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Gigot (film)
''Gigot'' is a 1962 American comedy film directed by Gene Kelly and starring Jackie Gleason. Plot Gigot (Gleason) (the name means "leg of mutton" in French) is a mute Frenchman living in a cellar in the Ménilmontant district of Paris in the 1920s. He ekes out a hand-to-mouth existence as a janitor at his landlady's apartment building. He is routinely treated with condescension by neighbors and often is made the butt of practical jokes. However, he is a decent and kindhearted fellow, traits not unnoticed by children and the animals he often feeds. Gigot has one unusual predilection: he is attracted by funeral processions and finds himself attending, whether or not he ever knew the departed. He can't help but cry along with all the other mourners. After being abused by locals at a pub, he chances upon a woman, Colette ( Katherine Kath), and her 6-year-old daughter Nicole (Diane Gardner), huddled in a doorway trying to stay dry. He takes them to his dingy basement abode, giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Kelly
Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, "dance for the common man." He starred in, choreographed, and co-directed with Stanley Donen some of the most well-regarded musical films of the 1940s and 1950s. Kelly is best known for his performances in '' An American in Paris'' (1951), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, '' Singin' in the Rain'' (1952), which he and Donen directed and choreographed, and other musical films of that era such as '' Cover Girl'' (1944) and '' Anchors Aweigh'' (1945), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. '' On the Town'' (1949), which he co-directed with Donen, was his directorial debut. Later in the 1950s, as musicals waned in popularity, he starred in ''Brigadoon'' (1954) and '' It's Always ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostitution
Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in Sex work, sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penetrative sex, oral sex, etc.) with the customer. The requirement of physical contact Prostitution#Medical situation, also creates the risk of transferring diseases. Prostitution is sometimes described as sexual services, commercial sex or, colloquially, hooking. It is sometimes referred to euphemistically as "the world's oldest profession" in the English-speaking world. A person who works in this field is called a prostitute, or more inclusively, a sex worker. Prostitution occurs in a variety of forms, and prostitution law, its legal status varies from Prostitution by country, country to country (sometimes from region to region within a given country), ranging from being an enforced or unenforced crime, to unregulated, to a regulated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Ary
Jack Ary (1919–1974) was a French film and television actor.Arnaud p.278 Selected filmography * '' My Wife Is Formidable'' (1951) - Un pensionnaire de l'hôtel (uncredited) * '' Massacre in Lace'' (1952) - Un danseur (uncredited) * ''Monsieur Leguignon Lampiste'' (1952) - Un habitant du quartier (uncredited) * ''Allô... je t'aime'' (1952) * ''La Putain respectueuse'' (1952) - Un routier (uncredited) * ''La danseuse nue'' (1952) * '' Crazy for Love'' (1952) - Un journaliste (uncredited) * '' A Hundred Francs a Second'' (1952) - Un cheminot en grève (uncredited) * ''Le dernier Robin des Bois'' (1952) - (uncredited) * ''Le témoin de minuit'' (1953) * ''The Long Teeth'' (1953) - Le chauffeur de M. Wamter (uncredited) * '' Wonderful Mentality'' (1953) - Un gendarme * ''Le gang des pianos à bretelles'' (1953) * '' Au diable la vertu'' (1953) - Le gendarme de garde * ''The Tour of the Grand Dukes'' (1953) - Un homme au 'Balajo' (uncredited) * '' La môme vert-de-gris'' (1953) - Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Havard
René Havard (20 December 1923 – 7 December 1987) was a French film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1946 and 1985. He was born and died in Paris, France. Selected filmography * ''That's Not the Way to Die'' (1946) - L'assistant * ''La bataille du feu'' (1949) * '' Follow That Man'' (1953) - Un inspecteur * '' Le Guérisseur'' (1953) - Un interne * '' The Unfrocked One'' (1954) - Un officier * ''Quay of Blondes'' (1954) * '' The Sheep Has Five Legs'' (1954) - Le liftier * '' Poisson d'avril'' (1954) - L'examinateur * ''Marchandes d'illusions'' (1954) - Le souteneur * '' Huis clos'' (1954) - Un soldat * ''Interdit de séjour'' (1955) * ''The Babes Make the Law'' (1955) - Calamart * ''Série noire'' (1955) - Rinaldo * ''Stopover in Orly'' (1955) - André * '' Sophie and the Crime'' (1955) - Tony * ''Gueule d'ange'' (1955) - Caniche * ''Les indiscrètes'' (1956) - Maurice * ''The Babes in the Secret Service'' (1956) - Calamar / Sébastien / Le clochard * ''Bob le flambe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Guérini
Camille Guérini (1900–1963) was a French film and television actor.Biggs p.158 Selected filmography * ''La Chanson du souvenir'' (1937) - Veit, l'ordonnance * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) - d'Aubigny * ''Les ailes blanches'' (1943) - (uncredited) * ''Des jeunes filles dans la nuit'' (1943) * ''Madame et le mort'' (1943) - L'organisateur * ''Vingt-cinq ans de bonheur'' (1943) * ''Monsieur des Lourdines'' (1943) - Nestor * '' The Island of Love'' (1944) * ''La Grande Meute'' (1945) - La Ramée * ''Song of the Clouds'' (1946) * ''Impasse'' (1946) * '' The Room Upstairs'' (1946) - Gardin - le facteur * ''Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean'' (1947) - Le brigadier de gendarmerie * ''Two Loves'' (1949) - Le régisseur * ''Jean de la Lune'' (1949) - L'avoué * ''La Marie du port'' (1950) - Le vendeur (uncredited) * ''Lady Paname'' (1950) - Auguste Bosset * ''Justice Is Done'' (1950) - Le représentant en meubles (uncredited) * ''Paris Vice Squad'' (1951) - Le commissaire Husson, de la Mondaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Villard
Frank Villard (24 March 1917 – 19 September 1980) was a French film actor.Goble p.121 He was born François Drouineau in Saint-Jean-d'Angély. Selected filmography * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) - Un homme (uncredited) * ''Cartacalha, reine des gitans'' (1942) * ''Feu sacré'' (1942) - Jean Delmas * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) - Jean * ''The Faceless Enemy'' (1946) - Inspecteur Wens / Inspector Wens * ''The Marriage of Ramuntcho'' (1947) - Georges Baermann * '' The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain'' (1947) - Ancelin * ''Fausse identité'' (1947) - L'inspecteur Rolle * ''Le cavalier de Croix-Mort'' (1948) - François d'Anthar * ''Les souvenirs ne sont pas à vendre'' (1948) - Jean * ''Le signal rouge'' (1949) - Ing. Nicolas Riedel * '' Gigi'' (1949) - Gaston * '' Vient de paraître'' (1949) - Maréchal * '' Manèges'' (1950) - François * ''Minne'' (1950) - Antoine * ''Fusillé à l'aube'' (1950) - Rudolf Hennings * ''Les amants de Bras-Mort'' (1951) - Jean Michaut * '' The Beautiful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Dinan
Albert Dinan (27 March 1902 – 3 July 1976) was a French film actor.Goble p.347 He appeared in more than ninety films and television series during his career. Selected filmography * ''Bric à Brac et compagnie'' (1932) - Jean Verly * ''Lunegarde'' (1946) * ''120, rue de la Gare'' (1946) - Bébert * '' The Fugitive'' (1947) - Mac Gregg * ''Les aventures de Casanova'' (1947) - Esprit Jasmin * ''Un flic'' (1947) - Bouthillon * ''Le diamant de cent sous'' (1948) - Jim * ''The Murdered Model'' (1948) - Didier * ''Colonel Durand'' (1948) - Raffart * ''Cité de l'espérance'' (1948) - M. Victor * ''The Cupboard Was Bare'' (1948) - P'tit Louis * ''Scandale'' (1948) - Jeff * ''L'homme aux mains d'argile'' (1949) - Buck * '' The Red Angel'' (1949) - Max * ''Dernière heure, édition spéciale'' (1949) - L'inspecteur Perrier * ''Drame au Vel'd'Hiv (1949) - Trois Pattes * ''La voyageuse inattendue'' (1950) - Dudule * ''Sending of Flowers'' (1950) - Rodolphe Salis * ''Pigalle-Saint-Germain-de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Constant
