''Monsieur Hector'' is a 1940 French
musical comedy film
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based upon the play by
Pierre de Marivaux
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He is considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century, writing nume ...
, directed by
Maurice Cammage
Maurice Cammage is a French film director and dialoguist, born in 1882 and died on 15 April 1946 in Paris.
Filmography
* 1932 : '' Vive la classe''
* 1932 : '' Un beau jour de noces''
* 1932 : '' La Terreur de la pampa'' (script and dialogues b ...
and starring
Fernandel
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born near Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, an Occitan to ...
,
Denise Grey
Denise Grey (born Édouardine Verthuy; 17 September 1896 – 13 January 1996) was an Italian-born actress who became a naturalized French citizen.
Biography
Édouardine Grey was born in Châtillon in the Aosta Valley of north-west Italy, clos ...
and
Georges Grey.
[Quinlan p.178] It was shot at the
Neuilly Studios
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in
Paris
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. 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 ...
Marcel Magniez
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Selected filmography
* '' Parisian Pleasures'' (1927)
* '' My Aunts and I'' (1937 ...
.
Synopsis
An
aristocrat
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and his
valet
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, after disappointments in life, decide to switch clothes and positions during the
Nice Carnival
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.
Cast
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Fernandel
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born near Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, an Occitan to ...
as Hector
*
Denise Grey
Denise Grey (born Édouardine Verthuy; 17 September 1896 – 13 January 1996) was an Italian-born actress who became a naturalized French citizen.
Biography
Édouardine Grey was born in Châtillon in the Aosta Valley of north-west Italy, clos ...
as Maroussia de Dragomir
*
Georges Grey as Le vicomte de Saint-Amand
*
Gaby Wagner Gaby may refer to:
People
Gaby is short for Gabrielle, Gabriella or Gabriel, and in particular may refer to:
* Gaby (singer) (born 1965), Panamanian Reggae en Español and Reggaeton singer and rapper
*Gaby, a Spanish clown, one of Los Payasos d ...
as Jacqueline Monturot
*
Raymond Rognoni
Raymond Rognoni (Paris, 16 August 1892 – Paris, 26 September 1965) was a French actor and comedian. He worked in the theatre and in film (''Sylvie et le fantôme'', ''Les Enfants du Paradis''), sometimes credited as Rognoni.
Biography
Rognoni wa ...
as Monturot
*
Madeleine Suffel
Madeleine Suffel (1899–1974) was a French film and stage actress.Palmer & Michael p.274 She played supporting roles in a number of films from the early 1930s onwards.
Selected filmography
* '' A Rare Bird'' (1935)
* '' School for Coquettes'' ( ...
as Suzanne
*
Marthe Mussine Marthe may refer to:
*Marthe (given name) a feminine given name
* ''Marthe'' (novel), an 1876 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans
*''Marthe'', an 1877 play by Georges Ohnet
* ''Marthe'' (film), a 1997 film by Gérard Jugnot
People with the surname
*Willi ...
as La femme de chambre
*
Alice Deneige
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* Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname
Literature
* Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll
* ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by ...
as La chanteuse
*
Rivers Cadet
Rivers Cadet (1 March 1892 – 1 November 1968) was a French actor.
Cadet was born Jean Maurice Large in Paris. He was the brother of Fernand Rivers.
Selected filmography
* '' Maurin of the Moors'' (1932)
* '' The Ironmaster'' (1933)
* '' Th ...
as Le maître d'hôtel
*
Marfa d'Hervilly as Une vieille cliente
*
Pierre Ferval
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*
Suzanne Fleurant
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* Suzanne (given name), a feminine given name (including a list of people with the name)
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as Une cliente
*
Édouard Francomme
*
Jacques Henley
Jacques Henley (born Jacques Dhote) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Our Masters, the Servants'' (1930)
* ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930)
* ''The Threepenny Opera'' (1931)
* '' The Yellow Dog'' (1932)
* ''The Regiment's Champ ...
as Un client
*
Philippe Richard
Philippe Richard (24 June 1891 – 24 December 1973) was a French film and theater actor.
Richard was born in Saint-Étienne and began his film career in the early 1920s in silent film. In 1948 he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under S ...
as Le gérant
*
Jean-Jacques Steen
*
Jean Témerson
Jean Témerson (1898–1956) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* ''The Lover of Madame Vidal'' (1936) - Guillaume - le domestique
* '' With a Smile'' (1936) - Cam (uncredited)
* ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937) - Gravère
* ''Blanchette'' (193 ...
as Le Baron Grondin
*
Eugène Yvernès
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Georges Guétary
Georges Guétary (), born Lambros Vorloou ( el, Λάμπρος Βορλόου ; February 8, 1915 – September 13, 1997) was a French singer, dancer, cabaret performer and film actor, best known for his role in the 1951 musical ''An American ...
as Danseur tyrolien
References
Bibliography
* Quinlan, David. ''Quinlan's Film Stars''. Batsford, 2000.
External links
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1940 films
1940 musical comedy films
1940s French-language films
Films directed by Maurice Cammage
Films scored by Casimir Oberfeld
French musical comedy films
French black-and-white films
Films shot at Neuilly Studios
Tobis Film films
Films set in Nice
1940s French films
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