André Nicolle
André Nicolle (1 June 1885 – 25 February 1945) was a French film actor.Phillips p.212 Selected filmography * ''The Chocolate Girl'' (1927) * ''Karina the Dancer'' (1928) * ''The Vein'' (1928) * ''Temptation'' (1929) * '' The Unknown Dancer'' (1929) * ''Miss Europe'' (1930) * '' Accused, Stand Up!'' (1930) * ''Once Upon a Time'' (1933) * '' The Scandal'' (1934) * ''Skylark'' (1934) * '' Personal Column'' (1939) * ''Whirlwind of Paris'' (1939) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''White Wings'' (1943) * ''A Cage of Nightingales ''A Cage of Nightingales'' ( French: ''La Cage aux rossignols'') is a 1945 French film directed by Jean Dréville. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story, and served as an inspiration for the film '' The Chorus'' (2004). Synopsis ...'' (1945) References Bibliography * Phillips, Alastair. ''City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939''. Amsterdam University Press, 2004. External links * 1885 births 1945 de ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Skylark (1934 Film)
''Skylark'' (French: ''Adémaï aviateur'') is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Jean Tarride and starring Noël-Noël, Fernandel and Junie Astor. The character of Adémaï had previously appeared in short films but this was his first feature-length appearance.Sadoul p.69 He subsequently appeared in the historical comedy '' Adémaï in the Middle Ages'' in 1935. Synopsis Adémaï has joined the French Air Force, but during some leave he finds himself unwillingly engaged to a farmer's daughter. To try and escape this he has himself transferred to pilot training. However Méchelet, the man he mistakenly believes is his training instructor, in fact knows no more about flying than he does. Fearing to try and land the two keep flying, breaking a world record in the process. Cast * Noël-Noël as Adémaï * Fernandel as Méchelet * Junie Astor as Marguerite * Sylvia Bataille as Marie-Jeanne * Paul Azaïs as L'adjudant * Paul Asselin as Le commandant * André Nicolle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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French Male Silent Film Actors
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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French Male Film Actors
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1945 Deaths
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Russians. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army. * January 13 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Pruss ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1885 Births
Events January–March * January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam. * January 4 – The first successful appendectomy is performed by Dr. William W. Grant, on Mary Gartside. * January 17 – Mahdist War in Sudan – Battle of Abu Klea: British troops defeat Mahdist forces. * January 20 – American inventor LaMarcus Adna Thompson patents a roller coaster. * January 24 – Irish rebels damage Westminster Hall and the Tower of London with dynamite. * January 26 – Mahdist War in Sudan: Troops loyal to Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad conquer Khartoum; British commander Charles George Gordon is killed. * February 5 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State, as a personal possession. * February 9 – The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii. * February 16 – Charles Dow publishes ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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A Cage Of Nightingales
''A Cage of Nightingales'' ( French: ''La Cage aux rossignols'') is a 1945 French film directed by Jean Dréville. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story, and served as an inspiration for the film '' The Chorus'' (2004). Synopsis Clement Mathieu seeks to publish his novel without success. With the help of a friend who is a journalist, his story about the 'Cage of Nightingales' is slipped surreptitiously into a newspaper... In France, in the 1930s, a supervisor at a rehabilitation house awakens difficult teens' inner musical tendencies by forming a choir, despite the director's skepticism. Later, this experience is reported in a novel in a major newspaper. The history of the Cage of Nightingales' is directly inspired by that of an actual educational centre, called Ker Goat, where Jacques Dietz, Roger Riffier and their teams worked to help children in difficulty through choral singing and innovative teaching methods. Cast *Noël-Noël as Clément Mathieu *Michelin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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White Wings (1943 Film)
