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Catherine Hessling
Catherine Hessling (born Andrée Madeleine Heuschling; 22 June 1900 – 28 September 1979) was a French actress and the first wife of film director Jean Renoir. Hessling appeared in 15, mostly silent, films before retiring from the acting profession and withdrawing from public life in the mid-1930s. Biography Hessling, born in Champagne-Ardennes, had sought refuge in Nice during World War I. Her paternal ancestors came from Alsace but moved to Champagne-Ardennes when Alsace transferred to Germany. In 1917, her beauty came to the attention of Henri Matisse, who sent her to fellow artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir as he thought she looked like a suitable Renoir subject. Hessling modelled, clothed and nude, for Renoir until his death in December 1919. Renoir's second son, Jean, fell in love with Hessling, and the couple married on 24 January 1920. Hessling gave birth to a son, Alain Renoir, on 31 October 1921. Jean Renoir had been planning a career in ceramic art but decided ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers
Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.Commune de Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers (51440) INSEE Before 1950, when it absorbed part of the territory of , its name was ''Pontfaverger''. INSEE |
Albert Dieudonné
Albert Dieudonné (26 November 1889 – 19 March 1976) was a French actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist. Biography Dieudonné was born in Paris, France, and made his acting debut in silent film in 1908 for ''The Assassination of the Duke of Guise'', with musical score by Camille Saint-Saëns. In 1924, he directed the film drama ''Catherine'', in which he also appeared as a major character. Jean Renoir acted as his assistant director on the film. Between 1915 and 1916, Dieudonné acted in five films for director Abel Gance, including the 1915 film ''La Folie du Docteur Tube'' and the 1916 film '' Le périscope''. In 1927 he was hired back to star in the title role in Gance's epic film, ''Napoléon''. In 1929 Dieudonné wrote a novel that was made into a 1930 musical comedy film titled ''The Sweetness of Loving'', and he wrote the script for the 1936 '' La Garçonne''. Albert Dieudonné died in Paris in 1976 at the age of 86. According to his last wishes, he is buried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvette (1928 Film)
''Yvette'' is a 1928 French silent drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Catherine Hessling, Ica von Lenkeffy and Thomy Bourdelle.Abel p.237 The film's sets were designed by the art director Erik Aaes. Cast * Catherine Hessling as Yvette Obardi * Ica von Lenkeffy as Comtesse Obardi * Thomy Bourdelle as Kravalov * Walter Byron as Jean de Servigny ''(as Walter Butler)'' * Blanche Bernis as Dolores * Nina Chousvalowa as Princess Kortchagin * Clifford McLaglen as Saval * Jean Storm as Valreali * Pauline Carton as Pauline * Simone Narbelle as Sylvie * Jean-François Martial as Pascal * Michel Duran as Louis * Jean Marconi See also *''Yvette Yvette is female given name, the French feminine form of Yves, which means yew or archer in some cases. Name days *Czech Republic: ''7 June'' *Hungary: ''13 January'', ''6 May'' and ''29 June'' *Poland: ''13 January'' *Slovakia: ''27 May'' ...'' (1938) References Bibliography * Abel, Richard. ''French Film Theory an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Match Girl (1928 Film)
''The Little Match Girl'' () is a 1928 French drama featurette film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Catherine Hessling. Plot The story of a frozen girl who tries to sell matches during Christmas and dreams about a toy store. The film is based on the 1845 short story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. Cast * Catherine Hessling as Karen * Amy Wells as Pop * Jean Storm as Lieutenant Axel Ott * Manuel Raaby as Politieagent See also * List of Christmas films References External links *''The Little Match Girl''at the Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, ... 1920s Christmas drama films 1928 films Films based on The Little Match Girl Films directed by Jean Renoir French Christmas drama films French silent feature films 1920s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Cavalcanti
Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti (February 6, 1897 – August 23, 1982) was a Brazilian-born film director and film producer, producer. He was often credited under the single name "Cavalcanti". Early life Cavalcanti was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of a prominent mathematician. He was a precociously intelligent child and, by the age of 15, was studying law at university, but was expelled following an argument with a professor. His father sent him to Geneva, Switzerland, on condition that he did not study law or politics. Cavalcanti chose to study architecture instead. At 18, he moved to Paris to work for an architect, later switching to working in interior design. After a visit to Brazil, he took up a position at the Brazilian consul (representative), consulate in Liverpool, England. Cavalcanti corresponded with Marcel L'Herbier, a leading light in France's avant-garde film movement, which led to a job offer from L'Herbier for Cavalcanti to work as a scenic design, set desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sur Un Air De Charleston
''Charleston Parade'' (''Sur un air de Charleston'') is a short 1927 dance comedy film starring Jean Renoir and Johnny Hudgins. It was directed by Jean Renoir. Hudgins performs in blackface. The film is extant. Renoir used some of the leftover footage from his previous film ''Nana Nana, Nanna, Na Na or NANA may refer to: People and fictional characters * Nana (given name), including a list of people and characters with the given name * Nana (surname), including a list of people and characters with the surname * Nana ( ...''. It was shot in a few days and unfinished. It deals with racial roles. The film is set in 2028. It is about an explorer. The film was shown at the Grand Lyon Film Festival in 2018. References External links * Films directed by Jean Renoir 1927 films French comedy short films French dance films {{1920s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renoir (film)
''Renoir'' is a 2012 French drama film based on the last years of Pierre-Auguste Renoir at Cagnes-sur-Mer during World War I. The film was directed by Gilles Bourdos and competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The film is set in the south of France during World War I and stars Michel Bouquet, Christa Theret, Thomas Doret and Vincent Rottiers.Rendez Vous with French Cinema ''The New York Times'' retrieved 25 March 2013. ''Renoir'' achieved critical and commercial success both in France and abroad, most notably in the United States where it is on the Critic's Pick list of '' |
Christa Théret
Christa Théret (born 25 June 1991) is a French actress, best known for her role of Andrée Heuschling in ''Renoir''. Early life As a child, Théret aspired to be a teacher and then to become an actress. Career Théret's acting career began at the age 11, when she did her first film, '' Headhunter'', in 2005. Then, aged 14, she played a role in '' Le Couperet'' as Betty Davert. Then, in 2007, she starred in '' Et toi t'es sur qui?'' as a gothic teenager named Julie dite Batman. In 2008, she had her first big break in with the lead role in Lisa Azuelos' blockbuster ''LOL LOL, or lol, is an initialism for laughing out loud and a popular element of Internet slang. It was first used almost exclusively on Usenet, but has since become widespread in other forms of computer-mediated communication and even face-to ...'', which led her to be nominated for the César for Best Promising Actress. In 2012, she also starred in ''L'homme qui rit'' as Déa. In the future, she wants to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, most populous U.S. state and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 3rd largest by area. It is also the most populated Administrative division, subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous Statistical area (United States), urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7million residents and the latter having over 9.6million. Sacramento, California, Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the List of largest California cities by population, most populous city in the state and the List of United States cities by population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janie Marèse
Janie Marèse (born Jeanne Marie Thérèse Bugnot, 23 May 1908 in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir - 14 August 1931 in Sainte-Maxime, Var) was a French actress who appeared in four shorts and three feature-length films, most notably Jean Renoir's second sound film ''La Chienne'', before her premature death, aged 23, in a road accident. Career Marèse made her first screen appearance in a 1929 short ''C'est par amour pour vous Madame''. Her first full-length feature was ''Amours viennoises'' in 1930, followed by the Marc Allégret-directed adaptation of ''Mam'zelle Nitouche''. Marèse's break came when she was offered the leading role (originally intended for Catherine Hessling) in Renoir's ''La Chienne'' (''The Bitch''), in which she played Lulu, a prostitute who connives with her pimp and lover (Georges Flamant) to exploit financially an unhappily married man ( Michel Simon) who has fallen in love with her. Marèse's performance was well received and seemed to mark the start of a po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Chienne
''La Chienne'' ( en, italic=yes, The Bitch) is a 1931 France, French film by director Jean Renoir. It is the second sound film by the director and the twelfth film of his career. The film is based on the eponymous story "La Chienne" by Georges de La Fouchardière. The literal English language, English translation of the film's title is "The Bitch", although the movie was never released under this title. It is often referred to in English as ''Isn't Life a Bitch?'' The film was remade by Fritz Lang in the United States as ''Scarlet Street'' (1945). ''La Chienne'' was released by The Criterion Collection on both Blu-ray and DVD, newly restored in 4K resolution, 4K, on 14 June 2016. Plot Maurice Legrand (Michel Simon), a meek cashier and aspirant painter, is miserably married to Adèle, an abusive woman who mistreats him. After a celebration in the company where he works, Maurice stumbles upon a man called André "Dédé" Jauguin (Georges Flamant) hitting a young woman called Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
