Folies Bergere de Paris

Movie
German title	Folies Bergere de Paris
Original title	Folies Bergere de Paris
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1935
length	80 minutes
Rod
Director	Roy Del Ruth
script	Jessie Ernst (adaptation); Bess Meredyth (screenplay); Hal Long (screenplay)
production	Darryl F. Zanuck
music	Alfred Newman
camera	J. Peverell Marley (musical elements) ; Barney McGill (remaining scenes)
cut	Allen McNeil ; Sherman Todd
occupation
	Maurice Chevalier : Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini; Merle Oberon : Baroness Genevieve Cassini; Ann Sothern : Mimi; Eric Blore : Francois; Ferdinand Munier : Morrisot; Walter Byron : Marquis René de Lac; Lumsden Hare : Gustave; Robert Greig : Henri; Ferdinand Gottschalk : Perishot; Halliwell Hobbes : Monsieur Paulet;

Folies Bergère de Paris (also: The night before the Ultimo ) is a musical film by Roy Del Ruth from 1935. David Gould received the Oscar for best dance director for this film and Broadway melody in 1936 in 1936 .

action

Baron Fernand Cassini tries to avoid a social obligation and hires the actor Eugene Charlier to act in his place while he leaves the city to attend a ball. The actor succeeds in deceiving everyone except the Baroness Genevieve Cassini. The baron returns at night and resumes his old position. Then he sleeps with his wife. It remains unclear, however, whether she knew that he had switched roles again.

background

Despite its title, the film has little in common with the famous Parisian Folies Bergère concert hall . To justify the title, the film mentions that the lead actor would appear there. This allowed the film team to shoot three musical numbers there. These recordings were filmed by J. Peverell Marley . In fact, it is a film adaptation of the comedy Die Nacht vor dem Ultimo by Rudolf Lothar and Hans Adler . The play itself premiered on Broadway on September 19, 1934, but was canceled after 13 performances. Folies Bergère de Paris was not the only adaptation of the piece. Other musical adaptations were Carioca (1941) and An der Riviera (1951). Some of the most famous songs on the piece include I'm Lucky , You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth and Rhythm of the Rain .

Web links

Folies Bergère de Paris in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

^ Stanley Green: Hollywood Musicals: Year by Year . Hal Leonard Corporation, 2000, ISBN 978-0-634-00765-1 , pp. 41 .
^ Folies Bergere de Paris. Variety , December 31, 1934; archived from the original on October 5, 2013 ; accessed on January 25, 2019 .
↑ Thomas S. Hischak: The Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theater, Film and Television . Oxford University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-19-533533-0 , pp. 251-252 .

[1] Stanley Green: Hollywood Musicals: Year by Year . Hal Leonard Corporation, 2000, ISBN 978-0-634-00765-1 , pp. 41 .

[2] Folies Bergere de Paris. Variety , December 31, 1934; archived from the original on October 5, 2013 ; accessed on January 25, 2019 .

[3] Thomas S. Hischak: The Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theater, Film and Television . Oxford University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-19-533533-0 , pp. 251-252 .