Happy Arenas (1958 film)

Happy Arenas (French: Arènes joyeuses) is a 1958 French musical comedy film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Fernand Raynaud, Danielle Godet and Colette Ripert.^[1][2] It is an operetta film, based on the 1934 operetta of the same title by Henri Allibert, René Sarvil and Vincent Scotto. Location shooting took place around Martigues and the Camargue. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani.^[3] The operetta had previously been made into the 1935 film Happy Arenas directed by Karl Anton.

Happy Arenas
Directed by	Maurice de Canonge
Written by	Juliette Saint-Giniez
Based on	Happy Arenas by Henri Allibert and René Sarvil
Produced by	René Allamelle Jean Martinetti
Starring	Fernand Raynaud Danielle Godet Colette Ripert
Cinematography	Willy Faktorovitch
Edited by	Victor Grizelin
Music by	Vincent Scotto
Production companies	Compagnie Méditerranéenne de Films Athos Films Eminente Films
Distributed by	Les Films Fernand Rivers
Release date	13 August 1958 (1958-08-13)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Cast

• Fernand Raynaud as Fernand Cyprien, de Chalamond
• Danielle Godet as Marina
• Colette Ripert as Marguerite
• René Sarvil as Maître Arno
• Jean Vinci as Rémy
• Rellys as Hernandez
• Antoine Balpêtré as Le clochard
• Victoria Marino as Thérèsa
• Milly Mathis as Mme. Arno
• Luis Montez as Pablo
• Marie-José Nat as Violette
• André Vylar as Pepito