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Frou-Frou
''Frou-Frou'', is a French comedy film from 1955, directed by Augusto Genina, written by A. E. Carr, starring Dany Robin and Louis de Funès. The film is also known as "A Girl from Paris". Plot Frou-Frou is a 16-year-old peddler. She comes to the attention of four gentlemen who, Pygmalion-like, agree on helping her to improve her situation. They teach her to behave like a lady and introduce her to the upper class. But she falls in love with an unsuccessful artist who commits suicide after he has befathered her with a daughter... Cast * Dany Robin as Antoinette Dubois called "Frou-Frou" * Louis de Funès as Colonel Cousinet-Duval, one of Frou-Frou's mentors * Gino Cervi as Prince Vladimir Bilinsky, one of Frou-Frou's mentors * Philippe Lemaire as Michel Arthus, the young painter * Ivan Desny as Henri de Gaspard, Frou-Frou's first lover * Mischa Auer as Grand duke Alexis * Jean Wall as Jean Sabatier, one of Frou-Frou's mentors * Umberto Menalti as Count Sigismond Meursault, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Laurent
Jacques Laurent or Jacques Laurent-Cély (6 January 1919 – 28 December 2000) was a French writer and journalist. He was born in Paris, the son of a barrister. During World War II, he fought with the Algerian Tirailleurs. Laurent was elected to the Académie française in 1986. Laurent belonged to the literary group of the '' Hussards'', and is known as a prolific historical novelist, essay writer, and screenwriter under the pen name of Cecil Saint-Laurent. The 1955 film ''Lola Montès'', directed by Max Ophüls, was based on his historic novel based on the life of Lola Montez. He wrote Jean Aurel's Oscar-nominated 1963 World War I documentary, '' 14-18''. He also directed the film ''Quarante-huit heures d'amour''/''48 Hours of Love'' (1969). Another noteworthy novel by Saint-Laurent was '' Darling Caroline'' (written in 1947), a powerful book set in the early days of the French Revolution. This also became a film. This was released in France in 1951, directed by Jean- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cécil Saint-Laurent
Jacques Laurent or Jacques Laurent-Cély (6 January 1919 – 28 December 2000) was a French writer and journalist. He was born in Paris, the son of a barrister. During World War II, he fought with the Algerian Tirailleurs. Laurent was elected to the Académie française in 1986. Laurent belonged to the literary group of the '' Hussards'', and is known as a prolific historical novelist, essay writer, and screenwriter under the pen name of Cecil Saint-Laurent. The 1955 film ''Lola Montès'', directed by Max Ophüls, was based on his historic novel based on the life of Lola Montez. He wrote Jean Aurel's Oscar-nominated 1963 World War I documentary, '' 14-18''. He also directed the film ''Quarante-huit heures d'amour''/''48 Hours of Love'' (1969). Another noteworthy novel by Saint-Laurent was '' Darling Caroline'' (written in 1947), a powerful book set in the early days of the French Revolution. This also became a film. This was released in France in 1951, directed by Jean- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusto Genina
Augusto Genina (28 January 1892 – 18 September 1957) was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director. Biography Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the ''Il Mondo'' Magazine, under advise of Aldo de Benedetti switches to movies for the "Film d'Arte Italiana", that produces his first film "La moglie di sua eccellenza". In 1929 Genina moved to France to direct Louise Brooks in sonorized film ''Miss Europe''. He studied sound techniques and worked in France and Germany in same but alternate languages film versions which were filmed simultaneously, before his return to Italy. He won Venice Film Festival Mussolini's cup for Best Italian Film twice, in 1936 by ''Lo squadrone bianco'' and in 1940 by ''The Siege of the Alcazar'', both Fascist propaganda films. In 1953, he filmed ''Three Forbidden Stories'', another version of the real accident depicted by Giuseppe De Santis one year before in '' Rome 11 o'clock'' (''Roma ore 11''). Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Lemaire
