Phil Powrie is Emeritus Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Surrey, UK. He is Chair of the British Association for Film, Television and Screen Studies and Chief General Editor of Studies in French Cinema.Marie Cadalanu is an independent researcher working as a teacher in a lycée in the Paris, France area.

Phil Powrie and Marie Cadalanu’s book categorically disproves the cliché about French cinema having no musical tradition, with the one exception of Jacques Demy. In this ground-breaking volume, the authors reveal the extraordinary wealth and diversity of the musical tradition in French cinema since the coming of sound. Encompassing popular and auteur film, they demonstrate that, if there is not one ‘musical genre’ in France, there are myriad ways in which French film interacts with a wide range of cultural traditions, from cabaret, music-hall, chanson réaliste, operetta and opera to jazz bands and pop music, in an unbroken line from René Clair to François Ozon and Christophe Honoré, via Josephine Baker, Charles Trenet, Edith Piaf and Johnny Hallyday.

• 1. Introduction2. Multi-language Versions3. The French Operetta4. Pills and Tabet and the Marseille Operetta5. Fréhel and Édith Piaf6. Josephine Baker and Charles Trenet7. The Classical Music Film8. The Big Band Film9. The Musical Sketch Film10. Tino Rossi11. George Guétary and Luis Mariano12. D’où viens-tu Johnny? and the Transition to the Modern Musical13. Jacques Demy and the New Wave14. The Opera Film and the Modern Classical Music Film15. The Modern Musical16. Nostalgia17. ConclusionFilmographyReferencesIndex

Phil Powrie is Emeritus Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Surrey, UK. He is Chair of the British Association for Film, Television and Screen Studies and Chief General Editor of Studies in French Cinema.Marie Cadalanu is an independent researcher working as a teacher in a lycée in the Paris, France area.

Phil Powrie and Marie Cadalanu’s book categorically disproves the cliché about French cinema having no musical tradition, with the one exception of Jacques Demy. In this ground-breaking volume, the authors reveal the extraordinary wealth and diversity of the musical tradition in French cinema since the coming of sound. Encompassing popular and auteur film, they demonstrate that, if there is not one ‘musical genre’ in France, there are myriad ways in which French film interacts with a wide range of cultural traditions, from cabaret, music-hall, chanson réaliste, operetta and opera to jazz bands and pop music, in an unbroken line from René Clair to François Ozon and Christophe Honoré, via Josephine Baker, Charles Trenet, Edith Piaf and Johnny Hallyday.

• 1. Introduction2. Multi-language Versions3. The French Operetta4. Pills and Tabet and the Marseille Operetta5. Fréhel and Édith Piaf6. Josephine Baker and Charles Trenet7. The Classical Music Film8. The Big Band Film9. The Musical Sketch Film10. Tino Rossi11. George Guétary and Luis Mariano12. D’où viens-tu Johnny? and the Transition to the Modern Musical13. Jacques Demy and the New Wave14. The Opera Film and the Modern Classical Music Film15. The Modern Musical16. Nostalgia17. ConclusionFilmographyReferencesIndex

Phil Powrie is Emeritus Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Surrey, UK. He is Chair of the British Association for Film, Television and Screen Studies and Chief General Editor of Studies in French Cinema.Marie Cadalanu is an independent researcher working as a teacher in a lycée in the Paris, France area.

Phil Powrie and Marie Cadalanu’s book categorically disproves the cliché about French cinema having no musical tradition, with the one exception of Jacques Demy. In this ground-breaking volume, the authors reveal the extraordinary wealth and diversity of the musical tradition in French cinema since the coming of sound. Encompassing popular and auteur film, they demonstrate that, if there is not one ‘musical genre’ in France, there are myriad ways in which French film interacts with a wide range of cultural traditions, from cabaret, music-hall, chanson réaliste, operetta and opera to jazz bands and pop music, in an unbroken line from René Clair to François Ozon and Christophe Honoré, via Josephine Baker, Charles Trenet, Edith Piaf and Johnny Hallyday.

• 1. Introduction2. Multi-language Versions3. The French Operetta4. Pills and Tabet and the Marseille Operetta5. Fréhel and Édith Piaf6. Josephine Baker and Charles Trenet7. The Classical Music Film8. The Big Band Film9. The Musical Sketch Film10. Tino Rossi11. George Guétary and Luis Mariano12. D’où viens-tu Johnny? and the Transition to the Modern Musical13. Jacques Demy and the New Wave14. The Opera Film and the Modern Classical Music Film15. The Modern Musical16. Nostalgia17. ConclusionFilmographyReferencesIndex