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April Fools' Day (1954 Film)
''April Fools' Day'' or ''Poisson d'avril'', is a French comedy film from 1954, directed by Gilles Grangier, written by Michel Audiard, starring Bourvil, Annie Cordy, and Louis de Funès. Plot Honest garage mechanic, faithful husband and good father, Emile Dupuy was persuaded by the patter of a salesman at a bazaar to buy a cane fishing model with the money intended for his wife Charlotte's dream: a washing machine. Not daring to tell her, he will lie, small lies, wholesale lies, and finds himself in an inextricable situation. Cast * Bourvil : Emile Dupuy * Annie Cordy : Charlotte Dupuy * Louis de Funès : The gamekeeper * Denise Grey : Clémentine Prévost * Pierre Dux : Gaston Prévost * Jacqueline Noëlle : Annette Coindet * Paul Faivre : Louis * Charles Lemontier : M. André * Jean Hébey : M. Dutreille * Nono Zammit : M. Gauthier * Guy Loriquet : Léon * Gérard Sabatier : Jacky * Zeimet : Germain * Louis Bugette : The garage's owner * Maurice Biraud : The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Grangier
Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film '' Archimède le clochard'' was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival, where Jean Gabin won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. He had the most number of successful films at the French box office between 1945 and 2001 with 42 of his films having admissions of 500,000 or more, more than any other. Selected filmography *''Trente et Quarante'' (1945) * ''The Black Cavalier'' (1945) *''Lessons in Conduct'' (1946) * '' Rendezvous in Paris'' (1947) * '' Woman Without a Past'' (1948) * ''The Straw Lover'' (1951) * ''L'Amour, Madame'' (1952) * ''Faites-moi confiance'' (1954) * '' Poisson d'avril'' (1954) * ''Gas-Oil'' (1955) * ''Spring, Autumn and Love'' (1955) * '' Blood to the Head'' (1956) * ''Le rouge est mis'' (1957) * ''Three Days to Live'' (1957) * ' (1958) * '' Le désordre et la nuit' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Loriquet
Guy or GUY may refer to: Personal names * Guy (given name) * Guy (surname) * That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart Places * Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet * Guy, Arkansas, US, a city * Guy, Indiana, US, an unincorporated community * Guy, Kentucky, US, an unincorporated community * Guy, Texas, US, an unincorporated community * Guy Street, Montreal, Canada Art and entertainment Films * ''Guy'' (1997 film) (American, starring Vincent D'Onofrio) * ''Guy'' (2018 film) (French, starring Alex Lutz) * '' That Guy... Who Was in That Thing'' (2012), a documentary film * Free Guy (2021), an action comedy film Music * ''Guy'' (album), debut studio album of Guy (band) 1988 * Guy (band), an American R&B group * "G.U.Y.", a 2014 song by Lady Gaga from the album ''Artpop'' Transport * Guy (sailing), rope to control a spinnaker on a sailboat * Air Guyane Express, ICAO code GUY * Guy Motors, a former British bus and truck builder * ''Guy'' (ship, 1933), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Gilles Grangier
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 sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Black-and-white Films
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] |
1950s French-language Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Comedy Films
French comedy films are comedy films produced in France. Comedy is the most popular French genre in cinema. Comic films began to appear in significant numbers during the era of silent films, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humour of many of these silent films relied on slapstick and burlesque. Characteristics of French comedy films French comedy films are very often social comedies, which differs largely from American comedies."La comédie française se différencie ..par son aspect social, une lutte des classes généralement absente des comédies américaines." . Social comedy Culture shock, in several French comedies, oftentimes contain several 'clichés', which include: * Religion – ''The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob'' in the 1970s, and ''Serial (Bad) Weddings'' in the 2010s * Social background – ''Life Is a Long Quiet River'' in the 1980s, and ''The Intouchables'' in the 2010s * Difference of life between two places – '' Welcome to the Land of ch'tis'' in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Films