Philippe Lemaire (14 March 1927 – 15 March 2004) was a French actor. He appeared in more than ninety films between 1946 and 2004. Lemaire was married three times; Nicole Pinton (1949–1951) (divorced); Juliette Gréco from 1953 to 1956, had one daughter, Laurence-Marie Lemaire (1954–2016); and to Claude Bouton (1959–1980) (divorced). He committed suicide one day after his 77th birthday. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lemaire, Philippe 1927 births 2004 deaths Suicides by train People from Seine-et-Marne French male film actors French male stage actors French male television actors 20th-century French male actors 2004 suicides Suicides in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mylène Demongeot
Mylène Demongeot (born Marie-Hélène Demongeot; 29 September 1935 – 1 December 2022) was a French film, television and theatre actress and author with a career spanning seven decades and more than 100 credits in French, Italian, English and Japanese speaking productions. Demongeot became a star at age 21 with her portrayal of Abigail Williams in ''The Crucible'' (1957) which garnered her a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles nomination and the best actress prize at the socialist Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Some other notable film roles include Elsa in Otto Preminger's ''Bonjour Tristesse'' (1958) alongside Deborah Kerr and David Niven or Milady de Winter in ''The Three Musketeers'' (1961). A "veteran of cinema" who started as one of the blond sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, she managed to avoid typecasting by exploring many film genres including thrillers, westerns, comedies, swashbucklers, period films and even pepla, such as ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Sylvestre
Simone Marie Jeanne Berger (16 September 1923 – 29 March 2020), better known as Simone Sylvestre, was a French film actress. Sylvestre died on 29 March 2020, at the age of 96. Filmography * 1941: '' Ne bougez plus'' by Pierre Caron * 1941: ''Premier rendez-vous'' by Henri Decoin: a resident of the orphanage * 1942: '' The Strangers in the House'' by Henri Decoin: a journalist * 1944: ''Les Petites du quai aux fleurs'' by Marc Allégret: Édith * 1945: '' Félicie Nanteuil'' by Marc Allégret: Mme de Ligny * 1946: ''Twilight'' by Jean Dréville: Simone * 1946: '' Pétrus'' by Marc Allégret: Francine * 1947: '' La Femme en rouge'' by Louis Cuny: Irmène * 1949: ''Between Eleven and Midnight'' by Henri Decoin : Léone * 1955: ''Frou-Frou'' by Augusto Genina: Ketty * 1955: '' M'sieur la Caille'' by André Pergament: a girl * 1955: ''Razzia sur la chnouf'' by Henri Decoin: the man's partner with the gun * 1956: ''Elena and Her Men'' by Jean Renoir: a friend of Henri * 1957: '' L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béatrice Arnac
Béatrice Arnac (23 April 1931 – 5 October 2020) was a French actress, singer, and composer. Biography The daughter of the cartoonist Marcel Arnac, Béatrice was also the niece of explorer Marie Gallaud. In 1962, she received the Grand Prize of the Académie Charles Cros. She performed 22 songs that were written by songwriters such as Paul Éluard, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Robert Desnos, and Bertolt Brecht. She also performed in the second act of the play ''Le Bel indifférent''. She performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and on the television show ''La Chance aux chansons''. She was part of the cast of '' La Traversée de Paris'', released in 1956. Béatrice Arnac died in Castels et Bézenac on 5 October 2020. Filmography Cinema *''La Fille de Mata Hari/Mata Hari's Daughter/La figlia di Mata Hari'' (1955) *'' Frou-Frou'' (1955) *''Lola Montès'' (1955) *''Milord l'Arsouille'' (1955) *''La vie est belle'' (1956) *'' La Traversée de Paris'' (1956) *''Les Truan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Sabouret
Marie Sabouret (31 January 1924 – 23 July 1960) was a French stage and film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ....Phillips Filmography References Bibliography * Alastair Phillips. ''Rififi: French Film Guide''. I.B.Tauris, 2009. External links * 1924 births 1960 deaths French stage actresses French film actresses People from La Rochelle 20th-century French women {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mischa Auer
