Frank Sinatra on the set of the film Kings Go Forth in the village of Tourette-sur-Loup, 1957. Sinatra needed an old lady to partner him in this scene. The villager Marie Isnard, who had never been to the cinema in her life, learned her lines and got through the dialogue very successfully. Sinatra's lines were: 'Vive General de Gaulle, Vive les Folies-Bergere", about the only French he knew. Tourrettes-sur-Loup 1957.
On the set of the film *Kings Go Forth* in Tourette-sur-Loup, 1957, Frank Sinatra, in the role of an American soldier, shares a drink with local villager Marie Isnard. For the scene, Isnard, who had never been to the cinema, successfully learned her lines to partner the star. From a stone embankment, other villagers watch the production unfold. Sinatra’s dialogue was limited to the only French he reportedly knew: "Vive General de Gaulle, Vive les Folies-Bergere."
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