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Forces Occultes
''Forces occultes'' (''Occult Forces'' – subtitled ''The mysteries of Freemasonry unveiled for the first time on the screen'') is a French film of 1943, notable as the last film to be directed by Paul Riche (the pseudonym of Jean Mamy). Plot The film recounts the life of mr Avenel, a young member of parliament who joins the Freemasons in order to relaunch his career. He thus learns of how the Freemasons are conspiring with the Jews and the Anglo-American nations to encourage France into a war against Germany. History The film was commissioned in 1942 by the ''Propaganda Abteilung'', a delegation of Nazi Germany's propaganda ministry within occupied France by the ex-Mason Mamy. It virulently denounces Freemasonry, parliamentarianism and Jews as part of Vichy's drive against them and seeks to prove a Jewish-Masonic plot. On France's liberation, its writer Jean Marquès-Rivière, its producer Robert Muzard, and its director Jean Mamy were purged for collaboration with the en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Mamy
Jean Mamy (8 July 1912, Chambéry, Savoie – 29 March 1949, Arcueil) was a French actor, producer, film and theatre director, screenwriter, film editor, and journalist, notable for directing the anti-Masonic propaganda film '' Forces occultes'' under the pseudonym "Paul Riche". He belonged to the inter-war left, acting in René Clair's 1924 Dada film ''Entr'acte'' and editing Jean Renoir's 1931 ''On purge bébé''. Subsequently, he directed a number of films in the series "''Une heure d'angoisse''" based on the novels written by Marcel Allain for the Éditions Ferenczi. On the fall of France he decided on collaboration. His last film was the anti-Masonic 1943 film '' Forces occultes'', which he directed (he had from 1931 to 1939 been Venerable of the Renan lodge of the Grand Orient de France, but had since parted company with Freemasonry). The film was commissioned in 1942 by the Propaganda Abteilung, a delegation of Nazi Germany's propaganda ministry within occupied France by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1943 Films
The year 1943 in film featured various significant events for the film industry. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1943 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – The film ''Casablanca'' is released nationally in the United States and becomes one of the top-grossing pictures of 1943. It goes on to win the Best Picture and Best Director awards at the 16th Academy Awards. * February 20 – American film studio executives agree to allow the United States Office of War Information to censor films. * June 1 – Veteran English stage and screen actor Leslie Howard dies at the age of 50 in the crash of BOAC Flight 777 off the coast of Galicia, Spain. While best remembered for his role as Ashley Wilkes in ''Gone with the Wind'', Howard had roles in many other notable films and was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. * November 23 – British Forces Broadcasting Service begins operation * December 31 – New York Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Valbel
Henri Valbel (1885–1956) was a French film actor.Goble p.121 Selected filmography * '' Simone'' (1918) * '' Madonna of the Sleeping Cars'' (1928) * ''The Divine Voyage'' (1929) * '' The Tunnel'' (1933) * '' Forces occultes'' (1943) * ''Girl with Grey Eyes ''Girl with Green Eyes'' (French: ''La fille aux yeux gris'') is a 1945 French drama film directed by Jean Faurez and starring Fernand Ledoux, Paul Bernard and Claude Génia. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. It ...'' (1945) * '' The Agony of the Eagles'' (1952) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * Male actors from Paris 1885 births 1956 deaths French male film actors French male silent film actors 20th-century French male actors {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colette Darfeuil
Colette Darfeuil (born Emma Henriette Augustine Floquet, 7 February 1906 – 15 October 1998) was a French actress whose film career began at age 14 in 1920 and continued through the early 1950s. Darfeuil made her screen debut in at age 14 in the 1920 Pierre Colombier-directed silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ... ''Les Étrennes à travers les âges'' and would work steadily through the silent era and into the sound era. Selected filmography * '' The Flame'' (1926) * ''Sables (film), Sables'' (1927) * ''What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime'' (1929) * '' The Man Without Love '' (1929) * ''The Prosecutor Hallers'' (1930) * ''Wine Cellars (film), Wine Cellars'' (1930) * ''End of the World (1931 film), End of the World'' (1931) * ''About an Inquest'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Arys
Simone may refer to: * Simone (given name), a feminine (or Italian masculine) given name of Hebrew origin * Simone (surname), an Italian surname Simone may also refer to: * ''Simone'' (1918 film), a French silent drama film * ''Simone'' (1926 film), a French silent drama film * ''Simone'' (2002 film), a 2002 science-fiction drama film * ''Simone'' (2013 film), a 2013 Brazilian drama * Simone (actress) (born 1962), stage name of Lisa Celeste Stroud, daughter of Nina Simone * Nina Simone (1933–2003), stage name of Eunice Kathleen Waymon, singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist * Simone (born 1966), Egyptian singer and actress * Simone (character), a fictional character in the ABC Family show ''The Nine Lives of Chloe King'' * Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira (born 1949), Brazilian singer and performer, better known by her mononym Simone * Simone Egeriis (born 1992), Danish singer, better known by her mononym Simone * Tropical Storm Simone (disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Flavie
Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of Xymox from the album ''Medusa'' *"Louise", by NOFX from the album ''Pump Up the Valuum'' * "Louise", by Paul Revere & the Raiders from '' The Spirit of '67'' * "Louise", by Paul Siebel from ''Woodsmoke and Oranges'', covered by several artists * "Louise", by Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders from ''Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders'' *"Louise", by The Yardbirds from the album ''Five Live Yardbirds'' Other * ''Louise'' (opera), an opera by Charpentier * ''Louise'' (1939 film), a French film based on the opera * ''Louise'' (2003 film), a Canadian animated short film by Anita Lebeau * ''Louise (Take 2)'', a 1998 French film * Louise Cake, part of New Zealand cuisine Royalty * Louise of Savoy (1476–1531), mother to Francis I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Raine
Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian striker * Marcel (footballer, born 1983), Marcel Silva Cardoso, Brazilian left back * Marcel (footballer, born 1992), Marcel Henrique Garcia Alves Pereira, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (singer), American country music singer * Étienne Marcel (died 1358), provost of merchants of Paris * Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), French philosopher, Christian existentialist and playwright * Jean Marcel (died 1980), Madagascan Anglican bishop * Jean-Jacques Marcel (1931–2014), French football player * Rosie Marcel (born 1977), English actor * Sylvain Marcel (born 1974), Canadian actor * Terry Marcel (born 1942), British film director * Claude Marcel (1793-1876), French diplomat and applied linguist Other uses * Marcel (''Friends''), a fictional monkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Darteuil
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation of Aramaic כיפא (''Kefa),'' the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as Saint Peter. Pierre is also found as a surname. People with the given name * Abbé Pierre, Henri Marie Joseph Grouès (1912–2007), French Catholic priest who founded the Emmaus Movement * Monsieur Pierre, Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (c. 1890–1963), French ballroom dancer and dance teacher * Pierre (footballer), Lucas Pierre Santos Oliveira (born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Pierre, Baron of Beauvau (c. 1380–1453) * Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre (1845–1919) * Pierre, marquis de Fayet (died 1737), French naval commander and Governor General of Saint-Domingue * Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895–1964), fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léonce Corne
Léonce Charles Corne (18 March 1894 – 31 December 1977) was a French film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1931 and 1974. Selected filmography * ''The Girl and the Boy'' (1931) * ''Luck'' (1931) * ''The Premature Father'' (1933) * ''Forty Little Mothers'' (1936) * ''The Green Jacket'' (1937) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * ''Wells in Flames'' (1937) * ''Return at Dawn'' (1938) * ''The Novel of Werther'' (1938) * ''Women's Prison'' (1938) * ''Coral Reefs'' (1939) * ''Happy Days'' (1941) * ''Romance of Paris'' (1941) * ''At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) * '' Forces occultes'' (1943) * '' The Midnight Sun'' (1943) * '' Summer Light'' (1943) * ''Domino'' (1943) * '' The Woman Who Dared'' (1944) * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) * '' The Bellman'' (1945) * '' Father Goriot'' (1945) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1946) * '' The Lost Village'' (1947) * ''Under the Cards'' (1948) * ''Return to Life'' (1949) * ''Monsieur Octave'' (1951) * ''Alone in Paris'' (1951) * ''Two Pennies Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisèle Parry
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Auguste Bovério
Auguste may refer to: People Surname * Arsène Auguste (born 1951), Haitian footballer * Donna Auguste (born 1958), African-American businesswoman * Georges Auguste (born 1933), Haitian painter * Henri Auguste (1759–1816), Parisian gold and silversmith * Joyce Auguste, Saint Lucian musician * Jules Robert Auguste (1789–1850), French painter * Tancrède Auguste (1856–1913), President of Haiti (1912–13) Given name * Auguste, Baron Lambermont (1819–1905), Belgian statesman * Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1810–1835), prince consort of Maria II of Portugal * Auguste, comte de La Ferronays (1777–1842), French Minister of Foreign Affairs * Auguste Clot (1858–1936), French art printer * Auguste Dick (1910–1993), Austrian historian of mathematics * Georges Auguste Escoffier (1846–1935), French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer * Auguste Metz (1812–1854), Luxembourgian entrepreneur * Auguste Léopold Protet (1808–1862), French Navy admiral * Auguste Pic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |