Wann wirst du wieder bei mir sein! (Rare French version)...Nila Cara (Paris, 1943 / 4K /colorized)

Today's video features a rarity: the French version of "Wann wirst du wieder bei mir sein" (Lit. Wehn will you be at my side again?) from the 1942 musical comedy "Wir machen Musik". In French the title became "M'ami je garde mes baisers" (Darling, I'm saving all my kisses). This French version is radically different from the German original and has become a bluesy song.
The singer is Nila Cara (1916-99) - one of the most fascinating and mysterious voices of the wartime years in France. Known for her long blonde hair and a husky deep voice, Nila Cara made only four (commercially issued) recordings for Pathé between 1942 and 1944 (she made a few more in the 1950s). These records are quite rare and highly sought after. Her singing style is very bluesy as are themes of her songs : "Je vends des hot-dogs" talks about racism and drug addiction, "Pour cent mille francs par mois" about prostitution", "Je vous déteste les hommes" (from the 1941 movie "La Venus Aveugle") about the poor treatment of women by men... As such the songs from "Wir machen Musik" (French titel : Vive la Musique) seem like an odd choice. Nila Cara recorded French versions of "Mein Herz hat heut' Premiere" (which became "Partir au bout du monde") as well as "Wann wirst du wieder bei mir sein?". When listening to these songs, they sound very different from the original versions recorded by Ilse Werner. The song "Partir au bout du monde" was featured in a video a few months ago: • Mein Herz hat heut' Pr... .
According to the little information that is available about Nila Cara, she continued to sing in cabarets all over the world and lived in Argentina in the early 1950s, where she made recordings ("Donne-Moi" by Aznavour and Bécaud) and appeared in the movie "Más pobre que una Laucha" (Lit. Poorer than a mouse) as Mme Patachón, a cabaret singer. Her performance of the song "Béguin" can be seen here : • Video . Nila Cara's final performance was in the afternoon tv show "La Chance aux Chansons" in 1990.
The video features sequences from "Wir machen Musik" which have been restored and upscaled to a 4K resolution. They were then colorized mostly manually and purely for entertainment purposes. The colorization is NOT historically correct but it tries to recreate the warm colors of early Agfacolor movies and does give an impression of what the sets and costumes may have looked like.
About the record :
"M'ami je garde mes Baisers"
(Wann wirst du wieder bei mir sein)
Nila Cara
Orchestre sous la direction de Marius Coste
Pathé
PD 36 / CPT 5752-1
Paris,
09-11-1943
The audio of the past videos was not as good as it should have been due to faulty settings in the equalizer. Hopefully this has been resolved. The record was transferred using a Graham Slee Revelation M Phono Preamp (bass Turnover 250 Hz - Rolloff 0) in combination with a Klark Teknik Tube Equalizer. The cartridge and stylus used is an Ortofon Om78. Editing was done in Adobe Audition.
"M'ami je garde mes baisers" was issued on the red Pathé label with "PD" catalogue numbers which is somewhat of mystery. The red label was mostly used for classical music yet in the summer and autumn of 1943 several singers under contract to Pathé recorded songs which were subsequently released on the red instead of the usual dark blue label. The one thing a lot have them have in common is that all were translations of songs featured in German movies. These records are extremely rare.

[@snookerbee]

Der Film und die Musik darin sind großartig. Ebenso Deine Präsentation der gefärbten Szenen. Die französische Liedfassung sagt mir sehr zu. Diese unerwartete Stimmung der Sängerin ist absolut faszinierend und gibt der Musik eine sehr eigene originelle Note. Danke fürs Raussuchen dieser Rarität!

[@philippejenvrin2741]

Sehr gut Franzôsiche
Version !❤

[@wolfdietrich9467]

Sounds like a parody, the original is much better!

[@Leotaurus1975]

It is certainly very different but a parody it is not. ;-)

[@templedrake6890]

Yes, I quite agree. Ilse Werner yesterday, today, and always.