Chérie (film)

Chérie
Directed byLouis Mercanton
Written bySaint-Granier
Based onCome Out of the Kitchen! by Alice Duer Miller
StarringSaint-Granier
Marguerite Moreno
Mona Goya
CinematographyRené Guissart
Music bySaint-Granier
Sam Coslow
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • 24 December 1930 (1930-12-24)
Running time
80 minutes
CountriesFrance
United States
LanguageFrench

Chérie is a 1930 American-French musical comedy film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Saint-Granier, Marguerite Moreno and Mona Goya.[1] [2] It was produced by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures at the Joinville Studios in Paris. It is the French-language version of the Hollywood film Honey. A Multiple-language version, common during the early years of sound film, it was remade in several other languages at Joinville all based on the 1916 novel Come Out of the Kitchen! by Alice Duer Miller.

Synopsis

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A brother and sister have no money and decide to rent out their property to a wealthy widow, with themselves anonymously acting as servants. The woman's daughter soon falls in love with the valet while her fiancé is entranced by the maid.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Rège p.713
  2. ^ Oscherwitz & Higgins p.196

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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