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Antonin Berval
Antonin Berval (1891–1966) was a French film actor.Goble p.4 He is sometimes credited simply as Berval. Selected filmography * ''Notre Dame d'amour'' (1923) * ''Arthur'' (1931) - Hubert de Fondragon * ''Le costaud des PTT'' (1931) * ''To the Polls, Citizens'' (1932) - Un électeur à voix * ''Si tu veux'' (1932) - Renaud * '' Maurin of the Moors'' (1932) - Maurin * ''Les vingt-huit jours de Clairette'' (1933) - Vivarel * ''L'illustre Maurin'' (1933) - Maurin * ''Chourinette'' (1934) - Vernonet * ''Roi de Camargue'' (1935) - Renaud * ' (1935) - Justin * ''Gaspard de Besse'' (1935) - Gaspard * ''Le roman d'un spahi'' (1936) - Saint-Hilaire * ''Notre-Dame d'amour'' (1936) - Jean Pastorel * ''La tentation'' (1936) * ''Romarin'' (1937) - Tonin * ''Franco de port'' (1937) - Monsieur Fred * ''Un soir à Marseille'' (1938) - L'inspectuer Francis * ''Firmin, le muet de Saint-Pataclet'' (1938) - Firmin * ''Une java'' (1939) - Yann * ''Quartier sans soleil'' (1939) - Bébert * ''Cap au l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avignon
Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of Southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the Communes of France, commune had a population of 93,671 as of the census results of 2017, with about 16,000 (estimate from Avignon's municipal services) living in the ancient town centre enclosed by its Walls of Avignon, medieval walls. It is Functional area (France), France's 35th largest metropolitan area according to Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, INSEE with 336,135 inhabitants (2019), and France's 13th largest urban unit with 458,828 inhabitants (2019). Its urban area was the fastest-growing in France from 1999 until 2010 with an increase of 76% of its population and an area increase of 136%. The Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blonde Gypsy
''The Blonde Gypsy'' (French: ''La caraque blonde'') is a 1953 French drama film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Tilda Thamar, Roger Pigaut and Gérard Landry.Pallister & Hottell p.78 Cast * Tilda Thamar as Myra Milagros * Roger Pigaut as Antoine * Gérard Landry as Pedro * Orane Demazis as Alida Roux * Roland Armontel as Polyte Roux * Antonin Berval as Léon Barcarin * France Degand as Ginou Barcarin * Didier d'Yd as Jean Roux * René Hiéronimus as L'huissier * Henri Poupon as Le père Barcarin * Max Boumendil as Esprit * Josselin as Un individu louche * Henri Arius Henri Arius (1897–1968) was a French film and stage actor. Crisp p.176 A character actor he appeared in a large number of films in wartime and post-war France. Selected filmography * '' Jeannou'' (1943) * '' Rooster Heart'' (1946) * '' Inspe ... * François Vibert References Bibliography * Janis L. Pallister & Ruth A. Hottell. ''Francophone Women Film Directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** Georgia House of Representatives, The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communism, Communist aggression there is e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1891 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new African territories. * January 2 – A. L. Drummond of New York is appointed Chief of the Treasury Secret Service. * January 4 – The Earl of Zetland issues a declaration regarding the famine in the western counties of Ireland. * January 5 **The Australian shearers' strike, that leads indirectly to the foundation of the Australian Labor Party, begins. **A fight between the United States and Indians breaks out near Pine Ridge agency. ** Henry B. Brown, of Michigan, is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. **A fight between railway strikers and police breaks out at Motherwell, Scotland. * January 6 – Encounters continue, between strikers and the authorities at Glasgow. * January 7 ** General Miles' force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Truands
''Les Truands'' is a French comedy film starring Eddie Constantine directed by Carlo Rim. For English-speaking audiences it was renamed as ''Lock Up Your Spoons'' respectively ''The Gangsters''. Synopsis This is the story of racketeer Amédée who recalls the story of his life when he is already more than 100 years old. He tells his family about his rise and his rivals. This is all to explain why he couldn't help but nick the watch of the mayor who came to congratulate him. Cast * Eddie Constantine : Jim Esposito, racketeer in Marseille * Noël-Noël : Cahuzac, racketeer in Bordeaux * Jean Richard : Alexandre Benoit, Amédée's son * Yves Robert : Amédée Benoit (and his father) * Sylvie : Clarisse Benoit * Lucien Baroux : the priest * Mireille Granelli : Clarisse at the age of 18 years * Denise Provence : La Païva * Line Noro : Chiffon * Junie Astor : Mlle Puc, the tailoress * Héléna Manson : Nana * Robert Dalban : Pépito Benoit * Gaston Modot : Justin Benoit * Cora Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Kiss For A Killer
''A Kiss for a Killer'' (French: ''Une manche et la belle'') is a 1957 French drama mystery film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot and Isa Miranda. It is based on the 1954 novel '' The Sucker Punch'' by James Hadley Chase.Hayward p.396 It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. Plot A wealthy widow living in Nice marries an attractive but self-centred young man. Soon after the wedding he meets and falls in love with her niece Eva, whose calculating ambitions lead her to push him to murder her aunt. Cast * Henri Vidal as Philippe Delaroche * Mylène Demongeot as Eva Dollan * Isa Miranda as Betty Farnwell * Jean-Loup Philippe as Bob Farnwell (as Jean-Lou Philippe) * Simone Bach as Sylvette Guibert * Antonin Berval as Le maire * Jean Galland as Bank manager * Ky Duyen as Chang * André Roanne as Le commissaire * Marc Valbel as Monsieur Edmond * Alfred Adam as L'inspecteur de po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Clandestin
