Beloved Vagabond, The

Date: 1936
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Production Company: Toeplitz Productions Ltd.

Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Betty Stockfeld, Margaret Lockwood
Location(s): France (possibly)

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Accompanied by a boy who plays the drum, a drifter sings his way across France where they meet a young woman who plays the accordion.

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Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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Noting the age of the film, I was expecting this to be the nearest we came to a location . . . . . but I was wrong.

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Hurt by a failed romance, Gaston de Nerac takes Asticot with him and leaves London to travel through his native France.

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Spurning a Woman's friendly gesture during a coach journey, Gaston de Nerac (Maurice Chevalier) and Asticot (Desmond Tester) continue on foot.

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The two wanderers approach Du Soleil at Chambery.

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Playing her accordion, Blanquette (Margaret Lockwood) follows the café Owner (Amy Veness) as she moves between the tables.

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Blanquette joins Gaston and Asticot and the 'Orchestre Paragot' tours the countryside.

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With a donkey carrying their instruments, the band move from town to town.

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The Orchestre Paragot approaches a walled city.

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A suitable building is found in which to spend the night.