Roger Bourdin

The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.

Serenade represented the return to the screen of international favorite Lillian Harvey after an absence of two years. Based loosely on the life of composer Franz Schubert, the film casts Bernard Lancret as Schubert, Harvey as his dancer sweetheart, and Louis Jouvet as a possessive Baron who has his own designs on our heroine.

The daughter of the austere professor Smithson, during a walk on skis, loses her balance, revealing her underwear. An indiscreet photographed the scene. Smithson demands that his daughter marry this man, but who is he? He luckily turns out to be the young man she loves.

Surprised by the fog, the ship Fraternité suffered significant damage. Therefore, an investigation must be carried out in order to determine the conditions under which the incident occurred. It falls to deputy Puy-Pradal who has just been appointed high commissioner of the navy: the latter, after his meeting with an actor, gradually forgets the mission entrusted to him.

In love with his cousin, the gentle Émeline, a country gentleman, unaware of matters of love, decides to go to Paris, in order to lose his candor. She will prefer to avoid this hazardous and problematic move.

At the English court, at the beginning of the 18th century, Lady Henriett fell in love with a farmer, Lionel, who, following a mistake, believes her to be his servant. By learning his quality, Lionel refuses to receive the one he already considered his fiancée. The queen herself will appease this lover's quarrel and, moreover, will free the peasants of his kingdom.

Rossini's opera-comique, based on Beaumarchais' plot, filmed as we saw it at the Opéra-Comique in 1947.