Martine Carol playing the part of Nana in a screen adaption of Emile Zola’s novel, which was said to resemble Martine’s own life story. Director of the film was Martine’s husband Christian-Jaque. During the filming of the indoor race course scenes, Martine cut an amusing figure while getting back and forward to her dressing room during a very heavy rainfall, protected by her husband and an umbrella. Nice 1955.
During a heavy downpour in Nice, director Christian-Jaque shelters his wife, actress Martine Carol, with an umbrella. Dressed in a period costume of a light-colored satin gown and tightly-laced corset for her role as Nana, Carol makes her way from the set. This candid moment was captured in 1955 during the filming of the screen adaptation of Emile Zola’s novel, a story said to resemble the actress's own life.
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