movie stars of the 30s under beautiful partner of the most famous singers of prewar Yvette Lebon will celebrate its 100th birthday in a few months. The opportunity to pay tribute to one of the most beautiful actresses in the history of French cinema, with which I have no close relationship, even if we share the same surname. A somewhat chaotic career that spans over 40 years, although few notable works are detached, actress has always fostered by personal taste or strategy shows and popular films of the genre of operetta epic films through films of swashbuckling.
Born in 1910 in Paris, Yvette Lebon takes very young dance classes and
paint. and did a little extra in a few filmed operettas with Henry Garat. Her slender figure and the beauty of his almond eyes are quite striking. Director Marc Allegret the remarks at a hearing. He plans to play in an adaptation of Bluebeard that will never see the day and finally assigned a role in Zouzou , starring Josephine Baker. In this film the very scenario agreed, the famous black artist is in love with Jean Gabin, his childhood friend who has eyes only for Claire (as the name is right!) Embodied by Yvette Lebon. Bleached platinum blonde (like John Harle superstar of the moment), the java Yvette dance in the arms of the mighty John, who sings a tune rabble him in the ear under the tender eye of Miss Baker. In 1935, she holds a secondary role in Divine Max Ophuls. But Yvette Lebon will mainly appear in musical films alongside the most popular singers of the moment. In Marinella (1936), a huge commercial success, it is a modest typist that occurs in shows incognito under the name of the singer hidden. Fate would have it, she falls for the singer masked, Tino Rossi. Needless to say rumba Marinella
Corsican sung by the singer obtained a tremendous success and sustainability. If Henri Jeanson connects the duck is tender with Tino Rossi "his sightless eyes have something pathetic," he says, "Yvette Lebon Tino stirred around a pair of legs he would be happy as usual." After the singer Corsican singer's turn Avignon Antonin Berval singing the serenade in Yvette Romero (1937) and especially "the way it is beautiful." It is the great popularity of operettas by Vincent Scotto Southern (who wrote the music for the film and so many memorable tunes) whose popularity and good humor wins over France.
In another vocal but on a screenplay of the same ilk, then it's John Light (still in the role of singer incognito!) Who sings the ballad alongside Yvette. Specializes in directory Delmet, renowned for the clarity of his voice and the delicacy of his interpretations, he interprets Here Paul Misraki tunes. After this t another commercial success, Yvette is the star on stage opera buffa Willemetz Albert and Arthur Honegger (!) "Small Cardinal"
where she sang alongside Saturnin Fabre and Monique Rolland . A passage on stage who will not feel particularly (operetta that will be adapted to the screen, without music and songs 12 years later). During filming of Gibraltar (1938), a war drama Fedor Ozep, she met Roger Duchesne, who became her first husband. The actress then adopts a more natural look by abandoning dyes platinum. The film reviews provide advice to spectators who would like him. Film Mirror recommends "no p
have tweezers eyebrows, and at night you can afford flowers and seashells in her hair to add to the air a little Asian in your face." Yvette Lebon is very active during the occupation; Already separated from Duchesne, we see much on the arm of President Jean Luchaire national corporation in the French press, before the eternal seducer with whom she had attended parties at all Paris and places as unsavory as the seat of French Gestapo if one refers to the novels of Patrick Modiano. Corinne, daughter of the famous collaborator also draw up a very unflattering portrait of Yvette in her autobiography, which she lets fly a few venomous spikes. Meanwhile, the beautiful Yvette is frequently cover entire life, Stars and some reviews were released during the war. She co-starred with Charles Trenet in the romance of Paris (1941), another film without ambition on the difficulties of an aspirant to stardom directed by Jean Boyer, a specialist in French music. In 1943, Yvette Lebon Sacha Guitry meeting which she will share
life some time. He offers her a role (finally) of interest in the Fabulous Destiny of Desiree Clary (who will be the subject of a Hollywood adaptation with Marlon Brando), a highly successful film. Upon release, Guitry does some jail while Yvette, who has shot several films for Continental, tries to distract the campaign. In the late '40s, Yvette Lebon met producer Waschberger Nathan, who before the war was responsible for distribution in Belgium of American films before working with George Jessel. He will give his wife who has nothing for years played the roles of femme fatales in the films "mainstream" of questionable quality that often produced in Italy. In all cases the first in the list is rather successful: it is a new version of the three musketeers, fast-paced. Lana Turner after she played a convincing Milady de Winter in Milady and the Musketeers (1952) alongside Hollywood star Rossano Brazzi. The camera Cottafavi, a pro film genre, focuses on e
beautiful face and expressive Yvette who thus makes a comeback that nobody expected. Then it is found in the prince in red mask another neat adaptative Cottafavi by Dumas, the mysteries of Paris (Italian version with Frank Villard not to be confused with that of Hunebelle exit 6 years later), the nights of Rasputin Hercules or Ulysses cons. Film dad, snubbed by the Paris critics. Ever blonde seductress, she plays twice alongside Gerard Barray, famous actor of action films of the 60 European and appeared in roles more modest until the early 70s. With her husband, she shares the failures (like the film on the Holocaust that he had produced for Jerry Lewis in 1972 - a kind of precursor of Life is Beautiful Benigni-who will never win the screens, or films on Atlantis abandoned by Frank Borzage too sick for filming) and the success that he will lead a retirement very golden in Beverly Hills. In the 70s, we see from time to time at parties or social events on yachts in the company of the jet set. Always very nice, it would give 
easily 20 years younger in the photo published in 1976 in a fashion magazine. Yvette Lebon lost her husband in 1992. His son Patrick took over. President of Summit Entertainment, he produced Mr and Mrs Smith with Brad Pitt in 2006, a big commercial success.
Yvette Lebon was this past March at the opening in Cannes an aisle dedicated to the great French crooner Jean Sablon.
films Yvette turned with Tino Rossi and Trenet are available on DVD. The opportunity to rediscover that which was the most beautiful actress of French cinema.
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