Dédé is a 1935 French musical comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Danielle Darrieux, Albert Préjean and Mireille Perrey.https://www.unifrance.org/film/3726/dede It is based on the 1921 operetta Dédé by Albert Willemetz with music by Henri Christiné, and is in the tradition of operetta films.Goble p.83 The films sets were designed by the art directors Henri Ménessier and René Renoux.
Synopsis Robert is hired by his friend Dédé to manage a luxury shoe shop he has acquired, purely in order that he can have secret assignations with his mistress Odette there. Robert hires Denise as a head saleswoman and recruits showgirls as shop assistants, making a surprise success of the previously struggling store. To complicate matters Denise and Dédé fall in love, while Robert becomes enraptured with Odette.
Cast Albert Préjean as Robert Dauvergne Danielle Darrieux as Denise Mireille Perrey as Odette Chausson Claude Dauphin as André 'Dédé' de la Huchette Pierre Piérade as Toto René Bergeron as Monsieur Chausson Gaston Orbal as Un gréviste Léonce Corne as L'orateur Nadia Sibirskaïa as La môme Yo Darven as Un amie d'Odette Cécile Lemaire as Un amie d'Odette Gaby Fontaine as Un amie d'Odette Dany Lorys as Une des deux poules Robert Hennery as Le commissaire Ginette Leclerc as Une des deux poules Louis Baron fils as Maître Leroydet
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Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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