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Burning Fuse
''Burning Fuse'' (French: ''Le feu aux poudres'') is a 1957 French-Italian thriller film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Raymond Pellegrin, Charles Vanel and Peter van Eyck. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The films sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Synopsis Lola, the wife of a notorious arms dealer Pédro Wassevitch is attracted to a young painter Ludovic. Unknown to her he has been sent to infiltrate Wassevitch's operation which both a rival and the police are interested in. Cast * Raymond Pellegrin as Ludovic 'Ludo' Ferrier * Charles Vanel as Albatrasse * Peter van Eyck as Pédro Wassevitch * Françoise Fabian as Lola Wassevitch * Lino Ventura as Legentil * Darío Moreno as Jeff * Lyla Rocco as Brigitte * Jacqueline Maillan as Mme Catherine, l'aubergiste * Mathilde Casadesus as Mimi * Pierre-Louis as L' inspecteur Fougeron * Roland Armontel as Antoine * Henri Cogan as Matt * Michel Flamme as Un inspecteur * Michel Jourdan as Dédé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Decoin
Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 m freestyle. He competed in the 400 m freestyle at the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the water polo tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Biography During World War I, Decoin served as a pilot. After that he worked as a sports journalist for '' L'Auto'', ''L'Intransigeant'' and '' Paris-Soir''. In 1926 he published his first book, influenced by Dadaism, the experimental and prize-winning ''Quinze Combats'' (''Fifteen Rounds''), in which a boxing match is seen subjectively by a boxer, and in 1933 directed his first film, ''Les requins du pétrole'' (''The Oil Sharks''). He was known for tackling many genres; with adaptations of Georges Simenon as The Strangers in the House (1942) - featuring Raimu in one of his famous roles, and The Tru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Flamme (actor)
Michel Flamme is a French chef. He worked in "Byerly Turk Restaurant ", the restaurant of the Michelin starred Kildare Hotel and Golf Club (K Club) in Straffan, County Kildare, when it earned its stars between 1993 and 1994. He was executive head chef of the K Club until at least 2000. Flamme's first Irish job was in restaurant ''Mirabeau'' in 1984. Later he moved on to the K Club. In 2006, Flamme moved to the high-profile restaurant ''No. 10'' in Dublin. Despite his cooking, this project ended in bankruptcy. In 2008, he worked in ''Solis Lough Eske'' in Donegal. Awards * Michelin star The Michelin Guides ( ) are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900. The Guide awards up to three Michelin stars for excellence to a select few establishments. The acquisition or loss of a ... 1993-1994 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Cogan
Henri Cogan (13 September 1914 in Paris – 23 September 2003 in Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French actor and stuntman. Biography Before Henri Cogan became a fight choreographer for European action films he proved his expertise in hand-to-hand combat publicly by fighting as a professional wrestler. As a wrestler he once fought Lino Ventura and later he introduced him to Georges Lautner. Henri Cogan appeared in French, German and English films. Selected filmography *1947: ''Un flic'' (by Maurice de Canonge) - Un homme de Zattore *1953: ''La môme vert-de-gris'' (by Bernard Borderie) - Un copain de l'électricien (uncredited) *1954: ''Yours Truly, Blake'' (by Bernard Borderie) - Sam *1955: ''Les Chiffonniers d'Emmaüs'' (by Robert Darène) - Le bagarreur (uncredited) *1955: ' (by John Berry) - (uncredited) *1955: ' (by John Berry) *1956: ''Goubbiah, mon amour'' (by Robert Darène) - The Scarface *1956: ''The Whole Town Accuses'' (by Claude Boissol) - Un gangster *1956: ' (by Raoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Armontel
Roland Armontel (21 December 1901 – 15 March 1980) was a French actor. Born Auguste Louis Magnin in Vimoutiers, Orne, France, he died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''Fun in the Barracks'' (1932) * ''Let's Touch Wood'' (1933) * ''Les Misérables'' (1934) * ''Women's Prison'' (1938) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''Miss Bonaparte'' (1942) * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) * ''The Idiot'' (1946) * ''Jericho'' (1946) * ''The Royalists'' (1947) * '' The Three Cousins'' (1947) * ''The Revenge of Baccarat'' (1948) * '' Eternal Conflict'' (1948) * ''Emile the African'' (1949) * ''The Lovers of Verona'' (1949) * ''The Martyr of Bougival'' (1949) * '' The Red Angel'' (1949) * ''The Dancer of Marrakesh'' (1949) * '' Without Trumpet or Drum'' (1950) * ''Clara de Montargis'' (1951) * ''The Beautiful Image'' (1951) * ''Monsieur Leguignon, Signalman'' (1952) * ''The Adventures of Mandrin'' (1952) * ''The Fighting Drummer'' (1953) * ''The Blonde Gypsy'' (1953) * '' Double or Quits'' (1953) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Louis (actor)
Pierre-Louis (1917–1987) was a French film actor. He also directed three films in the early 1950s including ''The Nude Dancer''.Goble p.11 Selected filmography Actor * ''Madame Angot's Daughter'' (1935) * '' Hélène'' (1936) * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1943) * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) * ''Counter Investigation'' (1947) * ''Quay of Grenelle'' (1950) * ''Sins of Madeleine'' (1951) * '' Folie douce'' (1951) * ''Moumou'' (1951) * '' Fortuné de Marseille'' (1952) * ''His Father's Portrait'' (1953) * ''Tourbillon'' (1953) * ''Burning Fuse'' (1957) * ''Anyone Can Kill Me'' (1957) * ''Maigret Sets a Trap'' (1958) Director * ''The Nude Dancer'' (1952) * ''Soyez les bienvenus ''Soyez les bienvenus'' or ''L'Autocar en folie'' is a 1953 French comedy film by Pierre-Louis. Plot The leading coach the company of Jean Nohain make a program fails in a small village. The people immobilize the troops to force him to do the ...'' (1953) * '' Mandat d'amener'' (1953) References Bibli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathilde Casadesus
