Monsieur Bégonia

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.

Monsieur Bégonia
Directed by	André Hugon
Written by	Georges Fagot
Based on	Monsieur Bégonia by Georges Fagot
Produced by	André Hugon
Starring	Josette Day Paul Pauley Colette Darfeuil
Cinematography	Marc Bujard Tahar Hanache
Music by	Jacques Janin Vincent Scotto
Production company	Productions André Hugon
Release date	22 December 1937 (1937-12-22)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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