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The Man of the Hour

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Director
  
Julien Duvivier

Language
  
French

5.8/10
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Duration
  

Country
  
France

Writer
  
Charles Spaak
,
Charles Vildrac

Release date
  
26 February 1937

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. 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

    The Man of the Hour Wikipedia
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    The Man of the Hour IMDb The Man of the Hour themoviedb.org