"Scopitone"'s Shorts_10

Gloria Lasso in Venus.

This is the French version of Frankie Avalon's hit Venus, that reached the n. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (five weeks) and on the Italian chart (four weeks) in 1959. Gloria Lasso's rendition hit the n. 1 on the French chart (five weeks) in the same year.

Gloria Lasso's Venus is the very first Scopitone short ever filmed.
(Series number: CA-1.)

(Note: This edition has an overlay for the whole duration of the short.)

Dalida in Je n'ai jamais pu t'oublier (1964).

This is the French version of Gianni Morandi's hit In ginocchio da te [Kneeling by you] that won the summer song festival Cantagiro in 1964, reached the n. 1 on Italian chart in July of that year and inspired the musical comedy with the same title.

Sheila in Love, Maestro, Please.

Love, Maestro, Please is included in Sheila's EP with the same title (Disques Carrere) published in 1969.

Picture from Claude Bolling's Madison Time (1964)

Mireille Mathieu in Mon Credo.

Mireille Mathieu's Mon Credo reached the n. 1 on the French chart in April 1966.

Sheila's Petite fille de français moyen is included in her EP with the same title (Disques Carrere).

Vic Damone and chorus girls in Lost and Found.

Vic Damone's Lost and Found was published as a 45rpm single (Warner Bros. Records) in 1965.

(Note: On this video, the title is wrong.)