Baleydier

{{short description|1932 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Baleydier | image = Baleydier 1932.png | caption = | director = [[Jean Mamy]] | producer = [[Pierre Braunberger]] [[Roger Richebé]] | based_on = | writer = André Girard [[Jacques Prévert]] | narrator = | starring =[[Michel Simon]] [[Josseline Gaël]] [[Jean Gehret]] | music = | cinematography = [[Roger Hubert]] [[Theodor Sparkuhl]] | editing = | studio =Les Établissements Braunberger-Richebé | distributor = Les Établissements Braunberger-Richebé | released = {{Film date|1932|01|15|df=yes}} | runtime = 74 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = | gross = }} '''''Baleydier''''' is a 1932 French [[comedy film]] directed by [[Jean Mamy]] and starring [[Michel Simon]], [[Josseline Gaël]] and [[Jean Gehret]].<ref>Bessy & Chirat p.198</ref><ref>Crisp p.390</ref><ref>Rège p.433</ref> The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Gabriel Scognamillo]].

==Synopsis== Baleydier, a [[hairdresser]], wins a competition which allows him to star in a major [[historical film]] then under production. During filming everyone makes fun of him because of his simple ways and expects the film to be a disaster. Instead, on its release, it becomes a huge hit as people mistake it for a [[comedy film|comedy]].

==Cast== * [[Michel Simon]] as Baleydier * [[Josseline Gaël]] as Lola * [[Pierre Pradier (actor)|Pierre Pradier]] as Petrequin * [[Géo Lecomte]] as L'huissier * [[Jean Gehret]] as Bloch * [[Maria Fromet]] as L'amie * [[Robert Gaillard]] a s Le coiffeur * [[Blanche Peyrens]] as La caissière

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == *Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934''. Pygmalion, 1988. * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0200464}}

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