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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 * '' The Malay Dagger'' (1931) - Maggy * '' Departure'' (1931) - Carmen * ''Par habitude'' (1932) - Madame Roussel * ''Mannequins'' (1933) - Rose * ''Pour être aimé'' (1933) * ''Le coq du régiment'' (1933) * ''Les deux 'Monsieur' de Madame'' (1933) - Léonie * ''Le gros lot'' (1933) * '' The Fakir of the Grand Hotel'' (1934) - Titi * ''La châtelaine du Liban'' (1934) - Maroussia * '' Prince Jean'' (1934) - Fernande * ''Un tour de cochon'' (1934) * '' Justin de Marseille'' (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) * ... [...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] |
Fire In The Straw
''Fire in the Straw'' (French: ''Le feu de paille'') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Jean Benoît-Lévy and starring Lucien Baroux, Orane Demazis and Gaby Basset.Rège p.365 The film's art direction was by Robert-Jules Garnier. Cast * Lucien Baroux as Antoine Vautier * Orane Demazis as Jeanne Vautier * Gaby Basset as Reine Roy * Jean Fuller as Christian Vautier * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Madame Goulevin, la concierge * Florence Luchaire as La petite Caroline * Jeanne Helbling as Monica * Henri Lanoë as Désiré, le fils de la concierge * Raymond Aimos as Guérétrain * Henri Nassiet as Despagnat * Stéphane Audel * Edmond Beauchamp * Andrée Brabant * Albert Broquin * Robert Brunet * Claire Gérard Clair or Claire may refer to: *Claire (given name), a list of people with the name Claire * Clair (surname) Places Canada * Clair, New Brunswick, a former village, now part of Haut-Madawaska * Clair Parish, New Brunswick * Pointe-Claire ... [...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] |
Women Of Paris
''Women of Paris'' (French: ''Femmes de Paris'') is a 1953 French comedy drama film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Michel Simon, Brigitte Auber and Henri Génès.Tsikounas p.68 Cast * Michel Simon as Professeur Charles Buisson * Brigitte Auber as Gisèle * Henri Génès as Lucien Mosca * Germaine Kerjean as Mme. Rédéri * Robert Lombard as Maurice * Philippe Mareuil as Pierre-Dominique, dit 'Pépé' * Georges Galley as Patrice * Suzanne Norbert as Mme. Buisson * Gaby Basset as Henriette * Micheline Dax as La snob * Anne Campion ( fr) as La trafiquante * Leila Lampi as Une danseuse * Janine Clairville * Nadine Tallier as Poupette * Annick Tanguy * Liane Morice * Nikitine * Liliane Montevecchi * Jacky Lemoine * Gisèle Fréry * Nicole Rimbaud * Janine Caire * Bernard La Jarrige as Inspecteur Corbin * Robert Lamoureux as Himself * Patachou as Herself * Ray Ventura as Himself * Jean-Marc Thibault * Roger Pierre * Les Quat'Jeudi * Jacques Grello as (voice) * Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Their Last Night
''Their Last Night'' (French: ''Leur dernière nuit'') is a 1953 French crime drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Gabin, Madeleine Robinson and Robert Dalban.Harriss p.196 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq. Synopsis Madeleine, a young teacher from the provinces, arrives in Paris and encounters Pierre Ruffin a seemingly respectable librarian who lives at the same lodging as her in Montmartre. However he comes in one night wounded by a bullet and admits to her that he leads a double life as a gangster. After killing one of his accomplices who has betrayed him, the police net closes in on him. He returns to spend one final night of love with Madeleine before fleeing to Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Or Quits (1953 Film)
''Double or Quits'' (French: ''Quitte ou double'') is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Robert Vernay and starring Zappy Max, Suzanne Dehelly and Danielle Godet.Rège p.999 It was shot at the Epinay Studios outside Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin. Along with Zappy Pax it features several performers who had become famous on the Radio Circus show on Radio Luxembourg. Synopsis Charlotte, a mature librarian from Bourganeuf in Limousin is a huge fan of Zappy Max, the host of a popular radio show. She sends him letters but to impresses him also sends him the picture of an attractive younger woman Marie. When Zappy arrives in the city as part of his national tour Charlotte persuades Marie to take her place in a meeting and the two fall in love. Meanwhile, Charlotte enters as a contestant in the radio show's double of quits game and wins money. Cast * Zappy Max as Zappy Max * Suzanne Dehelly as Charlotte Nodier * Danielle Godet as Marie Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |