Georges Grey
Georges Grey, born Georges-Jean-Joseph Gacon (1911–1954) was a French actor. In 1948 he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under Sacha Guitry. Biography He studied engineering at university, before going to the Cavalry School of Saumur. He then went to Paris to begin a career as an actor, where he was noticed by Sacha Guitry who began giving him roles in his films. He toured with Marcel Pagnol and Gilles Grangier later on in life. He died of tuberculosis in a sanatorium on April 2, 1954, in Passy. Filmography Film * 1937: ''Cinderella'', Pierre Caron * 1937: ''The Pearls of the Crown'', Sacha Guitry and Christian-Jaque * 1937: ''Quadrille'', Sacha Guitry * 1938: ''Remontons les Champs-Élysées'', Sacha Guitry * 1938: ''Nine Bachelors'', Sacha Guitry * 1940: ''Narcisse'', Ayres d'Aguiar * 1940: ''Monsieur Hector'', Maurice Cammage * 1940: ''Chambre 13'', André Hugon * 1940: ''Hangman's Noose'', Léon Mathot * 1940: '' The Well-Digger's Daughter'', Marcel Pagnol * 19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, northeast of Saint-Étienne. The City of Lyon proper had a population of 522,969 in 2019 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Lyon metropolitan area had a population of 2,280,845 that same year, the second most populated in France. Lyon and 58 suburban municipalities have formed since 2015 the Metropolis of Lyon, a directly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of most urban issues, with a population of 1,411,571 in 2019. Lyon is the prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and seat of the Departmental Council of Rhône (whose jurisdiction, however, no longer extends over the Metropolis of Lyo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nine Bachelors
''Nine Bachelors'' (French: ''Ils étaient neuf célibataires'') is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Sacha Guitry and starring Guitry, Max Dearly and Elvire Popesco. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. Synopsis An opportunist dreams up a new scheme to make money when the French government passes a law forbidding foreigners from living in France. Partial cast * Sacha Guitry as Jean Lécuyer * Max Dearly as Athanase Outriquet * Elvire Popesco as Comtesse Stacia Batchefskaïa * Victor Boucher as Alexandre * Saturnin Fabre as Adhémar Colombinet de la Jonchère * André Lefaur as Adolphe * Raymond Aimos as Agénor * Gaston Dubosc as Antonin Rousselier * Marguerite Deval as Mme Picaillon de Chéniset * Marguerite Moreno as Consuelo Rodriguez * Marguerite Pierry as Isabelle Patureau * Betty Stockfeld as Margaret Brown * Pauline Carton Pauline Carton (4 Ju ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Richard Pottier
Richard Pottier (6 June 1906, Graz – 2 November 1994, Le Plessis-Bouchard) was an Austrian-born French film director. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire as Ernst Deutsch. Selected filmography * ''A Rare Bird'' (1935) * ''Fanfare of Love'' (1935) * ''Guilty Melody'' (1936) * '' 27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * ''The Secrets of the Red Sea'' (1937) * ''Lights of Paris'' (1938) * ''Mademoiselle Swing'' (1942) * '' Picpus'' (1943) * ''Majestic Hotel Cellars'' (1945) * ''Song of the Clouds'' (1946) * '' The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic'' (1946) * '' The White Night'' (1948) * ''Barry'' (1949) * '' Two Loves'' (1949) * '' Meutres?'' (1950) * ''Casimir'' (1950) * '' Darling Caroline'' (1951) * ''Rendezvous in Grenada'' (1951) * '' Imperial Violets'' (1952) * ''The Beautiful Otero'' (1954) * ''The Lebanese Mission'' (1956) *'' The Singer from Mexico'' (1957) * ' (1958) * ''Tabarin'' (1958) * ''David and Goliath Goliath ( ) ''Goləyāṯ''; ar, جُليات ''Ǧulyāt'' (Christian te ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jean Stelli
