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Henri Vidal
Henri Vidal (26 November 1919 – 10 December 1959) was a French film actor. Film career Henri Lucien Raymond VidalSource Les Gens du cinéma/ref> was first noticed after he won the "Apollo of 1939" contest in Paris. He was spotted by Édith Piaf, and made his film debut alongside her in the movie Montmartre-sur-Seine in 1941. Vidal went on to appear in more than 30 films between 1941 and 1959. In addition to his wife, Michèle Morgan, he played opposite some of the biggest leading ladies in French films of the 1950s: Françoise Arnoul, Brigitte Bardot, Dany Carrel, Mylène Demongeot, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider, and Marina Vlady. Personal life In May 1943 he married the actress Michèle Cordoba, and they divorced in July 1946. In 1950 he married French actress Michèle Morgan, whom he met while filming Alessandro Blasetti's 1949 film '' Fabiola''. Death He died in 1959 of a heart attack. He is buried in Pontgibaud, in the Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme (; oc, la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudine Dupuis
Claudine Dupuis (born Andrée Esther Chaloum; 1 May 1924 in Paris – 26 May 1991 in Lisieux) was a French actress. She starred as the "garrulous prostitute Manon" in Henri-Georges Clouzot's ''Quai des Orfèvres'' in 1947. Other films include '' The Fighting Men'' (1950), Il bivio (1951), '' The Babes Make the Law'' (1955), ''La fierecilla domada'' (1956) and ''Cuatro en la frontera'' (1958). She was married to Alfred Rode from 1951. Selected filmography * ''François Villon'' (1945) * ''Devil and the Angel'' (1946) * ''Secret Cargo'' (1947) * '' The Crossroads'' (1951) * '' It's the Paris Life'' (1954) * ''Ball of Nations'' (1954) * '' The Babes Make the Law'' (1955) * ''Beatrice Cenci'' (1956) * ''The Babes in the Secret Service ''The Babes in the Secret Service'' (French: ''Les pépées au service secret'') is a 1956 French comedy thriller film directed by Raoul André and starring Claudine Dupuis, Louise Carletti and Tilda Thamar. Rège 16 The film's sets were desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontgibaud
Pontgibaud () is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme départment in Auvergne in central France. It is located in the Massif Central region of France on the banks of the river Sioule. The area around the town was historically known for silver and lead mining. The Société des mines et fonderies de Pontgibaud exploited the lead-silver mines between 1852 and 1897. The remnants of Château-Dauphin, a 12th-century castle, are located in Pontgibaud. John Ruskin spent October 7, 1840 exploring Pontgibaud. He reckoned it "Altogether the happiest day, as far as employment or scenery can go, I have had for these long five years".The Dairies of John Ruskin. Selected and edited by Joan Evans and John Howard Whitehouse. Vol 1. (1835 to 1847). Oxford at The Clarendon Press. 1956. Notable people * Anna Garcin-Mayade, painter and member of the French Resistance See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 Communes of France, communes of the Puy-de-Dô ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strange Madame X
''The Strange Madame X'' (french: L'Étrange Madame X) is a 1951 French drama film directed by Jean Grémillon. The screenplay was written by Marcelle Maurette, Pierre Laroche (dialogue) and Albert Valentin (adaptation). It stars Michèle Morgan and Henri Vidal. It tells the story of a housemaid who marries an aristocrat, then falls in love with a low-born laborer and becomes pregnant by him. Cast * Michèle Morgan as Irene * Henri Vidal as Etienne * Maurice Escande as Jacques * Arlette Thomas as Jeanette * Louise Conte as Angèle * Robert Vattier Robert Vattier (2 October 1906 – 9 December 1982) was a French actor. He was the father of the comedic actress Bérangère Vattier. Selected filmography * '' Marius'' (1931) - Albert Brun * '' Fanny'' (1932) - Albert Brun * ''Vers l'abîme ... as Moissac * Paul Barge as uncle Léon * Roland Alexandre as Marcel External links''L'Étrange Madame X''at Films de France * * 1951 drama films 1951 films Films directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Calef
