Claire Maurier
Claire Maurier (born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon; March 27, 1929) is a French actress who has appeared in more than 90 films since 1947. Life and career Maurier was born Odette-Michelle-Suzanne Agramon on March 27, 1929 in the French commune of Céret, in the Pyrénées-Orientales region, which is in the southwest of France. She started her acting career in small film roles at the end of the 1940s. Her first 'main' role came when she portrayed Gilberte Doinel, the mother of the main character in François Truffaut's 1959 film ''The 400 Blows''. Another notable early role of hers was as Christiane Colombey, the bigamist wife of the main character in the 1963 film '' La Cuisine au beurre''. In 1978, she had a notable role in Édouard Molinaro's film '' La Cage aux Folles'' as Simone. In 1981, she was nominated the César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for '' A Bad Son''. She played Madeleine, a seductive older woman. In 2001, she gained international recognit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Céret
Céret (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is the capital of the historic Catalan comarca of Vallespir. Geography The town lies in the foothills of the Pyrénées mountains, in southern France. It has an altitude of 175–1400 meters. It is located from the Autoroute A9, from Montpellier, from Toulouse and from Barcelona. It lies on the river Tech. The GR 10 footpath runs close by. Céret is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret. Toponymy The name of the town in Catalan is ''Ceret''. Former known names of Céret are, in order of appearance, ''vicus Sirisidum'' in 814, ''vico Cereto'' in 866, ''villa Cerseto'' in 915, ''vigo Ceresido'' in 930, also ''Cered'' and ''Ceriteto'' in the 10th century, ''Ceret'', ''Cericeto'' in the 11th and 12th centuries, ''Cirset'' around 1070, ''Cersed'' (one of the most common forms) in 1130 and ''Cerset'' in 1138, and from the 13th to 15th cent ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jean Becker (director)
Jean Becker (born 10 May 1933) is a French film director, screenwriter and actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li .... He is son of the director Jacques Becker. Accessed 18 March 2014. Filmography References External links * 1933 births Living people Film directors from Paris ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dimitri Kirsanoff
Dimitri Kirsanoff (russian: Димитрий Кирсанов, né Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan, Маркус Давид Зусманович Каплан; 6 March 1899 – 11 February 1957) was an early film-maker working in France, sometimes considered part of the French Impressionist movement in film. He is known for some poetic silent films which he made independently, especially the medium-length ''Ménilmontant'', but he was less successful with commercial films in the sound era.''Dictionnaire du cinéma français'', d. byJean-Loup Passek. Paris: Larousse, 1987. p. 256. Early life Kirsanoff was born Markus David Sussmanovitch Kaplan on 5 March 1899 in Tartu (then Juryev), Estonia, then Russian Empire. Many of the facts about his early life have been difficult to verify, and different sources have lent support to alternative accounts. It seems that his parents were Lithuanian Jews who had come to Tartu in 1870. After the death of his father in 1919, Kirsanoff le ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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René Jolivet
René Jolivet (1898–1975) was a French screenwriter and film director. He co-directed the 1956 adventure film ''The Adventures of Gil Blas''.Klossner p.11 Selected filmography * '' Women's Prison'' (1938) * ''Angelica'' (1939) * ''La tradition de minuit'' (1939) * '' On demande un ménage'' (1946) * '' The Fugitive'' (1947) * '' False Identity'' (1947) * '' Night Express'' (1948) * '' Le sorcier du ciel'' (1949) * ''Thus Finishes the Night'' (1949) * '' La peau d'un homme'' (1951) * '' L'étrange amazone'' (1953) * ''Eighteen Hour Stopover'' (1955) * ''The Adventures of Gil Blas ''The Adventures of Gil Blas'' (French: ''Les Aventures de Gil Blas de Santillane'', Spanish: ''Una aventura de Gil Blas'') is a 1956 French–Spanish adventure film directed by René Jolivet and Ricardo Muñoz Suay and starring Georges Marchal, B ...'' (1956) * '' A Certain Monsieur Jo'' (1958) * '' Les mordus'' (1960) References Bibliography * Crisp, Colin. ''French Cinema—A Critical Filmograph ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ricardo Muñoz Suay
Ricardo Muñoz Suay (28 August 1917 – 2 August 1997) was a Spanish film director, producer and screenwriter. He was one of the editors of the film magazine '' Objetivo'' which was published from 1953 to 1956. He was a member of the Communist Party. His film ''Sang et Lumières'' (''Sangre y Luces'') was presented at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival in the feature film category. The Muñoz Suay Prize was created in 1997 by the Spanish Academia de Cine to award historiography work focused on Spanish cinema. Selected filmography * '' Love in a Hot Climate'' (1954 - directed) * ''The Adventures of Gil Blas'' (1956) * '' The Moment of Truth'' (1965 - wrote) * ''The Night of the Witches ''The Night of the Witches'' aka ''Night of the Sorcerers'' ( es, La Noche de los Brujos) is a 1974 horror film which starred Maria Kosti, Loli Tovar aka Maria Dolores del Loreto Tovar, Barbara King, Kali Hansa aka Marisol Hernandez, Jack Taylo ...'' (1973 - produced) References External ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Adventures Of Gil Blas
''The Adventures of Gil Blas'' (French: ''Les Aventures de Gil Blas de Santillane'', Spanish: ''Una aventura de Gil Blas'') is a 1956 French–Spanish adventure film directed by René Jolivet and Ricardo Muñoz Suay and starring Georges Marchal, Barbara Laage and Susana Canales.Goble p.678 It is based on the eighteenth century novel ''Gil Blas'' by Alain-René Lesage. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Sigfrido Burmann and René Hubert. Cast * Georges Marchal as Gil Blas de Santillane * Barbara Laage as Antonia Caldera * Susana Canales as Doña Caldera Mencia * Jacques Castelot as Marquis de Mosquera * Marthe Mercadier as Serafina * Antonio Riquelme as Dr. Sangrado * Georgette Anys as Maria * Jean Lefebvre as Scipion * Claude May as Camille * Fernando Rey as Capitaine Rolando * Claire Maurier as Paquita * Carlos Larrañaga as Le Prince * Alexandre Rignault as L'aubergiste * Paul Demange as Lamela * Paul Préboist Paul Préboist (21 February 1927 – 4 M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yvan Noé
Yvan Noé (1895–1963) was a French playwright, screenwriter and film director.Driskell p.146 He was married to the actress Pierrette Caillol who sometimes performed alongside him. Selected filmography * '' Gloria'' (1931) * '' Mademoiselle Mozart'' (1935) * ''The Blue Danube'' (1940) * ''Men Without Fear ''Men Without Fear'' (French: ''Les hommes sans peur'') is a 1942 French drama film directed by Yvan Noé and starring Madeleine Sologne, Claude Dauphin and Janine Darcey.Rège p.772 It was partly shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice in the ...'' (1942) * '' A Friend Will Come Tonight'' (1946) * '' Secret Cargo'' (1947) * '' Dominique'' (1950) * '' Guilty?'' (1951) References Bibliography * Jonathan Driskell. ''The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom and the Modern Woman in 1930s France''. I.B.Tauris, 2015. External links * 1895 births 1963 deaths French film directors 20th-century French screenwriters French dramatists and playwrights Mass media people from ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jean-Devaivre
Jean Devaivre (1912–2004) was a French film director and screenwriter.Rège p.319 Additionally, he worked as a dubbing director, preparing foreign-language films for release in France. The film '' Safe Conduct'' (''Laissez-passer'', 2002) directed by Bertrand Tavernier is based on Devaivre's activities in the French film industry during the wartime Occupation of France. His brother Louis Devaivre was a film editor. Selected filmography * ''Shop Girls of Paris'' (1943) * '' The Farm of Seven Sins'' (1949) * '' Fugitive from Montreal'' (1950) * '' Vendetta in Camargue'' (1950) * ''My Wife, My Cow and Me'' (1952) * '' Alarm in Morocco'' (1953) * '' A Caprice of Darling Caroline'' (1953) * ''Caroline and the Rebels ''Caroline and the Rebels'' (french: Le Fils de Caroline chérie) is a 1955 French historical adventure film directed by Jean Devaivre and starring Jean-Claude Pascal, Sophie Desmarets and Brigitte Bardot. It is loosely part of the ''Caroli ...'' (1955) Refe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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A Caprice Of Darling Caroline
