Episode 33: She’s the Devil (1965)

One year after the Beatles gave us a rock 'n' roll movie musical, Frenchman Michel Legrand gave us the first fully sung-through original movie musical with The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. He and lyricist/director Jacques Demy set the world on fire with this candy-colored film that featured a moving Oscar-nominated song competing for the award with two comedy songs and a new tune from the popular duo of Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer. It's a very diverse group of songs that continued to highlight the changing tone of movie music in the 1960s. Learn more from host Jeff Commings on this exciting episode!