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Gabrielle Dorziat
Gabrielle Dorziat (1880–1979) was a French stage and film actress. Dorziat was a fashion trend setter in Paris and helped popularize the designs of Coco Chanel. The Théâtre Gabrielle-Dorziat in Épernay, France is named for her. Biography She was born in 1880. Dorziat made her stage début in 1898 at the Théâtre Royal du Parc in Brussels. She moved to Paris and appeared in Alfred Capus' ''La Bourse ou la vie'' (1900), but it was her performance as Thérèse Herbault in ''Chaîne anglaise'' (1906) that brought her to public attention. She became known for her off-stage life as well, becoming romantically involved with actors Lucien Guitry and Louis Jouvet. She had close friendships with Jean Cocteau, Jean Giraudoux, Coco Chanel, Paul Bourget and Henri Bernstein. During World War I Dorziat left France to tour the United States where she raised money for war refugees. After the war she toured Canada, South America and the rest of Europe. In 1921 Dorziat appeared in her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Épernay
Épernay () is a commune in the Marne department of northern France, 130 km north-east of Paris on the mainline railway to Strasbourg. The town sits on the left bank of the Marne at the extremity of the Cubry valley which crosses it. Épernay is a sub-prefecture of the department and seat of an arrondissement. History Épernay () belonged to the archbishops of Reims from the 5th until the 10th century, when it came into the possession of the counts of Champagne. It was badly damaged during the Hundred Years' War, and was burned by Francis I in 1544. It resisted Henry of Navarre in 1592, and Marshal Biron fell in the attack which preceded its eventual capture. In 1642 it was, along with Château-Thierry, named as a duchy and assigned to the duc de Bouillon. Population Main sights In the central and oldest quarter of the town, the streets are narrow and irregular; the surrounding suburbs, however, are modern and more spacious, with La Folie to the East, for example, cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Drame De Shanghaï
''The Shanghai Drama'' (french: Le drame de Shanghaï) is a 1938 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet and Raymond Rouleau.Kennedy-Karpat p.132-33 An exiled White Russian woman works as a cabaret singer in Shanghai to support her daughter through school. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Guy de Gastyne. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location in Saigon in French Indochina. Cast * Raymond Rouleau as Franchon * Louis Jouvet as Ivan * Christl Mardayn as Kay Murphy, cabaret singer * Elina Labourdette as Nana, the nurse * Valéry Inkijinoff as Black Dragon Agent * Dorville as Bill, cabaret owner * André Alerme as Mac Tavish * Suzanne Desprès as Vera * Gabrielle Dorziat as Superintendent of school * Marcel Lupovici as Assassin for Black Dragon * Robert Manuel as Le client attaqué * PierreasLouis as Un marin américain * LinhasNam as Cheng * FounasSen as Wife of Black Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mollenard
''Mollenard'' is a 1938 French drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Harry Baur, Gabrielle Dorziat and Pierre Renoir. It was also known by the alternative titles of ''Hatred'' and ''Capitaine Corsaire''. The film's sets were designed by Alexandre Trauner. It is based on the novel of the same name by the Belgian writer . The film's plot divides sharply into halves, with the first an action thriller set in China while the second is a social drama with the title character struggling to cope with what he regards as the suffocating atmosphere of his home port in France. The film was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location. An English-language version starring Victor McLaglen and Ruth Chatterton was planned but never made. Plot Captain Mollenard is an uncouth, almost piratical, commander of a merchant ship sailing out of Dunkirk. When the ship's owners discover that Mollenard has been selling arms on his own account, they decided to suspend him for six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lie Of Nina Petrovna
''The Lie of Nina Petrovna'' (French: ''Le mensonge de Nina Petrovna'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Isa Miranda, Fernand Gravey and Aimé Clariond.Gundle p.131 It is a remake of the 1929 silent film ''The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna'' with the setting moved from the Russian Empire to Imperial Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne. Synopsis A beautiful Russian woman in Vienna becomes the mistress of the powerful Baron Engern. However, she meets and falls in love with a young army officer. She is prepared to give up everything for him, but knowing that the Baron will ruin his career, she is forced to leave him and return to her former lover. Partial cast * Isa Miranda as Nina Petrovna * Fernand Gravey as Lieutenant Franz Korff * Aimé Clariond as Baron Engern * Annie Vernay as Lisl * Gabrielle Dorziat as Baroness Engern * Paulette Dubost as Lotte * Roland Toutain as Tony * Raymond Galle as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woman Of Malacca
''Woman of Malacca'' (French: ''La dame de Malacca'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Edwige Feuillère, Pierre Richard-Willm and Betty Daussmond. It was based on a 1935 novel by the French writer Francis de Croisset. It was a major success on its initial release.Passerini, Labanyi & Diehl p.104 It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. A separate German-language version '' Another World'' was also made. Synopsis A young Englishwoman, Audrey Greenwood, marries an army officer to escape her dreary life as a school teacher. Accompanying her husband out for colonial service in Malacca, she soon grows unhappy with her marriage, and falls in love with a local sultan, Prince Selim. Cast * Edwige Feuillère as Audrey Greenwood * Pierre Richard-Willm as Prince Selim * Betty Daussmond as Lady Lyndstone * Jacques Copeau as Lord Brandmore * Gabrielle Dorziat as Lady Brandmore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Mail (film)
''Southern Mail'' or ''Southern Carrier'' (French: ''Courrier sud'') is a 1937 French action film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Jany Holt and Raymond Aimos.Goble p.722 It is adapted from the 1929 novel of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine (1929) ''Southern Mail''. Translated by Curtis Cate (1972). Mariner Books, Parry M. A Symbolic Interpretation of "Courrier Sud" ''The Modern Language Review'', Vol. 69, No. 2 (Apr., 1974), pp. 297-307 The film's sets were designed by the art directors André Barsacq and Léon Barsacq. Cast *Pierre Richard-Willm as Jacques Bernis *Jany Holt as Geneviève *Raymond Aimos as Le Sergent *Alexandre Rignault as Hubert * Roger Legris as Le Radio * as Le Chef d'aéroport de Juby * as Le Chef d'aéroport de Casablanca *Abel Jacquin as Le Capitaine * as Le Joailler *Henri Crémieux as Le secrétaire *Madeleine Milhaud as La Patronne de la Pension *Odette Talazac as Aubergiste *Louis B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forty Little Mothers (1936 Film)
''Forty Little Mothers'' (French: ''Le mioche'') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Léonide Moguy and starring Lucien Baroux, Gabrielle Dorziat and Pauline Carton.Driskell p.210 The 1940 Hollywood film ''Forty Little Mothers'' was based on the same story. Plot summary Cast * Lucien Baroux as Prosper Martin * Gabrielle Dorziat as Mme Granval, La directrice * Pauline Carton as Mlle Clotilde * Milly Mathis as Gervaise * Madeleine Robinson as Denise Mériel, la mère * Jane Pierson as La gérante * Georges Vitray as Dalbret * Marcel Maupi as Marius Rabut * Jean Périer as L'aumônier * Pierre Labry as Bourgeon, le père * Gilbert Gil as Robert Bourgeon, le fils * Marcel Carpentier as Le cuisinier * René Bergeron as Le garagiste * André Siméon as Le pochard * Pierre Juvenet as Le coadjuteur * Philippe as Le mioche * Nane Germon as Simone * Anne Doria as Valentine * Wally Carveno as Geneviève * Claire Gérard as Le lingère * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samson (1936 Film)
''Samson'' is 1936 French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Harry Baur, Gaby Morlay and André Lefaur. It was based on the 1908 play of the same title by Henri Bernstein, which had previously been made into three silent films.Goble p.38 The film was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris, with sets designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne. Synopsis An aristocratic woman is coerced by her impoverished family into marrying a wealthy business tycoon. Cast * Harry Baur as Jacques Brachart * Gaby Morlay as Anne-Marie d'Andeline * André Lefaur as Le Marquis Honoré d'Andeline * Gabrielle Dorziat as La Marquise d'Andeline * André Luguet as Jérôme 'Jessie' Le Govain * Suzy Prim as Grace Ritter * Christian-Gérard as Max d'Andeline * Maurice Bénard as Flash * Laure Diana as Christiane Roy * Léon Arvel as Grünbaum * Simone Barillier * Raymond Blot as Un invité chez Christiane * Marie-Jacqueline Chantal as Lady Huxley * Nane Chaub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuad I Of Egypt
Fuad I ( ar, فؤاد الأول ''Fu’ād al-Awwal''; tr, I. Fuad or ; 26 March 1868 – 28 April 1936) was the Sultan and later King of Egypt and the Sudan. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali dynasty, he became Sultan in 1917, succeeding his elder brother Hussein Kamel. He replaced the title of Sultan with King when the United Kingdom unilaterally declared Egyptian independence in 1922. Early life Fuad was born in Giza Palace in Cairo, the fifth issue of Isma'il Pasha. He spent his childhood with his exiled father in Naples. He got his education from the military academy in Turin, Italy. His mother was Ferial Qadin. Prior to becoming sultan, Fuad had played a major role in the establishment of Egyptian University. He became the university's first rector in 1908, and remained in the post until his resignation in 1913. He was succeeded as rector by then-minister of Justice Hussein Rushdi Pasha. In 1913, Fuad made unsuccessful attempts to secure the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manon (film)
''Manon'' () is a 1949 French drama film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair and Cécile Aubry. It is a loose adaptation of the 1731 novel ''Manon Lescaut'' by Abbé Prévost.Lloyd, p. 64 The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and was a popular success with over three million tickets sold in France. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. Synopsis Clouzot updates the setting to World War II, making the story about a French Resistance fighter who rescues a woman from villagers convinced she is a Nazi collaborator. Cast * Serge Reggiani as Leon Lescaut * Michel Auclair as Robert Dégrieux * Cécile Aubry as Manon Lescaut * Andrex as Le trafiquant * Raymond Souplex as M. Paul * André Valmy as Lieutenant Besnard / Bandit Chief * Henri Vilbert as Le commandant du navire / Ship's Captain * Héléna Manson as La commère * Dora Doll as Juliette * Simone Valèr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Parents Terribles (film)
''Les Parents terribles'' is a 1948 film adaptation directed by Jean Cocteau from his own stage play ''Les Parents terribles''. Cocteau used the same cast who had appeared in a successful stage revival of the play in Paris in 1946. The film has sometimes been known by the English title ''The Storm Within''. Background Cocteau's stage play ''Les Parents terribles'' was first produced in Paris in 1938, but its run suffered from a number of disruptions, first from censorship and then the outbreak of war. In 1946 it was revived in a production which brought together several of the actors for whom Cocteau had originally conceived their roles, notably Yvonne de Bray, Gabrielle Dorziat, and Jean Marais. Cocteau said that he wanted to film his play for three reasons. "First, to record the performances of incomparable actors; second, mingle with them myself and look them full in the face instead of seeing them at a distance on the stage. I wanted to put my eye to the keyhole and surprise th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
