Fanfare d'amour (1935)
Directed by Richard Pottier

Comedy
aka: Fanfare of Love

Film Synopsis

Jean Rameau and Pierre Dupont are two young musicians who are struggling to find work.  In the end, out of desperation, they decide to join an all-female orchestra, disguised as women.  Both men fall in love with the orchestra's leader, a stunning blonde named Gaby, and they waste no time courting her as soon as they are able to get back into their normal clothes.   During an engagement on the Riviera, Jean and Pierre discover, to their horror, that they have a rival, the owner of the palace where the orchestra is performing...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Richard Pottier
  • Script: Michael Logan, Robert Thoeren, Max Bronnet, Pierre Prévert, René Pujol (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: Jean Bachelet, André Dantan
  • Music: Joe Hajos
  • Cast: Fernand Gravey (Jean), Betty Stockfeld (Gaby), Julien Carette (Pierre), Gaby Basset (Poupette), Jacques Louvigny (Alibert), Pierre Larquey (Emile), Madeleine Guitty (Lydia), Jane Lamy, Ginette Leclerc, Palau, Paul Lovetall, Eugène Frouhins, Anthony Gildès, Paul Marthès, Henri Vilbert, Roger Duchesne, Paul Demange, Josyane Lane
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 115 min
  • Aka: Fanfare of Love

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