''Chéri'' is a 1950 French

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directed by Pierre Billon and starring Marcelle Chantal, Jean Desailly and

Marcelle Derrien Marcelle Derrien (1916–2008) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Goble p.138 Selected filmography * ''Man About Town (1947 film), Man About Town'' (1947) * ''Impeccable Henri'' (1948) * ''Dark Sunday'' (1948) * ''The Secret of Mont ...

. It is based on the 1920 novel of the same title by

Colette Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known as Colette or Colette Willy, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a Mime artist, mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaki ...

.Goble p.89 The film's sets were designed by the

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Raymond Druart.

Cast

* Marcelle Chantal as Léa de Lonval * Jean Desailly as Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri' *

as Edmée * Jane Marken as Charlotte Peloux * Jane Faber as Lili * Made Siamé as Rose * Mag-Avril as Mme Aldonza * Maïa Poncet as La baronne *

Suzanne Dantès Suzanne Dantès (1888–1958) was a French stage and film actress.Abecassis p.96 Selected filmography * '' The Courier of Lyon'' (1923) * ''Black and White'' (1931) * '' A Happy Man'' (1932) * '' Arlette and Her Fathers'' (1934) * ''Extenuating ...

as Marie-Laure * Yvonne de Bray as La Copine

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1950 films French drama films 1950 drama films French comedy films 1950 comedy films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Pierre Billon French black-and-white films 1950s French films Films based on French novels Films based on works by Colette {{1950s-France-comedy-film-stub