The Tomboy (1936)

Overview

The eponymous garçonne or flapper is Monique Lerbier, an emancipated French woman who leaves home to escape a marriage of convenience to a man she does not love which her parents have forced on her. She then falls into all sorts of carnal temptations and artificial pleasures previously unknown to her. These include her being seduced into a lesbian love affair by a chanteuse.

Cast

Marie Bell

Monique Lerbier, la garçonne

Arletty

Niquette

Henri Rollan

Régis Boisselot

Jean Worms

Lerbier

Maurice Escande

Lucien Vigneret

Édith Piaf

Chanteuse