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Buridan's Donkey (film)
''Buridan's Donkey'' (French: ''L'âne de Buridan'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Alexandre Ryder and starring René Lefèvre, Colette Darfeuil and Mona Goya.Crisp p.394 It takes its title from the fable of Buridan's donkey. The film's art direction was by Guy de Gastyne. Cast * René Lefèvre as Georges * Colette Darfeuil as Vivette * Mona Goya as Micheline * Charles Prince as Adolphe * Simone Deguyse as Fernande * Mauricet as Lucien * Francine Mussey as Odette * Alexandre Mihalesco Alexandre Mihalesco (; born Alexandru Mihăilescu, ; 19 October 1883 – 28 December 1974) was a Romanian film actor who largely appeared in French productions.Goble p.2 Selected filmography * ''The Independence of Romania'' (1912) * ''On the W ... as Le photographe * Jean Bara as Un petit garçon * Jeanne Bernard * Olga Lord * Maximilienne References Bibliography * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Ryder
Alexandre Ryder (1891–1966) was a Polish-born French film director best known for his crime drama films of the 1920s and 1930s. He directed some 20 films between 1920 and 1950. His 1940 film '' Après Mein Kampf mes crimes'' (''My Crimes after Mein Kampf'') was a propaganda film directed against Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...'s policies. Germany had invaded Poland, Ryder's homeland, a year earlier in 1939. Selected filmography * '' The Woman with Closed Eyes'' (1926) * '' The Criminal'' (1926) * '' Buridan's Donkey'' (1932) * '' Mirages'' (1938) External links * Polish film directors French film directors Silent film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters French people of Polish des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy De Gastyne
Guy de Gastyne (1888–1972) was a French art director. He was the brother of the film director Marco de Gastyne.Andrew p.184 Selected filmography * ''Little Lise'' (1930) * ''Orange Blossom'' (1932) * '' Buridan's Donkey'' (1932) * ''Abduct Me'' (1932) * ''Once Upon a Time'' (1933) * '' Miquette'' (1934) * '' Rothchild'' (1934) * ''Samson'' (1936) * ''The Lie of Nina Petrovna'' (1937) * ''The Kiss of Fire'' (1937) * ''The Citadel of Silence'' (1937) * ''Rasputin'' (1938) * ''The Shanghai Drama'' (1938) * ''Whirlwind of Paris'' (1939) * '' The White Slave'' (1939) * ''The Acrobat'' (1941) * '' Strangers in the House'' (1942) * ''Cecile Is Dead'' (1944) * ''Majestic Hotel Cellars'' (1945) * '' As Long as I Live'' (1946) * ''Naughty Martine'' (1947) * '' Man About Town'' (1947) * '' After Love'' (1948) * '' The King'' (1949) * ''Blonde Blond (male) or blonde (female), also referred to as fair hair, is a hair color characterized by low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin. The r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Alexandre Ryder
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 sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pathé Films
Pathé or Pathé Frères (, styled as PATHÉ!) is the name of various French businesses that were founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France starting in 1896. In the early 1900s, Pathé became the world's largest film equipment and production company, as well as a major producer of phonograph records. In 1908, Pathé invented the newsreel that was shown in cinemas before a feature film. Pathé is a major film production and distribution company, owning a number of cinema chains through its subsidiary Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont and television networks across Europe. It is the second-oldest operating film company behind Gaumont Film Company, which was established in 1895. History The company was founded as Société Pathé Frères (Pathé Brothers Company) in Paris, France on 28 September 1896, by the four brothers Charles, Émile, Théophile and Jacques Pathé. During the first part of the 20th century, Pathé became the largest film equipment and producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Films Based On Plays
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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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
1932 Comedy 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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Films
The following is an overview of 1932 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1932 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading headline events of the year. * Sidney Kent leaves Paramount Pictures and joins Fox Film. * Merlin H Aylesworth succeeds Hiram S Brown as president of RKO. * Jesse L. Lasky leaves Paramount and becomes an independent producer for Fox. * Sam Katz leaves Paramount. * James R Grainger leaves Fox and is succeeded by John D Clark, formerly of Paramount. * Publix and Fox decentralization of cinemas. * New industry program, including standard exhibition contract along lines of 5-5-5, proposed by Motion Picture Theater Owners of America and Allied. * Joe Brandt retires from Columbia Pictures joins World-Wide and later resigns again. * Two Radio City theaters open, under dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Mihalesco
Alexandre Mihalesco (; born Alexandru Mihăilescu, ; 19 October 1883 – 28 December 1974) was a Romanian film actor who largely appeared in French productions.Goble p.2 Selected filmography * ''The Independence of Romania'' (1912) * ''On the Waves of Happiness'' (1920) * ''The Crystal Submarine'' (1927) * ''The Passion of Joan of Arc'' (1928) * '' Accused, Stand Up!'' (1930) * ''Levy and Company'' (1930) * '' Nights of Princes'' (1930) * '' Little Lise'' (1930) * '' The Sweetness of Loving'' (1930) * ''Southern Cross'' (1932) * ''The Levy Department Stores'' (1932) * '' Buridan's Donkey'' (1932) * ''Night of Temptation'' (1932) * '' Judex'' (1934) * ''The Uncle from Peking'' (1934) * ''The Call of Silence'' (1936) *''Bach the Detective'' (1936) * ''Mercadet'' (1936) * ''The Phantom Gondola'' (1936) * ''Woman of Malacca'' (1937) * '' The Secrets of the Red Sea'' (1937) * ''Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938) * ''Rasputin'' (1938) * '' Storm Over Asia'' (1938) * ''Golden Venus'' (1938) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francine Mussey
Francine Mussey (6 October 1897 – 23 March 1933) was a French film actress whose career began in the silent film era of the 1920s and ended in 1933 when she committed suicide by ingesting poison at age 35. Mussey was born in the 18th arrondissement of Paris as Marcelle Fromholt in 1897. She made her debut in the 1920 Lucien Lehmann-directed film ''L'épave'', opposite actors Marcel Bonneau and Jean-François Martial. She would go on to appear in a number of films throughout the 1920s and into the sound film era of the early 1930s directed by Louis Feuillade, Gaston Ravel, Alexandre Ryder and Jean Daumery, among others. She appeared in the 1927 epic ''Napoléon'' Unifrance.org, Retrieved 12 April 2016 which ran for five and a half hours. Selected filmography *''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Deguyse
Simone Deguyse (1910-1985) was a French stage and film actress. Kermabonp p.240 On stage she appeared in a number of operettas and comedies. Selected filmography * ''The Fortune'' (1931) * '' Buridan's Donkey'' (1932) * ''Orange Blossom'' (1932) * '' I Have an Idea'' (1934) * '' Your Smile'' (1934) * ''La jeune fille d'une nuit'' (1934) * ''Une femme chipée'' (1934 * '' The Imberger Mystery'' (1935) * ''The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * ''False Identity Identity theft occurs when someone uses another person's personal identifying information, like their name, identifying number, or credit card number, without their permission, to commit fraud or other crimes. The term ''identity theft'' was co ...'' (1947) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Kermabon, Jacques. ''Pathé: premier empire du cinéma''. Centre Georges Pompidou, 1994. * Lartigue, Jacques-Henri. ''Les Femmes Aux Cigarettes''. Viking P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