Jean Stelli (6 December 1894 in Lille – 2 February 1975 in Grasse) was a French screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography * ''The Hurricane on the Mountain'' (1922) * ''Gibraltar'' (1938) * ''Cristobal's Gold'' (1940) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * ''The White Waltz'' (1943) * ''The Temptation of Barbizon'' (1946) * '' The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain'' (1947) * ''Five Red Tulips'' (1949) * '' Last Love'' (1949) * ''Sending of Flowers'' (1950) * '' The Unexpected Voyager'' (1950) * '' Maria of the End of the World'' (1951) * '' Mammy'' (1951) * '' The Night Is Ours'' (1953) * ''The Lovers of Marianne ''The Lovers of Marianne'' (French: ''Les amoureux de Marianne'') is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Gaby Morlay, André Luguet and Jean Debucourt Jean Debucourt (19 January 1894 – 22 March 1958) was a F ...'' (1953) * '' Baratin'' (1956) External links * 1894 births 1975 deaths French film directors French male screenwr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Blue Veil (1942 Film)
''The Blue Veil'' (French: ''Le voile bleu'') is a 1942 French drama film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Gaby Morlay, Elvire Popesco and André Alerme.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.306 The film was remade in 1951. Cast * Gaby Morlay as Louise Jarraud * Elvire Popesco as Mona Lorenza * André Alerme as Ernest Volnar-Bussel * Fernand Charpin as Émile Perrette * Aimé Clariond as Le juge d'instruction * Pierre Larquey as Antoine Lancelot * Marcelle Géniat as Madame Breuilly * Georges Grey as Gérard Volnar-Bussel * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Mademoiselle Eugénie * Renée Devillers as Madame Forneret * Denise Grey as Madame Volnar-Bussel * Francine Bessy as La jeune danseuse * Jean Clarieux as Henri Forneret * Pierre Jourdan as Dominique * Camille Bert as Le médecin * Noël Roquevert as L'inspecteur Duval * Marcel Vallée as L'imprésario de Mona Lorenza * Jean Bobillot as Julien * Mona Dol as L'infirmière-chef * Camille Guérini as d'Aubigny * Marthe Mellot as ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jacques De Baroncelli
Jacques de Baroncelli (25 June 1881 – 12 January 1951) was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He came from a Florence, Florentine family who had settled in Provence in the 15th century, occupying a building in the centre of Avignon then called the Baroncelli Palace (now the Palais du Roure). His father's side of the family were of Tuscany, Tuscan origin and part of the Guelphs and Ghibellines, Ghibelline tradition, and they were hereditary Marquis of Javon, Marquises of Javon. Though somewhat aristocratic, the family spoke Provençal (dialect), Provençal, which was rather controversial at a time when it was considered to be a language of the common people. His older brother was Folco de Baroncelli-Javon, He directed well over 80 films between 1915 and 1948 and in the 1940s released numerous films in the United States and Italy. One of his films, a version of the Pierre Louÿs novel ''La Femme et le pantin'' (1928) was filmed in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Le Destin Fabuleux De Désirée Clary
Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary (Mlle. Desiree) is a French film released in September 1942, black and white, written and directed by Sacha Guitry. The film concerns the life of Désirée Clary, the daughter of a Marseilles merchant, who became Queen of Sweden and the founder of a dynasty. Plot Julie and Désirée Clary are courted by the brothers Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte. Joseph marries Julie and Napoleon is affianced to Désirée. When Napoleon breaks the engagement and marries Joséphine de Beauharnais, Désirée becomes involved with General Bernadotte. Cast * Sacha Guitry as Narrator * Jean-Louis Barrault as Napoléon Bonaparte * Aimé Clariond as Joseph Bonaparte * Jacques Varennes as Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, then Charles XIV John of Sweden * Geneviève Guitry as Désirée Clary, as a young woman * Gaby Morlay as Désirée Clary * Lise Delamare as Joséphine de Beauharnais * Yvette Lebon as Julie Clary * Camille Fournier as Julie Bonaparte * Georg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paul Mesnier
Paul Mesnier (3 August 1904 in Saint-Étienne – 7 July 1988) was a French film director. He was married to the actress Andrée Servilanges. Filmography ;Director * 1937 : ''Le Chemin de lumière'' * 1938 : ''La Belle revanche'' * 1941 : '' Le Valet maître'' * 1942 : ''Patricia'' * 1943 : ''Madly in Love'' * 1947 : '' La Kermesse rouge'' * 1952 : ''Poil de carotte'' * 1956 : ''Babes a GoGo'' * 1957 : ''Une nuit aux Baléares'' * 1960 : '' Le Septième Jour de Saint-Malo'' * 1962 : '' Cargo pour la Réunion'' ;Actor * 1950 : ''Olivia'' by Jacqueline Audry * 1950 : '' Casabianca'' by Georges Peclet * 1951 : '' They Were Five'' by Jack Pinoteau * 1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yug ... : '' It Happened in Paris'' by Henri Lavorel and John Berry * 1953 : ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940 Film)
''The Well-Digger's Daughter'' (french: La Fille du puisatier) is a 1940 French romantic comedy drama film directed by Marcel Pagnol. Plot Patricia, a peasant, becomes pregnant by Jacques, a military pilot from a local family. As war breaks out, Jacques serves in World War II, but his family refuses to support his child and likewise, Patricia's father expels her from her home. Patricia stays with her aunt and gives birth to a boy. After Jacques is reported killed in the war, both families wish to meet their new grandchild. Jacques is not dead, however; he returns and Patricia agrees to marry him. Selected cast *Raimu as Pascal Amoretti *Fernandel as Félipe Rambert *Josette Day as Patricia Amoretti *Line Noro as Marie Mazel * Georges Grey as Jacques Mazel *Fernand Charpin as Monsieur Mazel *Milly Mathis as Nathalie * Clairette as Amanda Amoretti * Roberte Arnaud as Roberte Amoretti *Raymonde as Éléonore Amoretti Reception In the film's most famous scene, Patricia and Jacques' f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Léon Mathot
Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' film serial in 1918. He appeared in the 1923 silent film ''Coeur fidèle'', directed by Jean Epstein. He starred in some 60 films mostly in silent film between 1906 and 1939. He turned director in 1927 whilst still appearing in several films and retired in 1953 directing well over 20 films. Selected filmography * '' Les Gaz mortels'' ( 1916) * '' The Zone of Death'' ( 1917) * ''Barberousse'' (1917) * ''Le droit à la vie'' (1917) * ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1918) * '' In Old Alsace'' (1920) * ''The Empire of Diamonds'' (1920) * ''Coeur fidèle'' ( 1923) * '' My Uncle Benjamin'' (1924) * ''The Painter and His Model'' (1925) * ''Yasmina'' (1927) * ''La Maison de la Fléche'' (1930) * ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''Instinct'' (1930) * '' Kiss Me'' (1932) * '' Al ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hangman's Noose (film)
The hangman's knot or hangman's noose (also known as a collar during the Elizabethan era) is a knot most often associated with its use in hanging a person. For a hanging, the knot of the rope is typically placed under or just behind the left ear, although the most effective position is just ahead of the ear, beneath the angle of the left lower jaw. The pull on the knot at the end of the drop levers the jaw and head violently up and to the right, which combines with the jerk of the rope becoming taut to wrench the upper neck vertebrae apart. This produces very rapid death, whereas the traditional position beneath the ear was intended to result in the mass of the knot crushing closed (occluding) neck arteries, causing cessation of brain circulation. The knot is non-jamming but tends to resist attempts to loosen it. Number of coils Surviving nooses in the United Kingdom show simple slipknots that were superseded in the late 19th century with a metal eye spliced into one end of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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André Hugon
André Hugon (17 December 1886 – 22 August 1960) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards, particularly of the 1920s and into sound. Hugon was born in Algiers in 1886 which at the time was part of France. He directed some 90 films between 1913 and 1952. Selected filmography * '' Flower of Paris'' (1916) * '' The Gold Chignon'' (1916) * ''The Jackals'' (1917) * ''Anguish'' (1917) * ''Vertigo'' (1917) * ''Sharks'' (1917) * '' A Crime Has Been Committed'' (1919) * '' Mademoiselle Chiffon'' (1919) * '' Jacques Landauze'' (1920) * '' Worthless Woman'' (1921) * '' The Fugitive'' (1920) * '' The Black Diamond'' (1922) * ''The Two Pigeons'' (1922) * '' The Little Thing'' (1923) * ''La gitanilla'' (1924) * ''The Thruster'' (1924) * ''The Princess and the Clown'' (1924) * ''Yasmina'' (1927) * '' The Temple of Shadows'' (1927) * ''The Great Passion'' (1928) * ''The Three Masks'' (1929) * '' The Wedding March'' (192 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |