Merchant of Love

Merchant of Love
Merchant of Love
Directed by	Edmond T. Gréville
Written by	Edmond T. Gréville; Henri Jeanson;
Produced by	Gus Ostwalt
Starring	Jean Galland; Rosine Deréan; Françoise Rosay;
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. 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".

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

Merchant of Love at IMDb

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[1] Mazdon & Wheatley p.24

[2] 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.)