Mathilde Casadesus (1921–1965) was a French film actress.Goble p.95 Partial filmography * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) - L'Agitée * ''La part de l'ombre'' (1945) * ''The Idiot'' (1946) - Adélaïde Epantchine * ''The Murdered Model'' (1948) - Madame Malaise * ''Tous les deux'' (1949) - La cliente * ''Marlene'' (1949) - Betty * ''Au royaume des cieux'' (1949) - Madame Barattier la Patronne de l'Auberge * '' Branquignol'' (1949) - Suzanne * ''Le Roi Pandore'' (1950) - Marika * '' The Sleepwalker'' (1951) - Mademoiselle Thomas * ''Le Plaisir'' (1952) - Madame Louise dite Cocotte (segment "La Maison Tellier") * ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1953) - Prudence * ''The Air of Paris'' (1954) - Voyageuse * ''Ce soir les jupons volent...'' (1956) - Madame Pommeau * '' Gervaise'' (1956) - Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse * '' Burning Fuse'' (1957) - Mimi * ''Me and the Colonel'' (1958) - Secretary (uncredited) * ''Love Is My Profession'' (1958) - Anna - la patronne du restaurant (uncredited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Maillan
Jacqueline Jeanne Paule Maillan (11 January 1923 - 12 May 1992) was a French actress with a career spanning almost five decades, known primarily for her forty theatre productions, she also appeared in more than fifty films (1947 to 1992) and is remembered as one of the greatest comedic thespians of her generation and even nicknamed "The Louis de Funès in skirt". After working on the classics of French theatre, she excelled in playing exuberant, strong and powerful women in vaudeville and boulevard on stage or in such films as Jean-Marie Poiré's cult ''Gramps Is in the Resistance'' ( French: ''Papy fait de la résistance'',1983) before pioneering stand-up in France. Her husband Michel Emer, who was Edith Piaf's composer, helped her hide her bisexuality (if not her sole homosexuality) from the public as they lived as a 'free couple' when it was then deeply stigmatized during the 1950s and 1960s. She was made a Chevalier ( French: ''Knight'') of the Légion d'honneur and Office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyla Rocco
Lyla Rocco (18 January 1933 – 17 January 2015) was an Italian film actress. She was also a contestant in Miss Italy. After making her screen debut in 1951, Rocco appeared in over thirty productions before retiring in 1964. In 1954 she played a supporting role in Roberto Rossellini's ''Journey to Italy''. In 1960, in one of her final roles, she appeared in the horror film ''The Playgirls and the Vampire''.Hogan p.304 She was married to the actor Steve Barclay. Selected filmography * ''Anna'' (1951) * '' The Lady Without Camelias'' (1953) * ''Journey to Italy'' (1954) * ''High Fashion'' (1954) * ''One Step to Eternity'' (1954) * ''Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love'' (1954) * ''He Died Fifteen Years Ago'' (1954) * ''Songs of Italy'' (1955) * ''The Red Cloak'' (1955) * ''La ladra'' (1955) * ''Burning Fuse'' (1957) * ''No Sun in Venice'' (1957) * ''Young Husbands'' (1958) * ''The Playgirls and the Vampire ''The Playgirls and the Vampire'' ( it, L'ultima preda del vampiro, lit=The Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darío Moreno
David Arugete (3 April 1921 – 1 December 1968), commonly known under his stage name Darío Moreno, was a Turkish-Jewish polyglot singer, an accomplished composer, lyricist, and guitarist. He attained fame and made a remarkable career centred in France which also included films, during the 1950s and the 1960s. He became famous with his 1961 song ''Brigitte Bardot''. Biography Darío Moreno was born to a large Jewish family. He was orphaned in early childhood when his father, who worked in a train station in Aydın, was shot dead under tragic circumstances. He was placed in the Sephardic orphanage of Izmir (Nido De Guerfanos) by his mother and remained there until he was four. After a primary education in the Jewish educational establishments of Izmir, he had many odd jobs during his early youth. He put great effort into continuing his education while simultaneously working to make a living. He started working as an errand boy in the law firm of the city's prominent lawyers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lino Ventura
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian actor who grew up in France and starred in many French films. Born in Italy, he was raised in Paris by his mother. After a first career as a professional wrestler was ended by injury, he was offered a part as a gang boss in the Jacques Becker film ''Touchez pas au grisbi'' (1954) and rapidly became one of France's favourite film actors, playing opposite many other great stars and working with such leading directors as Louis Malle, Claude Sautet, and Claude Miller. Usually portraying a tough man, either a criminal or a cop, he also featured as a leader of the Resistance in the Jean-Pierre Melville directed ''Army of Shadows'' (''L'armée des ombres'', 1969). After one of his four children, a daughter, was born handicapped, he and his wife founded a charity Perce-Neige (Snowdrop) which aids disabled children and their parents. He was voted 23rd in a poll for the 100 gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Fabian
Michèle Cortes (born 10 May 1933), known professionally as Françoise Fabian (), is a French film actress. She has appeared in more than 100 films since 1956. In 1971, Fabian signed the Manifesto of the 343 The Manifesto of the 343 (), was a French petition signed by 343 women "who had the courage to say, 'I've had an abortion. It was an act of civil disobedience, since abortion was illegal in France, and by admitting publicly to having aborted, they ..., publicly declaring having had an abortion. Filmography References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fabian, Francoise 1933 births Living people French film actresses People from Algiers Pieds-Noirs 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses Signatories of the 1971 Manifesto of the 343 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
