Gilberte `'Frou Frou'` Brigard
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The Toy Wife is a 1938 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Luise Rainer and Melvyn Douglas. The period film was produced by Merian C. Cooper and written by Zoë Akins.
With Luise Rainer, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young, Barbara O'Neil. The beautiful, frivolous wife of a plantation owner in antebellum Louisiana proves unsatisfactory at running the household, leading her serious-minded husband to enlist the help of her unmarried sister.
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- Drama, History, Romance
- Richard Thorpe
- 1938-06-10
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- Luise Rainer
- Richard Thorpe
- Metrogoldwynmayer
In the early 1800's, sixteen-year-old coquette Gilberte Brigard, called "Frou Frou," returns from school in France to her Louisiana plantation. Craving excitement, Frou Frou feigns a toothache so that she can visit the dentist in New Orleans.
Gilberte "Frou Frou" Brigard (Luise Rainer) is a flirtatious 16-year-old girl with formidable charm and beauty that fascinate most men. Although she has her...
The beautiful, frivolous wife of a plantation owner in antebellum Louisiana proves unsatisfactory at running the household, leading her serious-minded husband to enlist the help of her unmarried sister.
