The French Way

Fussy French matron Gabrielle Dorziat douses an enemy pedestrian then sees her new neighbor, the first scene for Josephine Baker as Mlle. Zazu across the street, who tangles with philosophical vagrant Lucien Baroux, in the wartime comedy The French Way, shot in 1940, released in 1945.

Cabaret star Zazu (Josephine Baker) happily reviews the work by beggar Leon (Lucien Baroux), whom she’s hired to tape up her windows in wartime Paris, then receives her composer Gregor (Jean Tissier), who has a song ready for the reopening of her club, in The French Way, shot in 1940, released in 1945.