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Café Metropole (1937) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Edward H. Griffith and produced by Nunnally Johnson.

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Café Metropole (1937)

By Beatrice on Oct 27, 2013 From Flickers in Time

Café Metropole Directed by Edward H. Griffith Written by Jacques Deval from an original story by Gregory Ratoff 1937/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing Russian raconteur Monsieur Victor (Adolphe Menjou) owns a nightclub in Paris and is deeply in debt.  He gambles the last f... Read full article

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Café Metropole Quotes:

Margaret Ridgeway: [to a gendarme who is arresting her husband] I'm his moll. Wherever he goes, I go - gangster talk!
Paul: Have you forgotten who I am? Do you realize that Panaieff is the name of the family who for the last 300 years were related to the czars of Russia 25 times? 5 times legitimately! Why I'd rather have my blood changed to borscht.
[mumbles]
Alexis: Love not only comes, it goes. Comes and goes. Comes...
Laura Ridgeway: Yes, I know... like your accent.
Monsieur Victor Lobard: That's the trouble with a flawless plan! There's always a flaw in it!
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Café Metropole Facts
Hollywood Reporter production charts and news items listed Jean Hersholt in the cast, but he did not appear in the movie.
Among the photos in Monsieur Victor Lobard's office are Warner Baxter, Shirley Temple, Will Rogers, Alice Faye, Rochelle Hudson, Thomas Beck, all Fox players, plus Gloria Swanson, Jack Dempsey, and Charles Chaplin.
Two scenes featuring Bill Robinson (aka "Bojangles Robinson") were cut from the final version of the film: a solo tap dance performance in black tie by the dancing legend and a duet in beachcomber outfits with a female dancer. Both scenes are included in a DVD released by Fox as part of "Tyrone Power, Matinee Idol."
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