''A Caprice of Darling Caroline'' (French: ''Un caprice de Caroline chérie'') is a 1953 French historical comedy film directed by Jean Devaivre and starring Martine Carol, Jacques Dacqmine and Marthe Mercadier. It is based on the 1950 novel of the same title by Jacques Laurent. It was the sequel to the 1951 hit '' Darling Caroline''. It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. It was one of the first French films to be shot in Technicolor.Crisp p.141 Cast * Martine Carol as Caroline de Bièvre * Jacques Dacqmine as Gaston de Sallanches * Marthe Mercadier as Ida * Véra Norman as Comtesse Paolina Ruccelli * Jean Pâqui as Le capitaine de Cépoys * Jean-Claude Pascal as Livio * Denise Provence as Comtesse Clélia de Montelone * Jean Tissier as Le trésorier-payeur * Mady Berry as Marquise de Montelone * Christine Carère as Chekina * Gil Delamare as Lieutenant Berthier * Jacques Dufilho as Giuseppe * C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eusebio Fernández Ardavín
Eusebio Fernández Ardavín (1898–1965) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. He was the brother of the playwright Luis Fernández Ardavín. His nephew César Fernández Ardavín who also became a film director, began his career working for Eusebio.Bentley p.128 Selected filmography * ''The Girl from Bejar'' (1926) * ''Broken Lives (film), Broken Lives'' (1933) * ''The Moorish Queen (1937 film), The Moorish Queen'' (1937) * ''The Queen's Flower Girl'' (1940) * ''The Strange Marchioness'' (1940) * ''The Wheel of Life (1942 film), The Wheel of Life'' (1942) * ''El abanderado'' (1943) * ''Lady in Ermine'' (1947) * ''Neutrality (film), Neutrality'' (1949) * ''Vertigo (1951 film), Vertigo'' (1951) * ''The Beauty of Cadiz'' (1953) References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008. External links * 1898 births 1965 deaths Spanish film directors Spanish male screenwriters People from Madrid 20th-century Spanish ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raymond Bernard
Raymond Bernard (10 October 1891 – 12 December 1977) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career spanned more than 40 years. He is best remembered for several large-scale historical productions, including the silent films '' Le Miracle des loups'' (''The Miracle of the Wolves'') and '' Le Joueur d'échecs'' (''The Chess Player'') and in the 1930s '' Les Croix de bois'' (''Wooden Crosses'') and a highly regarded adaptation of ''Les Misérables''. Biography Raymond Bernard was born in Paris in 1891, the son of the author and humorist Tristan Bernard and younger brother of the playwright Jean-Jacques Bernard. He began his career as an actor appearing on stage in plays written by his father, including ''Jeanne Doré'' (1913) alongside Sarah Bernhardt (also filmed in 1916). In 1917, Bernard began to work behind the camera as assistant to Jacques Feyder at Gaumont and then continued as a director, principally adapting plays by his father. In these popular entertainmen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Beauty Of Cadiz
''The Beauty of Cadiz'' (French: ''La belle de Cadix'', Spanish: ''La bella de Cádiz'') is a 1953 French-Spanish musical comedy film directed by Raymond Bernard and Eusebio Fernández Ardavín and starring Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla and Jean Tissier.Alberto Mira, ''The A to Z of Spanish Cinema'', Rowman & Littlefield, 2010, page 280. It is an operetta film, based on the 1945 operetta of the same title. It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq. Plot A French cinema company is shooting a picture requiring real gypsies, so they hire a whole bunch and choose beautiful María Luisa to team with famed singer Carlos Molina. The plot includes a marriage and María Luisa believes it has been a real one. Cast * Luis Mariano as Carlos * Carmen Sevilla as Maria-Luisa * Jean Tissier as Auguste Legrand * Claude Nicot as Robert * Claire Maurier as Alexandrine Dupont * Thérèse Dorny as Blanche * J.A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |