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Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Adrienne D'Ambricourt (born Adrienne DuNontier; 2 June 1878 – 6 December 1957) was a French-American actress of the silent and sound film eras. She was born in Paris, and emigrated to the United States after the end of World War I. Biography She began acting in the 1922 Gershwin Broadway musical comedy, ''The French Doll'', in which she had one of the main roles, "Baroness Mazulier". She made her film debut in the 1924 silent film, '' The Humming Bird'', where she was one of Gloria Swanson's gang of thieves who turned into resistance fighters in World War I. With the advent of talking pictures, and before dubbing came into general use, D'Ambricourt was used in several films which were the French version of English language ones, such as ''Quand on est belle'' (''The Easiest Way'' — 1931), ''L'énigmatique Mr. Parkes'' ('' Slightly Scarlet'' — 1930), and ''Nuit d'Espagne'' ('' Transgression'' — 1931). She appeared in over 70 films, including such classics as ''Casablan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Girls
''Les Girls'' (also known as ''Cole Porter's Les Girls'') is a 1957 American CinemaScope musical comedy film directed by George Cukor and produced by Sol C. Siegel, with Saul Chaplin as associate producer. The screenplay by John Patrick was based on a story by Vera Caspary. The music and lyrics were by Cole Porter. It stars Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, and Taina Elg, and the cast also includes Jacques Bergerac, Leslie Phillips, Henry Daniell, and Patrick Macnee. Premise After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren (Kay Kendall) is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele (Taina Elg). A ''Rashomon''-style narrative presents the story from three points of view. Sybil accuses Angele of having an affair with Barry (Gene Kelly). Angele insists that it was actually Sybil who was having the affair. Finally, Barry gives his side of the story. Cast * Gene Kelly as Barry Nichols * Mitzi Gaynor as Joy Henderson * Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Nights (film)
''Spanish Nights'' (French:''Nuit d'Espagne'') is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Henri de la Falaise and starring Jeanne Helbling, Rose Dione and Geymond Vital.Waldman & Slide, p. 133 It is the French-language version of '' Transgression'', with only Adrienne D'Ambricourt appearing in both films. Cast * Jeanne Helbling as Elsie Maury * Rose Dione as Paula Vrain * Geymond Vital as Le marquis de Lupa * Jean Delmour as Robert Maury * Marcelle Corday as Undetermined Role * Adrienne D'Ambricourt Adrienne D'Ambricourt (born Adrienne DuNontier; 2 June 1878 – 6 December 1957) was a French-American actress of the silent and sound film eras. She was born in Paris, and emigrated to the United States after the end of World War I. Biography ... as Julie References Bibliography * Harry Waldman & Anthony Slide. ''Hollywood and the Foreign Touch: A Dictionary of Foreign Filmmakers and Their Films from America, 1910-1995''. Scarecrow Press, 1996. External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Proceso De Mary Dugan
''The Trial of Mary Dugan'' (Spanish:''El proceso de Mary Dugan''; French:''Le procès de Mary Dugan'') is a 1931 American drama film directed by Marcel De Sano and Gregorio Martínez Sierra and starring José Crespo, Adrienne D'Ambricourt and Juan de Landa. It is based on Bayard Veiller's play ''The Trial of Mary Dugan''. The film is a Spanish-language version of the 1929 hit ''The Trial of Mary Dugan''. It was decided by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to remake the film for the Spanish market rather than subtitle or dub it as it contained long periods of static talking during the courtroom scenes.Jarvinen p.45 French and German versions were also made. The film re-used the sets designed by Cedric Gibbons for the original 1929 film. Cast * José Crespo as Jimmy Dugan * Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Marie Ducrol * Juan de Landa as Insp. Hunt * María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara as Mary Dugan * Delia Magaña as Dagmar Lorne * Celia Montalván as May Harris * Francisco Moreno as S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What A Widow!
''What a Widow!'' was a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and produced by and starring Gloria Swanson. It was distributed through United Artists. The film was produced by Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. It received generally positive reviews and was noted for its animated title sequence created by William Dietz, but was met with lukewarm returns at the box office. Cast *Gloria Swanson as Tamarind Brook *Owen Moore as Gerry Morgan *Lew Cody as Victor *Margaret Livingston as Valli *William Holden as Mr. Lodge *Herbert Braggiotti as Jose Alvarado *Gregory Gaye as Baslikoff * Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Paulette *Nella Walker as Marquise *Daphne Pollard as Masseuse *Reginald Sharland (uncredited) Preservation status This film is now considered a lost film. The soundtrack is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and the trailer is preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collections and The United Artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bad One
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trial Of Mary Dugan (film)
''The Trial of Mary Dugan'' is a 1929 American pre-Code film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Norma Shearer. The film is based on the 1927 Broadway stage play ''The Trial of Mary Dugan'' by Bayard Veiller, who also directed the film. On stage the play had starred Ann Harding (in Shearer's role), who would come to Hollywood a few years later at the beginning of talkies. This was Veiller's first and only sound film directorial effort as he had directed several silent films before 1922. The play was also published as a novel authored by William Almon Wolff, published in 1928. The 1941 film of the same name is an MGM remake. Plot Mary Dugan, a Broadway showgirl, is charged with murder in the knifing death of her wealthy lover, and goes on trial for her life. When her defense counsel appears to bungle his job, Mary's brother Jimmy, a newly licensed attorney, jumps into the case to defend his sister. Jimmy's courtroom style is unconventional, but he seems t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Modern Maidens
''Our Modern Maidens'' is a 1929 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Jack Conway. Starring Joan Crawford in her last silent film role, the film also stars Rod La Rocque, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Anita Page. ''Our Modern Maidens'' has no audible dialog, but features a synchronized soundtrack and sound effects. Plot Heiress Billie Brown (Crawford), is engaged to marry her longtime sweetheart, budding diplomat Gil Jordan (Fairbanks). When Billie goes to see senior diplomat Glenn Abbott (La Rocque) about ensuring that Gil get a favorable assignment, Billie and Glenn are undeniably attracted to one another. Gil is likewise attracted to Kentucky Strafford (Page), Billie's houseguest, who becomes pregnant by Gil. Gil finds that he loves Kentucky, but marries Billie instead. Once Billie realizes that Kentucky is pregnant with Gil's child, their marriage is annulled and both are paired up with the people they truly love. Cast * Joan Crawford...Billie Brown * Rod La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footlights And Fools
''Footlights and Fools'' is a 1929 American pre-Code film directed by William A. Seiter that was billed by Warner Brothers as an all-talking musical film and released in Vitaphone with Technicolor sequences. Plot Moore plays the "dual" role of a French singer in America who was originally an American chorus girl in France to acquire a new persona. Cast * Colleen Moore as Betty Murphy / Fifi D'Auray * Raymond Hackett as Jimmy Willet *Fredric March as Gregory Pyne * Virginia Lee Corbin as Claire Floyd *Mickey Bennett as Call boy *Edward Martindel as Chandler Cunnungham * Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Jo *Fred Howard as Treasurer (credited as Frederick Howard) *Sydney Jarvis as Stage manager *Cleve Moore as Press agent *Andy Rice Jr. as Song plugger *Ben Hendricks Jr. as Stage doorman *Larry Banthim as Bud Burke * Earl Bartlett as Trio Leader (uncredited) *Nora Cecil (uncredited) Production background This film was Moore's fourth film under her contract signed February 28, 1929. It f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God Gave Me Twenty Cents
''God Gave Me Twenty Cents'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and written by Elizabeth Meehan and John Russell. The film stars Lois Moran, Lya De Putti, Jack Mulhall, William Collier, Jr., Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Leo Feodoroff, and Rosa Rosanova. The film was released on November 20, 1926, by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the novel ''God Gave Me Twenty Cents'' by Dixie Willson, subsequently remade by Paramount British as a sound film ''Ebb Tide'' in 1932. Cast *Lois Moran as Mary * Lya De Putti as Cassie Lang *Jack Mulhall as Steve Doren * William Collier, Jr. as Barney Tapman *Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Ma Tapman *Leo Feodoroff as Andre Dufour *Rosa Rosanova as Mrs. Dufour *Claude Brooke as The Florist Preservation With no prints of ''God Gave Me Twenty Cents'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wages Of Virtue
''Wages of Virtue'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Forrest Halsey and Percival Christopher Wren. The film stars Gloria Swanson, Ben Lyon, Norman Trevor, Ivan Linow, Armand Cortes, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, and Paul Panzer. The film was released on November 10, 1924, by Paramount Pictures. It was shot at the Astoria Studios in New York. It is based on a novel by Percival Christopher Wren, best known as the author of ''Beau Geste''. Like that story, ''Wages of Virtue'' is based around the French Foreign Legion, and an Italian woman who runs a café in Algiers frequented by the Legionnaires. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Luigi (Linow), a strong man, head of a small show, saves the life of a young woman, Carmelita (Swanson), and persuades her to join his company. His assistant, Giuseppe (Cortes), arouses his jealousy and he kills him. To escape the police, Luigi leaves, taking Carmelita with him, and they finally land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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