The Little Cafe (1931 film)

Le petit café is a 1931 French-language American Pre-Code musical film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Maurice Chevalier, Yvonne Vallée and Tania Fédor.

Multiple-language versions were common in the years following the introduction of sound film, before the practice of dubbing became widespread.

[1] Albert Loriflan, a waiter in a Paris cafe, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money from a wealthy relative.

His unscrupulous boss, Philibert, refuses to release him from his long-term contract in the hope that Albert will buy him off with a large payment.

Before long he falls in love with Philibert's daughter Yvonne.