Product Details

• Actors: Maurice Chevalier
• Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Kultur Video
• DVD Release Date: September 26, 2006
• Run Time: 59 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000HDRARG
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #76,922 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The life of Maurice Chevalier is fascinating: his heavy French accent, his melodic voice and his charm made him the prototype of the French Monsieur in America and all over the world.

Born in 1888 in Paris, Chevalier started his professional career in 1901 as a singer and comedian. He starred in his first Hollywood musical "Innocents of Paris" in 1929, just two years after Al Jolson made history with the first all-talking motion picture. He was nominated for Academy Awards for The Love Parade (1929) and The Big Pond (1930). Making a dozen movies over the next seven years, Chevalier and his songs, such as "Mimi", "Louise", and "Valentine", became internationally popular. In the late 1950's his appearances in the movies "Gigi" and "Love in the Afternoon" started his second film career. In 1959 he received a special Academy Award for his contributions to the world of entertainment.

While honored throughout the world as a great international entertainer, he was especially popular with American and French-speaking peoples, becoming an unofficial ambassador of goodwill in the relations between France and the United States.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mary Beth, May 5, 2008

By	M. B. Massillon (Manchester, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For those who appreciate and love Maurice Chevalier's musical career, this film is worth adding to your library. The documentary takes you through Maurice's life with interviews from family and friends who were very close to him and his career. Hearing from their perspective as well as many clips of Maurice performing and sharing of his life with those interviewing him, gives you a full picture of the man and his impact upon the world stage of entertainment.