''The Chocolate Girl'' (French: ''La petite chocolatière'') is a 1932 French

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Marc Allégret Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director. Biography Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer in ...

and starring

Raimu Jules Auguste Muraire (18 December 1883 – 20 September 1946), whose stage name was Raimu, was a French actor. He is most famous for playing César in the 'Marseilles trilogy' ('' Marius'', '' Fanny'' and '' César''). Life and career Born in T ...

, Jacqueline Francell and

Pierre Bertin Pierre Victor Théophile Bertin (24 October 1891 – 13 May 1984) was a French stage and film actor. In 1948, he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under Sacha Guitry. He was the librettist of the opéra-comique ''La Gageure imprévue ...

.James Robert Parish. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977, pg. 526 It is an adaptation of

Paul Gavault Paul Armand Marcel Gavault (1 September 1866 - 25 December 1951) was a French dramatist, playwright and former director of the théâtre de l'Odéon. Biography He enjoyed a hit with his 1906 comic play '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' whi ...

's play ''

The Chocolate Girl ''The Chocolate Girl'' (french: La Belle Chocolatière, german: Das Schokoladenmädchen) is one of the most prominent pastels of Genevan artist Jean-Étienne Liotard, showing a chocolate-serving maid. The girl carries a tray with a porcelain ch ...

''. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Gabriel Scognamillo Gabriel Scognamillo (27 October 1906 – 31 May 1974) was an Italian art director. One of the first films he worked on was Jean Renoir's provocative 1931 film ''La Chienne''. Two years later he had moved to Hollywood where one of his first film ...

Cast

as Félicien Bédarride * Jacqueline Francell as Benjamine Lapistolle *

as Paul Normand *

Jean Gobet Jean Gobet (20 July 1888 – 29 April 1980) was a French stage and film actor. Filmography Cinema * 1928: ''Les Fourchambault'' by Georges Monca * 1931: '' L'Amour à l'américaine'' by Claude Heymann * 1931: '' Coiffeur pour dames'' by ...

as Hector *

André Dubosc André Dubosc (1866–1935) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.176 Selected filmography * '' The Conspiracy'' (1913) * '' Happy Couple'' (1923) * ''Lady Harrington'' (1926) * ''The Crystal Submarine'' (1927) * '' Prince Jean'' (1928) * '' ...

as M. Lapistolle *

Michèle Verly Michèle Verly (real name Michèle Armande Houillon) (19 July 1909 – 3 March 1952) was a French stage and film actress. She was managing director of the Théâtre Gramont from August 1945 until her untimely death. She died in the 1952 Air Fra ...

as Rosette *

Simone Simon Simone Thérèse Fernande Simon (23 April 1910 or 1911 – 22 February 2005) was a French film actress who began her film career in 1931. Early life Born in Marseille, France, she was the daughter of Henri Louis Firmin Clair Simon, a French J ...

as Julie *

Anthony Gildès Anthony Gildès (13 August 1856 – 6 October 1941) was a French actor. Anthony Gildès was born Anatole Gleizes in Metz, France. He died in Paris at age 85. Selected filmography * '' The Zone of Death'' (1917) * '' The Torture of Silence'' (191 ...

as Mingassol

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* 1932 films French comedy films 1932 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Marc Allégret French films based on plays French black-and-white films Remakes of French films Sound film remakes of silent films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub