Films Sonores Tobis (France)
Directed by René Clair
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Criterion Collection)
A struggling Parisian artist wins the lottery, but misplaces the ticket in his jacket which he left with his fiance. She gave it away to a man who dropped into her apartment from the rooftop while fleeing the police. He left some cryptic clues as to his identity, which sets in motion the search to find him. The artist, his "best friend" and his fiance all compete to find the ticket first. The jacket changes hands several times, eventually ending up with an opera singer who wears it during a performance. The artist and his fiance end up on-stage, hidden from the audience, while the singer performs a love duet, in the movie's best sequence. The rest is a hit-or-miss affair, an early romantic comedy with frequent breaks for songs.
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