The Man of the Hour
1937 French musical film
- Julien Duvivier
- Charles Spaak
- Charles Vildrac
- Julien Duvivier
- José Marquis
- Maurice Chevalier
- Elvire Popesco
- Josette Day
- André Alerme
Production
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Les Films Marquis
Release date
- 26 February 1937 (1937-02-26)
Running time
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.[1] 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
- ^ Mazdon & Wheatley p.35
Bibliography
- Lucy Mazdon & Catherine Wheatley. Je T Aime... Moi Non Plus: Franco-British Cinematic Relations. Berghahn Books, 2010.
External links
- The Man of the Hour at IMDb
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Films directed by Julien Duvivier
- The Agony of the Eagles (1922)
- The Hurricane on the Mountain (1922)
- The Abbot Constantine (1925)
- The Red Head (1925)
- The Man with the Hispano (1926)
- The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927)
- The Maelstrom of Paris (1928)
- The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower (1928)
- The Divine Voyage (1929)
- La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin (1930)
- David Golder (1931)
- Moon Over Morocco (1931)
- Here's Berlin (1932)
- The Five Accursed Gentlemen (1932)
- The Red Head (1932)
- A Man's Neck (1933)
- The Little King (1933)
- Maria Chapdelaine (1934)
- Golgotha (1935)
- La Bandera (1935)
- Le Golem (1936)
- They Were Five (1936)
- The Man of the Hour (1937)
- Pépé le Moko (1937)
- Life Dances On (1937)
- The Great Waltz (1938)
- The End of the Day (1939)
- The Phantom Carriage (1939)
- Lydia (1941)
- Tales of Manhattan (1942)
- The Heart of a Nation (1943)
- Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
- The Impostor (1944)
- Panique (1946)
- Anna Karenina (1948)
- The Sinners (1949)
- Black Jack (1950)
- Under the Sky of Paris (1951)
- Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
- Holiday for Henrietta (1952)
- The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
- On Trial (1954)
- Marianne of My Youth (1955)
- Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
- The Man in the Raincoat (1957)
- Lovers of Paris (1957)
- The Female (1959)
- Marie-Octobre (1959)
- The High Life (1960)
- Boulevard (1960)
- The Burning Court (1962)
- The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
- Highway Pick-Up (1963)
- Diabolically Yours (1967)
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