Bric à Brac et compagnie (1931)
Directed by André Chotin

Film Synopsis

Monsieur Verly is a successful antiques dealer who is determined that his frivolous son Jean should follow in his footsteps.  To that end, he sets his son up in business with a stall in a flea market at Saint-Ouen, hoping to make a respectable merchant of the incorrigible wastrel.  Here, amongst the moth-eaten armchairs and supposedly authentic Rembrandts, Old Mother Tomeff tries to palm off her useless junk on unsuspecting customers, whilst insisting to all and sundry that she is awaiting an inheritance from Chicago.  Meanwhile, she is happy to allow her attractive daughter Zina to work as a model for Fernand, a travelling salesman who sells haute couture items at bargain basement prices.  It is inevitable that Jean Verly's path should cross that of the lovely Zina, since she is so clearly destined to become his wife.  Monsieur Verly is in for a shock of Ming vase shattering proportions when he discovers the result of his well-meaning interference in his son's life...