''Sing Anyway'' (French: ''Chantons quand même'') is a 1940 French

musical comedy film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...

directed by Pierre Caron and starring Annie Vernay,

Paul Cambo Paul Cambo (1908–1978) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.508 Selected filmography * ''Ramuntcho'' (1938) * '' Heroes of the Marne'' (1938) * '' The Gutter'' (1938) * ''The Chess Player'' (1938) * '' Sing Anyway'' (1940) * '' The Village ...

and

Marie Bizet Marie Bizet (1905–1998) was a French actress and singer.Paskins p.66 Selected filmography * '' Lights of Paris'' (1938) * '' Sing Anyway'' (1940) * ''False Identity'' (1947) * '' The Three Cousins'' (1947) * ''I due derelitti ''I Due dereli ...

.Crisp p.418 The film's

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was by

Jean Douarinou Jean Douarinou (1906–1987) was a French art director.Hayward p.440 He was born in Indochina which was then a French colonial possession. He was the elder brother of the cinematographer Alain Douarinou. He was married to the actress Madeleine So ...

Cast

* Guy Berry *

as Mathilde *

Rivers Cadet Rivers Cadet (1 March 1892 – 1 November 1968) was a French actor. Cadet was born Jean Maurice Large in Paris. He was the brother of Fernand Rivers. Selected filmography * ''Maurin of the Moors'' (1932) * '' The Ironmaster'' (1933) * '' Th ...

as Le sergent Jacques Destranges *

Raymond Cordy Raymond Cordy (9 December 1898 – 23 April 1956) was a French film actor,Youngkin p.466 born Raymond Cordiaux. He appeared in over a hundred and thirty films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Little Lise'' (1930) - Un joueur de bill ...

as Pimpant *

Eugène Frouhins Eugène Frouhins (1888–1966) was a French stage and film actor.Histoire du cinéma français p.112 Selected filmography * '' Fanfare of Love'' (1935) * '' Sing Anyway'' (1940) * ''Annette and the Blonde Woman ''Annette and the Blonde Woman ...

* Suzy Lay *

Noël Roquevert Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married ...

as Le vieux villageois * Claude Roy as Le petit garçon * Annie Vernay as Rosette * Jack Wilson as Le Tommy

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

* 1940 films 1940 musical comedy films French musical comedy films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Pierre Caron French black-and-white films 1940s French films {{musical-comedy-film-stub