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Captain Blomet
''Captain Blomet'' (French: ''Capitaine Blomet'') is a 1947 French comedy film directed by Andrée Feix and starring Fernand Gravey, Gaby Sylvia and Jean Meyer.Palmer & Michael p.69 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. Cast * Fernand Gravey as Blomet * Gaby Sylvia as Micheline de Mandane * Jean Meyer as Justin * Henri Crémieux as Le premier témoin de Cugnac * Made Siamé as Mme de Guérinière * Jacques Tarride * Denise Precheur * Ariane Murator * Etienne Decroux * Pierre Vernet * Colette Fleuriot * Suzanne Flon * Jean Gold * Jacques Henley * Katherine Kath * Jacques Erwin as M. de Cugnac * Jean-Roger Caussimon as Clodomir * Jacques Castelot as Rodolphe * Jean d'Yd * Zita Fiore * Frédérique Nadar Frederique is a French female given name, which is equivalent to the male name Frederick, meaning "peaceful ruler". Alternative spellings include Frédérique and Frederieke. The name Frederique may refer to: People * Frédéri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrée Feix
Andrée Feix (15 February 1912 – 15 April 1987) was a French film editor and film director. She directed two films in the mid-1940s, making her debut with the comedy '' Once is Enough'' (1946).Rollet p.105 Selected filmography Editor * '' The House of Mystery'' (1933) * '' Little Jacques'' (1934) * ''The Voyage to America'' (1951) * '' Koenigsmark'' (1953) * ''Yours Truly, Blake'' (1954) * ''Black Orpheus ''Black Orpheus'' ( Portuguese: ''Orfeu Negro'' ) is a 1959 romantic tragedy film made in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus and starring Marpessa Dawn and Breno Mello. It is based on the play ''Orfeu da Conceição'' by Vinicius de Mora ...'' (1959) * '' Love in the Night'' (1968) Director * '' Once is Enough'' (1946) * '' Captain Blomet'' (1947) References Bibliography * Brigitte Rollet. ''Coline Serreau''. Manchester University Press, 1998. External links * 1912 births 1987 deaths French film editors Film directors from Paris French women film editor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Gold
Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean Pierre Polnareff, a fictional character from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' Places * Jean, Nevada, USA; a town * Jean, Oregon Jean is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washingt ..., USA Entertainment * Jean (dog), a female collie in silent films * "Jean" (song) (1969), by Rod McKuen, also recorded by Oliver * ''Jean Seberg'' (musical), a 1983 musical by Marvin Hamlisch Other uses * JEAN (programming language) * USS ''Jean'' (ID-1308), American cargo ship c. 1918 * Sternwheeler Jean, a 1938 paddleboat of the Willamette River See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s French-language Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 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 * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 day ... [...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] |
1947 Comedy Films
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel. Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network. * January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect. * January 4 – First issue of weekly magazine ''Der Spiegel'' published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein. * January 10 – The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste. * January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solved. * January 16 – Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France. * January 19 – Ferry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Films
The year 1947 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1947 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *April 19 – Monogram Pictures release their first film under their Allied Artists banner, ''It Happened on Fifth Avenue''. *May 22 – ''Great Expectations'' is premiered in New York. *August 31 – The first Edinburgh International Film Festival opens at the Playhouse Cinema, presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild as part of the Edinburgh Festival of the Arts. Originally specialising in documentaries, it will become the world's oldest continually running film festival. *November 24 – The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress voted 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten". *November 25 – The Waldorf Statement is released by the executives of the United States motion picture industry that marks the beginning of the Hollywood blacklist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelle Praince
Marcelle Praince (9 June 1882 – 26 October 1969) was a French actress. Praince was born Célestine Cardi in Vigeois, Corrèze, France and died in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines. Selected filmography * '' Should We Wed Them?'' (1932) * ''The Red Robe'' (1933) * '' Sapho'' (1934) * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) * '' Parisian Life'' (1936) * ''The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * ''White Cargo'' (1937) * '' Entence Cordiale'' (1939) * ''The Fatted Calf'' (1939) * ''A Cage of Nightingales'' (1945) * '' Father Goriot'' (1945) * ''Captain Blomet'' (1947) * '' The Three Cousins'' (1947) * '' The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain'' (1947) * ''Dilemma of Two Angels'' (1948) * ''The Cupid Club'' (1949) * ''Doctor Laennec'' (1949) * ''The Girl from Maxim's'' (1950) * '' Darling Caroline'' (1951) * ''Two Pennies Worth of Violets'' (1951) * '' Matrimonial Agency'' (1952) * ''Madame du Barry'' (1954) * ''Chaque jour a son secret ''Chaque jour a son secret'' ( en, Every Day Has Its Secret) is a French t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédérique Nadar
Frederique is a French language, French female given name, which is equivalent to the male name Frederick (given name), Frederick, meaning "peaceful ruler". Alternative spellings include Frédérique and Frederieke. The name Frederique may refer to: People *Frédérique Apffel-Marglin (born 1951), American anthropologist *Frédérique Audouin-Rouzeau (born 1957), French writer *Frédérique Bel (born 1975), French actress *Frederique Darragon (1949), French explorer *Frederique Derkx (born 1994), Dutch hockey player *Frédérique Dumas (born 1963), French film producer *Frédérique Lambert (born 1992), Canadian racquetball player *Frédérique Lenger (1921–2005), Belgian mathematics educator *Fredrique Paijkull (1836-1899), Swedish educator *Frédérique Petrides (1903–1983), American conductor *Frédérique Ries (born 1959), Belgian politician *Frederieke Saeijs (born 1979), Dutch violinist *Frederique Trunk (born 1962), French musician *Frédérique Turgeon (born 1999), Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zita Fiore
Zita (c. 1212 – 27 April 1272; also known as Sitha or Citha) is an Italian saint, the patron saint of maids and domestic servants. She is often appealed to in order to help find lost keys. She is often confused with St. Osyth or Ositha, an important English Saint with a town named after her. Zita entered domestic service at the age of twelve and served the same family for almost fifty years. Through her diligence and fidelity, she became a trusted and valued servant. She spent her days in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. Zita was known for her kindness and generosity to the poor. Life Zita was born in Tuscany in a village not far from Lucca, to Giovanni and Buonissima Lombardo. Her maternal uncle, Graziano, was a hermit who dwelt on a neighboring mountain where he had built a church and a shelter for travelers. Her elder sister became a Cistercian nun. At the age of 12, she became a servant in the household of the Fatinellis, a well-to-do family of silk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean D'Yd
Jean d'Yd was the stage name of Jean Paul Félix Didier Perret. He was a French actor and comedian, and was born in Paris on 17 May 1880. He died in Vernon, Eure, France on 14 May 1964. Selected filmography *1923: ''La Dame de Monsoreau'' (directed by René Le Somptier) - Chicot *1923: '' Le chant de l'amour triomphant'' (directed by Victor Tourjansky) - Le serviteur hindou *1923: ''La souriante Madame Beudet'' (directed by Germaine Dulac) - Monsieur Labas *1923: '' Gossette'' (directed by Germaine Dulac) - Maître Varadès *1924: ''The Thruster'' (directed by André Hugon) - L'avocat général *1924: '' La main qui a tué'' (directed by Maurice de Marsan and Maurice Gleize) - Inspecteur Bréchet *1926: '' Nitchevo'' (directed by Jacques de Baroncelli) - Commandant Le Gossec *1927: ''Napoléon'' (directed by Abel Gance) - La Bussière *1928: ''La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc'' (directed by Carl Dreyer) - Guillaume Evrard *1931: '' La fin du monde'' (directed by Abel Gance) - M. de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Castelot
Jacques Castelot (born Jacques Marie Paul Éloi Storms) (11 July 1914 – 25 August 1989) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1938 and 1982. His brother was the writer André Castelot and their father was the Symbolist painter Maurice Chabas. From 1940 to 1945 he was married to actress and theater director Héléna Bossis (pseudonym of Henriette Berthe Blanche Berriau). Selected filmography * ''La Marseillaise'' (1938) * ''Love Cavalcade'' (1939) - Un danseur (uncredited) * '' Strange Inheritance'' (1943) - Jean Plantel * '' Monsieur des Lourdines'' (1943) - Le prince Stimov * ''La Malibran'' (1944) - Lamartine * ''The Island of Love'' (1944) - L'ami de Xénia * ''Children of Paradise'' (1945) - Georges * ''Pamela'' (1945) - Le prince de Carency * ''Pour une nuit d'amour'' (1947) - Le comte de Vétheuil * ''Captain Blomet'' (1947) - Rodolphe * ''Route sans issue'' (1948) - Larsac * ''The Murdered Model'' (1948) - Emile * ''Les Condamnés'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Roger Caussimon
Jean-Roger Caussimon (24 July 1918 – 19 October 1985) was a French singer-songwriter and film actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1945 and 1985 but is better known for having worked with poet-singer Léo Ferré. Discography Studio albums * ''Jean-Roger Caussimon chante Jean-Roger Caussimon'' (1970) * ''À la Seine'' (1972) * ''Musique légère'' (1974) * ''Il fait soleil'' (1975) * ''Chanson de l'homme heureux'' (1977) * ''Papy rock'' (1979) Live albums * ''Au théâtre de la Ville'' (1978) Posthumous releases * ''En public à l'Olympia 74'' (1992) * ''Jean-Roger Caussimon au cabaret du Lapin Agile'' (2003) Selected filmography * ''François Villon'' (1945) - Le grand écolier * '' The Last Judgment'' (1945) * ''Pétrus'' (1946) - Milou * '' Destiny Has Fun'' (1946) - Marcel * ''Captain Blomet'' (1947) - Clodomir * ''La fleur de l'âge'' (1947) * ''Le mannequin assassiné'' (1948) - Jérôme * ''Scandals of Clochemerle'' (1948) - Samotras * ''The Murdered Model'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
