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Gaby Basset
Gaby Basset (29 March 1902 Varennes-Saint-Sauveur, Saône-et-Loire, France – 7 October 2001 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France) was a French film actress.Goble p.37 Selected filmography * '' Everybody Wins'' (1930) - Simone * ''Le poignard malais'' (1931) - Maggy * '' Departure'' (1931) - Carmen * ''Par habitude'' (1932) - Madame Roussel * ''Mannequin'' (1933) - Rose * ''Pour être aimé'' (1933) * ''Le coq du régiment'' (1933) * ''Les deux 'Monsieur' de Madame'' (1933) - Léonie * ''Le gros lot'' (1933) * ''Le fakir du Grand Hôtel'' (1934) - Titi * ''La châtelaine du Liban'' (1934) - Maroussia * '' Prince Jean'' (1934) - Fernande * ''Un tour de cochon'' (1934) * ' (1935) - Mado (uncredited) * ''La vierge du rocher'' (1935) - La petite Anna * ''Le tampon du colonel'' (1935) * ''La rosière des Halles'' (1935) - Françoise * ''Fanfare of Love'' (1935) - Poupette * ''Un soir de bombe'' (1935) - Lily * ''La coqueluche de ces dames'' (1935) * ''La mariée du régiment'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varennes-Saint-Sauveur
Varennes-Saint-Sauveur is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Sevron flows northward through the middle of the commune, then flows into the Solnan, which forms part of the commune's north-eastern border. The Sâne Morte forms most of the commune's western border. Varennes-Saint-Sauveur is part of la Bresse louhannaise. This commune offers a territory of forests and of farming where agricultural activities are the raising of milk cows and of the Bresse chickens. La departmental highway 996 passes through Varennes from north to south. Bodies of water The Sevron River to Varennes, not far from the town. Several rivers run through the commune: the Sâne Morte (especially to the eastern edge of Varennes), the Sevron and the Solnan (bordering Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux then Frontenaud). It is at Varennes that the Sevron flows into the Solnan. History Up until the French Revolution, Varennes-Saint-Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nude Dancer
''The Nude Dancer'' (French: ''La danseuse nue'') is a 1952 French comedy film directed by Pierre-Louis and starring Catherine Erard, Pierre Larquey and Jean Debucourt.Bessy & Chirat p.132 The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin. It is based on the interwar career of music hall star Colette Andris. Synopsis A student gives up her studies and becomes a cabaret dancer leading to her fiancee breaking off their engagement. She marries an older man who helps her career by buying a nightclub. Cast * Catherine Erard as Colette Andris * Pierre Larquey as Charmois * Jean Debucourt as Gilbert Chantal * Raymond Bussières as Saulnier * Luce Aubertin as Tania * Gaby Basset as Justine * Alexandre Dréan as Gallus * Édith Georges as Peggy * Elisa Lamotte as Thérèse * Nicole Lemaire as La speakerine * Michel Nastorg as Michel * Philippe Olive as Pépère * Pierre-Louis as René Laporte * Robert Pizani Robert Pizani (26 April 1896 – 17 June 1965) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Way Of Youth
''Le chemin des écoliers'' is a 1959 French film starring Alain Delon. It is based on the novel ''The Transient Hour'' by Marcel Aymé. Plot Cast * Alain Delon : Antoine Michaud * Bourvil : Charles Michaud, Antoine's father * Paulette Dubost : Hélène Michaud, Antoine's mother * Martine Havet : Pierrette Michaud, Antoine's sister * Françoise Arnoul : Yvette * Christian Lude : M. Olivier * Micheline Luccioni : Solange * Jean-Claude Brialy : Paul Tiercelin * Lino Ventura : M. Tiercelin * Pierre Mondy : Lulu * Madeleine Lebeau : Flora * Sandra Milo : Olga * Gaby Basset : Lucette * Claude Castaing : Dominique * Jean Brochard : M. Coutelier * Hans Verner : un officier allemand * Charles Bouillaud : le client enrhumé * Pierre Collet Pierre Collet (10 March 1914 – 30 October 1977) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films and television shows between 1943 and 1977. Selected filmography * ''Goodbye Leonard'' (1943) - Le marchand d'ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archimède Le Clochard
''Archimède le clochard'' is a 1959 French drama film directed by Gilles Grangier. It is also known as ''The Magnificent Tramp''. The film was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival, where Jean Gabin won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. Plot A sophisticated tramp lives during summer in a half-finished construction site. Because he doesn't want to be cold in the winter, he decides to get imprisoned on time. Therefore, he demolishes a bar but he is only incarcerated for a single week. He promises he will find a way to come back. Cast * Jean Gabin as Joseph Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville aka Archimède * Paul Frankeur as Monsieur Grégoire, the first inn keeper * Darry Cowl as Arsène, the second inn keeper * Bernard Blier as Monsieur Pichon, the new inn keeper * Dora Doll as Madame Pichon * Gaby Basset as Mme Grégoire * Sacha Briquet as Jean-Loup, the English guest * Guy Decomble as the RATP station manager * Albert Dinan as the caterer * Noël Roquevert a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Of May (1958 Film)
''First of May'' (French: ''Premier mai'') is a 1958 French-Italian comedy film directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring Yves Montand, Yves Noël and Nicole Berger.Rège p.506 Cast * Yves Montand as Jean Meunier * Yves Noël as François Meunier * Nicole Berger as Annie Chapois * Georges Chamarat as Henri Bousquet * Bernadette Lange as Thérèse Meunier * Georgette Anys as Mme Tartet * Gabrielle Fontan as Mme Lurde * Maurice Biraud as Blanchot * Paul Demange as Le secrétaire du commissaire * Laurent Terzieff as Maurice * Gaby Basset as Une infirmière * Jacques Berger * Simone Berthier as La bru de Bousquet * Louis Bugette as Le patron du bistrot * Coutan-Lambert as Mme Chapuis * Marie Glory as Une infirmière * Gina Manès as Une commère * Robert Pizani as Saint-Bertin * Nicole Riche as Une entraîneuse * Alice Sapritch as Une entraîneuse * Yvette Sautereau * Pierre Sergeol * Paul Uny * Walter Chiari as Gilbert * Aldo Fabrizi Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maigret Sets A Trap (film)
''Maigret Sets a Trap'' (French: ''Maigret tend un piège'') is a 1958 French-Italian crime film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot and Olivier Hussenot. It is an adaptation of the novel ''Maigret Sets a Trap'' by Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his fictional detective Jules Maigret. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Cast * Jean Gabin as Jules Maigret * Annie Girardot as Yvonne Maurin * Olivier Hussenot as Lagrume * Jeanne Boitel as Louise Maigret * Lucienne Bogaert as Mme Veuve Adèle Maurin * Jean Debucourt as Camille Guimard * Guy Decomble as Mazet * Paulette Dubost as Mauricette Barberot * Jacques Hilling as Le médecin légiste * Hubert de Lapparent as Le juge Coméliau * Jean Desailly as Marcel Maurin * Gérard Séty as Georges "Jojo" Vacher * Lino Ventura as Inspector Torrence * André Valmy as Inspector Lucas * Nadine Basile a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaking Of Murder
''Speaking of Murder'' is a 1957 French crime film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin. The original French title is ''Le rouge est mis'', which means "the red light is on". The screenplay is based on a novel by Auguste Le Breton. Plot Louis Bertain (Gabin) is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his accomplices are careful to keep up a civic veneer by day, indulging in criminal activities only when "the red light is on" at night. This status quo is upset when one of the gang members becomes convinced that Louis' younger brother is a police informer. Cast * Jean Gabin as Louis Bertain / Louis le Blond * Paul Frankeur as Frédo * Marcel Bozzuffi as Pierre Bertain * Lino Ventura as Pepito * Annie Girardot as Hélène * Albert Dinan as Inspector Pluvier * Antonin Berval as Zé * Jean-Pierre Mocky as Pierre * Thomy Bourdelle Thomy Charles Bourdelle (20 April 1891 – 27 June 1972) was a French actor. Bourdelle was born i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadlier Than The Male (1956 Film)
''Voici le temps des assassins'' (French for "This is the time for murderers") is a 1956 French crime film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin and Danièle Delorme. The title is a line of ''Matinée d'ivresse'' - part of ''Illuminations'' by Arthur Rimbaud. The film was released as ''Deadlier Than the Male'' in the United States and as ''Twelve Hours to Live'' in the UK. It is a dark tale of a young and pretty femme fatale who ruins the life of a man and kills his best friend. Plot In Les Halles, in the heart of Paris, the long-divorced André Chatelin, an honest and respected man who runs a successful restaurant, is visited by an unknown young woman. She says she is Catherine, the daughter of his ex-wife Gabrielle, who has died leaving her homeless and penniless. André gives her a room and a job, but she soon starts abusing his kindness. She sows discord between André and his young friend Gérard, a medical student who is like a son to him. And she starts stealing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gas-Oil
''Gas-Oil'' is a 1955 French crime drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Gaby Basset and Ginette Leclerc. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location at a variety of places. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It was one of a number of films portraying tough truck drivers made in the wake of the success of the 1953 film ''The Wages of Fear''. It was the first of many films in which Gabin appeared in written by his fellow Parisian Michel Audiard.Harriss p.174 Synopsis While driving home one night after meeting his girlfriend, trucker Jean Chape encounters a dead body lying in the road. He reports it the police but they suspect that he is responsible. Cast * Jean Gabin as Jean Chape * Jeanne Moreau as Alice * Gaby Basset as Camille Serin * Ginette Leclerc as Mme Scoppo * Simone Berthier as Annie, une serveuse * Charles Bouillaud as Le gendarme dactylographe * Marcel Bozzuffi as Pierro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House On The Waterfront
''House on the Waterfront'' (French: ''Port du désir'') is a 1955 French drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Jean Gabin, Andrée Debar and Henri Vidal.Block p.49 It was made at the Billancourt Studios with some location filming in Marseilles. The film's sets were designed by Lucien Aguettand. Although completed in 1954, it wasn't released until the following year. Synopsis In Marseilles Captain Lequévic is ordered to refloat a ship that has sunk in the entrance to the harbor. However its owner, a man mixed up in smuggling and other illegal activities, is desperate to prevent him from doing so. Partial cast * Jean Gabin as Le commandant Lequévic * Andrée Debar as Martine * Henri Vidal as Michel * Edith Georges as Lola * Leopoldo Francés as Baba * René Sarvil as L'aveugle * Gaby Basset as Madame Aimée * Jacques Dynam as Le Meur * Gaston Orbal as Rossignol * Edmond Ardisson as Le patron de la boîte * Mireille Ozy as Gaby * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Seven Little Sins
''My Seven Little Sins'' (french: J'avais sept filles, it, I sette peccati di papà), released in UK as ''I Had Seven Daughters'', is a 1954 French-Italian comedy film co-written and directed by Jean Boyer and starring Maurice Chevalier and Delia Scala. It is based on a comedy play of Aldo De Benedetti, previously adapted by Nunzio Malasomma in the film ''We Were Seven Sisters''. Plot Cast * Maurice Chevalier as Count André de Courvallon * Delia Scala as Luisella * Colette Ripert as Linda * Maria Frau as Lolita * Annick Tanguy as Nadine * Luciana Paluzzi as Pat * Maria-Luisa Da Silva as Blachette * Gaby Basset as Maria * Paolo Stoppa Paolo Stoppa Knight Grand Cross (6 June 1906 – 1 May 1988) was an Italian actor. Biography Born in Rome, he began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome and began acting in films in 1932. As a stage actor, his most celebrated ... as Antonio * Fred Pasquali as Professor Gorbiggi References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi
''Touchez pas au grisbi'' (, French for "Don't touch the loot"), released as ''Honour Among Thieves'' in the United Kingdom and ''Grisbi'' in the United States, is a 1954 French-Italian crime film based on a novel by Albert Simonin. It was directed by Jacques Becker and stars Jean Gabin, René Dary, Paul Frankeur, Lino Ventura, Jeanne Moreau, Dora Doll, and Marilyn Buferd. The film was screened in competition at the 1954 Venice Film Festival. The film is the first installment of the so-called "Max le Menteur trilogy", which are all based on novels by Simonin, but feature different characters; it was followed by '' Le cave se rebiffe'' and ''Les tontons flingueurs'', both of which are more comedic than ''Grisbi''. Plot Max, a principled middle-aged Parisian gangster, has dinner at Madame Bouche's restaurant, a hangout for criminals, with his longtime-associate Riton, their much younger burlesque-dancer girlfriends, and Max's protege Marco. The group then goes to crime-boss Pier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |