Director(s)Marcel Pagnol
Producer(s)Marcel Pagnol (uncredited)
Top GenresComedy, Drama
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The Baker's Wife (1938) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Marcel Pagnol and produced by Marcel Pagnol.

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The film is mentioned in the novel 'Catcher In The Rye' by J.D. Salinger.
Marcel Pagnol wrote the part of Aurélie Castanier for Joan Crawford. The American actress declined because she didn't speak French. The part, which has a minimal amount of lines for a title role, went to Ginette Leclerc.
Marcel Pagnol's initial choice for the role of the baker was Marcel Maupi, whose frail constitution was more in keeping with Giono's physical description of the character in "Jean le Bleu."
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