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Léon Larive, La Règle Du Jeu

Head Chef, La Règle Du Jeu (1939)

La Règle Du Jeu (1939) is a comedy drama movie about a vast group of peculiar characters that all get together at a large house for a weekend of…

Marceau, La Regle Du Jeu

Marceau Played by Julien Carette, the character Marceau from La Regle Du Jeu (1939), borders what can be characterized as a minor character. In an ensemble cast which…

Ricky’s Band, I Love Lucy

Ricky’s Band In this analysis Ricky’s band will be treated as a single entity creating a minor character. Although each player in the band is entitled to their…

Woman Working in Police Station, The Player

Willa, The Player (1992)

The young woman, named Willa, who works in the police station alongside Detective Susan Avery and Detective Lyle Lovett, is featured near the end of the movie (1:30:30)….

The Doctor at the end of episode \

The Doctor, I Love Lucy (1951)

In the 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy, audiences are introduced to the doctor. This character is shown at the end of episode the “The Diet.” Lucy suffers weight…

Betty Schaefer, Sunset Boulevard

Betty Schaefer from Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Betty Schaefer is a Hollywood go-getter. She dreams of becoming a writer, yet she works as a Paramount script reader. This makes her the opposite of Joe. Betty still wants…

Butch, the dog, giving thanks for the food

Butch, the Dog from I Love Lucy (S01E03, 1950)

Butch plays a significant part in the cast, and for the scenario to succeed, he must behave consistently with a dog. Butch is introduced to the viewers for…

Rudy, Sunset Boulevard

Rudy from Sunset Boulevard

The shopkeeper Rudy, is a minor character who’s characterization comes from exposition and the environment. Rudy does not speak. Rudy is only mentioned once during Sunset Boulevard’s (1950)…

Anna Q. Nilsson

Anna Q. Nilsson plays herself in a cameo role in Sunset Boulevard (1950) as one of the people playing in Norma’s bridge game. Anna Q. Nilsson, much like…

Morino

Morino plays a small and yet vital part in Sunset Boulevard (1950). Morino appears in only one scene in the film as Joe’s agent who Joe visits on…

Burt Gurney in Hail! Caesar

Alex Woloch writes that a character is as much about what is told, or in this case shown, about a character as what’s left out. In the case…

The French Maid in Jane Eyre

Will Straw in his introduction to “Small parts, Small players dossier” writes that ‘small players’ are “reduced, much of the time, to fleeting moments or underdeveloped functions within…