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Girls In Distress
''Girls in Distress'' (french: Jeunes filles en détresse) is a 1939 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Marcelle Chantal, Micheline Presle and André Lugue.Rentschler p.282 The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. Cast * Marcelle Chantal as Marthe Presle * Micheline Presle as Jacqueline Presle * André Luguet as Maître Jacques Presle * Jean Aquistapace as Ternier, le ministre de la justice (as Aquistapace) * Pierre Bertin as Legris, le secrétaire de Me Presle * Louise Carletti as Marguerite 'Margot' Montbleu * Jacqueline Delubac as Mme Montbleu, nom de scène: Pola D'Ivry * Arthur Devère as Le père d'Alice * Genevieve Dorlane as Mme Tarrand * Paulette Élambert as Denise Tarrand * Michel François as Michel Mortier * René Génin as Le concierge du ministère * Gaston Jacquet as Le père d'Amélie * Georges Jamin as Le beauaspère d'Amélie * Margo Lion as La mère de Thérèse * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albrecht Joseph
Albrecht Joseph (1901–1991) was a German playwright, screenwriter and film editor.Dassanowsky p.43 Biography Due to his Jewish heritage Joseph was forced to leave Germany following the Nazi Party's takeover in 1933. He initially went to Austria and then on to Italy and Britain. He finally settled in the United States in 1939 and was employed occasionally in Hollywood where he was sometimes credited as Al Joseph. His final work was on the western television series '' Gunsmoke'', editing over a hundred and fifty episodes. Selected filmography * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1932) * ''Tell Me Tonight'' (1932) * '' The Song of Night'' (1932) * '' The Secret of Cavelli'' (1934) * '' Fresh Wind from Canada'' (1935) * ''Girls in Distress'' (1939) * ''Three Russian Girls'' (1943) * ''Hitler's Madman'' (1943) * ''A Scandal in Paris'' (1946) * ''Loan Shark A loan shark is a person who offers loans at extremely high interest rates, ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Delubac
Jacqueline Delubac (1907–1997) was a French stage and film actress.Williams p.158 She was married to Sacha Guitry and appeared in a number of his productions on both stage and screen. Selected filmography * '' Let's Get Married'' (1931) * '' Topaze'' (1933) * ''Good Luck'' (1935) * ''Confessions of a Cheat'' (1936) * ''Let's Make a Dream'' (1936) * ''The New Testament'' (1936) * ''The Pearls of the Crown'' (1937) * '' Désiré'' (1937) * ''Girls in Distress'' (1939) * ''Hangman's Noose 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 ...'' (1940) * '' La Comédie du bonheur'' (1940) * '' The Man Who Seeks the Truth'' (1940) * '' My First Love'' (1945) * '' The Ferret'' (1950) References Bibliography * Williams, Alan. ''Film and Nationalism''. Rutgers University Press, 2002. Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marthe Mellot
Marthe Mellot (16 February 1870 - 13 August 1947) was a French film actress. Marthe Mellot was born in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nièvre, France, and died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''Feu Mathias Pascal'' (1925) * ''The Red Robe'' (1933) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1933) * ''Les Misérables'' (1934) * ''The Last Billionaire'' (1934) * '' Miquette'' (1934) * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) * ' (1935) * ''Woman of Malacca'' (1937) * ''The Citadel of Silence'' (1937) * ''Girls in Distress'' (1939) * '' Thérèse Martin'' (1939) * '' Serenade'' (1940) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * ''Land Without Stars'' (1946) * ''A Cage of Nightingales'' (1945) * ''The Scarlet Bazaar ''The Scarlet Bazaar'' (French: ''La kermesse rouge'') is a 1947 French historical drama film directed by Paul Mesnier and starring Albert Préjean, Andrée Servilanges and Jean Tissier.Burnett p.62 It was shot at the Buttes-Chaumont Studios ...'' (1947) * '' The Lost Village'' (1947) References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milly Mathis
