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Antoinette (film)
''Antoinette'' (French: ''Conduisez-moi, Madame'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Jeanne Boitel, Armand Bernard and Nadine Picard. It is a remake of the German film ''Chauffeur Antoinette'' which was also directed by Selpin. A British version ''The Love Contract'' was also produced the same year.Goble p.124 Synopsis After she loses her money through financial investment, a wealthy widow takes a job as a chauffeur for the speculator responsible for her losses. He promises her that if she is a perfect driver for three months he will restore her former estate to her, but throws a number of obstacles in her path. Cast * Jeanne Boitel as Antoinette * Armand Bernard as Émile * Nadine Picard as Véra de Saurin * Rolla Norman as André Réville * Pierre Magnier as Le baron Georges * Georgé as Pierre * Jacques Varennes as M. de Saurin * Henry Bonvallet Henry may refer to: People * Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Selpin
Herbert Selpin (29 May 1904 – 1 August 1942) was a German film director and screenwriter of light entertainment during the 1930s and 1940s. He is best known for his final film, the partly suppressed ''Titanic (1943 film), Titanic'', during the production of which he was arrested by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. He was later found dead in his prison cell. Life and career Herbert Selpin was born on 29 May 1904 in Berlin. After his medical studies in the same city, Selpin worked as a dancer, boxer, librarian, and art seller before he obtained, in the mid-1920s, an internship at the prestigious Universum Film AG, UFA film studios. Among other assignments at UFA, he worked on the set of Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's ''Faust (1926 film), Faust'' (1926). Selpin was subsequently employed by the European subsidiary of the Fox Film Corporation, where he held several positions, including – in 1927 – that of director's assistant to Walther Ruttmann on the set of ''Berlin: Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Contract
''The Love Contract'' is a 1932 British musical film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Winifred Shotter, Owen Nares and Sunday Wilshin. The screenplay concerns a young woman who becomes the driver of a wealthy stockbroker who lost her family's savings. It was based on a play by Jean de Letraz, Suzette Desty and Roger Blum. It was produced by Herbert Wilcox's company British & Dominions Film Corporation.Sutton p.263 Alternate language versions were made in French ('' Conduisez-moi Madame'') and in German (''Chauffeur Antoinette''), both of which were also directed by Selpin. Cast * Winifred Shotter as Antoinette * Owen Nares as Neville Cardington * Sunday Wilshin as Mrs. Savage * Miles Malleson as Peters * Gibb McLaughlin as Hodge * Spencer Trevor as Mr. Savage * Frank Harvey as Bank Manager * Cosmo Kyrle Bellew Cosmo Kyrle Bellew (November 23, 1883–January 25, 1948) was a British/American vaudeville and film actor. Cosmo Bellew in 1925 Biography Bellew, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Herbert Selpin
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s French-language Films
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1932 Films
The following is an overview of 1932 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1932 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading headline events of the year. * Sidney Kent leaves Paramount Pictures and joins Fox Film. * Merlin H Aylesworth succeeds Hiram S Brown as president of RKO. * Jesse L. Lasky leaves Paramount and becomes an independent producer for Fox. * Sam Katz leaves Paramount. * James R Grainger leaves Fox and is succeeded by John D Clark, formerly of Paramount. * Publix and Fox decentralization of cinemas. * New industry program, including standard exhibition contract along lines of 5-5-5, proposed by Motion Picture Theater Owners of America and Allied. * Joe Brandt retires from Columbia Pictures joins World-Wide and later resigns again. * Two Radio City theaters open, under dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manou (actor)
