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Colette Régis
Colette Régis (1893–1978) was a French film actress.Hayward p.280 Selected filmography * ''Rasputin'' (1938) - Une religieuse (uncredited) * ''Three Waltzes'' (1938) - Sarah Bernhardt * (1938) - Victoire Pecqueux * ''Trois de St Cyr'' (1939) - Mme Mercier * ''Sarajevo'' (1940) - L'archiduchesse Isabelle * ''Volpone'' (1941) - La marquise * ''Ne bougez plus'' (1941) - Une cliente de la photo * ''Le briseur de chaînes'' (1941) - Mme Ferdinand * '' Caprices'' (1942) - La vieille dame * ''Mademoiselle Swing'' (1942) - La dame de l'association * ''Huit hommes dans un château'' (1942) - La comtesse de Chanceau * '' Picpus'' (1943) - Madame Le Cloaguen * ''La Main du diable'' (1943) - Madame Duval (uncredited) * '' Le secret de Madame Clapain'' (1943) - Une dame * ''Le val d'enfer'' (1943) - La religieuse * ''Martin Roumagnac'' (1946) - Madame Rimbaut - la femme de l'adjoint au maire * ''La kermesse rouge'' (1947) - La duchesse d'Alençon * ''Miroir'' (1947) - La marquise * ''La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galla Placidia
Galla Placidia (388–89/392–93 – 27 November 450), daughter of the Roman emperor Theodosius I, was a mother, tutor, and advisor to emperor Valentinian III, and a major force in Roman politics for most of her life. She was List of Visigothic queens, queen consort to Ataulf, king of the Visigoths from 414 until his death in 415, briefly empress consort to Constantius III in 421, and managed the government administration as a regent during the early reign of Valentinian III, until her death. Family Placidia was the daughter of Theodosius I and his second wife, Galla (wife of Theodosius I), Galla, who was herself daughter of Valentinian I and his second wife, Justina (empress), Justina. Galla Placidia's date of birth is not recorded, but she must have been born either in the period 388-89 or 392–93. Between these dates, her father was in Italy following his campaign against the usurper Magnus Maximus, while her mother remained in Constantinople. A surviving letter from Bisho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Roumagnac
''Martin Roumagnac'' (also known as ''The Room Upstairs'') is a 1946 French crime film directed by Georges Lacombe. It tells the story of a builder in a small town who falls for a glamorous but treacherous femme fatale, with tragic results for both. It is notable as the only occasion in which the two major stars Jean Gabin and Marlene Dietrich, lovers in real life, appeared together on screen. Plot In a little country town, Martin Roumagnac is a building contractor who is liked by the ordinary people. He lives in a shack with his sister while he builds a villa on a plot he has bought. Into town with her uncle comes Blanche Ferrand, an exotic widow who married the owner of the seed and grain shop shortly before his death. Her target for next husband is Laubry, a retired diplomat with a dying wife, and while waiting she has an occasional lover. She also has to fend off a besotted schoolteacher. One evening, feeling the need for some excitement, she goes to a boxing match and si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When You Read This Letter
''When You Read This Letter'' (French: ''Quand tu liras cette lettre'') is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco and Yvonne Sanson. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Location filming also take place on the coast of Southern France where the film is set. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. The film was a commercial success and permitted Melville to acquire his own studios to make his future productions.Crisp p.282 Synopsis After their parents die in a road accident, a strongly moral young woman named Thérèse Voise leaves a convent shortly before taking her vows in order to care for her younger sister Denise and run the family stationery shop with her. Thérèse is very protective of Denise and becomes concerned when her sister strikes up an acquaintance with Max, a young amateur boxer and garage mechanic. Max is a self-centered, amoral drifter who is conducting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Violets (1952 Film)
''Imperial Violets'' (French: ''Violettes impériales'', Spanish: ''Violetas imperiales'') is a 1952 French-Spanish historical musical film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla and Simone Valère. It is an operetta film, based on the 1948 stage work of the same title. The film's sets were designed by Léon Barsacq and the costumes by Marcel Escoffier and Jean Zay. It was second most popular film released in France in 1952, attracting an audience of more than eight million.Hayward p.463 Cast * Luis Mariano as Juan de Ayala * Carmen Sevilla as Violetta * Simone Valère as Eugénie de Montijo * Marie Sabouret as Mme. de Pierrefeu * Colette Régis as Mme de Montijo * Louis Arbessier as Napoleon III * Micheline Francey as Clotilde * María Riquelme as Anaïs * Véra Norman as Mirette * Raymond Girard as Prosper Mérimée * Lucien Blondeau as Le grand chambellan * Paul Faivre as L'aubergiste * Camille Guérini as Le docteur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adorable Creatures
''Adorable Creatures'' (french: Adorables créatures, it, Quando le donne amano) is a 1952 romantic comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque. A French-Italian co-production, it stars Daniel Gélin, Antonella Lualdi, Danielle Darrieux and Martine Carol.Bandy p. 173 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. Synopsis André, an unmarried commercial artist in Paris, has a lot of free time which he devotes to pursuing older women, not being interested in the lively Catherine, a schoolgirl in the next apartment. His lover Christiane wants to be free of her dull husband Jacques, but when she does leave him does not then want to be encumbered by André. He meets the glamorous Minouche, who wants to leave her boring lover Georges and go on a skiing holiday. There she meets the rich Gaston and drops André, who is briefly consoled by Évelyne, Gaston's discarded mistress. Returning to Paris he is scooped up by the even older Denise, a rich and beautiful widow, but ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prettiest Sin In The World
''The Prettiest Sin in the World'' (French: ''Le plus joli péché du monde'') is a 1951 French romantic comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Georges Marchal, Dany Robin and Marthe Mercadier. Rège p.462 The film's sets were designed by the art director Emile Alex. Cast * Georges Marchal as Jacques Lebreton * Dany Robin as Zoé * Marthe Mercadier as Liliane * Bernard Lajarrige as Bébert / Albert Pignol * Ginette Baudin as Christine de Villard-Beauperthuis * Albert Duvaleix as M. Durozoir * Rivers Cadet as Le maire * Edmond Ardisson as Victor * Harry-Max as Le patron * Colette Régis as Mme Lebreton * Noël Roquevert as Georges Lebreton * Gabrielle Roanne as La mère de Christine * Yves-Marie Maurin as Le petit Popaul * Alexandre Rignault as Grasdu * Robert Pizani Robert Pizani (26 April 1896 – 17 June 1965) was a French stage and film actor whose 45-year career encompassed leading roles in numerous plays, revues and operettas as well as dozens o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Is My Kingdom
''The Night Is My Kingdom'' (French: ''La nuit est mon royaume'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Gabin, Simone Valère and Gérard Oury.Aitken p.754 Gabin was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 1951 Venice Film Festival. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Rino Mondellini Rino Mondellini (1908-1974) was an Italian art director known for his work in the French film industry.Hayward p.244 Selected filmography * '' Come Down, Someone Wants You'' (1951) * '' The Night Is My Kingdom'' (1951) * ''Shadow and Light'' (195 ... and René Moulaert. Main cast References Bibliography * Aitken, Ian. ''The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film''. Routledge, 2013. External links * 1951 films 1951 drama films French drama films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Georges Lacombe French black-and-white films 1950s French films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet Madness
