''He Is Charming'' (French: ''Il est charmant'') is a 1932 French
musical comedy film
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directed by
Louis Mercanton
Louis Mercanton (4 May 1879 – 29 April 1932) was a Swiss film director, screenwriter and actor.
Mercanton was born in Nyon, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
Partial filmography
Director
* ''Les Amours de la rei ...
and starring
Meg Lemonnier
Marguerite Gabrielle Lemonnier (née Clark; 15 May 1905 – 12 June 1988) was a British-born French singer and film actress. Lemonnier played the female lead in the comedy ''George and Georgette'' (1933).Prawer p.193
Selected filmography
* '' M ...
,
Henri Garat
Henri Garat (born ''Henri Garascu''; 3 April 1902 in Paris – 13 August 1959) was a French actor and singer of Romanian origin.(French) "Du Temps Des Cerises Aux Feuilles Mortes"
Selected filmography
*''The Road to Paradise'' (1930)
*''Our Maste ...
and
Louis Baron fils
Louis Bouchêne, known as Louis Baron, fils (born Paris 24 December 1870, died Dieppe 30 November 1939), was an actor and singer, who took part in many operettas and comédie-musicales, and was in 30 films between 1929 et 1938. He was the son of ...
.
[Waldman p.43] It was one of a large number of
operetta film
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s made during the decade.
It was made at
Joinville Studios
The Joinville Studios were a film studio in Paris which operated between 1910 and 1987. They were one of the leading French studios, with major companies such as Pathé and Gaumont making films there.
A second studio was added to the original ...
by the French subsidiary of
Paramount Pictures
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. A Swedish-language version ''
Students in Paris
''Students in Paris'' (Swedish: ''Studenter i Paris'') is a 1932 American-Swedish operetta film directed by Louis Mercanton.Waldman p.227 It was made by Paramount Pictures at its Joinville Studios in Paris as the Swedish-language version of ''He ...
'' was also released. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
René Renoux
René Renoux (1904–2000) was a French art director.Buache p.162
Selected filmography
* ''The Pure Truth'' (1931)
* '' Topaze'' (1933)
* '' Prince Jean'' (1934)
* ''Speak to Me of Love'' (1935)
* ''You Can't Fool Antoinette'' (1936)
* '' The Bur ...
.
Cast
*
Meg Lemonnier
Marguerite Gabrielle Lemonnier (née Clark; 15 May 1905 – 12 June 1988) was a British-born French singer and film actress. Lemonnier played the female lead in the comedy ''George and Georgette'' (1933).Prawer p.193
Selected filmography
* '' M ...
as Jacqueline Cordier
*
Henri Garat
Henri Garat (born ''Henri Garascu''; 3 April 1902 in Paris – 13 August 1959) was a French actor and singer of Romanian origin.(French) "Du Temps Des Cerises Aux Feuilles Mortes"
Selected filmography
*''The Road to Paradise'' (1930)
*''Our Maste ...
as Jacques Dombreval
*
Louis Baron fils
Louis Bouchêne, known as Louis Baron, fils (born Paris 24 December 1870, died Dieppe 30 November 1939), was an actor and singer, who took part in many operettas and comédie-musicales, and was in 30 films between 1929 et 1938. He was the son of ...
as M. Poitou
*
Cassive as La présidente
*
Marthe Derminy as Mme de la Tremblade
*
Martine de Breteuil
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* Martine Aubry (born 1950), French politician
* Martine Audet (born 1961), Canadian poet
* Martine Aurillac (born 1939), French politician
* Martine Baay-Timmerman (born 1958), Dutch pol ...
as Gaby
*
Suzette O'Nil
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See also
* Dentelles de Montmirail
*Communes of the Vaucluse department
The following is a list of the 151 com ...
as La dactylo
*
Dominique Bonnaud as Un Buste
*
Jacques Ferny as Un Buste
*
Vincent Hyspa
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*Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor
*Vincent van Gogh ...
as Un Buste
*
Gaston Secrétan
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People
First name
*Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315)
*Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343)
*Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391)
*Gaston I ...
as Un Buste
*
Paul Weil
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as Un Buste
*
Rochelle Carley
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* Rochelle (given name), including a list of people with this name
*John of la Rochelle (di ...
as La capitaine des girls
*
Jean Mercanton
Jean Mercanton (20 May 1920 – 4 November 1947) was a French film actor.Goble p.106 Mercanton began his career as a child actor, making his film debut in the year of his birth.
Selected filmography
* '' Miarka'' (1920)
* '' The Two Boys'' (1924) ...
as Le chasseur
*
Bazin Bazin may refer to
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*Bazin (surname) Bazin is a French surname of Ger ...
as Antoine
*
Pierre Moreno
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as Ludovic de la Tremblade
*
Jean Granier
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* Jean ...
as Un boy
*
Armand Dranem
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History
Born Armand Ménard, in Paris, he began working as an apprentice jeweler in a local shop before embarking on a career in entertainment ...
as Émile Barbarin
*
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*
Christiane Delyne
Christiane Delyne (3 September 1902 – 17 April 1966) was an American-born French actress.
Delyne was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Evelyn Meyer and died in Paris in 1966.
Selected filmography
* ''Luck'' (1931)
* '' A Father Witho ...
*
Andrée Dorns
*
Madeleine Guitty
Madeleine Guitty (5 June 1870 – 12 April 1936) was a French stage and film actress.Crisp p.93
Selected filmography
* ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922)
* '' Madame Sans-Gêne'' (1925)
* ''Montmartre'' (1925)
* '' 600,000 Francs a Month'' (1926)
...
*
Yvette Lebon
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Lebon studied music and art before going into acting. During World War II, she was the mistress of Jean Luchaire, a French journalist and press baron executed after ...
*
Henri Niel
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; French noblemen
:'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.''
* Henri I de Montm ...
*
Erik Ode
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*
Nicole Ray as Petit rôle
*
Viviane Romance
Viviane Romance (born Pauline Ronacher Ortmanns; 4 July 1912 – 25 September 1991) was a French actress.
Viviane Romance was born in Roubaix, France. She began her career as a dancer at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and was elected Miss Paris of 193 ...
*
Madeleine Rosetzky
*
Louisette Rousseau
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*
Pierre Sergeol
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References
Bibliography
* Waldman, Harry. ''Missing Reels: Lost Films of American and European Cinema''. McFarland, 2000.
External links
*
1932 films
1932 musical comedy films
French musical comedy films
Operetta films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Louis Mercanton
Films shot at Joinville Studios
French multilingual films
French black-and-white films
1932 multilingual films
1930s French films
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