Dédé is a 1935 French musical comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Danielle Darrieux, Albert Préjean and Mireille Perrey.[1] It is based on the 1921 operetta Dédé by Albert Willemetz with music by Henri Christiné, and is in the tradition of operetta films.[2] The films sets were designed by the art directors Henri Ménessier and René Renoux.
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| Directed by | René Guissart |
| Written by | Jean Boyer Jacques Bousquet |
| Based on | Dédé by Albert Willemetz |
| Produced by | Henri Ullmann |
| Cinematography | Charles Bauer Fred Langenfeld |
| Music by | Henri Christiné (operetta) Franz Waxman |
Production company | France Univers-Film |
| Distributed by | Paramount Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Synopsis edit
Robert is hired by his friend Dédé to manage a luxury shoe shop he has acquired, purely in order that he can have secret assignations with his mistress Odette there. Robert hires Denise as a head saleswoman and recruits showgirls as shop assistants, making a surprise success of the previously struggling store. To complicate matters Denise and Dédé fall in love, while Robert becomes enraptured with Odette.
Cast edit
- Albert Préjean as Robert Dauvergne
- Danielle Darrieux as Denise
- Mireille Perrey as Odette Chausson
- Claude Dauphin as André 'Dédé' de la Huchette
- Pierre Piérade as Toto
- René Bergeron as Monsieur Chausson
- Gaston Orbal as Un gréviste
- Léonce Corne as L'orateur
- Nadia Sibirskaïa as La môme
- Yo Darven as Un amie d'Odette
- Cécile Lemaire as Un amie d'Odette
- Gaby Fontaine as Un amie d'Odette
- Dany Lorys as Une des deux poules
- Robert Hennery as Le commissaire
- Ginette Leclerc as Une des deux poules
- Louis Baron fils as Maître Leroydet
References edit
- ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/3726/dede
- ^ Goble p.83
Bibliography edit
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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