Yvonne Constant (1930 – 28 February 2023) was a French actress, singer and ballet dancer. Stage productions Yvonne Constant sang in cabaret in New York, other parts of the U.S. and in Europe. Latterly she appeared at the Metropolitan Room in New York 14 times in 2008 and 2009. Her appearances were well received by cabaret critic, William Wolf. Her shows were presented by Jan Wallman, directed and staged by international choreographer Molly Molloy, and her musical director was Russ Kassoff. In 2007 she sang "Ah Paris" at the City Center revival of ''Follies''. Constant was cast for the Broadway production, ''La Plume de Ma Tante'' and won a special Tony. When she did ''The Gay Life'' with Barbara Cook, Yvonne got a New York Drama Critics Citation as one of the season's Most Promising Actresses. Johnny Carson had Yvonne on his show 45 times. Richard Rodgers saw her on ''The Tonight Show'' and chose her for a leading role in ''No Strings''. Then she was the French au pair i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Rémy
Albert Rémy (9 April 1921 – 26 January 1967) was a French actor best known for his supporting roles in François Truffaut's first two feature films. He played Antoine Doinel's father in ''The 400 Blows'' and Charlie Koller's (Charles Aznavour) brother in ''Shoot the Piano Player''. He also appeared in Marcel Carné's '' Les Enfants du Paradis'', John Frankenheimer's '' The Train'' and René Clément's '' Is Paris Burning?'' Selected filmography * '' Strange Inheritance'' (1943) - L'ivrogne (uncredited) * ''It Happened at the Inn'' (1943) - Jean des Goupi * ''Madame et le Mort'' (1943) - Henri * '' Goodbye Leonard'' (1943) - Le marchand d'oiseaux * '' Love Story'' (1943) - Le sacristain (uncredited) * '' The Woman Who Dared'' (1944) - Marcel * '' Children of Paradise'' (1945) - Scarpia Barrigni * '' The Black Cavalier'' (1945) - Pinte * ''La Boîte aux rêves'' (1945) * ''François Villon'' (1945) - Perrot * ''La part de l'ombre'' (1945) * ''La Fille du diable'' (1946) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Marin
Jacques Marin (9 September 1919 – 10 January 2001) was a French actor on film and television. Marin's fluency in English and his instantly recognisable features made him a familiar face in some major American and British productions (''Charade'', '' The Train'', '' Marathon Man'') and Disney movies ('' The Island at the Top of the World'' and '' Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo''). Selected filmography * ' (1947) as Un voyou * ' (1948) as Barman (uncredited) * ''Forbidden Games'' (1952) as Georges Dolle * ''We Are All Murderers'' (1952) as Un gardien au bar (uncredited) * '' Double or Quits'' (1953) as Lucien * ''Before the Deluge'' (1954) as L'ouvrier à bicyclette (uncredited) * ''J'y suis, j'y reste'' (1954) (uncredited) * ''Faites-moi confiance'' (1954) as Bob (uncredited) * ''Papa, Mama, the Maid and I'' (1954) as Gaston, un voisin * ''Sur le banc'' (1954) * ' (1955) as L'inspecteur * '' French Cancan'' (1955) as Un spectateur (uncredited) * ' (1955) as Le policier * '' Men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Lefebvre
Jean Marcel Lefebvre (3 October 1919Some sources indicate he was born in 1922. – 9 July 2004) was a French film actor. His erratic studies were interrupted by World War II. Taken prisoner and then requisitioned as a laborer, he escaped to join his family evacuated near Châteauroux and Neuvy-Saint-Sépulcre. He was a tram driver time in Limoges and seller of underwear. At the end of the war he returned to his home, in his house in Valenciennes, where he worked briefly for his father, and then entered the Conservatoire in Paris in 1948. Selected filmography *1934: ''Judex'' – Roger de Trémeuse *1947: ''Un flic'' – Un jeune homme chez le coiffeur (uncredited) *1951: ''Bouquet de joie'' – Georges *1952: ''Une fille sur la route'' – Loulou – le pianiste *1952: ''L'amour toujours l'amour'' – Jacques *1955: '' Les Diaboliques'' – Le soldat *1955: ''La villa Sans-Souci'' *1955: ''Cherchez la femme'' – Joe *1955: ''Gas-Oil'' – Le chauffeur de car *1955: ''Une fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
