Moses and Solomon, Perfumers (French: Moïse et Salomon parfumeurs) is a 1935 French comedy film directed by André Hugon and starring Léon Belières, Charles Lamy and Meg Lemonnier.Bessy & Chirat p.100Rège p.511 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier.https://www.unifrance.org/film/37494/moise-et-salomon-parfumeurs It is the third in a series of films begun by Levy and Company (1930) about two Jewish businessmen.
Synopsis Moses and Solomon run a small bazaar in Paris, where they are they are assisted by their attractive niece Lia who has a degree in chemistry. Lia has developed a new perfume and hopes it will be stocked at a fancy store run by a Catholic family. She finds herself becoming attracted by André, the son of the owners. Moses and Solomon themselves decide to become perfumers.
Cast Léon Belières as Moïse Charles Lamy as Salomon Meg Lemonnier as Lia Albert Préjean as André Alexandre Mihalesco as Le rabbin Huguette Grégory as La marquise Yvonne Yma as La domestique Armand Lurville as Samuel d'Avray Jean Kolb as Lecoin Louis Scott as Le marquis André Dubosc as Auguste Paul Amiot as Supervielle Emile Seylis as Le turfiste
See also The Levy Department Stores (1932) The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy (1936)
References
Bibliography Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986. Bowles, Brett. Marcel Pagnol. Manchester University Press, 2021. Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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