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At The Grand Balcony
''At the Grand Balcony'' (French: ''Au grand balcon'') is a 1949 French drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Pierre Fresnay, Georges Marchal and Félix Oudart.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.275 It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Synopsis The plot revolves around the founding of the French pioneering aviation company Aéropostale in the years after the First World War. Led by the war veteran Carbot they attempt to establish a commercial airline that can connect the far reaches of French territory. It takes its name from the real-life Hôtel du Grand Balcon in Toulouse where the various characters stay. Cast * Pierre Fresnay as Carbot * Georges Marchal as Jean Fabien * Félix Oudart as Garandoux * Janine Crispin as Maryse * Germaine Michel as Mlle Adeline * Abel Jacquin as Darbouin * André Bervil as Triolet * Clément Thierry as Didier Fusain * Paul Azaïs as Morel * Jacques Tarride as Macher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Decoin
Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 m freestyle. He competed in the 400 m freestyle at the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the water polo tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Biography During World War I, Decoin served as a pilot. After that he worked as a sports journalist for '' L'Auto'', ''L'Intransigeant'' and '' Paris-Soir''. In 1926 he published his first book, influenced by Dadaism, the experimental and prize-winning ''Quinze Combats'' (''Fifteen Rounds''), in which a boxing match is seen subjectively by a boxer, and in 1933 directed his first film, ''Les requins du pétrole'' (''The Oil Sharks''). He was known for tackling many genres; with adaptations of Georges Simenon as The Strangers in the House (1942) - featuring Raimu in one of his famous roles, and The Tru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Paris. It is the fourth-largest city in France after Paris, Marseille and Lyon, with 493,465 inhabitants within its municipal boundaries (2019 census); its metropolitan area has a population of 1,454,158 inhabitants (2019 census). Toulouse is the central city of one of the 20 French Métropoles, with one of the three strongest demographic growth (2013-2019). Toulouse is the centre of the European aerospace industry, with the headquarters of Airbus, the SPOT satellite system, ATR and the Aerospace Valley. It hosts the CNES's Toulouse Space Centre (CST) which is the largest national space centre in Europe, but also, on the military side, the newly created NATO space centre of excellence and the French Space Command and Space Academy. Thales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Black-and-white Films
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1940s French-language Films
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1949 Drama Films
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his travel expenses. Only two 1949 models are sold in America tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 Films
The year 1949 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1949 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *April 26–June 21 – Ealing comedies ''Passport to Pimlico'', '' Whisky Galore!'' and ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' are released in the UK, leading to 1949 being remembered as one of the peak years of the Ealing comedies. *November 15 – Following the prior year's Supreme Court decision in ''United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.'', Paramount Pictures is split into two separate companies with the creation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for production-distribution and United Paramount Theaters for the theater operations. *December 21 – Cecil B. DeMille's ''Samson and Delilah'', starring Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, and Henry Wilcoxon, receives its televised world premiere at the Paramount and Rivoli theatres in New York City. The film opens in Los Angeles on Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Gaven
Jean Gaven (16 January 1918 – 5 May 2014) was a French actor. He appeared in more than sixty films between 1945 and 1996. Life and career Born in Saint-Rome-de-Cernon, France on January 16, 1922, Gaven began acting sometime after the end of World War II, amassing a filmography of more than 60 motion pictures during a career spanning more than five decades. Married to the actress Dominique Wilms Dominique Wilms (born 8 June 1930) is a Belgian film actress. Life and career Married to actor Jean Gaven, she was widowed by him in 2014.Lentz IIII, Harris. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014', p. 126. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarlan ..., he died at the age of 92 in Paris, France, on May 5, 2014.Lentz IIII, Harris. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014', p. 126. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Publishers, 2015. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaven, Jean 1922 births 2014 deaths French male film actors 20th-century Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Cressoy
