In Paris, 1958, the Jean-Louis Barrault-Madeleine Renaud Company presented its first musical, Offenbach's La Vie Parisienne, which was written in 1866 for a Parisian company of comedians. The Barrault-Renaud revival was a huge success; in 1964 thje company brought the production to New York to run with, I believe, two other plays. In 1967, the musical was broadcast on French television with some cast changes. Barrault was no longer playing the wealthy Brazilian tourist, Renaud was no longer playing the Baroness, and Suzy Delair was replaced by Micheline Dax as Metella, the whore with a heart of gold. Unlike the other DVDs of La Vie Parisienne that I've seen, this broadcast is funny, broadly acted, and quite wonderful. Pierre Bertin, who has to be in his early 60s, makes a wonderful Baron de Gondremark.