Raoul Moretti (1893–1954) was a French

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.Lamb p.198 Specialising in light music, he also wrote

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Selected filmography

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King of the Hotel ''King of the Hotel'' (French:''Le roi des palaces'') is a 1932 British-French comedy film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Jules Berry, Betty Stockfeld and Armand Dranem.Crisp p.309 It was based on a play by Henry Kistemaeckers. The ...

'' (1932) * ''

If You Wish It ''If You Wish It'' (French: ''Si tu veux'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by André Hugon and starring Jeanne Boitel, Armand Bernard and Janine Merrey.Crisp p.396 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier. S ...

'' (1932) * ''

Suburban Melody ''Suburban Melody'' (Spanish: ''Melodía de arrabal'') is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Imperio Argentina, Carlos Gardel and Vicente Padula. The film was made at the Joinville Studios in Pari ...

'' (1933) * ''

Sing Anyway ''Sing Anyway'' (French: ''Chantons quand même'') is a 1940 French musical comedy film directed by Pierre Caron and starring Annie Vernay, Paul Cambo and Marie Bizet.Crisp p.418 The film's art direction was by Jean Douarinou. Cast * Guy Be ...

'' (1940) * ''

Vénus aveugle ''Vénus aveugle'' (''Blind Venus'') is a 1941 in film, 1941 cinema of France, French film melodrama, directed by Abel Gance, and one of the first films to be undertaken in France during the German occupation. (It is also sometimes cited as ''La ...

'' (1941) * '' A Woman in the Night'' (1943)

References

Bibliography

* Lamb, Andrew. ''150 Years of Popular Musical Theatre''. Yale University Press, 2000.

External links

Raoul Moretti
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Encyclopédie multimédia de la comédie musicale

(''en archive'')
Compositeur et orchestrateur Moretti

27 films liés à Raoul Moretti
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.net'' Musicians from Marseille 1893 births 1954 deaths French operetta composers French film score composers {{France-composer-stub