Pierre Cressoy (born Pierre Jules Lazare Cresson; March 25, 1924 – October 31, 1980) was a French film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ....Davis p.196 Filmography References Bibliography * Davis, Ronald L. ''Hollywood Beauty: Linda Darnell and the American Dream''. University of Oklahoma Press, 2014. External links * 1924 births 1980 deaths People from Vendôme French male film actors {{France-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Myral
Nina Myral, stage name of Eugénie, Hortense Gruel, (26 June 1884 – 30 March 1975) was a 20th-century French actress, dancer and singer. Filmography * 1916: ''Paris pendant la guerre'' by Henri Diamant-Berger * 1917: ''Ils y viennent tous au cinéma'' by Henri Diamant-Berger * 1923: '' Gonzague'' by Henri Diamant-Berger : Pierrette * 1922: '' Le Mauvais Garçon'' by Henri Diamant-Berger: La bonne * 1931: '' Coiffeur pour dames'' by René Guissart : Mme Dupetit-Flageot * 1931: ''L'Indéfrisable'' by Jean de Marguenat, short film * 1932: '' Les Bleus de l'amour'' by Jean de Marguenat - La comtesse * 1932: ''Histoire de rire'' by Jean Boyer (short film) : La vieille cuisinière * 1932: ''Je vois ça d'ici / Un coup de téléphone'' by Jean Caret - short film * 1932: ''Quand monsieur voudra'' by Jean Marguerite - short film * 1932: ''La Saisie'' by Jean Marguerite, short film * 1933: ''Coralie et Cie'' by Alberto Cavalcanti - La tante Laure * 1933: '' A Man Has Been Stolen'' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Tarride
Jacques Tarride (10 March 1903 – 5 October 1994) was a French actor. Biography He was born in the 8th arrondissement of Paris and died in La Loupe, Eure-et-Loir. He was the son of the actor Abel Tarride and the brother of the director Jean Tarride. Partial filmography * ''Amour... amour...'' (1932) - Bob * '' A Gentleman of the Ring'' (1932) - Le marquis * ''The Man with a Broken Ear'' (1934) - Léon Renaud * ''Notre-Dame d'amour'' (1936) * ''Je chante'' (1938) - Le patron du café (uncredited) * ''Immediate Call'' (1939) - Le secrétaire * ''Sacred Woods'' (1939) * ''Cristobal's Gold'' (1940) - Le médecin * '' Strange Suzy'' (1941) * ''The Murderer is Afraid at Night'' (1942) - Joseph * ''Promesse à l'inconnue'' (1942) - Le bijoutier * ''Feu sacré'' (1942) * ''La croisée des chemins'' (1942) - Julien * '' A Woman in the Night'' (1943) - Un comédien * ''Départ à zéro'' (1943) - Malicart * ''Le mort ne reçoit plus'' (1944) - Le juge Armandy * ''Manon, a 326'' (1945 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Azaïs
Paul François Robert Azaïs (6 May 1902 – 17 November 1974) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1929 and 1966. Selected filmography * ''The Three Masks'' (1929) - Le fils Vescotelli * ''Le défenseur'' (1930) * ''Paris la nuit'' (1930) - Bouledebois * ''Montmartre'' (1931) - Un client de Dédé (uncredited) * ''Plein la vue'' (1931) * ''Wooden Crosses'' (1932) - Soldat Broucke * ''Fantômas'' (1932) - Giroud, le mécanicien de Lord Beltham * ''The Miracle Child'' (1932) - Ratier * '' The Yellow Dog'' (1932) - Le marin * ''L'agence O-Kay'' (1932) - Kokanase * ''Fun in the Barracks'' (1932) - Croquebol * ''Maquillage'' (1932) * ''En plein dans le mille'' (1932) - Le gigolo * ''La poule'' (1933) - Pascal * '' The Star of Valencia'' (1933) - Un joueur du Trocadéro * ''Pour être aimé'' (1933) * ''Cette vieille canaille'' (1933) - Jacques * ''Les bleus du ciel'' (1933) * '' The Agony of the Eagles'' (1933) - Le policier * ''Street Without a Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Bervil
André Bervil (1905–1972) was a French stage and film actor.Bessy p.192 He was married to the actress Suzanne Grey, and was son-in-law of Denise Grey. Selected filmography * ''My Little Marquise'' (1937) * ''Happy Days'' (1941) * ''Bolero'' (1942) * '' Mademoiselle X'' (1945) * ''The Temptation of Barbizon'' (1946) * '' Gringalet'' (1946) * '' The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain'' (1947) * ''The Seventh Door'' (1947) * ''The Cupboard Was Bare'' (1948) * ''Keep an Eye on Amelia'' (1949) * ''At the Grand Balcony'' (1949) * ''The Cupid Club'' (1949) * '' Madame du Barry'' (1954) * '' Sophie and the Crime'' (1955) * ''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 ...'' (1956) * '' The Hole'' (1960) References Bibliography * Maurice Bessy. ''Histoire du cinéma français: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
