Dédé (1935 film)

For other uses, see Dédé (1989 film).

Dédé
Directed by	René Guissart
Written by	Jean Boyer Jacques Bousquet
Based on	Dédé by Albert Willemetz
Produced by	Henri Ullmann
Cinematography	Charles Bauer Fred Langenfeld
Music by	Henri Christiné (operetta) Franz Waxman
Production company	France Univers-Film
Distributed by	Paramount Films
Release date	24 January 1935
Running time	75 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Dédé is a 1935 French musical comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Danielle Darrieux, Albert Préjean and Mireille Perrey. It is based on the 1921 operetta Dédé by Albert Willemetz with music by Henri Christiné, and is in the tradition of operetta films. The films sets were designed by the art directors Henri Ménessier and René Renoux.

Synopsis

Robert is hired by his friend Dédé to manage a luxury shoe shop he has acquired, purely in order that he can have secret assignations with his mistress Odette there. Robert hires Denise as a head saleswoman and recruits showgirls as shop assistants, making a surprise success of the previously struggling store. To complicate matters Denise and Dédé fall in love, while Robert becomes enraptured with Odette.

Cast

• Albert Préjean as Robert Dauvergne
• Danielle Darrieux as Denise
• Mireille Perrey as Odette Chausson
• Claude Dauphin as André 'Dédé' de la Huchette
• Pierre Piérade as Toto
• René Bergeron as Monsieur Chausson
• Gaston Orbal as Un gréviste
• Léonce Corne as L'orateur
• Nadia Sibirskaïa as La môme
• Yo Darven as Un amie d'Odette
• Cécile Lemaire as Un amie d'Odette
• Gaby Fontaine as Un amie d'Odette
• Dany Lorys as Une des deux poules
• Robert Hennery as Le commissaire
• Ginette Leclerc as Une des deux poules
• Louis Baron fils as Maître Leroydet

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Dédé at IMDb