Folies Bergère de Paris

Folies Bergère de Paris
Directed by	Roy Del Ruth
Written by	Rudolph Lothar (play "The Red Cat") Hans Adler (play "The Red Cat") Jessie Ernst (adaptation) Bess Meredyth (screenplay) Hal Long (screenplay) Darryl F. Zanuck (contributing writer-uncredited)
Produced by	William Goetz Raymond Griffith Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring	Maurice Chevalier Merle Oberon Ann Sothern
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley Barney McGill
Edited by	Allen McNeil Sherman Todd
Music by	Alfred Newman (uncredited)
Distributed by	United Artists Twentieth Century Pictures
Release date	February 22, 1935 (1935-02-22)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Folies Bergère de Paris is a 1935 American musical comedy that won at the 8th Academy Awards for the short lived Best Dance Direction category, along with Broadway Melody of 1936. The winner was Dave Gould. This is one of only four films to win in this category.

Cast

• Maurice Chevalier as Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
• Merle Oberon as Baroness Genevieve Cassini
• Ann Sothern as Mimi
• Eric Blore as Francois
• Ferdinand Munier as Morrisot
• Walter Byron as Marquis René de Lac
• Lumsden Hare as Gustave
• Robert Greig as Henri
• Ferdinand Gottschalk as Perishot
• Halliwell Hobbes as Monsieur Paulet
• Georges Renavent as Premier of France
• Phillip Dare as Victor
• Frank McGlynn Sr. as Joseph
• Barbara Leonard as Toinette
• Olin Howland as Stage Manager

External links

• Folies Bergère de Paris at IMDb
• Folies Bergère de Paris at the TCM Movie Database
• Folies Bergère de Paris at AllMovie