''Sweet Madness'' (French: ''Folie douce'') is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Lisette Jambel, Marthe Mercadier and André Gabriello. Rège p.799 The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Delfau. Synopsis The president of a company goes mildly insane and is restrained by his associates in a lunatic asylum. However he escapes and returns to the head of the company showing great extravagances towards the employees that infuriate his fellow directors. Cast * Lisette Jambel as Yolande * Marthe Mercadier as Juliette * André Gabriello as the captain Edgar Morgan * Frédéric Duvallès as Mr Lancer-Léger * Pierre-Louis as Arthur * Louis de Funès * Anne Beressy * Christine Carrère * Maxime Fabert * Colette Régis * Michel Nastorg * Robert Lussac * Suzanne Gabriello * Robert Le Fort * René Hell * France Gabriel * José Casa José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Sky Of Paris
''Under the Sky of Paris'' (French: ''Sous le ciel de Paris'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. The song of the same name, later recorded by Édith Piaf and others, was written for this film by Hubert Giraud (music) and Jean Dréjac (lyrics). In the film it was sung by Jean Bretonnière. Plot Under the sky of Paris, during a day, we see large and small events that occur in the lives of several people whose fates will intertwine. A poor old lady, after searching in vain all day to feed her cats, receives an unexpected reward from a mother whose daughter she had found. A young girl, dreaming of love, refuses the advances of her childhood friend to be stabbed to death by a sadistic sculptor. The latter is shot by a policeman who accidentally injured a worker who was returning home after the successful conclusio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling Caroline (1951 Film)
''Darling Caroline'' (French: ''Caroline Chérie'') is a 1951 French historical comedy film in black and white, directed by Richard Pottier and starring Martine Carol, Jacques Dacqmine, and Marie Déa.Nowell-Smith p.352 It is based on Jacques Laurent's historical novel "The loves of Caroline Cherie: A novel". It was remade as '' Darling Caroline'' in 1968. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. It was followed by two sequels ''Un caprice de Caroline chérie'' (1953) and ''Caroline and the Rebels'' (1955). While Carol reprised her role for the first film, the second starred Brigitte Bardot playing a different character. Plot During her birthday in France, July 1782, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the attractive soldier Gaston. It is love at first sight, but Gaston does not wish to make a commitment because a military career waits for him. Caroline marries then a politician but the French Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Without Leaving An Address
''Without Leaving an Address'' (french: ...Sans laisser d'adresse) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois. At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Douy and Serge Piménoff. Plot Thérèse has a child but the father left her without leaving an address. She hires taxi driver Émile to find her lover in Paris. Cast * Bernard Blier as Émile Gauthier * Danièle Delorme as Thérèse Ravenaz * Pierre Trabaud as Gaston * Arlette Marchal as Madame Forestier * Pierre Mondy as Forestier's friend * Juliette Gréco as the singer * Paul Ville as Victor (the agitated driver) * Yvette Etiévant as Adrienne Gauthier (Émile's wife) * Sophie Leclair as Raymonde (Gaston's girl-friend) * Gérard Oury as a journalist * France Roche as Catherine * Julien Carette as the craftsman * Colette Régis as a difficult female customer * Sylvain as a difficult customer * Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glass Castle (1950 Film)
''The Glass Castle'' (French: ''Le Château de verre'') is a 1950 French romantic drama film directed by René Clément who co-wrote the screenplay with Gian Bistolfi and Pierre Bost, based on the 1935 novel ''Das große Einmaleins'' by Vicki Baum. The film stars Michèle Morgan and Jean Marais, Jean Servais (French version), Fosco Giachetti (Italian version) and Elisa Cegani. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq. Main characters *Michèle Morgan as Evelyne Lorin-Bertal *Jean Marais as Rémy Marsay *Jean Servais as Laurent Bertal (French version) *Fosco Giachetti as Laurent Bertal (Italian version) *Elisa Cegani as Eléna *Elina Labourdette as Marion *Giovanna Galletti as Louise Morel - l'accusée *André Carnège as Le secrétaire *Roger Dalphin as Marcel *Albert Michel as Le charmeur d'oiseaux *Colette Régis Colette Régis (1893–1978) was a French film actress.Hayward p.280 Selected filmography * ''Rasputin'' (1938) - Une r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
