After playing the barber of Sevilla,the year before ,it was only natural that Luis Mariano became a hairdresser in "quatre jours à Paris" ,the title of which is a misnomer,by the way : only the first third takes place in Paris ; a girl from Provence comes to the capital for four days ,(hence the title) then leaves for her native village named "Chantolive" (=singing Olive ) .So all the characters wind up in this one-horse town where her daddy ,a restaurant owner , has problems with his hen house.
Another vehicle for Luis Mariano ,the ladies' icon , who
duly sings , as all his musicals : he has the de rigueur foil ,in the shape of Roger Nicolas ,and of course all the girls around at his beck and call ,the old and the young ,except for one vapid virgin ,the girl from the
Provence .
It's a cock and bull story ,involving a treatment to rejuvenate -Jeanne Sourza has to pay for this charlatan mistake,with her half-face turning pink -, deaths (of hens) in a house hen,Mariano masquerading as a poultry farming expert , the local police suspecting something shady in this inn -the way Andrex pronounces "pin-up " is hilarious -where those people from Paris could be spies ,particularly this French can can dancer who chases Mariano (who else?) who can't get rid of her .
Strictly for Mariano's bel canto fans.....