Milly Mathis (September 8, 1901 – March 30, 1965) was a French actress who appeared in more than 100 films during her career. Born on September 8, 1901, as Emilienne Pauline Tomasini in Marseilles, France, she made her film debut with a small, uncredited role in the 1927 German film, ''Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney'' (English - ''The Love of Jeanne Ney''). Most of her parts would be in featured or supporting roles. Her final performance would be in a featured role in French film, ''Business'' (1960). She was also an occasional performer on France's legitimate stage. She died on March 30, 1965, in Salon-de-Provence, France, and was buried in the Cimetière Saint-Pierre in Marseilles. Filmography *1927 - ''The Love of Jeanne Ney'' *1930 - ''Mephisto'' *1931 - ''Après l'amour'' *1931 - ''Atout Cœur'' *1931 - '' Marius'' *1931 - ''Paris Méditerranée'' *1931 - ''Le Roi du camembert'' *1931 - ''Le Roi du cirage'' *1932 - ''L’Amour et la Veine'' *1932 - '' Fanny'' *1932 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Manuel (actor)
Robert Manuel (7 September 1916 – 8 December 1995) was a 20th-century French stage, television, and film actor, and film director. Filmography *1935: '' La Petite Sauvage'' (by Jean de Limur) *1937: '' Salonique, nid d'espions'' (by Georg Wilhelm Pabst) - un invité au consulat *1938: '' Orage'' (by Marc Allégret) - Gilbert *1938: ''La Marseillaise'' (by Jean Renoir) *1938: ''Le Drame de Shanghaï'' (by Georg Wilhelm Pabst) - Le client attaqué *1939: '' Jeunes filles en détresse'' (by Georg Wilhelm Pabst) - Robert (uncredited) *1946: '' The Captain'' (by Robert Vernay) - Le comte Hercule de Nesle *1946: '' Comédie avant Molière'' (by Jean Tedesco) (Short) *1950: ''The Paris Waltz'' (by Marcel Achard) - José Dupuis *1955: ''Le Fils de Caroline chérie'' (by Jean Devaivre) - Le Roi Joseph *1955: ''Napoléon'' (by Sacha Guitry) - Joseph Bonaparte (uncredited) *1955: ''Rififi'' (''Du rififi chez les hommes'') (by Jules Dassin) - Mario Ferrati *1955: ''Milord l'Arsouille'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mlle Malakowsky
Mademoiselle () is a French courtesy title, abbreviated Mlle, traditionally given to an unmarried woman. The equivalent in English is " Miss". The courtesy title "Madame" is accorded women where their marital status is unknown. From around 1970 onwards, the use of the title "Mademoiselle" was challenged in France, particularly by feminist groups who wanted it banned. A circular from François Fillon, then Prime Minister, dated 21 February 2012, called for the deletion of the word "Mademoiselle" in all official documents. On 26 December 2012, the Council of State A Council of State is a governmental body in a country, or a subdivision of a country, with a function that varies by jurisdiction. It may be the formal name for the cabinet or it may refer to a non-executive advisory body associated with a head o ... approved the deletion. See also * Fräulein, a similar German term References French words and phrases Women's social titles Honorifics {{France-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Lupovici
Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian striker * Marcel (footballer, born 1983), Marcel Silva Cardoso, Brazilian left back * Marcel (footballer, born 1992), Marcel Henrique Garcia Alves Pereira, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (singer), American country music singer * Étienne Marcel (died 1358), provost of merchants of Paris * Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), French philosopher, Christian existentialist and playwright * Jean Marcel (died 1980), Madagascan Anglican bishop * Jean-Jacques Marcel (1931–2014), French football player * Rosie Marcel (born 1977), English actor * Sylvain Marcel (born 1974), Canadian actor * Terry Marcel (born 1942), British film director * Claude Marcel (1793-1876), French diplomat and applied linguist Other uses * Marcel (''Friends''), a fictional monkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margo Lion (cabaret Singer)
Marguerite Hélène Barbe Elisabeth Constantine Lion (28 February 1899 – 24 February 1989), known as Margo Lion, was a Jewish singer and actress. She was born in Constantinople during Ottoman rule. She moved to Berlin after World War I with her father to join the school of Russian ballet. When the Nazi Party rose to power in 1933 she moved to France to flee antisemitic persecution. She was a successful chanteuse, parodist, cabaret singer, and actress, best known for her role as Pirate Jenny in director G. W. Pabst's 1931 French language adaptation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's '' Threepenny Opera'' (''Die Dreigroschenoper''). She appeared in several French films until the early 1970s, including ''Docteur Françoise Gailland'', ''L'Humeur Vagabonde'', ''La Faute De L'Abbe Mouret'', ''Le Petit Matin'', ''Le Fou Du Labo'', ''Julie La Rousse'', and the French romantic melodrama ''Martin Roumagnac'', which starred Marlene Dietrich. Lion and Dietrich sang a famous duet, "Wenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Jamin
Georges may refer to: Places * Georges River, New South Wales, Australia * Georges Quay (Dublin) *Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Other uses *Georges (name) * ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas * "Georges" (song), a 1977 song originally recorded by Pat Simon and covered by Sylvie Vartan *Georges (store), a department store in Melbourne, Australia from 1880 to 1995 * Georges (''Green Card'' character) People with the surname * Eugenia Georges, American anthropologist *Karl Ernst Georges (1806–1895), German classical philologist and lexicographer, known for his edition of Latin-German dictionaries. See also * École secondaire Georges-P.-Vanier, a high school in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada * École secondaire Georges-Vanier in Laval, Quebec, Canada * French cruiser ''Georges Leygues'', commissioned in 1937 * French frigate ''Georges Leygues'' (D640), commissioned in 1979 *George (other) *Georges Creek (other) *Georges Creek Coal and Iro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Jacquet
Gaston Émile Marius Jacquet (14 August 1883 – 28 January 1970) was a French actor. Jacquet was born in Lanas, Ardèche, France and died in 1970 in Thonex in Switzerland. Selected filmography * ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (1921) * ''The Hurricane on the Mountain'' (1922) * '' The Orchid Dancer'' (1928) * '' Nile Water'' (1928) * '' Suzy Saxophone'' (1928) * ''The Maelstrom of Paris'' (1928) * ''Their Son'' (1929) * '' House in the Sun'' (1929) * '' Sin of a Beautiful Woman'' (1929) * ''Latin Quarter'' (1929) * ''The Girl with the Whip'' (1929) * '' When the White Lilacs Bloom Again'' (1929) * ''The Road to Paradise'' (1930) * '' Hai-Tang'' (1930) * ''Illusions'' (1930) * ''There Is a Woman Who Never Forgets You'' (1930) * ''Miss Europe'' (1930) * '' David Golder'' (1931) * '' The Indictment'' (1931) * ''Abduct Me'' (1932) * '' A Man's Neck'' (1933) * ''Charlemagne'' (1933) * ''Le Golem'' (1936) * ''Girls in Distress ''Girls in Distress'' (french: Jeunes filles en dét ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Génin
René Génin (25 January 1890 – 24 October 1967) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1931 and 1965. Selected filmography * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * ''27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * ''Nights of Fire'' (1937) * ''The Red Dancer'' (1937) * ''Life Dances On'' (1937) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * '' Port of Shadows'' (1938) * ''Ernest the Rebel'' (1938) * ''Ramuntcho'' (1938) * ''Girls in Distress'' (1939) * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) * ''Mademoiselle Swing'' (1942) * ''Patricia'' (1942) * '' Pierre and Jean'' (1943) * ''A Cage of Nightingales'' (1945) * ''The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (1945) * ''Pamela'' (1945) * ''Majestic Hotel Cellars'' (1945) * ''The Last Penny'' (1946) * ''The Sea Rose'' (1946) * ''Jericho'' (1946) * '' The Lost Village'' (1947) * '' Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean'' (1947) * ''The Beautiful Trip'' (1947) * ''The Farm of Seven Sins'' (1949) * ''The Lovers Of Verona'' (1949) * '' The Passenger'' (1949) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel François
Joseph-Michel François was a colonel in the Haitian army. As Haiti Chief of National Police he participated in the 1991 Haitian coup d'état, which overthrew Haiti's elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Former Haitian President candidate Michel "Sweet Mickey" Martelly is known to have associated with François. Background François attended US command school at Fort Bragg. Chief of National Police (1991-94) He helped topple Haiti's elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. He then terrorized his country as chief of the police and secret police under dictator General Raoul Cédras; some 4,000 Haitians were killed. François fled the country in 1994 to the Dominican Republic. Though convicted in Haiti of assassinating an Aristide supporter, he was never extradited. When the Dominican Republic deported him for plotting another coup d'etat in Haiti, François landed in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. He was convicted in absentia for his part in the 1993 murder of Antoine Izméry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |