History of Singing

History of Singing

95 mins | Comedy, Music | Feb. 19, 1947

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.

History of Singing

95 mins | Comedy, Music | Feb. 19, 1947

History of Singing
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.
Producers
Original title Histoire de chanter
Directors Gilles Grangier
Writers

Cast

Luis Mariano

as Gino Fabretti

Julien Carette

as Robert

Noël Roquevert

as Le docteur Renault

Arlette Merry

as Gisèle

Marcel Delaître

as Doniol

Jacqueline Roman

as Jeannette

Robert Arnoux

as Barette

Jean Gaven

as Jack Bing

Louis Lions

as L'assistant

Pierre Labry

as L'agent

Jean-François Martial

as Le livreur

Jenny Leduc

as La bonne du docteur

Lyska Wells

as La bonne de Fabretti