Le roi des Champs-Élysées (1934)
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- 1h 10min
- Comedy
- 11 Dec 1934 (USA)
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Cast
| Buster Keaton | ... |
Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
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| Paulette Dubost | ... |
Germaine
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| Madeleine Guitty | ... |
Madame Garnier
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Lucien Callamand | ... |
Le directeur
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| Jacques Dumesnil | ... |
Un gangster
(as Dumesnil)
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| Pierre Piérade | ... |
Un gangster
(as Piérade)
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Gaston Dupray | ... |
Le régisseur
(as Dupray)
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Raymond Blot | ... |
Un gangster
(as Blot)
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| Colette Darfeuil | ... |
Simone
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Marie-Jacqueline Chantal | ... |
La mariée
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| Pedro Elviro | ... |
Un gangster
(as Pitouto)
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Max Lerel | ... |
Un gangster
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Paul Clerget | ... |
Le directeur du théâtre (uncredited)
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Jim Gérald | ... |
(uncredited)
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Franck Maurice | ... |
Un gangster (uncredited)
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Henry Prestat | ... |
(uncredited)
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Directed by
| Max Nosseck | ... | (as Max Nossek) |
Written by
| Arnold Lipp | ... | () |
| Yves Mirande | ... | () |
Produced by
| Seymour Nebenzal | ... | producer |
Music by
| Joe Hajos | ||
Cinematography by
| Robert Lefebvre | ||
Editing by
| Jean Delannoy | ||
Art Direction by
| Jacques-Laurent Atthalin | ||
| Hugues Laurent | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| René Montis | ... | assistant director |
Additional Crew
| Floyd Du Pont | ... | choreographer |
| Robert Siodmak | ... | supervision |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Société Anonyme Française des Films Paramount (1934) (France) (theatrical)
- Union Film (1934) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- A-1 Video (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Buster Garnier is having a very bad day, even by his standards. First of all he manages to lose his job distributing flyers for a car company when he accidentally hands out packets of real notes instead of the false money-off vouchers; then he blunders into a stage performance at the theatre where his mother is prompt, and gets thrown out there too. Methodically, he drapes a black band across his own portrait, writes a last note to his mother, bids farewell to his pets one by one, switches on the gas tap, and composes himself calmly on the floor to await oblivion. But Life hasn't had its last laugh at his expense just yet... Meanwhile, across town, a scarred and ruthless gangster is preparing to break out of jail. Unknown to either man, the two of them are almost exactly alike; and when Buster finds himself on stage in the role of a jail-bird, fact and fiction are about to get extremely confused! Written by Igenlode Wordsmith |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This is a rare movie in which Buster Keaton actually smiles at the end. See more » |
| Goofs | Buster Keaton did not speak French, so his dialog in this Paris-made talkie was dubbed by an actor whose vocal pitch was an incongruous tenor. In one scene with Colette Darfeuil (who played Simone) the dubbing engineer missed a line, and we can plainly hear Buster say "Go get me a drink" in English, in his distinctive gravelly voice. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987). See more » |