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Frank Villard
Frank Villard (24 March 1917 – 19 September 1980) was a French film actor.Goble p.121 He was born François Drouineau in Saint-Jean-d'Angély. Selected filmography * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) - Un homme (uncredited) * ''Cartacalha, reine des gitans'' (1942) * ''Feu sacré'' (1942) - Jean Delmas * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) - Jean * ''The Faceless Enemy'' (1946) - Inspecteur Wens / Inspector Wens * ''The Marriage of Ramuntcho'' (1947) - Georges Baermann * '' The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain'' (1947) - Ancelin * ''Fausse identité'' (1947) - L'inspecteur Rolle * ''Le cavalier de Croix-Mort'' (1948) - François d'Anthar * ''Les souvenirs ne sont pas à vendre'' (1948) - Jean * ''Le signal rouge'' (1949) - Ing. Nicolas Riedel * '' Gigi'' (1949) - Gaston * '' Vient de paraître'' (1949) - Maréchal * '' Manèges'' (1950) - François * ''Minne'' (1950) - Antoine * ''Fusillé à l'aube'' (1950) - Rudolf Hennings * ''Les amants de Bras-Mort'' (1951) - Jean Michaut * '' The Beautiful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Saint-Jean-d'Angély (; Saintongeais: ''Sént-Jhan-d'Anjhéli'') is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. The commune has its historical origins in the Abbey of Saint-Jean-d'Angély. Royal abbey Founded in the ninth century to house a relic of Saint John the Baptist, and rebuilt in the 14th, 17th and 18th centuries because of repeated destruction, then later abandoned, the Abbey is now a listed building. It remains the most remarkable piece of architecture of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, a town which has kept all its medieval charm. Situated on the pilgrim route that led to Santiago de CompostelaThe route is registered by the UNESCO as part of the "World Heritage of Humanity" the edifice still constitutes a major stopping-off point towards Santiago de Compostela. Since 1989, the Royal Abbey has housed the Centre of European Culture, which has breathed new life into the Abbey by restoring it as a historical and cultural site and as a place for the exch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cape Of Hope
''The Cape of Hope'' (French: ''Le Cap de l'espérance'') is a 1951 French-Italian crime film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Edwige Feuillère, Frank Villard and Jean Debucourt.Parish p.231 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios and on location at various place in the Department of Var. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys Robert Gys (1901–1977) was a French art director.O'Shaughnessy p.238 Selected filmography * '' Imperial Violets'' (1924) * ''The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge'' (1925) * ''Miss Europe'' (1930) * ''Dance Hall'' (1931) * '' The Dream'' (1931) * '' .... Cast References Bibliography * Parish, James Robert. ''Film Actors Guide: Western Europe''. Scarecrow Press, 1977. External links * 1951 films 1951 crime drama films 1950s heist films French crime drama films Italian crime drama films French heist films Italian heist films Film noir French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films French film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lovely Lola
''The Lovely Lola'' (Spanish:''La bella Lola'') is a 1962 historical musical film directed by Alfonso Balcázar and starring Sara Montiel, Antonio Cifariello and Frank Villard.Powrie p.218 It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and Spain. It is based on the 1848 novel ''The Lady of the Camellias'' by Alexandre Dumas. Cast * Sara Montiel as Lola * Antonio Cifariello as Javier * Frank Villard as Gabriel * Luisa Mattioli as Ana * Germán Cobos as Federico * Laura Nucci as Madre de Javier * José María Caffarel as Empresario * Gustavo Re as Comisario * Roberto Martín as Teniente * Josep Maria Angelat * Fernando Ulloa as Doctor * Antonio de Armenteras * Jesús Puche * Vicente Vega * Luis Ciges Luis Ciges Martínez (10 May 1921 – 11 December 2002) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1958 and 2002. His father was Manuel Ciges. Selected filmography * ''Historias de Madrid'' (1958) - Bombero (uncredited) * .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Crime Ne Paie Pas
''Le Crime ne paie pas'' (US title: ''Crime Does Not Pay'', UK title: ''Gentle Art of Murder'') is a 1962 French drama portmanteau film directed and partly written by Gérard Oury. It consists of four separate episodes, each with its own cast and writers but sharing common themes of beautiful women, jealousy, revenge and death. From these dark tales centred on leading actresses, Oury switched to buddy comedies which remain among the most-loved and successful films in the history of French cinema. Louis de Funès, here playing a barman whose English is incomprehensible, starred in them, as did English male leads like David Niven and Terry-Thomas. The writing team of Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac, behind the third episode, had provided the stories for two 1950s masterpieces, '' Les Diaboliques'' (1955) and ''Vertigo'' (1958). Le masque Le masque ("The Mask"), partly written by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost. In Venice in the 1490s, the ageing duchess Lucrezia suspects that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enigma Of The Folies-Bergere
''The Enigma of the Folies-Bergere'' (French: ''Enigme aux Folies-Bergère'') is a 1959 French crime film directed by Jean Mitry and starring Bella Darvi, Frank Villard and Dora Doll.Rège p.728 The police investigate a series of murders at the Folies-Bergère. Cast * Bella Darvi as Solange * Frank Villard as Le commissaire Raffin * Dora Doll as Clara * Armand Mestral as Armand, le chauffeur * Linda Roméo as une danseuse * Jean Tissier as Le régisseur * René Novan as L'inspecteur * Maximilienne as Mme Rosenthal * Marcel Pérès Marcel Pérès (born 15 July 1956, Oran, Algeria) is a French musicologist, composer, choral director and singer, and the founder of the early music group Ensemble Organum. He is an authority on Gregorian and pre-Gregorian chant. Pérès w ... * Charles Lemontier as Courvoisier * Liliane Robin as Dora References Bibliography * Philippe Rège. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Violet Seller
''The Violet Seller'', better known under its Spanish title ''La Violetera'', is a 1958 Spanish-Italian historical jukebox musical film produced by Benito Perojo, directed by Luis César Amadori and starring Sara Montiel, Raf Vallone, Frank Villard, Tomás Blanco and Ana Mariscal. The film was inspired by the song " La Violetera" composed by José Padilla in 1914, with lyrics by Eduardo Montesinos, that is incarnated in the film by Montiel as Soledad, a street violets seller who, after meeting and breaking with Fernando, the love of her life, becomes a famous singer who sings the song in her concerts. ''The Violet Seller'' received excellent reviews upon its release on 6 April 1958, although some reviewers found the plot too trite and conventional. Montiel's performance was widely praised while the production and the remaining main cast received generally positive reviews. It was immensely popular in Spain and it had a wide international release making it the worldwide highe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mysteries Of Paris (1957 Film)
''The Mysteries of Paris'' (French: ''Les mystères de Paris'', Italian: ''I misteri di Parigi'') is a 1957 French-Italian drama film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Frank Villard, Yvette Lebon and Jacques Castelot.Chiti & Poppi p.234 It is based on the 1842 novel ''The Mysteries of Paris'' by Eugène Sue, one of a number of film adaptations of the work. Cast References Bibliography * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * ''The Mysteries of Paris''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ... 1957 films French drama films Italian drama films 1957 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suspicion (1956 Film)
''Suspicion'' (French: ''Soupçons'') is a 1956 French crime drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Anne Vernon, Frank Villard and Dora Doll. It is based on the 1950 novel ''La Pavane des poisons'' by Maurice Dekobra.Goble p.121 The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin. Synopsis The wealthy Etienne de Montenoy invites a number of guests to a family reunion at his chateau. He plans to discard his long-standing mistress Angèle, having fallen in love with Claire, his goddaughter's tutor. However, he fails to wake up one morning and the police detectives believe he has been poisoned. Cast * Anne Vernon as Claire Grandjean * Frank Villard as Etienne Jean Marie de Montenoy * Dora Doll as Angèle Amélie Jeanne Mersch * Jacques Castelot as Thierry de Villesec * Henri Vilbert as Charles Tramillet * Serge Nadaud as L'inspecteur de police Fiori * Roland Lesaffre as Raymond Dellez * Yves Massard as Dr. Delacroix * Christel Mathieu as Henriette Tramillet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Cenci (1956 Film)
''Beatrice Cenci'' is a 1956 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Micheline Presle, Gino Cervi and Fausto Tozzi. It is a biopic of Beatrice Cenci, a young Roman noblewoman who murdered her abusive father, Count Francesco Cenci. Plot In 1598, his son Giacomo, lover of his stepmother Lucrezia, was involved in the investigation into the death of Francesco Cenci, a violent and dissolute patrician. To defend him, Lucrezia accuses Olimpio Calvetti, Francesco's steward, who had helped Beatrice Cenci. Under torture, Beatrice also accuses Olimpio, but she is sentenced to death and beheaded in Castel Sant'Angelo. In the end, the judge also has Giacomo and Lucrezia locked up. Cast Release ''Beatrice Cenci'' was distributed theatrically in Italy by Cei-Incom on 6 September 1956. It grossed a total of 223,400,000 Italian lire The lira (; plural lire) was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. It was first introduced by the Napoleonic King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls Of Today
''Girls of Today'' ( it, Ragazze d'oggi) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Marisa Allasio. Cast * Marisa Allasio as Anna Bardellotti *Lili Cerasoli as Sofia Bardellotti *Paolo Stoppa as Giuseppe Bardellotti * Edoardo Bergamo as Mongardi jr. * Armenia Balducci as Tilde Bardellotti *Paola Quattrini as Simonetta Bardellotti * Françoise Rosay as Innkeeper *Louis Seigner as Mongardi * Frank Villard as Armando *Mike Bongiorno as Sandro *Camillo Milli as Dr. Vannucci * Bella Billa as Matilde * Ada Colangeli as Filomena * Antonio Acqua as Antiquarian *Ugo Sasso as Juror *Enzo Garinei as Juror *Guido Celano *Valeria Fabrizi Valeria Fabrizi (born 20 October 1936) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. Life and career Born in Verona, in 1936 Fabrizi made her acting debut in the revue ''Campione senza valore''. The same year, she had her first lead ... External links * 1955 films 1955 comedy films 1950s Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huis Clos (1954 Film)
''No Exit'' (french: Huis clos, links=no, ) is a 1944 existentialist Existentialism ( ) is a form of philosophical inquiry that explores the problem of human existence and centers on human thinking, feeling, and acting. Existentialist thinkers frequently explore issues related to the meaning, purpose, and value ... French play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The play was first performed at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in May 1944. The play begins with three characters who find themselves waiting in a mysterious room. It is a depiction of the afterlife in which three deceased characters are punished by being locked into a room together for eternity. It is the source of Sartre's especially famous phrase "L'enfer, c'est les autres" or "Hell is other people", a reference to Sartre's ideas about the Being and Nothingness#Part 3, Chapter 1: The look, look and the perpetual ontology, ontological struggle of being caused to see oneself as an object from the view of another consciousness. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |