1910 : A friend leaves his daughter, Madeleine, with Emile a French film producer. Emile falls in love with her. Problems starts when his young friend Jacques returns from military service ...
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| Maurice Chevalier | ... | Emile Clément | |
| François Périer | ... | Jacques Francet | |
| Marcelle Derrien | ... | Madeleine Célestin | |
| Dany Robin | ... | Lucette | |
| Raymond Cordy | ... | Le Frisé (as R. Corby) | |
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Bernard Lajarrige | ... | Paulo (as B. Lajarrige) |
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Paul Ollivier | ... | Le comptable (as P. Olivier) |
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Christiane Sertilange | ... | Marinette (as Ch. Sertilange) |
| Roland Armontel | ... | Célestin - un acteur de théâtre (as Mm. Armontel) | |
| Paul Demange | ... | Le sultan de Socotora (as P. Demange) | |
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Max Dalban | ... | Cricri - un machiniste (as M. Dalban) |
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Jean Daurand | ... | Alfred - un machiniste (as J. Dauran) |
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Albert Michel | ... | Zanzi (as A. Michel) |
| Gaston Modot | ... | Gustave - le caméraman (as G. Modot) | |
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Robert Pizani | ... | Monsieur Duperrier (as R. Pizani) |
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1910 : A friend leaves his daughter, Madeleine, with Emile a French film producer. Emile falls in love with her. Problems starts when his young friend Jacques returns from military service complaining his misfortune with women. Once he follows Emile's advice to have an affair, he meets Lucette and falls in love with her instead. Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
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FrenchRelease Date:
21 May 1947 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Man About Town See more »Filming Locations:
Studios Pathé-Cinéma - 6 rue Francoeur, Paris 18, Paris, FranceCompany Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Music by Georges Ulmer
Lyrics by Georges Ulmer and Georges Koger
Performed by Maurice Chevalier
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Award: Prix Méliès (France, 1947). See more »Connections
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PigalleMusic by Georges Ulmer
Lyrics by Georges Ulmer and Georges Koger
Performed by Maurice Chevalier
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I haven't seen this film in the U.S. so I can't say how well it translated or made it to the screen here. Clair is clearly not nouvelle vague of late 50's of early 60's but he was a firebrand in his own surrealistic time. Someone called this film a valentine and I agree whole-heartedly. It's perhaps not so surprising to notice the French treatment of Maurice Chevalier as opposed to the American one. Still the portrait treats him with affection - by-gone affection - with a slightly tarnished surface that the French understood in a trice. The recreation of the Paris of the time was loving if not realistic, but who is looking for realism in a confection of this order? Clair did what he's done in the past with a slight update and I find nothing whatsoever to complain about. The parts come together with the perfection I expect from the auteur and the journey is extremely nice. Addendum - I bought a copy of the DVD of this film that was in terrible shape. It deserves much better than that. Update - I looked at "Man About Town" once more and it still fails on just about every perspective. The French version as I mentioned above is kind to Chevalier but not adoring in any way. In the Americanized version he's actually commenting on his own misbehavior with an "ooo la la" attitude strong enough to curdle milk. Curtis Stotlar