The Man of the Hour (French: L'homme du jour) is a 1937 French musical film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Maurice Chevalier, Elvire Popesco and Josette Day.Mazdon & Wheatley p.35 The film was shot at the Joinville Studios, with sets designed by the art director Jacques Krauss.
Synopsis An ordinary man saves the life of a great actress by giving blood, and she in turns decides to promote him as a singing star.
Partial cast Maurice Chevalier as Alfred Boulard / Himself Elvire Popesco as Mona Thalia Josette Day as Suzanne Petit Raymond Aimos as Le vieux cabot André Alerme as François-Théophile Cormier de la Creuse Marguerite Deval as Mme Christoforo Marcelle Géniat as Alphonsine Boulard - la mère d'Alfred Paulette Élambert as La petite soeur de Suzanne Robert Lynen as Milot - l'apprenti électricien Marcelle Praince as Mme Pinchon - une pensionnaire Robert Pizani as Le poète efféminé Pierre Sergeol as La Breloque Charlotte Barbier-Krauss as Mme Legal - la patronne de la pension de famille Simone Deguyse as La petite femme à la terrasse du café Renée Devillers as Fanny Couvrain - la fille aux fleurs Fernand Fabre as Le peintre à la réception Jeanne Fusier-Gir as La chanteuse à l'audition Germaine Michel as La bouchère Missia as La dame du monde à la réception
References
Bibliography Lucy Mazdon & Catherine Wheatley. Je T Aime... Moi Non Plus: Franco-British Cinematic Relations. Berghahn Books, 2010.
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