History of Singing
1947 · 95 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy, Music
Gino Fabretti is a famous Italian tenor. During a tour in Nice, he begins a relationship with the wife of a renowned doctor. The doctor traps and drugs him and replaces his vocal cords with those of Robert, a delivery boy in a grocery store. Robert wakes up with the voice of Gino and Gino with that of Robert (including accents and mannerisms!). The unfaithful wife despises the tenor without his voice and becomes more interested in the grocer.
Directed by Gilles Grangier
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Luis Mariano Gino Fabretti -
Julien Carette Robert -
Noël Roquevert Le docteur Renault -
Arlette Merry Gisèle -
Marcel Delaître Doniol - J Jacqueline Roman Jeannette
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Robert Arnoux Barette -
Jean Gaven Jack Bing - L Louis Lions L'assistant
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Pierre Labry L'agent -
Jean-François Martial Le livreur - J Jenny Leduc La bonne du docteur
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