Amours, délices et orgues (1947)
Directed by André Berthomieu

Film Review

Too obviously in thrall to all those loud and vacuous American 'college comedies' that inundated France after the war, Amours, délices et orgues is virtually unrecognisable as a French comedy.  It's an instantly forgettable film, a humourless plod-a-thon which, in spite of its forced jollity, struggles to keep its anorexic plot going much beyond the midpoint.  Take away the musical numbers (one of which is implausibly sung by Jean Desailly) the film would most probably be as dull as ditchwater, typical of the kind of characterless crowdpleaser that director André Berthomieu would routinely turn out in the course of his prolific but mostly lacklustre career.

Film Synopsis

At a concert, three students at Saint-Amour College - Pierre, Etienne and Martin - are drawn to an attractive young woman named Madeleine.  They mistake her for Yolande, the daughter of the Count de Coeurjoli, but she is fact the latter's personal companion.  When he learns that Madeleine is engaged to the school supervisor, Jean Pelletier, Marin sends an anonymous letter to the count informing him that his daughter is pursuing an ill-judged love affair with an inferior man...