Mischa Auer (born Mikhail Semyonovich Unkovsky (Михаил Семёнович Унковский; 17 November 1905 – 5 March 1967) was a Russians, Russian-born American actor who moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He first appeared in film in 1928. Auer had a long career playing in many of the era's best known films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1936 for his performance in the screwball comedy ''My Man Godfrey'', which led to further zany comedy roles. He later moved into television and acted in films again in France and Italy well into the 1960s. Early life Auer was born in Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia. His name is usually seen as Mischa Ounskowsky, Mischa being the German language, German transliteration of Misha (the diminutive form of Mikhail), and Ounskowsky being the French transliteration of his surname. Auer's father was a Russian naval officer whose own mother was the daughter of Hungarian-born violinist Leopold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Wall
Jean Wall (1900–1959) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p. 306 He also directed two films. Partial filmography * ''La vagabonde'' (1932) - Le peintre Adolphe Taillandy * ''Chair ardente'' (1932) - Florent * ''The Beautiful Sailor'' (1932) - Valentin * ''Mariage à responsabilité limitée'' (1934) - Georges Lambert - l'amant * '' We Are Not Children'' (1934) - Roger, l'ami * ''L'ange gardien'' (1934) - L'imprésario * '' Mauvaise Graine'' (1934) - Le zèbre * ''Amants et voleurs'' (1935) - Gabriel * '' The First Offence'' (1936) - The Zebra * ''The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy'' (1936) - Serge Wolff * '' 27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) - Furet * '' Compliments of Mister Flow'' (1936) - Pierre * ''Trois... six... neuf'' (1937) - Fernand * '' Woman of Malacca'' (1937) - Le major Carter * ''Durand bijoutier'' (1938) - Tichmeyer * ''La Loi du Nord'' (1939) - L'avocat général * '' Alone in the Night'' (1945) - Marcheau * '' Blind Desire'' (1945) - Robert Ancelot * ''The Temptat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dany Robin
Dany Robin (; 14 April, 1927 – 25 May, 1995) was a French actress of the 1950s and the 1960s. Career Robin was born Danielle Robin in Clamart. She performed with Peter Sellers in ''The Waltz of the Toreadors'', and co-starred opposite Kirk Douglas in the 1953 romantic drama '' Act of Love''. Robin co-starred with Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, and Janis Paige in '' Follow the Boys'' (1963). Her last leading role was the agent's wife Nicole Devereaux in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Topaz'' (1969). Personal life and death Robin was married to fellow actor Georges Marchal. On 25 May 1995, she and her second husband, Michael Sullivan, died in a fire in their apartment in Paris. Selected filmography * ''Lunegarde'' (1946) - Martine * ''Gates of the Night'' (1946) - Étiennette * '' Six heures à perdre'' (1947) - Rosy * '' Destiny Has Fun'' (1947) - Gabrielle * '' Man About Town'' (1947) - Lucette * '' L'Éventail'' (1947) - Martine * ' (1948) - Corinne * '' Monelle'' (1948) - Monelle P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Cervi
Luigi Cervi (3 May 1901 – 3 January 1974), better known as Gino Cervi (), was an Italian actor. He was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character ''Don Camillo'' (1952-1965), and police detective Jules Maigret on the television series ''Le inchieste del commissario Maigret'' (1964-1972). Life and career Cervi was born in Bologna as Luigi Cervi. His father was Antonio Cervi, a theatre critic for ''Il Resto del Carlino''. His family held close ties to the town of Casalbuttano ed Uniti, where the elder Cervi would eventually be buried after his death. He was best known for his role of Giuseppe Bottazzi ("Peppone"), the Communist mayor in the Don Camillo movies of the 1950s and the 1960s. He shared great understanding and friendship with co-star Fernandel during the 15 years playing their respective roles in ''Don Camillo'' movies. He was an accomplished stage actor, particularly known for his interpretations of Shakespeare, and co-founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
