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Fanny (play)
''Fanny'' is a 1931 play by the French writer Marcel Pagnol. It is the sequel to the 1929 play '' Marius'' and the second part in Pagnol's Marseilles trilogy. Adaptations The work has been adapted to the screen numerous times including a 1932 French version directed by Marc Allégret and adapted by Pagnol himself, a 1933 Italian version, a 1934 German film ''The Black Whale'' and a 1938 American film ''Port of Seven Seas'' directed by James Whale.Goble p.357 In 1954 it was turned into a stage musical '' Fanny'' which was itself adapted into a film '' Fanny'' in 1961. In 2013 Daniel Auteuil Daniel Auteuil (; born 24 January 1950) is a French actor and director who has appeared in a wide range of film genres, including period dramas, romantic comedies, and crime thrillers. In 1996 he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Fest ... directed a remake '' Fanny'' of the original film. References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Pagnol
Marcel Paul Pagnol (; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionable than it once was, Pagnol is still generally regarded as one of France's greatest 20th-century writers and is notable for the fact that he excelled in almost every medium—memoir, novel, drama and film. Early life Pagnol was born on 28 February 1895 in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône department, in southern France near Marseille, the eldest son of schoolteacher Joseph Pagnol and seamstress Augustine Lansot.Castans (1987), pp. 363–368 Marcel Pagnol grew up in Marseille with his younger brothers Paul and René, and younger sister Germaine. School years In July 1904, the family rented the ''Bastide Neuve'', – a house in the sleepy Provençal village of La Treille – for the summer holidays, the first of many spent in the hilly countrysi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Whale
James Whale (22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957) was an English film director, theatre director and actor, who spent the greater part of his career in Hollywood. He is best remembered for several horror films: ''Frankenstein'' (1931), '' The Old Dark House'' (1932), ''The Invisible Man'' (1933) and ''Bride of Frankenstein'' (1935), all considered classics. Whale also directed films in other genres, including the 1936 film version of the musical ''Show Boat''. Whale was born into a large family in Dudley, Worcestershire now Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. He discovered his artistic talent early on and studied art. With the outbreak of World War I he enlisted in the British Army and became an officer. He was captured by the Germans and during his time as a prisoner of war he realised he was interested in drama. Following his release at the end of the war he became an actor, set designer and director. His success directing the 1928 play ''Journey's End'' led to his move to the US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plays By Marcel Pagnol
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1931 Plays
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Fanny (2013 Film)
''Fanny'' is a 2013 film adaptation of the 1931 play of the same name by Marcel Pagnol. It stars Daniel Auteuil, Victoire Bélézy, Raphaël Personnaz, Marie-Anne Chazel, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Daniel Russo, Ariane Ascaride and Nicolas Vaude. Auteuil also directed and wrote the screenplay. Cast * Daniel Auteuil as César * as Fanny * Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Panisse * Raphaël Personnaz as Marius * Marie-Anne Chazel as Honorine * Nicolas Vaude as Monsieur Brun * Daniel Russo as Escartefigue * Ariane Ascaride as Claudine * Jean-Louis Barcelona as Frisepoulet * Georges Neri as Elzéar * Martine Diotalevi as Madame Escartefigue * Michèle Granier as Anaïs * Aline Choisi as Rosaline * Vivette Choisi as Madame Roumieux Critical response On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 63%, based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 4.9/10. On Metacritic Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil (; born 24 January 1950) is a French actor and director who has appeared in a wide range of film genres, including period dramas, romantic comedies, and crime thrillers. In 1996 he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival together with Belgian actor Pascal Duquenne. He is also the winner of two César Awards for Best Actor, one in 1987 as Ugolin Soubeyran in ''Jean de Florette'' and '' Manon des Sources'' and one for his role in ''Girl on the Bridge''. For his role in ''Jean de Florette'' he also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Auteuil is considered one of France's most respected actors. Life and career Daniel Auteuil was born on 24 January 1950 in Algiers, French Algeria, the son of opera singers. He grew up in Avignon and Nancy, France. He began his acting career in musical comedy and made his film debut in 1972. Auteuil's starring role in the historical drama film ''Jean de Florette'' (1986) and its sequel '' Manon des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny (1961 Film)
