Chotard and Company [Chotard et Cie]

N.p. N.p., Circa 1933. Vintage reference photograph of Andre Dignimont and Georges Pomies from the 1933 film. Cropping annotations in manuscript pencil and provenance stamp of film historian "Maurice Bessy"on verso (Bessy was a noted cinephile, best known for his association with Orson Welles).

One of Jean Renoir's more obscure (but equally charming) early sound films from 1933, wherein hard-working grocer, Francois Chotard (Fernand Charpin), marries his daughter (Jeanne Loury) off to the seemingly lazy writer Julien Collient (Georges Pomies), and has a change of heart when Julien receives a prestigious literary award.

9 x 7 inches. Evenly faded, else Near Fine.

[Book #150898]