''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 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 derelitt ...

.Crisp p.418 The film's art direction was by Jean Douarinou.

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) * '' Thr ...

* Paul Cambo as Le sergent Jacques Destranges * Raymond Cordy as Pimpant * Eugène Frouhins * Suzy Lay * Noël Roquevert 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