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1931 film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Le petit café is a 1931 French-language American Pre-Code musical film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Maurice Chevalier, Yvonne Vallée and Tania Fédor. The film is a foreign-language version of the 1930 film Playboy of Paris, which was based on the play The Little Cafe by Tristan Bernard. Multiple-language versions were common in the years following the introduction of sound film, before the practice of dubbing became widespread. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris.
Le Petit Café | |
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Directed by | Ludwig Berger |
Written by | Tristan Bernard (play) Jacques Bataille-Henri Vincent Lawrence |
Produced by | Ludwig Berger |
Starring | Maurice Chevalier Yvonne Vallée Tania Fédor André Berley |
Cinematography | Henry W. Gerrard |
Edited by | Merrill G. White |
Music by | Newell Chase |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | French |
The film received a better reception from critics than the English-language version had.[1]
Albert Loriflan, a waiter in a Paris cafe, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money from a wealthy relative. His unscrupulous boss, Philibert, refuses to release him from his long-term contract in the hope that Albert will buy him off with a large payment. But Albert refuses, and continues to work at the cafe even though he is now very rich. Before long he falls in love with Philibert's daughter Yvonne.
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