Merchant of Love
{{Infobox film
| name = Merchant of Love
| image = Merchant of Love.jpg
| caption =
| director = Edmond T. Gréville
| producer = Gus Ostwalt
| writer = {{ubl|Edmond T. Gréville|Henri Jeanson}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Jean Galland|Rosine Deréan|Françoise Rosay}}
| music = Jacques Belasco
| cinematography = Gosta Kottula
| editing = Jean Feyte
| studio = H.O. Films
| distributor = Pathé Consortium Cinéma
| released = {{Film date|1935|06|21|df=yes}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
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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.Mazdon & Wheatley p.24 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".{{cite journal |last= Greene|first= Graham|author-link= Graham Greene|date= 18 September 1936|title= The Great Ziegfeld/It's Love Again/Marchand d'Amour/East Meets West|journal= The Spectator}} (reprinted in: {{cite book|editor-last= Taylor|editor-first= John Russell|editor-link= John Russell Taylor|date= 1980|title= The Pleasure Dome|url= https://archive.org/details/pleasuredomegrah00gree/page/101|page= [https://archive.org/details/pleasuredomegrah00gree/page/101 101]|isbn= 0192812866}})
References
Bibliography
- Lucy Mazdon & Catherine Wheatley. Je T’Aime... Moi Non Plus: Franco-British Cinematic Relations. Berghahn Books, 2010.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0170219}}
{{Edmond T. Gréville}}
Category:1930s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Edmond T. Gréville
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films with screenplays by Henri Jeanson
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