Shop Girls of Paris
| Shop Girls of Paris | |
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| Directed by | André Cayatte |
| Screenplay by | André Cayatte André Legrand Michel Duran |
| Based on | Au Bonheur des Dames by Émile Zola |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | Michel Simon Albert Préjean Blanchette Brunoy |
| Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
| Edited by | |
| Music by | |
Production companies | Continental Films Panitalia |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | France |
Shop Girls of Paris or The Ladies' Delight (French: Au Bonheur des Dames) is a 1943 French historical drama film directed by André Cayatte and starring Michel Simon, Albert Préjean and Blanchette Brunoy.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1883 novel Au Bonheur des Dames by Émile Zola.
The film was made by the German-backed company Continental Films. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris with location filming taking place at the Bon Marché department store. The film's sets were created by the art director Andrej Andrejew. The costumes were designed by Rosine Delamare
It was the second film adaptation of Zola's Au Bonheur des Dames, after in 1930.
Plot[]
M. Baudu, an irascible old man, runs a small fabric shop in 1860s Paris. A large department store, the first of its kind, opens nearby, putting Baudu's business in peril. Things get even more complicated for him when his niece and two nephews, all recently orphaned, leave their small village to go live with him. Denise, his young niece, is hired as a saleswoman at the department store, to Baudu's displeasure. She does well at her job, and begins receiving both professional and romantic interest from the store's owner, the wealthy and charming Octave Mouret.
Cast[]
- Michel Simon as M. Baudu
- Albert Préjean as Octave Mouret
- Blanchette Brunoy as Denise Baudu
- Suzy Prim as Henriette Desforges
- Juliette Faber as Mademoiselle Vadon
- as Clara Prunaire
- as Geneviève Baudu
- Catherine Fonteney as Madame Aurélie
- Jacqueline Gauthier as Pauline Cugnot
- as Madame Cabin
- as Madame Marly
- Suzet Maïs as Madame de Boves - la kleptomane
- André Reybaz as Jean Baudu
- Jean Tissier as Émile Bourdoncle
- Jean Rigaux as Baugé
- Georges Chamarat as L'inspecteur Jouve
- Pierre Bertin as Gaujon
- René Blancard as Colomban
- as Une vendeuse
- Odette Barencey as Madame Bédoré
- as Un boutiquier
- Jeannette Batti as Une vendeuse
- as Un boutiquier
- as Le cocher
- as Lhomme
- Pierre Labry as Achille Vingard - Le serrurier
- as Pépé Baudu
- Palmyre Levasseur as L'acheteuse de mouchoirs
- Albert Malbert as Le cafetier
- Maurice Marceau as Un employé
- as Le comte de Boves
- Julienne Paroli as Une boutiquière
- as Favier
- Roger Vincent as Un boutiquier
Crew[]
- Director: André Cayatte
- Screenplay: André Cayatte, Michel Duran and André Legrand
- Assistant director: Jean Devaivre
- Cinematography: Armand Thirard
- Set design: André Andrejew
- Editing:
- Costumes: Rosine Delamare
- Production: Continental Films
- Head of production:
References[]
- ^ Lanzoni p.110
Bibliography[]
- Rémi Fournier Lanzoni. French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present. A&C Black, 2004.
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