For love, the singer Georges Hyverlin gives up his profession to work with his father-in-law in his car factory. When the passion for song takes him back, he manages to resume his career thanks to the support of his wife Martine.
Acting
Guétary's operatic charm carries every scene
Score
Original songs that deserve better than obscurity
Production
Factory-to-footlights sets scream post-war reconstruction
Director
Gilles Grangier
Georges Guétary
Georges Hyverlin
Ginette Leclerc
Martine
Félix Oudart
Leverley-Montant
Alfred Adam
Stoff
Noëlle Norman
The secretary
Gregori Chmara
Sokodisch
Gérard Oury
Roland Grenier
Albert Michel
The valet
Georges Flateau
Samuelson
Marcel Melrac
Frédéric
Georges Paulais
The stage manager
Nina Myral
Mamita
Émile Genevois
The newspaper vendor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Georges Guétary was a genuine operetta star who'd later appear in An American in Paris (1951), making this his Hollywood calling card.
The 'car factory' setting reflects France's post-war industrial boom—romance as propaganda for modernization, basically.
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