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Carnaval (1953 Film)
''Carnival'' (French: ''Carnaval'') is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Fernandel, Jacqueline Pagnol and Pauline Carton. https://www.unifrance.org/film/4851/carnaval It was based on the play ''Dardamelle'' by Emile Mazaud. It was shot at the Marseille Studios of Marcel Pagnol and on location around Aix-en-Provence. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. Cast * Fernandel as Dardamelle * Jacqueline Pagnol as Francine Dardamelle * Pauline Carton as Toinette * Renée Passeur as Aunt * Nina Myral as La présidente des filles repenties * Antonin Berval as Le commissaire * Manuel Gary as Arthur * Alexandre Arnaudy as Le curé * Géo Dorlis as L'éveillé * Charles Blavette as Lambrequin * Henri Arius as Mayor * Mireille Perrey as Isabelle * Saturnin Fabre as Dr. Caberlot * Jean Panisse Jean Panisse (17 March 1928 – 1 January 2021) was a French actor. Acting career Panisse debuted his acting caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil (; born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International Film Festival, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, French Legion of Honor, Golden Globe Award, French National Academy of Cinema and Honorary Cesar awards. According to one obituary: For exactly 40 years, the prolific Verneuil made movies as mainstream and commercial as any to be found in America or Britain. In his best period – the 1950s and 1960s – he delivered films in the "tradition of quality" so despised by the Nouvelle Vague. Many of them proved excellent vehicles for old-timers Jean Gabin and Fernandel, and newcomers such as Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon. Life and career Early life Verneuil was born Ashot Malakian ( hy, Աշոտ Մալաքեան) to Armenian parents in Rodosto, East Thrace, Turkey. In 1924, when Ashot was a little ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renée Passeur
Renée Passeur (21 October 1905 – 16 January 1975) was a French actress and singer. Extravagant personality of the so-called Tout-Paris, Renée Passeur embodied eccentric characters in films. She was the spouse of author and screenwriter Steve Passeur (1899-1966). Partial filmography *1928: ''Dans l'ombre du harem'' (by Léon Mathot and André Liabel) *1928: '' L'Occident'' (by Henri Fescourt) - Arnaud's fiancée *1929: '' The Wonderful Day'' (by René Barberis) - L'inconnue *1930: '' La nuit est à nous'' (by Roger Lion) - (uncredited) *1931: ''Roumanie, terre d'amour'' (by Camille de Morlhon) - Zanfira *1931: '' Mon cœur et ses millions'' (by André Berthomieu) (under the name Modeste Arveyres) - Yolande de Vaneuse *1931: ''Monsieur cambriole'' (Short, by Maurice de Canonge) *1931: ''Diablette'' (Short, by Lucien Jaquelux) *1932: ''L'Affaire Blaireau'' (by Henry Wulschleger) - Mademoiselle de Chaville *1932: ''Les tutti-frutti'' (Short, by Jean Gourguet) *1933: ' (by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Comedy Films
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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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Films
The year 1953 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1953 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 16 – A new Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. is incorporated following a Consent Judgment to divest their Stanley Warner Theaters. * February 5 – Walt Disney's production of J.M. Barrie's ''Peter Pan'', starring Bobby Driscoll and Kathryn Beaumont, premieres to astounding acclaim from critics and audiences and quickly becomes one of the most beloved Disney films. This is the last Disney animated movie released in partnership RKO Pictures, becoming the last ever smash hit movie of the later company before it bankrupted in 1959. * July 1 – ''Stalag 17'', directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden, premieres and is considered by the critics and audiences to be one of the greatest WWII Prisoner of War films ever made. Holden wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Panisse
Jean Panisse (17 March 1928 – 1 January 2021) was a French actor. Acting career Panisse debuted his acting career by starring in the French movie ''. Death Panisse died from complications of COVID-19 on 1 January 2021, at the age of 92, during the COVID-19 pandemic in France. Selected filmography * ''Napoleon Road ''Napoleon Road'' (French: ''La route Napoléon'') is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Pierre Fresnay, Henri Vilbert and Claude Laydu. It was partly shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were des ...'' (1953) References External links * 1928 births 2021 deaths 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors Male actors from Marseille Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in France {{France-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturnin Fabre
Saturnin Fabre (4 April 1884 – 4 October 1961) was a French film actor. Selected filmography * ''La rafale'' (1920) - comte de Bréchebel * ''Mademoiselle de La Seiglière'' (1921) * ''The Road Is Fine'' (1930) - Le professeur Pique * ''Love Songs'' (1930) - M, Crispin * ''My Cousin from Warsaw'' (1931) - Saint-Hilaire * ''Atout cœur'' (1931) - Lefol * ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931) - Hector * ''The Improvised Son'' (1932) - M. Brassart * ''The Premature Father'' (1933) - Le père Puma * ''Son autre amour'' (1934) - Monsieur Léopard - le directeur * ''Casanova'' (1934) - M. Binetti * ''Les deux canards'' (1934) - Le baron de Saint-Amour * ''L'enfant du carnaval'' (1934) - Hubert * ''On a trouvé une femme nue'' (1934) - Le marquis de la Ferronière * ''Mam'zelle Spahi'' (1934) - Le colonel du 32ème de Spahis * ''L'hôtel du libre échange'' (1934) - Mathieu * ''Le roman d'un jeune homme pauvre'' (1936) - Bévellan * ''Excursion Train'' (1936) - M. Bring * ''A Hen on a W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mireille Perrey
Mireille Perrey (1904–1991) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.328 Perrey played some leading roles in the 1930s but gradually developed into a character actor, appearing in films such as the British comedy ''Hotel Sahara'' (1951). In 1964 she featured in ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg''. Between 1942 and 1947 she was a member of the Comédie-Française The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state .... Filmography References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1904 births 1991 deaths 20th-century French actresses French stage actresses French film actresses Actresses from Bordeaux {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Arius
Henri Arius (1897–1968) was a French film and stage actor. Crisp p.176 A character actor he appeared in a large number of films in wartime and post-war France. Selected filmography * '' Jeannou'' (1943) * ''Rooster Heart'' (1946) * ''Inspector Sergil'' (1947) * ''Quai des Orfèvres'' (1947) *'' Rumours'' (1947) * ''Sergil and the Dictator'' (1948) * '' The Passenger'' (1949) * '' Two Loves'' (1949) * ''Oriental Port'' (1950) * ''Here Is the Beauty'' (1950) * '' The Convict'' (1951) * ''Sergil Amongst the Girls'' (1952) * ''Je l'ai été trois fois'' (1952) * ''My Husband Is Marvelous'' (1952) * '' Monsieur Scrupule, Gangster'' (1953) * ''Naked in the Wind'' (1953) * ''The Blonde Gypsy'' (1953) * ''Napoleon Road'' (1953) * ''Dangerous Turning'' (1954) * ''Quay of Blondes'' (1954) * '' L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard'' (1954) * ''Your Turn, Callaghan'' (1955) * ''Mademoiselle from Paris'' (1955) * ''The Case of Doctor Laurent'' (1957) * ''Girl and the River'' (1958) * ''Toi, le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Blavette
Charles Blavette (24 June 1902 – 21 November 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1933 and 1966. Selected filmography * '' Jofroi'' (1934) - Antoine * ''Angèle'' (1934) - Tonin * ''Toni'' (1935) - Antonio Canova / Toni * ''Cigalon'' (1935) - Le Gendarme * '' Life Belongs to Us'' (1936) - Tonin * '' Harvest'' (1937) - Jasmin * ''La Marseillaise'' (1938) - Un Marseillais * ''Les filles du Rhône'' (1938) - Sergent de ville * '' The Strange Monsieur Victor'' (1938) - Le premier inspecteur * ''The Baker's Wife'' (1938) - Antonin * '' The Last Turning'' (1939) - Un camionneur * '' The Well-Digger's Daughter'' (1940) - Le teinturier * ''Parade en 7 nuits'' (1941) - (uncredited) * '' Stormy Waters'' (1941) - Gabriel Tanguy * ''Twisted Mistress'' (1942) - Casimir * ''Simplet'' (1942) - Malandran * ''Le soleil a toujours raison'' (1943) * ''Après l'orage'' (1943) * ''La bonne étoile'' (1943) - Le pêcheur * '' Summer Light'' (1943) - Vincent * ''Le val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Arnaudy
Alexandre Arnaudy was a French actor, born Marius Guarino on July 17, 1881 in Marseille, where he died on November 1, 1969. Filmography * 1932 : A phone call from Georges Lacombe : Cormainville * 1932 : The Last Shock of Jacques de Baroncelli : Vachot * 1932 : Direct in the heart of Roger Lion and Arnaudy: César Cannebois * 1933 : The Sunset of the Bride of Roger Lion : Édouard Exubert * 1934 : The Jean Prince of Jean de Marguenat : Liétard * 1935 : The alarm bell of Christian-Jaque * 1935 : Cigalon of Marcel Pagnol: Cigalon * 1936 : Topaz by Marcel Pagnol : Mr. Topaze * 1937 : The Daughters of the Rhone by Jean-Paul Paulin * 1937 : The Escadrille of luck of Max de Vaucorbeil : Tardimont * 1939 : They were nine singles of Sacha Guitry : Me Renard * 1946 : The Guardian of Jean de Marguenat : Parish Priest * 1946 : Not a word to the queen mother of Maurice Cloche * 1951 : Banco de Prince of Michel Dulud : The concierge * 1951 : ''Adhémar (film), Adhém ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
