fresh well you know you have a lot of nerve young man well you haven't got a chance with me you might just as well know it right now and what's the idea of taking my shoe now what did you think that would lead you now I know you're can young man I know your kind very well and you might just wear run along that befall expose you understand come on run along and make it snappy that's my last warning run along that was the best suggestion I've heard yet and run long i did so fast but i even forgot to give her back her shoe and suddenly but thought dawn into my mind and i wanted she was still mad at first but then she thought hmm maybe i should have given him a chance it was a nice-looking boy not taught agarest have some fun and I suddenly thought but but it looks like Elsa Maxwell no it can't be I must be dreaming
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