''You Are Me'' (French: ''Toi, c'est moi'') is a 1936 French

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directed by René Guissart and starring

Jacques Pills Jacques Pills (born René Jacques Ducos; 6 March 1906 – 12 September 1970) was a French singer and actor. His impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. In 1959, Pills was the Monegasque entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song " Mon ami ...

Georges Tabet Georges Tabet (23 January 1905 – 28 February 1984) was a French Algerian actor, musician and screenwriter.Goble p.141 During the 1930s he appeared frequently alongside Jacques Pills. Selected filmography Actor * '' A Gentleman of the Ring'' ...

, and

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.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.159 It is an

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based on a stage work of the same title. Pills and Tabet were paired in another film ''

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'', released the same year. The film's sets were designed by the

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René Renoux René Renoux (1904–2000) was a French art director.Buache p.162 Selected filmography * ''The Pure Truth'' (1931) * ''Topaze (1933 French film), Topaze'' (1933) * ''Prince Jean (1934 film), Prince Jean'' (1934) * ''The Lady of the Camellias (193 ...

Cast

as Bobby Guibert - un fêtard impénitent, l'ami inséparable de Pat *

as Patrice 'Pat' Duvallon - un fêtard impénitent, l'ami inséparable de Bobby *

André Berley André Berley (13 January 1890 – 26 November 1936) was a French actor. Berley was born André Edmond Obrecht in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Selected filmography * ''The Passion of Joan of Arc'' (1928) * '' Olimpia'' (1930) * '' The ...

as Pedro Hernandez *

as Maricousa Hernandez *

Louis Baron fils Louis Bouchêne, known as Louis Baron, fils (24 December 1870 in Paris – 30 November 1939 in Dieppe), was an actor and singer, who took part in many operettas and comédie-musicales, and was in 30 films between 1929 et 1938. He was the son of ...

as Pfutz - le secrétaire *

Junie Astor Rolande Jeanne Risterucci (1911–1967), better known as Junie Astor, was a French actress. Selected filmography * ''Skylark'' (1934) * ''Stradivarius'' (1935) * ''The Lower Depths'' (1936) * ''Women's Club'' (1936) * ''In the Service of the Tsa ...

as Viviane Robinet *

Pauline Carton Pauline Carton (; 4 July 1884 – 17 June 1974) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 190 films between 1907 and 1974. Filmography * ''La fille du Boche'' (1915) * '' Blanchette'' (1921) * ''La femme de nulle part'' (1922) * ''C ...

as Honorine Guibert - la tante de Bobby *

Saturnin Fabre Saturnin Fabre (; 4 April 1884 – 4 October 1961) was a French film actor. Selected filmography * ''La rafale'' (1920) - comte de Bréchebel * ''Mademoiselle de La Seiglière'' (1921) * '' The Road Is Fine'' (1930) - Le professeur Pique * ...

as Adolphe Robinet - le résident * Paul Hams as Cicéron * Anaclara as Bédélia * Lucette Desmoulins *

Odette Barencey Odette Barencey (20 August 1893 – 4 March 1981) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films from 1927 to 1958. She was married to the actor Marcel Barencey. Selected filmography * '' My Childish Father'' (1930) * '' Mo ...

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References

Bibliography

* Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1936 films French musical comedy films 1936 musical comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by René Guissart Operetta films French black-and-white films 1930s French films French-language musical comedy films {{musical-comedy-film-stub