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All That's Not Worth Love
''All That's Not Worth Love'' (French: ''Tout ça ne vaut pas l'amour'') is a 1931 French comedy drama film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Marcel Lévesque, Jean Gabin and Josseline Gaël.Harriss p.195 It was shot at Pathé's Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. Synopsis A pharmacist who up to this point has only ever shown an interest in stamp collecting gives shelter to a poor young woman and falls in love with him. However she is more interested in the salesman in the shop next door. Cast * Marcel Lévesque as Jules Renaudin * Jean Gabin as Jean Cordier * Josseline Gaël as Claire * Mady Berry as Madame Cordier * Jane Loury as Léonie * Delphine Abdala as Madame Triron * Anthony Gildès as Le tailleur * Léon Larive Léon François Larive (28 June 1886 – 20 July 1961) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1923 and 1961. Selected filmography * ''Two Timid Souls'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Tourneur
Jacques Tourneur (; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French film director known for the classic film noir ''Out of the Past'' and a series of low-budget horror films he made for RKO Studios, including ''Cat People (1942 film), Cat People'', ''I Walked with a Zombie'', and ''The Leopard Man''. He is also known for directing ''Night of the Demon'', which was released by Columbia Pictures. While in Hollywood, he was usually addressed by his anglicized name "Jack Turner", a literal and phonetic translation of his name in English. Life Born in Paris, France, Tourneur was the son of Fernande Petit and film director Maurice Tourneur.Earnshaw 2004, p. 102. At age 10, Jacques moved to the United States with his father. He started a career in cinema while still attending high school as an extra and later as a script clerk in various silent films. Both Maurice and Jacques returned to France after his father worked on the film ''The Mysterious Island (1929 film), The Mysterious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Aguettand
Lucien Aguettand (28 January 1901 – 14 February 1989) was a French art directorHayward p.205 who designed the sets for over eighty films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Little Devil May Care'' (1928) * ''All That's Not Worth Love'' (1931) * '' The Wonderful Day'' (1932) * '' The Lady of Lebanon'' (1934) * '' Koenigsmark'' (1935) * ''The Secrets of the Red Sea'' (1937) * ''White Cargo'' (1937) * ''Behind the Facade'' (1939) * ''Bolero'' (1942) * '' At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) * '' I Am with You'' (1943) * '' First on the Rope'' (1944) * '' The Lost Village'' (1947) * ''The Murdered Model'' (1948) * '' Brilliant Waltz'' (1949) * ''Scandal on the Champs-Élysées'' (1949) * ''Quay of Grenelle'' (1950) * ''The Secret of Helene Marimon'' (1954) * ''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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s French-language Films
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1931 Comedy Films
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French Black-and-white Films
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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] |
1931 Films
The following is an overview of 1931 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1931 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 5: RKO acquires the producing and distribution arm of Pathé for $4.6 million. * June 20: Monogram Pictures releases its first film, ''Ships of Hate''. * July 7: Anti-competitive practices disclosed about certain distributors and producers in Canada. * November 17: E. R. Tinker elected president of Fox Films replacing Harley L. Clarke. * December 14: RKO refinancing plan approved. Best money stars ''Variety'' reported the following as the biggest male stars in the U.S. in alphabetical order although grouped George Arliss and Ronald Colman together as having equal ranking. The following were the biggest women names in the U.S. in alphabetical order but again grouped two actresses together to denote they were ranked t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Larive
Léon François Larive (28 June 1886 – 20 July 1961) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1923 and 1961. Selected filmography * ''Two Timid Souls'' (1928) * ''The Great Passion'' (1928) * ''La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc'' (1928) * '' The Wonderful Day'' (1929) * ''All That's Not Worth Love'' (1931) * ''Zero for Conduct'' (1933) * ''Casanova'' (1934) * ''The Typist Gets Married'' (1934) * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) *''Bach the Detective'' (1936) * ''Girls of Paris'' (1936) * ''The Tale of the Fox'' (1937) * ''Claudine at School'' (1937) * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) * ''The Novel of Werther'' (1938) * ''Rasputin'' (1938) * ''The Train for Venice'' (1938) * ''The Rules of the Game'' (1939) * '' The White Slave'' (1939) * ''Sacred Woods'' (1939) * ''Cristobal's Gold'' (1940) * '' Strange Inheritance'' (1943) * '' The Bellman'' (1945) * ''François Villon'' (1945) * ''Return to Life'' (1949) * '' Doctor Laennec'' (1949) * ''The Voyage to America'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Gildès
Anthony Gildès (13 August 1856 – 6 October 1941) was a French actor. Anthony Gildès was born Anatole Gleizes in Metz, France. He died in Paris at age 85. Selected filmography * ''The Zone of Death'' (1917) * '' The Torture of Silence'' (1917) * '' The Man with the Hispano'' (1926) * '' American Love'' (1931) * '' All That's Not Worth Love'' (1931) * '' The Yellow Dog'' (1932) * '' The Red Robe'' (1933) * ''Toto'' (1933) * '' The Abbot Constantine'' (1933) * '' Lake of Ladies'' (1934) * '' Prince Jean'' (1934) * '' Dora Nelson'' (1935) * '' Fanfare of Love'' (1935) * ''27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * '' Moutonnet'' (1936) * ''The King'' (1936) * '' Samson'' (1936) * '' The Green Jacket'' (1937) * ''Chaste Susanne'' (1937) * ''The House Opposite'' (1937) * '' Josette'' (1937) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1937) * '' The Pearls of the Crown'' (1937) * '' Vidocq'' (1939) * '' Latin Quarter'' (1939) * '' His Uncle from Normandy'' (1939) * '' Entente Cordiale'' (1939) * '' Miqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delphine Abdala , an alkaloid
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Delphine may refer to: * Delphine (given name), list of people with the feminine given name * ''Delphine'' (novel), an 1802 novel by Germaine de Staël * ''Delphine'' (1931 film), a 1931 French film directed by Roger Capellani * ''Delphine'' (2019 film), a 2019 Canadian film directed by Chloé Robichaud * SS ''Delphine'', a yacht built in 1921 by John and Horace Dodge * Delphine Records, a French record label founded in 1976 * Delphine Software International, a defunct game development company * Of or relating to dolphins * Moderate Tropical Storm Delphine, in the 1969–70 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season See also * Delphin (other) * Delphian (other) * Delphinine Delphinine is a toxic diterpenoid alkaloid found in plants from the ''Delphinium'' (larkspur) and '' Atragene'' (a clematis) genera, both in the family ''Ranunculaceae''. Delphinine is the principal alkaloid found in ''Delphinium staphisagria'' se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Loury
Jeanne Loury or Jane Loury (1876–1951) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.199 Selected filmography * '' My Aunt from Honfleur'' (1923) * ''House in the Sun'' (1929) * ''All That's Not Worth Love'' (1931) * '' A Son from America'' (1932) * '' Chotard and Company'' (1933) * '' Topaze'' (1933) * ''The Crisis is Over'' (1934) * ''Seven Men, One Woman'' (1936) * ''Bizarre, Bizarre'' (1937) * ''The Kiss of Fire'' (1937) * ''Monsieur Coccinelle ''Monsieur Coccinelle'' is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Dominique Bernard-Deschamps and starring Pierre Larquey, Jane Loury and Jeanne Provost. The film's sets were designed by Boris Bilinsky. The plot was based on an original story writ ...'' (1938) * '' Mother Love'' (1938) * '' Cavalcade of Love'' (1940) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1876 births 1951 deaths French film actresses French silent film actresses 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