''White Wings'' (French: ''Les ailes blanches'') is a 1943 French drama film directed by Robert Péguy and starring Gaby Morlay, Jacques Dumesnil and Marcelle Géniat.Rège p.930 It was shot at the Photosonor Studios at Courbevoie in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Jaquelux and Lucien Aguettand. Synopsis Sister Claire, a nun is dedicated to saving girls who have fallen on hard times, due to her own experience many years before. She encounters a composer who comes to tune the convent's harmonium, a widower with three daughters. He is particularly concerned about the eldest girl Lucette, who has fallen into bad company and has become pregnant. Cast * Gaby Morlay as Claire Neubourg devenue Soeur Claire * Jacques Dumesnil as Gérard Clairval * Marcelle Géniat as Soeur Louise - la tante de Claire * Jacques Baumer as Henri Lebourg * Irène Corday as Lucette * Pierre Magnier as Dupuis-Villeuse * Lysiane Rey as Nadine * Georges Vitray as Maî ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Beating Heart (film)
''Beating Heart'' (French: ''Battement de coeur'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Danielle Darrieux, Claude Dauphin and André Luguet. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film' sets were designed by the art directors Léon Barsacq and Jean Perrier. It was inspired by the 1939 Italian film ''Heartbeat''. The film was remade in Hollywood as ''Heartbeat'' in 1946 starring Ginger Rogers and Basil Rathbone. Affron & Affron p.318 Synopsis It tells the story of a young woman escaping from reform school who tries to steal a foreign ambassador's watch but ends up falling in love with him. Cast * Danielle Darrieux as Arlette * Claude Dauphin as Pierre de Rougemont * André Luguet as Le comte d'Argay - l'ambassadeur * Junie Astor as La comtesse Florence d'Argay - l'ambassadrice * Charles Dechamps as Le baron Dvorak * Sylvain Itkine as Le premier voleur * Pierre Feuillère as Le second voleur * Jean Hébey as Ponthus * Julien Care ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Whirlwind Of Paris
''Whirlwind of Paris'' (French: ''Tourbillon de Paris'') is a 1939 French musical comedy film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and starring Ray Ventura, Mona Goya and Grégoire Aslan. Powrie & Cadalanu p.259 The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne and Robert Gys. Synopsis A group of students from Grenoble University form an orchestra and try to gain work in Paris. Cast * Ray Ventura as himself * Fernand Charpin as Charbonnier * Marguerite Pierry as Mme. Charbonnier * Mona Goya as Marie-Claude * Jean Tissier as Rosales * Paul Misraki as Paul * Claire Jordan as Mony * Ludmilla Pitoëff as Mony * Grégoire Aslan as Coco * Jimmy Gaillard as Un collégien * Robert Ozanne as Julot * Paul Demange as Le commissaire * André Dassary as Un collégien * Pierre Feuillère as Le compositeur * Madeleine Suffel as La caissière * Claire Gérard as La concierge * Georges Bever as Le machiniste * Milly Mathis as Pâquerette * Marcel Vallée as Barigoul * Jeanne F ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Personal Column (film)
''Personal Column'' (french: Pièges) is a 1939 French thriller film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Maurice Chevalier, Pierre Renoir, Marie Déa and Erich von Stroheim. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Maurice Colasson and Georges Wakhévitch. ''Lured'', an American re-make, directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Lucille Ball, was released in 1947. Plot After one of her fellow taxi dancers is murdered by an unknown man whom she met through a personal column ad, Adrienne Charpentier is recruited by the police to answer a series of similar adverts to try to track down the killer. She meets and falls in love with the charming nightclub owner and womanizer Robert Fleury, but clues begin to appear that suggest that it is he who is the murderer. Partial cast * Maurice Chevalier as Robert Fleury * Marie Déa as Adrienne Charpentier, la journaliste/the newspaper woman * Pierre Renoir as Brémontier * Erich von Stroh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Scandal (1934 French Film)
''The Scandal'' (French: ''Le Scandale'') is a 1934 French romantic drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Gaby Morlay, Henri Rollan, and Jean Galland. The film is based on a play written by Henry Bataille, which had previously been turned in a 1923 British silent film of the same title.Goble p.28 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Gys and Pierre Schild. Cast * Gaby Morlay as Charlotte Férioul * Henri Rollanas Maurice Férioul * Jean Galland as Count Artanezzo * Mady Berry as Misses Férioul * Pierre Larquey as Parizot * Jean Marais as the lift operator * Milly Mathis as the café keeper * Mircha as Little Riquet * Gaby Triquet as Suzanne * André Nicolle as Jeannetier * Paulette Burguet as Margaridou See also * ''The Scandal (1923 film) ''The Scandal'' is a 1923 British-French silent drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Henry Victor, Edward O'Neill and Vanni Marcoux.Palmer p.50 Cast * Henry Victor as Artenezzo * E ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |