| Merchant of Love | |
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| Directed by | Edmond T. Gréville |
| Written by |
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| Produced by | Gus Ostwalt |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Gosta Kottula |
| Edited by | Jean Feyte |
| Music by | Jacques Belasco |
Production company | H.O. Films |
| Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
Release date | 21 June 1935 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Merchant of Love (French: Marchand d'amour) is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Jean Galland, Rosine Deréan and Françoise Rosay.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Schild.
Cast
- Jean Galland as Jack Stephen
- Rosine Deréan as Lily
- Jacqueline Daix as Mitzi
- Robert Arnoux as Léo
- Françoise Rosay as Clara
- Paul Ollivier as Le commanditaire
- Maurice Maillot as Le jeune premier
- Félix Oudart as Le producteur
- Georges Bever
- Nane Germon
- Enrico Glori
- Fred Marche
- Viviane Romance
Reception
Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly positive review, characterizing it as "a melodramatic and rather silly tale [...] directed with immense panache and a secret sense of amusement".[2]
References
- ↑ Mazdon & Wheatley p.24
- ↑ Greene, Graham (18 September 1936). "The Great Ziegfeld/It's Love Again/Marchand d'Amour/East Meets West". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. p. 101. ISBN 0192812866.)
Bibliography
- Lucy Mazdon & Catherine Wheatley. Je T’Aime... Moi Non Plus: Franco-British Cinematic Relations. Berghahn Books, 2010.
External links
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