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Black And White (1931 Film)
''Black and White'' (French: ''Le blanc et le noir'') is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Marc Allégret and Robert Florey and starring Raimu, André Alerme and Louis Baron fils. Described as a "feeble racist comedy" it was the feature screen debut to the comedian Fernandel.Crisp p.238 It is an adaptation of the 1922 play of the same title by Sacha Guitry, who wrote the screenplay. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Marc Allégret also worked as art director, designing the film's sets. Cast * Raimu as Marcel Desnoyers * André Alerme as George Samoy * Louis Baron fils as H. Massicourt - Le père de Marguerite' * Charles Lamy as Le docteur Leclerc * Louis Kerly as Arthur * Fernandel as Le groom vierge * Paul Pauley as M. Timiriou - le chef de bureau * Suzanne Dantès as Marguerite Desnoyers * Irène Wells as Peggy Samoy * Charlotte Clasis as Mme Massicaut * Pauline Carton as Marie - la bonne * Monette Dinay Monette Dinay (1906–1986) was a French ...
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Marc Allégret
Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director. Biography Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer in Paris, but while accompanying his lover André Gide on a trip in 1927 to the Congo in Africa, he recorded the trip on film,Marc Allégret
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Art Director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it visual communication, communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style (visual arts), style(s) to use, and when to use motion graphic design, motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the col ...
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1930s French-language Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 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 * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off ...
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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 ...
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1931 Comedy Films
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 – Official ...
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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 ...
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Monette Dinay
Monette Dinay (1906–1986) was a French film actress.Crisp p.45 Partial filmography * ''Black and White'' (1931) - Joséphine * ''L'agence O-Kay'' (1932) - Simone * ''Ce cochon de Morin'' (1932) * ''Un beau jour de noces'' (1932) - Marinette Devaux * ''Riri et Nono en vacances'' (1932) * ''L'Ordonnance malgré lui'' (1932) - Rosine * ''Bal Tabarin'' (1933) - Chiquette * ''Le supplice de Tantale'' (1933) * ''Maison hantée'' (1933) * ''Les deux 'Monsieur' de Madame'' (1973) - Flora * ''Le gros lot'' (1933) * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) - Félicité * ''La garnison amoureuse'' (1934) - (uncredited) * ''On a trouvé une femme nue'' (1934) - Lucette * ''La jeune fille d'une nuit'' (1934) * '' Night in May'' (1934) - Toni * ''Un drôle de numéro'' (1934) - Solange Ducauchois * '' Turandot, Princess of China'' (1935) - Mien-Li * ''L'affaire Coquelet'' (1935) - Justine * ''La petite dame du wagon-lit'' (1936) - Francine * ''Prête-moi ta femme'' (1936) - Riri * ''Prends la route'' (1936) ...
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Pauline Carton
Pauline Carton (4 July 1884 – 17 June 1974) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 190 films between 1907 and 1974. Filmography * ''La fille du Boche'' (1915) * ''Blanchette'' (1921) * ''La femme de nulle part'' (1922) * ''Château historique'' (1923) - Tante Chloë * ''Mon curé chez les riches'' (1925) * ''Feu Mathias Pascal'' (1926) - Tante Scholastique * ''Le p'tit Parigot'' (1926) - Tante Prudence * ''La tournée Farigoule'' (1926) - La poétesse * ''La petite fonctionnaire'' (1927) - Madame Lebardin * ''Education of a Prince'' (1927) - La concierge * ''La ronde infernale'' (1928) * ''Yvette'' (1928) * ''Miss Édith, duchesse'' (1929) - Marie * ''L'arpète'' (1929) - La concierge * '' My Childish Father'' (1930) - The Concierge * ''Cendrillon de Paris'' (1930) * ''Black and White'' (1931) - Marie - la bonne * ''Montmartre'' (1931) * '' The Voice of Happiness'' (1931) * ''American Love'' (1931) - Pauline * ''The Blood of a Poet'' (1932) * ''Seul'' (1932) ...
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Charlotte Clasis
Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populous city in the U.S., the seventh most populous city in the South, and the second most populous city in the Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida. The city is the cultural, economic, and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area, whose 2020 population of 2,660,329 ranked 22nd in the U.S. Metrolina is part of a sixteen-county market region or combined statistical area with a 2020 census-estimated population of 2,846,550. Between 2004 and 2014, Charlotte was ranked as the country's fastest-growing metro area, with 888,000 new residents. Based on U.S. Census data from 2005 to 2015, Charlotte tops the U.S. in millennial population growth. It is the third-fastest-growing major city in the United States. Residents are referred t ...
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Irène Wells
Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), the Greek for "peace". Irene, and related names, may refer to: * Irene (given name) Places * Irene, Gauteng, South Africa * Irene, South Dakota, United States * Irene, Texas, United States * Irene, West Virginia, United States * Irene Lake, Quebec, Canada * Lake Irene, a small lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, United States * Lake Irene, a lake in Minnesota, United States * Irene River (Opawica River tributary), a tributary of the Opawica River in Quebec, Canada * Irene River (New Zealand), a river of New Zealand * Eirini metro station, an Athens metro station in Ano Maroussi, Greece Storms and hurricanes * Tropical Storm Irene (1947) * Tropical Storm Irene (1959) * Hurricane Irene–Olivia (1971) * Hurricane Irene (1981), part of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season * Hurricane Irene (1999) * Hurricane Irene (2005) * Hurricane Irene (2011) Arts and entertainment Films and anime * ''Irene'' (1926 film), an Ame ...
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Suzanne Dantès
Suzanne Dantès (1888–1958) was a French stage and film actress.Abecassis p.96 Selected filmography * ''The Courier of Lyon'' (1923) * ''Black and White'' (1931) * '' A Happy Man'' (1932) * ''Extenuating Circumstances'' (1939) * '' Miquette'' (1940) * ''La Grande Meute'' (1945) * ''The Cupid Club'' (1949) * ''Two Doves'' (1949) * ''Their Last Night ''Their Last Night'' (French: ''Leur dernière nuit'') is a 1953 French crime drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Gabin, Madeleine Robinson and Robert Dalban.Harriss p.196 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and ...'' (1953) * '' The Gambler'' (1958) References Bibliography * Michaël Abecassis. ''The Representation of Parisian Speech in the Cinema of the 1930s''. Peter Lang, 2005. External links * 1888 births 1958 deaths French film actresses French stage actresses People from Aisne {{France-actor-stub ...
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