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Alexandre Arnoux
Alexandre Arnoux (27 February 1884, Digne-les-Bains - 4 January 1973, Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French screenwriter and novelist.Powrie & Rebillard p.135 Selected filmography * '' Tillers of the Soil'' (1923) * '' Misdeal'' (1928) * ''The Faceless Voice'' (1933) * '' On the Streets'' (1933) * '' The Tunnel'' (1933) * ''Ultimatum'' (1938) * ''The Shanghai Drama'' (1938) * ''La Loi du Nord'' (1939) * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) * ''First on the Rope'' (1944) * ''The Last Days of Pompeii ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' is a novel written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. The novel was inspired by the painting '' The Last Day of Pompeii'' by the Russian painter Karl Briullov, which Bulwer-Lytton had seen in Milan. It culminates in ...'' (1950) References Bibliography * Powrie, Phil & Rebillard, Éric. ''Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema''. Edinburgh University Press, 2009. External links * 1884 births 1973 deaths 20th-century French screenwriters< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digne-les-Bains
Digne-les-Bains (; Occitan: ''Dinha dei Banhs''), or simply and historically Digne (''Dinha'' in the classical norm or ''Digno'' in the Mistralian norm), is the prefecture of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. As of 2018, the commune had a population of 16,333. Its inhabitants are called ''Dignois'' (masculine) and ''Dignoises'' (feminine). Geography Site and location Located on the edge of the and on both sides of the river Bléone, which flows southwest through the middle of the commune and crosses the town; it forms part of the commune's northeastern and southwestern borders. Digne-les-Bains is the capital of the Department of Alpes de Haute-Provence. Placed in the geographical centre of the Department, the commune is home to 17,400 inhabitants, making it one of the smaller prefectures of France by its population. The town centre is at altitude. Digne is a sprawling commune in the plain formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultimatum (1938 Film)
''Ultimatum'' is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Robert Wiene and Robert Siodmak and starring Dita Parlo, Erich von Stroheim and Abel Jacquin. The film's plot is set in 1914 against the backdrop of the July Crisis between the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War. It focuses on the relationship between a Serbian officer and his Austrian-born wife and their involvement in espionage between the countries. It was the final film of Wiene, who had been a leading director of German cinema particularly noted for his work on expressionist films during the silent era. He died shortly before the film's completion, and it was finished by Siodmak. Production and reception Wiene had been forced into exile from Germany following the Nazi rise to power. During the four years since his previous film '' A Night in Venice'' (1934) he had been struggling to raise financing in London and Paris for his projects and had not made a sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate his dead baby son, Iesu Grist, in Wales. Later tried and acquitted on the grounds that cremation is not contrary to English law, he is thus able to carry out the ceremony (the first in the United Kingdom in modern times) on March 14, setting a legal precedent. * February 1 – ''A New English Dictionary on historical principles, part 1'' (edited by James A. H. Murray), the first fascicle of what will become ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', is published in England. * February 5 – Derby County Football Club is founded in England. * March 13 – The siege of Khartoum, Sudan, begins (ends on January 26, 1885). * March 28 – Prince Leopold, the youngest son and the eighth child of Queen Victoria and Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Days Of Pompeii (1950 Film)
''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1950) () () is a black and white French-Italian historical drama, directed by Marcel L'Herbier "in collaboration with" Paolo Moffa, who was also the director of production. It was adapted from Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel ''The Last Days of Pompeii''. The film has also been known as ''Sins of Pompeii''. Plot In Pompeii, in the year 79AD, Lysias, a wealthy young Greek, abducts the beautiful Hélène, who is a pupil of Arbax, the sinister High Priest of Isis. For revenge, Arbax causes Lysias to drink a magic potion to make him fall in love with his ally Julie, but Lysias becomes mad from the drink. Nidia, a young slave girl rescued by Lysias, has overheard the plot and accuses Arbax of trying to kill her master. Arbax kills the girl and has Lysias accused of the murder. Condemned to the lions in the arena, Lysias only escapes the punishment when the eruption of Vesuvius brings panic to the town, and he leads Hélène to safety. Cast * Micheline Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First On The Rope
''First on the Rope'' (French: ''Premier de cordée'') is a 1944 French drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Irène Corday, André Le Gall and Lucien Blondeau. It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel of the same title by Roger Frison-Roche. It was a faithful adaptation of the novel, which began shooting in June 1943 during the German Occupation of France. Despite being directed by Daquin, a French Communist, it was considered to demonstrate a Pétainist ideology possibly even containing elements of Nazism.Crisp p.94-95 The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. Location shooting took place around Mont Blanc in the French Alps. Synopsis The son of a veteran mountain climber succeeds his father as "the first on the rope", leading expeditions into the mountains. However, after nearly losing his life during a climb he develops vertigo and abandons his position to take over as a hotel manager. Two years later when his father is persuaded by a N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom Carriage (1939 Film)
''The Phantom Carriage'' or ''The Phantom Wagon'' (French: ''La charrette fantôme'') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Pierre Fresnay, Marie Bell and Micheline Francey. It is based on the novel '' Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!'' by Selma Lagerlöf, which had previously been adapted into the 1921 Swedish silent film ''The Phantom Carriage'' by Victor Sjöström.Goble p.908 It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. It was due to be screened at the first Cannes Film Festival scheduled for September 1939, but cancelled due to the outbreak of the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi .... Plot summary Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Loi Du Nord
''La Loi du nord'' (, "The Law of the North"; also called ''La Piste du Nord'', "The Northern Trail") is a 1939 French adventure drama film directed by Jacques Feyder who co-wrote screenplay with Alexandre Arnoux and Charles Spaak, based on novel "Telle qu'elle était de son vivant" by Maurice Constantin-Weyer. The films stars Michèle Morgan, Pierre Richard-Willm and Charles Vanel. It tells the story of an escaped prisoner, his woman secretary and two guardsmen in the Far North. It was entered for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film at the 1939 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Robert Shaw manslaughters his wife's lover and runs away with his secretary Jacqueline. Helped by a French trapper who takes them for film-makers, they hide in Northern Canada. But the corporal Dalrymple discovers their identity and hunts them, until Jacqueline dies exhausted by such a hard expedition. Cast *Michèle Morgan as Jacqueline *Pierre Richard-Willm as Robert Shaw *Charles Vanel as Corpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shanghai Drama
''The Shanghai Drama'' (french: Le drame de Shanghaï) is a 1938 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet and Raymond Rouleau.Kennedy-Karpat p.132-33 An exiled White Russian woman works as a cabaret singer in Shanghai to support her daughter through school. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Guy de Gastyne. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location in Saigon in French Indochina. Cast * Raymond Rouleau as Franchon * Louis Jouvet as Ivan * Christl Mardayn as Kay Murphy, cabaret singer * Elina Labourdette as Nana, the nurse * Valéry Inkijinoff as Black Dragon Agent * Dorville as Bill, cabaret owner * André Alerme as Mac Tavish * Suzanne Desprès as Vera * Gabrielle Dorziat as Superintendent of school * Marcel Lupovici as Assassin for Black Dragon * Robert Manuel as Le client attaqué * PierreasLouis as Un marin américain * LinhasNam as Cheng * FounasSen as Wife of Black Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tunnel (1933 French-language Film)
''The Tunnel'' (french: Le Tunnel) is a 1933 French-German science fiction film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud and Robert Le Vigan. It was the French language version of the German film '' The Tunnel'', with a different cast and some changes to the plot. Both were followed in 1935 by an English version. Such Multiple-language versions were common in the years immediately following the introduction of sound, before the practice of dubbing had come to dominate international releases. Germany and France made a significant number of films together at this time. The film is an adaptation of Bernhard Kellermann's 1913 novel '' Der Tunnel'' about the construction of a vast tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean connecting Europe and America. The film's Jewish director Bernhardt had fled Germany following the Nazi takeover, but returned briefly to shoot exterior scenes after being granted special permission by the German government.Phillips p.51 Cast * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence or sometimes abbreviated as AHP (; oc, Aups d'Auta Provença; ) is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France, bordering Alpes-Maritimes and Italy to the east, Var to the south, Vaucluse to the west, Drôme and Hautes-Alpes to the north. Formerly part of the province of Provence, it had a population of 164,308 in 2019,Populations légales 2019: 04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence INSEE which makes it the 94th most populated French department. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's main cities are |
On The Streets (film)
''On the Streets'' (French: ''Dans les rues'') is a 1933 French crime drama film directed by Victor Trivas and starring Vladimir Sokoloff, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Madeleine Ozeray. The film was based on novel of J.-H. Rosny aîné. at the ''Films de France'' The film's sets were designed by the . The film is also known under the title ''Song of the Streets'', and was the first film of French actor . Syno ...
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The Faceless Voice
''The Faceless Voice'' (French: ''La voix sans visage'') is a 1933 French drama film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Lucien Muratore, Véra Korène and Jean Servais.Oscherwitz & Higgins p. 281 Plot The singer Saltore is accused of murdering his wife's lover and sentenced to hard labor for ten years. He is proven innocent by his daughter when she discovers that his wife, who wanted to end an embarrassing affair, was the culprit. Cast * Lucien Muratore as Pierre Saltore * Véra Korène as Estelle * Jean Servais as Gérard * Simone Bourday as Jeanne * Georges Flamant as André Sourdois * Aimé Clariond as Maître Clément * Max Maxudian as Le président * Jean Gobet as Le domestique * Henry Darbray as L'autre domestique * Margo Lion as Une chanteuse * Madeleine Guitty as Une invitée * Odette Barencey * Sylvia Bataille * Véra Markels * Teddy Michaud Teddy is an English language given name, usually a hypocorism of Edward or Theodore. It may ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
