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Edmond Van Daële
Edmond Van Daële (11 August 1884, in Paris – 11 March 1960, in Grez-Neuville, Maine-et-Loire, France) was a Dutch- French film actor. Born as Edmond Jean Adolphe Minckwitz, he appeared in the 1923 silent film ''Coeur fidèle'', directed by Jean Epstein. He starred in nearly 50 films including Abel Gance's ''Napoleon'' between 1915 and 1950. Selected filmography * '' Six and One Half Times Eleven'' (1927) * '' Sables'' (1927) * ''Napoléon'' (1927) * ''Madame Récamier'' (1928) * ''Cagliostro'' (1929) * ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' (1930) * '' The Shark'' (1930) * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1931) * ''Dance Hall'' (1931) * ''The Three Musketeers'' (1932) * '' The Tunnel'' (1933) * ''Maria Chapdelaine'' (1934) * ''Moscow Nights'' (1934) * ''The Phantom Gondola ''The Phantom Gondola'' (Italian: ''La gondola delle chimere'') is a 1936 French-Italian drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Marcelle Chantal, Henri Rollan and Paul Bernard. The film w ... [...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] |
The Perfume Of The Lady In Black (1931 Film)
''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (French: ''Le parfum de la dame en noir'') is a 1931 French mystery film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Roland Toutain, Huguette Duflos, and Marcel Vibert.Spicer p.455 It is an adaptation of the 1908 novel ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' by Gaston Leroux featuring the detective Joseph Rouletabille. It follows on from L'Herbier's ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' made the previous year. It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Schild. Cast * Roland Toutain as Joseph Rouletabille * Huguette Duflos as Mathilde * Marcel Vibert as Le vieux Bob * Léon Belières as Sainclair * Edmond Van Daële as Robert Darzac * Wera Engels as Edith Rance * Kissa Kouprine as Marie * Henri Kerny Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Male Silent Film Actors
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Male Film Actors
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Deaths
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 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 attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate his dead baby son, Iesu Grist, in Wales. Later tried and acquitted on the grounds that cremation is not contrary to English law, he is thus able to carry out the ceremony (the first in the United Kingdom in modern times) on March 14, setting a legal precedent. * February 1 – ''A New English Dictionary on historical principles, part 1'' (edited by James A. H. Murray), the first fascicle of what will become ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', is published in England. * February 5 – Derby County Football Club is founded in England. * March 13 – The siege of Khartoum, Sudan, begins (ends on January 26, 1885). * March 28 – Prince Leopold, the youngest son and the eighth child of Queen Victoria and Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sending Of Flowers
''Sending of Flowers'' (French: ''Envoi de fleurs'') is a 1950 French historical drama film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Tino Rossi, Micheline Francey and Jean Brochard.Rège p.939 The film portrays the life of the composer Paul Delmet. Cast * Tino Rossi as Paul Delmet * Micheline Francey as Suzanne * Jean Brochard as Hippolyte * Albert Dinan as Rodolphe Salis * Arlette Merry as Sophie * Milly Mathis as Mme Sammos * André Dumas as Albert Mourssac * André Marnay as Le curé * Charles Lemontier as Fragerolles, un membre du 'Chat noir' * Jean Berton as Un membre du 'Chat noir' * Yvonne Dany * Paul Demange as Un spectateur timoré * Monique Gérard * Mag-Avril as Une bourgeoise * René Marc as Un membre du 'Chat noir' * Frédéric Mariotti as Le plâtrier * Georges Paulais as Un bourgeois * Hélène Pépée * Hélène Rémy * Renée Thorel Renée (without the accent in non-French speaking countries) is a French/Latin feminine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye Leonard
''Goodbye Leonard'' (French: ''Adieu Léonard'') is a 1943 French comedy film directed by Pierre Prévert and starring Charles Trenet, Pierre Brasseur and Julien Carette. The future star Simone Signoret had a small role in the film.Hayward p.3 The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. It was distributed by Pathé, one of France's largest film companies. Partial cast * Charles Trenet as Ludovic Malvoisin - un doux poète * Pierre Brasseur as Prosper Bonenfant - un affairiste véreux * Julien Carette as Félicien Léonard - un fabricant de farces et attrapes ruiné * Denise Grey as Bernardine Léonard - la femme insupportable et dépensière de Félicien * Jean Meyer as Eugène Tancrède - un poète * Jacqueline Pagnol as Paulette - une serveuse qui aime Ludovic * Gaby Wagner as Marguerite, la jolie voyageuse * Marcel Pérès as Le patron du café 'La Confiance' * Albert Rémy as Le marchand d'oiseaux ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Emigrant (1940 Film)
