Henri Betti
Henri Betti , of his true name Betti Angel, is a Compositeur and a Pianiste French born on July 24th, 1917 with Nice, in France, and deceased on July 7th, 2005 with Courbevoie, in France.
After solids musical studies, Henri Betti intended himself for a career of traditional pianist when he becomes guide of Maurice Chevalier. He then writes the music of forty songs in collaboration with this last ( the Song of the mason , 1941; Our hope , 1941; the Festival with Neu-neu , 1943, etc). After the war, he will be great successes with the Regiment of the mandolines (extracted from an operetta, Miss Printemps , 1946), and especially It is so good (1947) and Maître Pierre (1949).
In the years 1950, Henri Betti occurs itself on scene. During this period its musical production is abundant: reviews for the Lido, the Moulin-Rouge or the Madnesses Shepherdess and Operetta S ( Sweet talk , 1949, for Roger Nicolas; the School of the nude women , 1950, with Jacques Pills and Henri Genoa; Mobilette , 1953, with Suzy Delair and Lucien Lupi; Maria-Flora , with the Châtelet, in 1957, interpreted by Rudy Hirigoyen and Lilo - with additional airs of Francis Lopez; the Sun Merchant, with Mogador, with Tino Rossi).
Henri Betti is also type-setter of film musics and television series.
Henri Betti was 8 years administrator of the SACEM, two years vice-president and founding member of the " Committee of the cœur".
Catalog of films
1. A Girl on the Road (1952)
2. Hundred Francs a second (1953)
3. The Robin Last of Wood (1953)
4. Be Welcome (1953)
5. The Portrait of his/her Father (1953)
6. The Eye Slides about it (1954)
7. Both make the Pair (1955)
8. Duratons (1956)
9. The Merry Prison (1956)
10. Sweet talk (1956)
11. Honore of Marseilles (1956)
12. The Inn in Madness (1957)
13. Small cigarettes, Whiskey and Pépées (1959)
14. Aimed for the Hell (1959)
15. How Not to marry a Billionaire? (1966) (television series)