Monsieur Bégonia
1937 film
- 22 December 1937 (1937-12-22)
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Monsieur Bégonia is a 1937 French comedy film directed by André Hugon and starring Josette Day, Paul Pauley and Colette Darfeuil.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile Duquesne. It was remade in Italy in 1939 as L'amore si fa così.
Synopsis
A man applies for the position of general manager at a fashion house but is rejected for being too young. He then disguises himself as a more mature man and calling himself Monsieur Bégonia he gets the job and proceeds to turn round the fortunes of the struggling company.
Cast
- Josette Day as Marguerite
- Paul Pauley as Gaston Merchant
- Colette Darfeuil as Émilienne
- Max Régnier as Max ou Monsieur Bégonia
- Pierre Stéphen as Poussier
- Suzanne Dehelly as Aurélie Merchant
- Camille Bert as Le baron Papalagos
- Liliane Gauthieras Germaine
- Jean Kolb as Le directeur de la banque
- Robert Seller as Baptiste
- Odette Talazac as Une cliente
- Jean Toulout as L'inspecteur
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- Monsieur Bégonia at IMDb
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Films directed by André Hugon
- Flower of Paris (1916)
- The Gold Chignon (1916)
- Anguish (1917)
- Sharks (1917)
- The Jackals (1917)
- Vertigo (1917)
- Mademoiselle Chiffon (1919)
- A Crime Has Been Committed (1919)
- The Fugitive (1920)
- Jacques Landauze (1920)
- Worthless Woman (1921)
- The Black Diamond (1922)
- King of the Camargue (1922)
- The Two Pigeons (1922)
- The Little Thing (1923)
- La gitanilla (1924)
- The Princess and the Clown (1924)
- The Thruster (1924)
- The Temple of Shadows (1927)
- Yasmina (1927)
- The Great Passion (1928)
- The Three Masks (1929)
- The Wedding March (1929)
- Levy and Company (1930)
- Tenderness (1930)
- If You Wish It (1932)
- Maurin of the Moors (1932)
- The Sandman (1932)
- Southern Cross (1932)
- The Illustrious Maurin (1933)
- Chourinette (1934)
- Gaspard de Besse (1935)
- Moses and Solomon, Perfumers (1935)
- The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy (1936)
- Mercadet (1936)
- Romarin (1937)
- Monsieur Bégonia (1937)
- Sarati the Terrible (1937)
- Heroes of the Marne (1938)
- Street Without Joy (1938)
- Moulin Rouge (1941)
- Three Argentines in Montmartre (1941)
- Room 13 (1942)
- The Exile's Song (1943)
- The Grand Hotel Affair (1946)
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