The Rules of the Game

The radio report of her flier-boyfriend's proclamation of love still playing in the background, Christine (Nora Gregor) visits her unfazed husband the Marquis (Marcel Dalio), who then rings his mistress (Mila Parely), gossip continuing, early in Jean Renoir's Rules Of The Game, 1939.

Opening scenes, radio reporter (Lise Eline) chasing Lindbergh-y hero Andre' (Roland Toutain) on his landing in Paris, greeted by friend Octave (Jean Renoir, the director), his beloved Christine (Nora Gregor) listening, with her maid (Paulette Dubost), from Rules Of The Game, 1939.

tbdOctave (Jean Renoir, the director), pal to aristocrats, persuades the Marquis (Marcel Dalio), who's worried about his own mistress, to invite his wife's lover (the aviator Andre`, not seen) to his estate, saucy servant Lisette (Paulette Dubost) also appearing, in Rules Of The Game, 1939.

Gamekeeper Schumacher (Gaston Modot) leads the gang beating bushes, animals definitely being harmed, as the shooting party (Marcel Dalio, Richard Francouer, Pierre Magnier, Mila Parely, Pierre Nay, Nora Gregor et al) indulges, a famous scene from Jean Renoir's Rules Of The Game, 1939.

Christine (Nora Gregor), lady of the manor, is gracious as her presumed lover Andre` (Roland Toutain) arrives with friend Octave (the director, Jean Renoir), for the weekend, her husband (Marcel Dalio) and company welcoming her exculpating speech, in Rules Of The Game, 1939.