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Etoile sans Lumière (1945)
Director: Marcel Blistène
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From Time Out Film Guide
This would make a good double bill with Singin' in the Rain: same premise, opposite treatments. The setting is the dawn of the talkies, with Piaf playing the Debbie Reynolds part, an unknown brought in secretly to dub the unsatisfactory voice of a popular but obnoxious star of the silents. It's primarily a Piaf vehicle, her persona in the line of Giulietta Masina and Gracie Fields: sparky, resilient, endlessly put upon, always falling in love with unattainables (Reggiani as a kindly sound recordist). It's as gloomy overall as SITR is sunny, but Piaf's vanity gave rise to one twist: the role of the dull hometown sweetheart patiently waiting for this film business to blow over is taken by a young, extravagantly handsome Yves Montand.Author: BBa
Cast & crew
Director: Marcel Blistène
Producer: Eugène Tuscherer
Cast: Edith Piaf, Serge Reggiani, Marcel Herrand, Mila Parély, Jules Berry, Yves Montand full cast
Duration: 86 mins
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