Based on the novella by Colette (1st edition 1944).
Paris, beginning of the 20th century. A girl receives lessons in courtesanship from an aunt. A rich bachelor who is a friend of the family becomes her natural candidate for a first lover. This guy has an older friend who is also a bachelor and has collected many mistresses over the course of his past life.
The lyrics are mostly good and some are very good. The actors are all good, as far as I can remember. The screenplay is well constructed, within the constraints of sentimental musical drama. The spectacle side of it is attractive, even though the mise-en-scene is frequently simple.
Rating: 59 (this is one of a number of films which I have no record of having watched before, but probably have, at least a part of it anyway).
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