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 *Kings Go Forth* in the French village of Tourrettes-sur-Loup, 1957, Frank Sinatra, in character as a soldier, shares a scene with Marie Isnard. For this role, the production cast Isnard, a local villager who had never been to the cinema. Wearing a dark cloche hat and coat, she extends a bottle towards Sinatra, who, in full combat gear, raises a small glass as if in a toast. Despite her inexperience, Isnard learned her lines and performed the dialogue with great success, creating a poignant on-screen moment of human connection.

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