Henri Calef (20 July 1910 – 18 August 1994) was a French screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Director * ''Jericho (1946 film), Jericho'' (1946) * ''The Royalists'' (1947) * ''Crossroads of Passion'' (1948) * ''Shadow and Light'' (1951) * ''The Passerby (1951 film), The Passerby'' (1951) * ''The Secret of Helene Marimon'' (1954) Writer * ''The Lafarge Case'' (1938) External links * 1910 births 1994 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters Film people from Plovdiv 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Passerby (1951 Film)
''The Passerby'' (French: ''La Passante'') is a French drama film from 1951, written and directed by Henri Calef, starring Henri Vidal and Louis de Funès.Vincendeau p. 153 The scenario is based on Serge Groussard's novel ''La Femme sans passé''. Cast * Henri Vidal: François Malard, captain of the houseboat * Maria Mauban: Madeleine Lemoine - "Mado" * Daniel Ivernel: Jeanjean, the seaman on the houseboat * Jane Marken: Mrs Pomont * Noël Roquevert: Mr Pomont * Dora Doll: Irma * Marcelle Géniat: Mrs Iturbe * Jean Marchat: Maître Darbel * Annette Poivre: Jeannette * Robert Dalban: the trafficker * Pierre Sergeol: the policeman * Louis de Funès Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fil ...: the lockmaster * Colette Georges: Miss Pomont * Solange Certain: Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quay Of Grenelle
''Quay of Grenelle'' (French: ''Quai de Grenelle'') is a 1950 French crime drama film directed by Emil-Edwin Reinert and starring Henri Vidal, Maria Mauban and Françoise Arnoul.Goble p.275 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. The film takes its title from a Paris street of the same name. Synopsis A young man is wrongly accused of taking part in a robbery and is hunted by the police across Paris. Cast * Henri Vidal as Jean-Louis Lavalade * Maria Mauban as Mado * Françoise Arnoul as Simone Lamy * Micheline Francey as Janine Crioux * Margo Lion as Madame Chotard * Robert Dalban as L'inspecteur Corbès * Jean Hébey as Monsieur Chotard * Gabrielle Fontan as La vieille dame * Eliane Saint-Jean as Gisèle Pourqueux * Michel Salina as Le commissaire * Pierre Asso as Le vieux du village * Hennery as Lorillon - le préposé du commissaire * Georges Paulais as Le chef de rayon de l'Unipr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' ...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''España'' (1936) * '' The Time of the Cherries'' (1938) * ''Girl with Grey Eyes'' (1945) * ''Her Final Role'' (1946) * ''Dilemma of Two Angels'' (1948) * ''Without Leaving an Address'' (1951) * '' Matrimonial Agency'' (1952) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1952) * '' Alarm in Morocco'' (1953) * ''Papa, maman, la bonne et moi'' (1954) * ''Papa, maman, ma femme et moi'' (1955) * ''The Case of Doctor Laurent'' (1957) * ''Les Misérables'' (1958) * '' Mandrin'' (1962) * ''Monsieur'' (1964) * ''The Gardener of Argenteuil ''The Gardener of Argenteuil'' (French: ''Le jardinier d'Argenteuil'', German: ''Blüten, Gauner und die Nacht von Nizza'') is a 1966 French-German comedy crime fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Belle Que Voilà
''La Belle que voilà'' (English title: ''Here Is the Beauty'') is a 1950 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois who co-wrote screenplay with Françoise Giroud, based on the novel ''Die Karriere der Doris Hart'' by Vicki Baum. The film stars by Michèle Morgan and Henri Vidal. It depicts the annoyed love between a sculptor and a dancer. Cast *Michèle Morgan : Jeanne Morel *Henri Vidal Henri Vidal (26 November 1919 – 10 December 1959) was a French film actor. Film career Henri Lucien Raymond VidalSource Les Gens du cinéma/ref> was first noticed after he won the "Apollo of 1939" contest in Paris. He was spotted by Éd ... : Pierre Leroux *ppHenri Arius : Tordo, le patron de l'hôtel *Jean Debucourt : M. de la Brunerie *Édouard Delmont : Un gardien de prison *Jean d'Yd : Ceccati *Marcelle Géniat : Varbara Ostovska *Bernard Lancret : Edmond Reybaud de la Brunerie *Léo Lapara : Le chirurgien *Gérard Oury : Bruno *Jean Pâqui : Renaud, l'ingénie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Clément