Manou may refer to: * Manu (Hinduism), the Hindu progenitor of humanity * Manou, Eure-et-Loir, a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in France * Graham Manou Graham Allan Manou (born 23 April 1979) is a former Australian cricketer who played for South Australia and the Melbourne Renegades in Australian domestic cricket, as well as one Test match and several One Day Internationals for the Australian ..., Australian cricketer * Manou, a member of the German pop group beFour {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lise Elina
Lise may refer to: People *Eliseo Nicolás Alonso (known as Lise; 1955–2012), Spanish woodcarver and sculptor *Claude Lise (born 1941), French politician from Martinique Given name Lise is a variant of the given name Lisa *Lise de Baissac, Mauritian secret agent of the Special Operations Executive in World War II *Lise Cabble, Danish singer and songwriter *Lise Lindstrom, American operatic soprano *Lise Magnier (born 1984), French politician *Lise Mayer (born 1959), American-born English television and film writer *Lise Meitner (1878–1968), Austrian-Swedish physicist *Lise Myhre (born 1975), Norwegian cartoonist *Lise Salvas-Bronsard (1940–1995), Canadian economist *Lise Thériault (born 1966), Canadian politician *Lise Thibault (born 1939), Canadian politician *Lise Tréhot (1848–1922) a French art model Other uses *Lise, Široki Brijeg, a village in Široki Brijeg municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina *''Lise with a Parasol'', an 1867 painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir *Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Sorbier
Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean Pierre Polnareff, a fictional character from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' Places * Jean, Nevada, USA; a town * Jean, Oregon, USA Entertainment * Jean (dog), a female collie in silent films * "Jean" (song) (1969), by Rod McKuen, also recorded by Oliver * ''Jean Seberg'' (musical), a 1983 musical by Marvin Hamlisch Other uses * JEAN (programming language) * USS ''Jean'' (ID-1308), American cargo ship c. 1918 * Sternwheeler Jean, a 1938 paddleboat of the Willamette River See also *Jehan * * Gene (other) * Jeanne (other) * Jehanne (other) * Jeans (other) * John (other) John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bonvallet
Henry may refer to: People * Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany ** Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Varennes
Jacques Varennes (6 September 1894 – 8 November 1958) was a French film actor who appeared in around seventy films during his career. He appeared in Maurice Tourneur's 1938 historical film '' The Patriot''.Waldman p.156 Selected filmography * ''Les amours de minuit'' (1931) - Gaston Bouchard * ''The Devil's Holiday'' (1931) - Charlie Thorne * ''Fra Diavolo'' (1931) - Viani * '' When Love Is Over'' (1931) - Robert Fournier * ''Le disparu de l'ascenseur'' (1932) - Alfred Tortoran * ''Criez-le sur les toits'' (1932) * ''Antoinette'' (1932) - M. de Saurin * '' The House of Mystery'' (1933) - Henri Corradin * ''Une nuit de folies'' (1934) - Julot * ''Chansons de Paris'' (1934) - Bermasse * ''Brevet 95-75'' (1934) - Pierre Violey * '' Little Jacques'' (1934) - Daniel Mortal * ''Le bossu'' (1934) - Le prince de Gonzague * ''Jim la houlette'' (1935) - Maitre Clisson * ''Le bébé de l'escadron'' (1935) * ''Un soir de bombe'' (1935) - Paulo * ''Un de la légion'' (1936) - Durand * ''La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Magnier
Pierre Frédéric Magnier (February 22, 1869 - October 15, 1959) was a French actor who began on the stage in the 1890s and became a prominent silent film actor in France. He was the second actor to portray ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' in any film in 1925. He continued acting until the 1950s. He is most remembered for the role of the General in Jean Renoir's ''La règle du jeu'', where he has one of the films more poignant quotes (''and the film's final line'') when he praises Marcel Dalio's character as one of "''a vanishing breed''." Selected filmography * '' Le Duel D'Hamlet'' with Sarah Bernhardt (1900) * '' André Cornélis'' (1918) *''La Roue'' (1923) * ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (1925) * ''Tossing Ship'' (1932) * ''Antoinette'' (1932) * '' All for Love'' (1933) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1933) * '' Second Bureau'' (1935) * '' Lady Killer'' (1937) * ''The Lie of Nina Petrovna'' (1937) * '' The Cheat'' (1937) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1937) * ''Golden Venus'' (1938) * '' Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
