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Aloha, Le Chant Des îles
''Aloha, le chant des îles'' is a 1937 French adventure film directed by Léon Mathot. Summary During the London-Melbourne race, two aviators, one male (Guy,) the other female (Betty), are forced to land on a lost island in Polynesia. They learn to survive in difficult conditions and fall in love. Back in civilisation, their union does not prove obvious. Pierre is already married to Ginette, a movie actress, and Betty is engaged to her cousin Edouard. Moreover, Lord Stanton, her rich father, will not hear of a marriage with Guy. Will love ultimately triumph in spite of everything? Cast * Jean Murat - Le capitaine Guy Rungis * Danièle Parola - Betty Stanton * Arletty - Ginette Gina * André Alerme - Lord Stanton * Raymond Aimos - Pantois * Ketti Gallian - Maoupiti * - La religieuse * - Édouard * Charles Moulin - Manika * Frédéric Mariotti - Le capitaine * Ernest Ferny Ernest Ferny (1886–1939) was a Swiss film actor.Goble p.411 Selected filmography * ''Tarakanova'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Mathot
Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' film serial in 1918. He appeared in the 1923 silent film ''Coeur fidèle'', directed by Jean Epstein. He starred in some 60 films mostly in silent film between 1906 and 1939. He turned director in 1927 whilst still appearing in several films and retired in 1953 directing well over 20 films. Selected filmography * '' Les Gaz mortels'' ( 1916) * '' The Zone of Death'' ( 1917) * ''Barberousse'' (1917) * ''Le droit à la vie'' (1917) * ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1918) * '' In Old Alsace'' (1920) * ''The Empire of Diamonds'' (1920) * ''Coeur fidèle'' ( 1923) * '' My Uncle Benjamin'' (1924) * ''The Painter and His Model'' (1925) * ''Yasmina'' (1927) * ''La Maison de la Fléche'' (1930) * ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''Instinct'' (1930) * '' Kiss Me'' (1932) * '' Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Ferny
Ernest Ferny (1886–1939) was a Swiss film actor.Goble p.411 Selected filmography * ''Tarakanova'' (1930) * ''Moscow Nights'' (1934) * '' The Lady of Lebanon'' (1934) * ''Light Cavalry'' (1935) * ''Taras Bulba'' (1936) * ''The Red Dancer'' (1937) * ''The Silent Battle ''The Silent Battle'' is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Herbert Mason and starring Rex Harrison, Valerie Hobson and John Loder. It is also known by the alternative titles ''Continental Express'' and ''Peace in our Time''. It was insp ...'' (1937) * '' Street of Shadows'' (1937) * '' The Messenger'' (1937) * '' The Patriot'' (1938) * '' Stolen Life'' (1939) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1886 births 1939 deaths Swiss male film actors Actors from Geneva {{Switzerland-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Films Set In Polynesia
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 sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About Aviation Accidents Or Incidents
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 Adventure 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] |
1937 Films
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – ''The Good Earth'' premieres in the U.S. * April 16 – '' Way Out West'' premieres in the US. * May 7 – ''Shall We Dance'' premieres in the US. * May 11 – ''Captains Courageous'' premieres in New York. The film is released nationwide on June 25. * Monogram Pictures, who had merged with Republic Pictures two years earlier, decide to separate and distribute their own films again. * June 7 – Jean Harlow, one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the decade, dies aged 26 at Good Samaratan Hospital in Los Angeles. The official cause of death is listed as cerebral edema, a complication of kidney failure. * June 11 – '' A Day at the Races'' premieres in the U.S. * July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Adventure Films
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assassinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Mariotti
Frédéric Mariotti (1 April 1883 – 22 February 1971) was a French stage and film actor whose career spanned more than four decades through the early silent film era into the early 1950s. Biography Frédéric Mariotti was born in Marseille and began his film career in the 1917 Georges Monca-directed ''La bonne hôtesse'', starring Roger Vincent and Gabrielle Robinne, for Pathé Frères. In 1919 he appeared in the Louis Feuillade-directed crime drama '' Barrabas'', which ran in twelve installments. This was followed by another film serial released the same year, ''La nouvelle aurore'' (also known as ''Les nouvelles aventures de Chéri-Bibi''), directed by Emile-Edouard Violet, comprising sixteen episodes. One of Frédéric Mariotti's most internationally recalled roles is perhaps that of Toni in the 1926 United States Rex Ingram directed ''Mare Nostrum'', which starred American actress Alice Terry and Spanish actor Antonio Moreno and based on the Vicente Blasco Ibáñez penned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Murat
Jean Murat (13 July 1888, in Périgueux – 5 January 1968, in Aix-en-Provence) was a French actor. He was married to the French actress Annabella. Selected filmography * ''Sex'' (1920) * ''La Galerie des monstres'' (1924), as Sveti * '' Carmen'' (1926), as Officier * ''Attorney for the Heart'' (1927), as Dr. Robert Lingh * ''The Prey of the Wind'' (1927), as The husband * '' The Duel'' (1927) * ''Valencia'' (1927), as Count Alfonso de Padilla * '' Homesick'' (1927) * '' Escape from Hell'' (1928), as Erik Ward * '' The Carousel of Death'' (1928) * '' Nile Water'' (1928) * ''Masks'' (1929), as Jonny * ''Venus'' (1929), as Capitaine Franqueville * ''The Divine Voyage'' (1929), as Jacques de Saint-Ermont * '' The Night Is Ours'' (1930), as Henri Brécourt * '' The Love Market'' (1930) * '' A Hole in the Wall'' (1930), as André de Kerdrec * '' La Femme d'une nuit'' (1931), as Jean d'Armont * '' The Typist'' (1931), as Paul Derval * ''Captain Craddock'' (1931), as Captain Craddock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Moulin
Charles Moulin (1909-1992) was a French film and television actor. Paietta p.68-69 Selected filmography * '' Aloha, le chant des îles'' (1937) * ''The Baker's Wife'' (1938) * ''Fort Dolorès'' (1939) * '' L'Arlésienne'' (1942) * '' Le soleil a toujours raison'' (1943) * ''Le bataillon du ciel'' (1947) * '' Guilty?'' (1951) *'' The Agony of the Eagles'' (1952) * '' Les chiffonniers d'Emmaüs'' (1955) * ''Napoleon'' (1955) * ''Goubbiah, mon amour'' (1956) * '' La pendule à Salomon'' (1961) * '' A Man Named Rocca'' (1961) * '' Il suffit d'aimer'' (1961) * ''On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts'' (1964) * ''Circus Angel ''Circus Angel'' (french: Fifi la plume) is a 1965 French fantasy film directed and produced by Albert Lamorisse. Plot A burglar joins the circus to escape the police. Yet, he continues his thefts during his off-hours and gets involved in the prob ...'' (1965) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketti Gallian
Ketti Gallian (25 December 1912 – December 1972) was a French actress. Biography Gallian was born in Nice. She went to Paris at the age of 15 and secured work as a model. She later went back to Nice and appeared in a number of foreign films made by Paramount. Her performance in ''The Ace'', in which she played opposite Raymond Massey on the London stage, resulted in a screen contract from Fox. However, she never became a success while acting in America and returned to France. She died, aged 59, in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 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), ma .... Filmography References External links * 1912 births 1972 deaths French film actresses People from Nice 20th-century French actresses {{France-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