René Clément (; 18 March 1913 – 17 March 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. Life and career Clément studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. In 1936, he directed his first film, a 20-minute short written by and featuring Jacques Tati. Clément spent the latter part of the 1930s making documentaries in parts of the Middle East and Africa. In 1937, he and archaeologist Jules Barthou were in Yemen making preparations to film a documentary film, documentary, the first ever of that country and one that includes the only known film image of Imam Yahya. Almost ten years passed before Clément directed a feature but his French Resistance film, ''La Bataille du rail'' (1945), gained much critical and commercial success. From there Clément became one of his country's most successful and respected directors, garnering numerous awards including two films that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Damned (1947 Film)
''The Damned'' (french: Les Maudits) is a 1947 French Drama (film and television), drama war film directed by René Clément. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. The film is notable for its depiction of the interior of a wartime submarine and for its tracking shots through the length of the U-boat. Plot As Germany is in the throes of losing World War II, a number of wealthy Nazis and some French sympathizers head for South America in a German submarine leaving from Oslo. The film's narrator is a French doctor (Henri Vidal) who has been kidnapped to tend a sick woman, Hilde Garosi (Florence Marly), the wife of one man and the lover of another, both aboard. The doctor realizes he will be murdered at any point once the woman has recovered so he tries various stratagems to escape. All fail. The mission slowly disintegrates as the war ends and its reasons for being dissipate, with some passengers either trying to escape or committing suicide. Forster (Jo Dest) tries to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naughty Martine
''Naughty Martine'' or ''The Fan'' (French: ''L'éventail'') is a 1947 French comedy film directed by Emil-Edwin Reinert and starring Dany Robin, Claude Dauphin and Lucien Baroux.Krautz p.54 The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne. Cast * Dany Robin as Martine * Claude Dauphin as Jacques Brévannes * Lucien Baroux as Le baron Saint-Yves * Marguerite Moreno as Mme. de Stakelberg * Henri Vidal as Pierre * Jacqueline Cadet as Madeleine Catinat * Robert Pizani as Le consul Alvaro Gomez * Pierre Dudan * Fritzi Scheff * Rose Avril as Vocal * Nita Berger as Vocal * Camille Bert as Le professeur de musique * Colette Georges * Suzanne Grey * Jacqueline Huet * Albert Michel as Gustave * Madeleine Suffel Madeleine Suffel (1899–1974) was a French film and stage actress.Palmer & Michael p.274 She played supporting roles in a number of films from the early 1930s onwards. Selected filmography * ''A Rare Bird'' (1935) * '' School for Coqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Cuny
Louis Cuny (24 November 1902 – 24 July 1962) was a French film director, screenwriter, film producer, production designer, and film editor. Filmography * 1936 : ''La Voie triomphale'' ( SF) * 1936 : ''Le Lycée Papillon'' (SF) * 1938 : ''Le Violon'' (SF) * 1939 : ''Au jardin de la France'' (SF) * 1942 : ''Matin de France'' (SF) * 1943 : ''Hommage à Georges Bizet'' (SF) * 1943 : ''L’Arlésienne'' (SF) * 1943 : ''La Musique à travers les âges'' (SF) * 1943 : '' Mermoz'' * 1945 : '' Rouen, martyre d'une cité'' (SF) * 1945 : ''Croisière extra muros'' (SF) * 1945 : ''Panorama musical'' (SF) * 1946 : ''Maman de secours'' (SF) * 1946 : '' Strange Fate'' * 1947 : ''Si j'avais la chance'' (SF) * 1947 : '' The Woman in Red'' * 1947 : '' Le Beau Voyage'' * 1949 : ''Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée'' (SF) * 1949 : '' Tous les deux'' * 1951 : ''Demain nous divorçons'' * 1952 : '' Plume au vent'' * 1957 : '' Bonjour Toubib'' * 1958 : ''Gentleman cambrio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