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Charles Denner
Charles Denner (29 May 1926 – 10 September 1995) was a French actor born to a Jewish family in Tarnów, Poland. During his 30-year career he worked with some of France's greatest directors of the time, including Louis Malle, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Costa-Gavras, Claude Lelouch and François Truffaut, who gave him two of his most memorable roles, as Fergus in ''The Bride Wore Black'' (1968) and as Bertrand Morane in ''The Man Who Loved Women'' (1977). Early life Charles Denner was born in 1926 in the city of Tarnów in south-eastern Poland, before emigrating with his family to France at the age of four. During World War II, his family took refuge in Brive-la-Gaillarde, where they were helped by Rabbi David Feuerwerker. Also during the war, Denner was a Free French partisan in the Vercors mountains and destroyed a Nazi SS truck with a grenade; he was wounded and later received the Croix de Guerre for this operation. Passionate about theatre from his childhood, Denne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Darrieu
Gérard Darrieu (1925–2004) was a French actor. Selected filmography *1950: ''Three Telegrams'' (directed by Henri Decoin) - Jeune dragueur *1951: ''Juliette, or Key of Dreams'' - Un prisonnier (uncredited) *1951: ''Boîte de nuit'' - Le groom *1951: ''Dupont Barbès'' *1952: ''Love Is Not a Sin'' - Un déménageur (uncredited) *1952: '' Three Women'' - Un hussard *1952: ''Le jugement de Dieu'' - (uncredited) *1952: ''Rires de Paris'' *1952: '' Crimson Curtain'' - Un machiniste au théâtre *1954: '' Poisson d'avril'' (directed by Gilles Grangier) - Le livreur de la machine à laver (uncredited) *1954: ''Le vicomte de Bragelonne'' *1955: ''Sophie et le Crime'' - L'agent cycliste au billet de loterie (uncredited) *1956: '' People of No Importance'' - Le routier au lapin *1956: '' Marie Antoinette Queen of France'' - Garde du Petit-Trianon (uncredited) *1956: '' Gervaise'' - Charles *1957: ''The Crucible'' - Cheever *1957: ''Sénéchal the Magnificent'' - Un gangster (uncredit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Havard
René Havard (20 December 1923 – 7 December 1987) was a French film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1946 and 1985. He was born and died in Paris, France. Selected filmography * ''That's Not the Way to Die'' (1946) - L'assistant * ''La bataille du feu'' (1949) * '' Follow That Man'' (1953) - Un inspecteur * '' Le Guérisseur'' (1953) - Un interne * ''The Unfrocked One'' (1954) - Un officier * ''Quay of Blondes'' (1954) * ''The Sheep Has Five Legs'' (1954) - Le liftier * '' Poisson d'avril'' (1954) - L'examinateur * ''Marchandes d'illusions'' (1954) - Le souteneur * ''Huis clos'' (1954) - Un soldat * ''Interdit de séjour'' (1955) * ''The Babes Make the Law'' (1955) - Calamart * ''Série noire'' (1955) - Rinaldo * ''Stopover in Orly'' (1955) - André * ''Sophie and the Crime'' (1955) - Tony * ''Gueule d'ange'' (1955) - Caniche * ''Les indiscrètes'' (1956) - Maurice * ''The Babes in the Secret Service'' (1956) - Calamar / Sébastien / Le clochard * ''Bob le flambeur'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Grey
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Maurice Biraud
Maurice Biraud (3 March 1922 – 24 December 1982) was a French film actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1951 and 1982. Biraud was born on 3 March 1922 in Paris. He married actress Françoise Soulié in 1956. He died on 24 December 1982 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine. Selected filmography * ''Le roi des camelots'' (1951) * ''Mr. Peek-a-Boo'' (1951) - Un collégue de Léon (uncredited) * ''Une fille à croquer'' (1951) * ''Jamais deux sans trois'' (1952) * ''La marche'' (1952) * '' The Red Head'' (1952) * ''Le Plus Heureux des hommes'' (1952) - Le jeune avocat * ''Wonderful Mentality'' (1953) * '' The Slave'' (1953) - Le photographe * ''His Father's Portrait'' (1953) - Didier * ''Quay of Blondes'' (1954) - Laurent * ''Mam'zelle Nitouche'' (1954) - Un réserviste (uncredited) * ''Le Secret d'Hélène Marimon'' (1954) * '' Poisson d'avril'' (1954) - Le vendeur du bazar * '' Les deux font la paire'' (1954) - L'avocat * ''Pas de coup dur pour Johnny'' (1955) * ''L'Hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
