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Hélène Regelly and Georges Jouatte in Benatzky's "Tout Bleu"

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Recently, jozelfsterkens posted a fantastic version of this, featuring André Goavec and Rose Carday. This one with Regelly (first picture) and Jouatte (no picture found) is awesome too. Hélène Regelly (1904-2001) had her great breakthrough at the age of 28 when she stood in for Gabrielle Ristori in this performance of the "White Horse Inn". Two years later, she had another big success in Szulc's "Mandrin". Soon after, unfortunately, she ended up in oblivion. It's a shame, as from this record one can tell she was a superb singer. Some sources state that she dubbed Louise Brooks in the singing scenes of Genina's "Prix de Beauté". I'm not entirely sure whether this is true, but it definitely sounds like her (check this footage elsewhere on YT). However, she modestly continued to sing in province theatres and on the radio till about 1960. As for Georges Jouatte (1892-1969), he is a classical tenor largely forgotten today although he was quite influential in French music life. He made his debut as Faust in Berlioz's Damnation of Faust in July 1935. He was a great pedagogue, counting among his pupils famous French artists like Régine Crespin, Alain Fondary, Mady Mesplé and Roger Soyer. This outstanding record, happily blending classical and dance band music, was made for Odéon in 1932. Regelly and Jouatte were accompanied by the brilliant Orchestre du Théâtre Mogador (where the Parisian premiere took place), directed by Gabriel Diot.