'' Folies Bergère de Paris '' is a 1935 American musical comedy film that won at the 8th Academy Awards for the short lived Best Dance Direction category , along with '' Broadway Melody of 1936 '' . The winner was Dave Gould . This is one of only four films to win in this category . It is a story of mistaken identity , with Maurice Chevalier playing both a music-hall star and a business tycoon who resembles him . This was Chevalier ’s last film in Hollywood for twenty years , and reprised familiar themes such as the straw hat and a rendering of the French song '' Valentine '' . This is also the last film to be distributed by Twentieth Century Pictures before it merged with Fox Film to form 20th Century Fox in 1935
8th Academy Awards
8th Academy Awards
Folies Bergère de Paris