This town is most famous, however, for being the antebellum set for one of Italy's most loved film series: that of Peppone and Don Camillo, played by Gino Cervi and Fernandel and based on the books by Giovannino Guareschi.
She adopted the stage name Clairette at the suggestion of Fernandel.
The French people, however, were not as hostile to "Cantinflas", seeing in him a Mexican version of their Fernandel.
During her career, she appeared with all the great stars of French cinema, including Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan, Raimu, Jeanne Moreau, Danielle Darrieux, Micheline Presle, Paul Meurisse, Gérard Philipe, Louis Jouvet, Michel Simon, Simone Signoret, Fernandel, Jean-Louis Barrault.
Fun in the Barracks (French: Les Gaietés de l'escadron) is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Raimu, Jean Gabin and Fernandel.
The cast list includes several famous French actors: Fernandel, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Simon, Louis de Funès, Lino Ventura, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Aznavour, and a very young Alain Delon, but according to Bosley Crowther only one from seven episodes tickled him, in which play Louis de Funes and Jean-Claude Brialy.
Popular American comedian Bob Hunter (Bob Hope), star of stage, movies and television, boards the luxury liner SS Île de France to travel to France, only to find his French counterpart, Fernydel (Fernandel) is on the ship as well.