Casino de Paris (1957)

Genres - Comedy, Music, Musical  |   Sub-Genres - Musical Comedy  |   Run Time - 100 min.  |   Countries - Germany, France, Italy  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

This French-Italian musical starts out in the eponymous French gambling establishment. Vittorio de Sica plays Gordy, an ageing playwright who decides to transform a music-hall singer named Catherine (Caterina Valente) into a dramatic actress. Just as his protegee achieves stardom, Gordy dies. But when Catherine visits her late benefactor's villa, she is romanced by Gordy's ghost, who turns out to be a much younger man (Gilbert Becaud). Rather stagebound, Casino de Paris only comes to life during the all-stops-out musical production numbers.

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stage, actor, behind-the-scenes, ghost-writer, love-triangle, villa, writing