Dora Nelson (1935 film)

Dora Nelson is a 1935 French comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Elvira Popescu, André Lefaur and Frédéric Duvallès. The film was based on a play by Louis Verneuil. In 1939 it was remade as an Italian film of the same title.

Synopsis
A leading film star abandons the picture she is working on, and elopes with her lover to Italy. The desperate filmmakers recruit a poor woman who strongly resembles her to take her place.

Partial cast

 * Elvira Popescu as Dora Nelson et Suzanne Verdier
 * André Lefaur as Philippe de Moreuil
 * Frédéric Duvallès as Étienne Beaupertuis
 * Micheline Cheirel as Yvonne de Moreuil
 * Julien Carette as Fouchard
 * Paule Andral as Madame de Chantalard
 * Annie Carriel as Madame d'Aubigny
 * Jenny Burnay as Elsa
 * Andrée Champeaux as Célestine
 * Clara d'Arc as Huguette