''The Emigrant'' (French: ''L'émigrante'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Léo Joannon and starring Edwige Feuillère, Jean Chevrier and Georges Lannes.Monaco p.484 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier. Cast * Edwige Feuillère as Christiane Vallier * Jean Chevrier as François Champart * Georges Lannes as Tino * Foun-Sen as L'Annamite aux béquilles * Palmyre Levasseur as La religieuse de l'hospice de Lisbonne * Jacques Vitry as Le commissaire * Edmond Van Daële as Un émigrant * Philippe Richard as Le médecin-chef * Serge Nadaud as Un officier * Marcel Pérès as Gaston - un émigrant * Marcel Duhamel * Duluard * Robert Brunet * Paul Lluís * Génia Vaury as Madame Vermeersch * Hélène Dassonville as Eliane * Gaston Jacquet as Un officier * Roger Capellani as Un émigrant * Emile Saulieu * Jean d'Yd as L'ingénieur-chef * Åke Engfeldt as L'émigrant suédois * Pierre Juvenet as Le représentant de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom Gondola
''The Phantom Gondola'' (Italian: ''La gondola delle chimere'') is a 1936 French-Italian drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Marcelle Chantal, Henri Rollan and Paul Bernard. The film was a co-production between the two countries shot at the Cines Studios in Rome and based on a 1926 novel by Maurice Dekobra. Synopsis A British aristocrat falls in love with a Venetian Count, without realising that he is a spy against the Turks. When she discovers that he has been captured by the notorious Sélim Pacha she does everything she can to save him. Cast Reception Writing for ''The Spectator'' in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a poor review, characterizing it as "a cheap, trivial and pretentious story by a popular writer of rather low reputation." While acknowledging that "it is one of the only two films this last year I have found myself unable to endure till the end," and that he had not therefore completed the entire film, Greene explained his action "for never h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Nights (1934 Film)
''Moscow Nights'' (French: ''Les nuits moscovites'') is a 1934 French war drama film directed by Alexis Granowsky and starring Annabella, Harry Baur and Pierre Richard-Willm.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.41 It is based on a story by Pierre Benoît. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It marked the screen debut of the Corsican singer Tino Rossi who went on to star in a number of films. The following year a separate British version ''Moscow Nights'' was produced by London Films. Directed by Anthony Asquith the only actor to appear in both films was Harry Baur. Synopsis In Moscow during the First World War the attractive Natacha Kovrine agrees to marry a wealthy grain merchant under pressure from her mother. However, while working as a nurse in a hospital she meets the wounded Captain Ignatoff and falls in love with him. When he is arrested and false accused of treason, it appears that the only man who might be able to save him is her fiancée. Cast * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Chapdelaine (1934 Film)
''Maria Chapdelaine'' is a 1934 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Madeleine Renaud, Jean Gabin and Jean-Pierre Aumont. It is an adaptation of the 1913 novel of the same title by Louis Hémon set in rural Quebec about a young woman who becomes involved with a farmer, trapper and an immigrant drifter from Paris. The story was adapted again for a 1950 film directed by Marc Allégret. Production The film's sets were designed by art director Jacques Krauss. Location shooting took place in Canada around Lake Mistassini. Some post-production work was also done at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. Reception The film was a box office success on its release, ending a run of financial failures for Duvivier. It was awarded the French Grand Prix, and was screened at the Venice Film Festival where it was given a Special Mention. A review in ''The New York Times'' praised it as "stirring, full-bodied and tremulously beautiful".McCann p.72 Cast * Madeleine Renaud as Maria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
