Marianne (1929 musical film)

The pictures were released less than eleven years after the Armistice, and the title would have had a profound meaning for European audiences.

She was a key figure in French propaganda, and American men who served in Europe in 1917-1918 would have seen representations of her all around them, in public buildings, on posters and in newspapers, on coins and postage stamps.

The song “Just You, Just Me”, composed by Jesse Greer, with lyrics by Raymond Klages, was introduced in this film by Lawrence Gray, playing the ukulele, and Marion Davies in a comic reprise.

They are given on-screen credits for “Interpolations”, along with Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, who wrote “Blondy”.

The “Music and Lyrics” credit goes to Roy Turk and Fred E Ahlert, who were responsible for “Marianne”, “When I See My Sugar”, “Oo-la-la-la-la” and “The Girl from Noochateau”.