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La Goualeuse (1938)
French stage favorite Lya Gauty made her screen debut in 1938's La Goualeuse (The Street Singer). The story concerns a poverty-stricken vagabond (Jean Martinelli) who supports himself by singing for pennies in a rough section of town. Only the local barkeeper knows that the vagabond is actually the illegitimate son of a prosperous and highly respected banker (Constant Remy). One would think that the film's dramatic climax would consist of a tearful reunion between father and son. Instead, this scene occurs in the middle of the picture; the rest of the film is a melodramatic melange of high emotionalism and low melodrama, culminating in the boy's suicide. Though billed first, Lya Gauty has an almost peripheral role as the hero's long-suffering sweetheart who sings at the drop of a hat and frequently brings her own hat.
Updated May 30 2020
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Cast
Marguerite Pierry
Adélaïde Pastoureau
Constant Rémy
André Laubier
Lys Gauty
Marie-Jeanne, la Goualeuse
Francine Bessy
Marcelle Laubier
Crew
Norbert Glanzberg
Music
Jean Bachelet
Director of Photography
Joseph Kosma
Music
René Renoux
Production Design
Jacques Desagneaux
Editor
Fernand Rivers
Director
Ludovic Halévy
Story
Jean Guitton
Dialogue
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