''The Levy Department Stores'' (French: ''Les galeries Lévy et Cie'') 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

André Hugon André Hugon (17 December 1886 – 22 August 1960) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards, particularly of the 1920s and into sound. Hugon was born in Algiers in 1886 w ...

and starring

Léon Belières Léon Belières (1880–1952) was a French film actor.Goble p.202 Selected filmography * '' Figaro'' (1929) * '' Levy and Company'' (1930) * '' A Hole in the Wall'' (1930) * '' The Road Is Fine'' (1930) * ''Atlantis'' (1930) * ''The Mystery of t ...

, Charles Lamy and

Alexandre Mihalesco Alexandre Mihalesco (; born Alexandru Mihăilescu, ; 19 October 1883 – 28 December 1974) was a Romanian film actor who largely appeared in French productions.Goble p.2 Selected filmography * ''The Independence of Romania'' (1912) * ''On the W ...

.Rège p.511 It was the first of three sequels to the 1930 film '' Levy and Company''. The film's sets were designed by Christian-Jaque.

Cast

as Salomon Lévy * Charles Lamy as Moïse Lévy *

as Le vieux Lévy * Simone Bourday as Rachel Meyer * Christiane Dor as Paulette *

Doumel Louis Alfred Doumet, known by his stage name of Doumel, (born 2 December 1889 in Marseille; died 23 May 1954 in Reillanne) was a French actor and comedian active in the inter-war years. Biography Having moved to Paris thanks to the passion for t ...

as César Patenolle * Rodolphe Marcilly * Micheline Masson * Émile Saint-Ober as Le garçon * Georges Zwingel

References

Bibliography

* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

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* 1932 films French comedy films 1930 comedy films 1930 films 1930s French-language films Films directed by André Hugon French multilingual films Pathé films French black-and-white films 1932 multilingual films 1932 comedy films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub

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