Happy Arenas (1935 film)

Happy Arenas (French: Arènes joyeuses) is a 1935 French musical comedy film directed by Karl Anton and starring Lucien Baroux, Betty Stockfeld and André Alerme. It is an operetta film, based on the 1934 operetta of the same title by Henri Allibert and Vincent Scotto. Location shooting took place around Martigues on the French Riviera. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Lafitte. It was remade as a 1958 film of the same name directed by Maurice de Canonge.

Notable as one of the European films photographed by American cinematographer Harry Stradling and the last appearance by the French celebrity Polaire.

Cast

 * Lucien Baroux as 	Escopette
 * Betty Stockfeld as 	Betty
 * André Alerme as 	M. Gardy
 * Lisette Lanvin as 	Marguerite Cabissol
 * Henri Alibert as Rémy de Martigues
 * Rellys as 	Ficelle
 * Rafael Medina as Le torero Chico de Granada
 * Marthe Mussine as La bonne
 * Lucien Callamand as 	Fadoli
 * Jean Sinoël as Le garçon d'hôtel
 * Cécile Lemaire as 	Violette Cabissol
 * Fernand Charpin as 	Cabissol
 * Félix Oudart as 	Calixte
 * Polaire as 	La bohémienne