The Man of the Hour (French: L'homme du jour) is a 1937 French musical film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Maurice Chevalier, Elvire Popesco and Josette Day.^[1] The film was shot at the Joinville Studios, with sets designed by the art director Jacques Krauss.

An ordinary man saves the life of a great actress by giving blood, and she in turns decides to promote him as a singing star.

• Maurice Chevalier as Alfred Boulard / Himself
• Elvire Popesco as Mona Thalia
• Josette Day as Suzanne Petit
• Raymond Aimos as Le vieux cabot
• André Alerme as François-Théophile Cormier de la Creuse
• Marguerite Deval as Mme Christoforo
• Marcelle Géniat as Alphonsine Boulard - la mère d'Alfred
• Paulette Élambert as La petite soeur de Suzanne
• Robert Lynen as Milot - l'apprenti électricien
• Marcelle Praince as Mme Pinchon - une pensionnaire
• Robert Pizani as Le poète efféminé
• Pierre Sergeol as La Breloque
• Charlotte Barbier-Krauss as Mme Legal - la patronne de la pension de famille
• Simone Deguyse as La petite femme à la terrasse du café
• Renée Devillers as Fanny Couvrain - la fille aux fleurs
• Fernand Fabre as Le peintre à la réception
• Jeanne Fusier-Gir as La chanteuse à l'audition
• Germaine Michel as La bouchère
• Missia as La dame du monde à la réception

• Lucy Mazdon & Catherine Wheatley. Je T Aime... Moi Non Plus: Franco-British Cinematic Relations. Berghahn Books, 2010.

• The Man of the Hour at IMDb