''Fanny'' is a 1961 American Technicolor romantic drama film directed by Joshua Logan. The screenplay by Julius J. Epstein is based on the book for the 1954 stage musical of the same title by Logan and S.N. Behrman, which in turn had been adapted from Marcel Pagnol's trilogy. Pagnol wrote two plays, '' Marius'' (1929) and '' Fanny'' (1931) and completed the cycle by writing and directing a film, '' César'', in 1936. Meanwhile, '' Marius'' (1931) and '' Fanny'' (1932) were also produced as films. The film deleted all the songs from ''Fanny'', the stage musical, but the music by Harold Rome served as the underscore for the soundtrack, and the title tune is used as the Main Title theme. It was nominated for both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Plot César (Charles Boyer) is a barkeeper in Marseille in the early 1920s. His 18-year-old son Marius ( Horst Buchholz) works for him at his bar, but wants nothing more than to go to sea and leave h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny (musical)
''Fanny'' is a musical with a book by S. N. Behrman and Joshua Logan and music and lyrics by Harold Rome. A tale of love, secrets, and passion set in and around the old French port of Marseille, it is based on Marcel Pagnol's trilogy of works titled '' Marius'' (1929), '' Fanny'' (1931), and '' César'' (1936). The musical premiered on Broadway in 1954 and ran for 888 performances, and later was staged in the West End. Plot Fanny is a young woman whose childhood love, Marius, leaves her to go to sea as a sailor for five years. His father Cesar, a tavern owner, disowns him. After his departure, Fanny discovers she is pregnant. Under pressure from her mother, she marries Panisse, an older man whose delight at having an heir prompts him to keep the boy's illegitimacy a secret. Marius returns on his son's first birthday to claim both him and Fanny, but he is turned away by Cesar, who is Panisse's best friend. As the years pass the boy, now 13, longs to go to sea like his father, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Of Seven Seas
''Port of Seven Seas'' is a 1938 drama film starring Wallace Beery and featuring Frank Morgan and Maureen O'Sullivan. The movie was written by Preston Sturges based on the plays of Marcel Pagnol and the films based on them, and was directed by James Whale, the director of ''Frankenstein'' (1931) and '' The Invisible Man'' (1933). The cinematography is by Karl Freund, who filmed Fritz Lang's ''Metropolis'' (1927) and '' I Love Lucy'' (1951-1957). Plot TCM Synopsis: In the port of Marseilles, France, Honore Panisse, a well-to-do sailmaker in his fifties, is enamored of the lovely Madelon, the daughter of a widowed fishmonger. For many years Panisse has played cards with Bruneau, Captain Escartefigue and tavern-owner Cesar, the father of Marius, the boy with whom Madelon is in love. Though Cesar and Marius are great friends, they argue constantly, especially over Panisse's infatuation with Madelon, whom Cesar considers one of the family. One day, Marius sends Madelon a note saying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marseilles
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Its inhabitants are called ''Marseillais''. Marseille is the second most populous city in France, with 870,731 inhabitants in 2019 (Jan. census) over a municipal territory of . Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over , had a population of 1,873,270 at the Jan. 2019 census, the third most populated in France after those of Paris and Lyon. The cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, and 90 suburban municipalities have formed since 2016 the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, an indirectly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropolitan issues, with a popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Whale
''The Black Whale'' (german: Der schwarze Walfisch) is a 1934 German drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Emil Jannings, Angela Salloker and Max Gülstorff. It is based on the 1931 play '' Fanny'' by Marcel Pagnol. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. Because the film had a Jewish producer it has some production issues due to the takeover of the Nazi Party. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo. Plot ''The Black Whale'' is the German version of Marcel Pagnol's master piece '' Fanny''. Peter Petersen's son Martin abandoned his pregnant girlfriend Fanny to chase adventures on the sea. Peter Petersen then married Fanny with his friend Pannies, who adopted and raised the baby as his own. Martin return after several years determined to have Fanny and the child back. Cast *Emil Jannings as Peter Petersen * Angela Salloker as Fanny Jürgens *Max Gülstorff as Pannies *Franz Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny (1933 Film)
''Fanny'' is a 1933 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Almirante and starring Dria Paola, Alfredo De Sanctis and Mino Doro.Goble p.357 It is an adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's 1931 play '' Fanny''. The film's art direction was by Gastone Medin. Cast * Dria Paola as Fanny * Alfredo De Sanctis as Cesare * Mino Doro as Mario * Lamberto Picasso as Panizza * Olga Capri as Onoria * Umberto Sacripante Umberto Sacripante (2 October 1904 – 14 January 1975) was an Italian film and stage actor. Life and career Born Umberto Sacripanti in Rome, Sacripante debuted on stage in 1921, and in 1926 he became first actor in the theatrical company Teat ... as Mangiapane References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1933 films 1930s Italian-language films Italian comedy films 1933 comedy films Films based on works by Marcel Pagnol Films directed by Mario Almirante Italian black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
