Word: cassini
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...time-honored theme of the two people who bear an uncanny resemblance to each other and the comedy of errors resulting from the confusion is resurrected for Maurice Chevalier in "Folies Bergere." The amiable Frenchman plays the parts of Eugene Charlier of the "Folies" and Baron Cassini, a dashing financier "as well known on the Boulevard as on the Bourse." Since the actor is so good at impersonating the Baron in his act, he eventually comes around to impersonating the distinguished banker when that gentleman is unavoidably absent at a reception he was supposed to be giving various dignitaries...
...crisis in the financial affairs of the banking house of Cassini, represented by the customary vague but impressive "twenty million francs that we must have by morning or we are lost." sets the stage for the bewildered, but facetious role that Charlier is to play. But the more provoking situations arise, not from the financial but the romantic connections of the two men. For example, Charlier's wife (Ann Southern) has a flirtation with her husband, believing him to be Cassini, and Cassini's wife (Merle Oberen) flirts with both, knowing only about half the time which is which...
...Rudolph Lothar and Hans Adler. adapted by Jessie Ernst: A. H. Woods, producer). Baron Cassini (Francis Lister) is a bigwig of the Paris Bourse. Eugene Charlier (Francis Lister ) is a peewee entertainer at the Red Cat Cabaret. They look alike. When business reasons make it expedient for the Baron to be in two places at once, he goes to England while Charlier impersonates him at home. When the Baron returns, he hops into bed with the Baroness (Ruth Weston), thinking she thinks he is his double. Out of this situation Authors Lothar and Adler work the last bit of suggestiveness...