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] |
Speaking Of Murder
''Speaking of Murder'' is a 1957 French crime film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin. The original French title is ''Le rouge est mis'', which means "the red light is on". The screenplay is based on a novel by Auguste Le Breton. Plot Louis Bertain (Gabin) is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his accomplices are careful to keep up a civic veneer by day, indulging in criminal activities only when "the red light is on" at night. This status quo is upset when one of the gang members becomes convinced that Louis' younger brother is a police informer. Cast * Jean Gabin as Louis Bertain / Louis le Blond * Paul Frankeur as Frédo * Marcel Bozzuffi as Pierre Bertain * Lino Ventura as Pepito * Annie Girardot as Hélène * Albert Dinan as Inspector Pluvier * Antonin Berval as Zé * Jean-Pierre Mocky as Pierre * Thomy Bourdelle Thomy Charles Bourdelle (20 April 1891 – 27 June 1972) was a French actor. Bourdelle was born i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Light Across The Street
''The Light Across the Street'' (french: La Lumière d'en face) is a 1956 French crime drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Raymond Pellegrin, Roger Pigaut and Brigitte Bardot. It was also distributed in the U.S. under the title ''Female and the Flesh''. Plot Sensual young Brigitte Bardot and her infirm husband run a small trucker restaurant in this Clouzot- influenced melodrama, before you can say The Postman Always Rings Twice, Brigitte feels attracted to a mechanic from the garage opposite Cast * Raymond Pellegrin as Georges Marceau * Roger Pigaut as Piétri * Brigitte Bardot as Olivia Marceau * Claude Romain as Barbette * Jean Debucourt as Professor Nieumer * Antonin Berval as Albert (as Berval) * Daniel Ceccaldi as L'amoureux en panne * Guy Piérauld as Antoine * Lucien Hubert as Gaspard * Guy Pierauld as Antoine (as Guy Pierrault) References External links *Review of filmat New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House On The Waterfront
''House on the Waterfront'' (French: ''Port du désir'') is a 1955 French drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Jean Gabin, Andrée Debar and Henri Vidal.Block p.49 It was made at the Billancourt Studios with some location filming in Marseilles. The film's sets were designed by Lucien Aguettand. Although completed in 1954, it wasn't released until the following year. Synopsis In Marseilles Captain Lequévic is ordered to refloat a ship that has sunk in the entrance to the harbor. However its owner, a man mixed up in smuggling and other illegal activities, is desperate to prevent him from doing so. Partial cast * Jean Gabin as Le commandant Lequévic * Andrée Debar as Martine * Henri Vidal as Michel * Edith Georges as Lola * Leopoldo Francés as Baba * René Sarvil as L'aveugle * Gaby Basset as Madame Aimée * Jacques Dynam as Le Meur * Gaston Orbal as Rossignol * Edmond Ardisson as Le patron de la boîte * Mireille Ozy as Gaby * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous Turning
''Dangerous Turning'' (French: ''Le tournant dangereux'') is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by Robert Bibal and starring Viviane Romance, Philippe Lemaire and Armand Mestral.Chiti & Poppi p.70 Cast * Viviane Romance as Lucienne Courtois * Philippe Lemaire as Freddy * Armand Mestral as Daniel Courtois * Maria Pia Casilio as Paquita Simoni * Enrico Glori as Simoni, le brigadier * Guy Decomble as Monsieur Léon * Georges Aminel * Charles Blavette * Dany Caron * Robert Berri * Huguette Doriane * Henri Arius * Antonin Berval Antonin Berval (1891–1966) was a French film actor.Goble p.4 He is sometimes credited simply as Berval. Selected filmography * ''Notre Dame d'amour'' (1923) * ''Arthur'' (1931) - Hubert de Fondragon * ''Le costaud des PTT'' (1931) * ''To the P ... References Bibliography * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. External links * 1954 films French drama fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naked In The Wind
''Naked in the Wind'' or ''The Island of Nude Women'' (French: ''L'île aux femmes nues'') is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Henri Lepage and starring Félix Oudart, Lili Bontemps, Armand Bernard and Jane Sourza. In 1962 it was released in America in a dubbed version and marketed as an exploitation film.Krzywinska p.97 It was shot on location at the naturist resort on Levant Island on the French Riviera. Synopsis During an election in a small town in Provence, one of the candidates seeks to discredit his rival the local confectioner Antonin Lespinasse. He has him seduced by the nightclub singer Mademoiselle Pataflan who then lures him to a nudist camp, where incriminating photographs are taken of him. However he finds joy in the community and is soon elected as its president. Cast * Félix Oudart as Antonin Lespinasse * Lili Bontemps as Mademoiselle Pataflan * Armand Bernard as Théophase Darcepoil * Jane Sourza as Madame Lespinasse * Jean Tissier as Professeur Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
