Just a pretext to show many music hall acts in Roma ,including singing (Suzy Delair is the star ,but you will be disappointed cause she does not perform her famous " Avec Son tralala" from "quai des orfèvres ") ,ballets, conjuring and even a radio contest : it provides the best musical moment of a rather stodgy musical : Louis Armstrong in the flesh ,totally unexpected and therefore appreciated in such a context.
As for the screenplay ,it is decidedly lacking in interest :Fernandel is a house painter and he has his wallet stolen on a train to Roma ;another traveler was carrying star Delair's new dress for the show and it has disappeared too.
While Fernandel ,whose pilgrimage to Roma is spoilt , is forced to work as a painter in the theater (which he compares to Sodom and Gomorrha ), the other unfortunate man from the train goes in search of the precious garment : he is given a clue by some kind of magician: you've got to find a woman whose name is the same as a queen whose nose was so famous it could have changed the face of the world .But our man's culture leaves a lot to be desired.
Fans of Fernandel will be disappointed:his appearances are few and far between.Fans of Armstrong might be interested.
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