Albert Préjean (born Albert Hamon in Pantin, France, in 1894 – died in Paris in
1979) was a French actor-singer whose career spanned silent and sound cinema and
popular chanson. After serving in World War I, he entered the film industry in
the early 1920s, shooting his first five films with director Henri
Diamant-Berger, including Les Trois Mousquetaires(1921) and Vingt Ans après
(1922). In 1929 he directed a medium-length film, L’Aventure de Luna-Park. His
most lasting fame came with the 1930 René Clair musical Sous les toits de Paris,
in which he performed the title track and o...