Ça c'est Paris! Les Années folles: Leo Reisman's Orchestra - Paree!, 1927

[Jamo6ful]

very beautiful song 

[1920sbuff]

This 'Paree' song has some Spanish flavor to it and no wonder since the composer is José Padilla... whatever, it is delightfful.

[barbcard]

@dzheger Let's make it a foursome (or quartet). I'm not sure, though, about Les Deux Magots; last time I was there it was tres tres cher and filled with tourists, How about Le Cafe Pierre in the Marais?

[barbcard]

@240252 Yes, Ferlinghetti is still alive @91 and living in SF. I just learned via Google that his first language was French and he was raised there by an aunt. So in odd ways everything connects! BTW, when he visited DC he stopped at my house to rest up before his reading at the old Writer's Center. When he got off the plane from SF he kept saying "Eastern trees. eastern trees." I don't think he was trying to be poetic; in fact it sounded so obvious I had to keep myself from laughing.

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[HarborGuy]

Fabulous, but you couldn't quite fly to Paris in l931 ..........Great recording and photos.

[240252]

@HarborGuy Well, Charles Lindbergh made his solo flight from New York to Paris in 1927, so the flying services must have been quite advenced these days, as it seems. I Poland, the first regular passenger line was Aero-Targ and it connected Warsaw and Poznań as early as in 1921 :-)

[HarborGuy]

@240252 I meant from the U.S. That happened I believe in the mid l930's.

[camille885]

"Paris, c'est une blonde..."

This song is a legend! Thanks for sharing

[240252]

@camille885 Yes, Paris is a woman! Thanks, Camille :-)

[Masquerade03]

Stylish and touching at the same time! Padilla music always had a nostalgic note that here is deeper with the help of those wonderful images. Reisman is great for these ocasions.Thank you Grzegorz!

[240252]

@Masquerade03 Padilla was a genius! At least four of his tunes have conquered the world forever: El Relicario, La Violetera, Valencia and Ça c'est Paris. I also think, Reisman does a really good job here. Regretfully, I don't know Franklyn Baur's version. Thank you for your post :-)

[genia106]

LOVE LA MIS....

She is PARIS.....

Great visual and Fabulous Chanson....Almost like March.

YES.... A March on Paris.....Vive La France!! :-))

Merci...

Bisous (Smooch)

Genia

[240252]

@genia106 Paris c'est une blonde

Qui plaît à tout le monde

Le nez retroussé l'air moqueur

Les yeux toujours rieurs

Tous ceux qui la connaissent

Grisés par ses caresses

S'en vont mais reviennent toujours

Paris à tes amours

[tango3721]

Hi Grzegorz - Frame 1:55 is so fabulous so Paris style and s is frame 2:55. Paris is a city of Love, Poetry and all the Excitiement - however - when I studied in Warsaw - we used to say that Warsaw is a Paris of Eastern Europe. Perhaps Warsaw is even more splendid in a lot of ways!  At any rate - great upload - thanks a million!!!

[240252]

@tango3721 Lana, the drawing at 1:55 is one of the press ads of the House of Worth. Worth was one of the oldest first row couture houses in Paris. In 1920s it extended its name to luxury perfumes and toilette products. However, it did not sustain the competition when new firms appeared, like Chanel etc. In 1950s the House merged with Paquin, then it collapsed.

[n64wilbert]

@240252 Where did you get those marvelous photographs of Paris during Les Années folles?

[barbcard]

In this increasingly crazy world at least we'll always have Paris! Even if it's only the Paris of the Mind, as American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti said about Coney Island lo! these many years ago.

[240252]

@barbcard Ja, Paris bleibt Paris as my Gross Tante used to say. She, ofcourse, meant Berlin, but I prefer Paris, instead. I regret I never read that Ferlighetti's poem, about Coney Island. Do you know, I nearly met him when I was in SF? He and Richard's uncle were friends and years ago they worked together on establishing City Lights Editions. Is Lawrence still alive? He must be around a 100 y.o. now?

[dzheger]

A vivacious version of this lovely song. Paree, the city of light , the city of fashion, city of delicious food and charming cafes. Ca c'est Paris! I wish I was there right mow.

[240252]

@dzheger Dear D., I wish I was sitting now with you and Kenneth in one of such cafes like at 0:58 just as we did not long ago, in Warsaw. We MUST repeat it! :-)))

[dzheger]

@240252 Wouldn't it be wonderful! I'm sure cafe Les Deux Magots on Boulevard St. Germain would be just the right place on a nice spring day. Alors, a bientot a Paris, mon ami!

[kerzanton]

Superbe