Fanfare of Love


Fanfare of Love is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Fernand Gravey, Betty Stockfeld and Julien Carette. The film's art direction was by Max Heilbronner. The story was remade in West Germany in 1951 as Fanfares of Love and then in 1959 as the American film Some Like It Hot.

Synopsis

During the Great Depression, two unemployed male musicians disguise themselves as women so they can join an all-female orchestra heading for the French Riviera. They soon find themselves both attracted to a female musician in the group, Gaby, creating a romantic rivalry. Calling their authentic selves the brothers of their female personas, they attempt to romance her through strategic costume changes while being policed by the domineering trombone player and denmother, Lydia, and sexually harassed by the male orchestra director.

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