''Voilà Montmartre'' is a 1934 French
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comedy film
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directed by
Roger Capellani
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and starring
Marguerite Moreno
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On 12 September 1900, in England, she married the writer Marcel Schwob, whom she had met in 18 ...
,
Dominique Bonnaud and
Pierre Dac
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. It is a
revue
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film featuring a series of sketches. Like the 1941 film ''
Three Argentines in Montmartre'' it is set in
Montmartre
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and showcases a number of contemporary
cabaret
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performers.
[Hewitt p.270]
Cast
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Dominique Bonnaud
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Raymond Bour
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Géo Charley
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Paul Colline
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Pierre Dac
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*
René Dorin
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Roger Ferréol
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Frédérique
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Robert Goupil
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Géo Lip
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Jean Marsac
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Mauricet
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Marguerite Moreno
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*
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Nicole Ray
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Max Révol
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Toulousain
References
Bibliography
*Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934''. Pygmalion, 1988.
* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.
* Hewitt, Nicholas. ''Montmartre: A Cultural History''. Oxford University Press, 2017.
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1934 films
French comedy films
1934 comedy films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Roger Capellani
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
Films set in Paris
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