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Jacques Bousquet
Jacques Bousquet (1883–1939) was a French actor and screenwriter.Waldman p.43 Selected filmography * '' Dancing Mad'' (1925) * '' A Gentleman of the Ring'' (1926) * '' Rendezvous'' (1930) * ''Love Songs'' (1930) * ''My Wife's Teacher'' (1930) * '' A Gentleman of the Ring'' (1932) * ''The Regiment's Champion'' (1932) * ''To the Polls, Citizens'' (1932) * '' A Happy Man'' (1932) * ''Court Waltzes'' (1933) * '' Idylle au Caire'' (1933) * ''Night in May'' (1934) * ''Stradivarius'' (1935) * '' Under Western Eyes'' (1936) * ''The Brighton Twins ''The Brighton Twins'' (French: ''Les jumeaux de Brighton'') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Claude Heymann and starring Raimu, Michel Simon and Suzy Prim.Crisp p.407 It is based on the 1908 play of the same title by Tristan Bernard. ...'' (1936) References Bibliography * Waldman, Harry. ''Missing Reels: Lost Films of American and European Cinema''. McFarland, 2000. External links * 1883 births 1939 deaths French male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Happy Man (1932 Film)
''A Happy Man'' (French: ''Un homme heureux'') is a 1932 French film directed by Antonin Bideau. It is considered to be a lost film.Waldman p.43 Cast * Henri Bosc as Michel Guérard * Jacques Bousquet * Suzanne Christy as Simone Fontanet * Suzanne Dantès as Liouba Grebinsky * Claude Dauphin as Claude Moreuil * Lucette Desmoulins as Lulu * Alice Tissot as Madame Fontanet * Georges Tréville Georges Tréville (28 July 1875 – 30 May 1944) was a French actor and film director. Born as Georges Troly, during the silent era, he played the gentlemen thief Arsène Lupin in several short films. He also went to Britain to direct and star i ... as Monsieur Pédoux References Bibliography * Waldman, Harry. ''Missing Reels: Lost Films of American and European Cinema''. McFarland, 2000. External links * 1932 films 1932 lost films 1930s French-language films French black-and-white films Lost French films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Male Film Actors
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1939 Deaths
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. *** The Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. *** The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. ** The rest of the world *** In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. *** First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. *** The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. *** Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. *** Philipp Etter took over as Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1883 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States civil service, is passed. * January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey, United States, installed by Thomas Edison. * February – ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi is first published complete in book form, in Italy. * February 15 – Tokyo Electrical Lightning Grid, predecessor of Tokyo Electrical Power (TEPCO), one of the largest electrical grids in Asia and the world, is founded in Japan. * February 16 – The '' Ladies' Home Journal'' is published for the first time, in the United States. * February 23 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brighton Twins
''The Brighton Twins'' (French: ''Les jumeaux de Brighton'') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Claude Heymann and starring Raimu, Michel Simon and Suzy Prim.Crisp p.407 It is based on the 1908 play of the same title by Tristan Bernard. Twins are separated at birth in 1890, with one being raised in the United States and the other in France. More than forty years later they encounter each other for the first time. Cast * Raimu as Alfred Beaugérard et les deux fils Achille * Michel Simon as Labrosse * Suzy Prim as Clémentine Beaugérard * Charlotte Lysès as Madame Tupin - La belle-mère * Pierre Finaly as L'avocat * Marcel Maupi as Le garde du corps * Jacques Bousquet as L'oncle d'Amérique * Georges Paulais as Le docteur Paulard * Mila Parély as Antoinette - La bonne de Nancy * Pierre Piérade as Le président du tribunal * Mansuelle as L'huissier * Lucienne Masset as La nourrice * Madeleine Milhaud as Madame Achille Beaugérard * Paul Velsa as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under Western Eyes (1936 Film)
''Under Western Eyes'' (French: ''Razumov: Sous les yeux d'occident'') is a 1936 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Pierre Fresnay, Danièle Parola and Michel Simon.Moore p.21 It is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1911 novel '' Under Western Eyes''. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Lourié. Synopsis In nineteenth century Russia a student with ambitions to join the Czarist system unwittingly become embroiled in the assassination of an Imperial official. Cast * Pierre Fresnay as Razumov * Danièle Parola as Nathalie * Michel Simon as Lespara * Jacques Copeau as Mikulin * Pierre Renoir as Un Policier * Jean-Louis Barrault as Haldin * Raymond Segard as Kostia * Vladimir Sokoloff as Le recteur * Jacques Bousquet as Gregori * Raymond Aimos * Michel André * Romain Bouquet as L'aubergiste * Auguste Bovério as Babitchev * Jean Dasté as Georges * Roger Legris as Le pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stradivarius (film)
''Stradivarius'' is a 1935 drama film directed by Albert Valentin and Géza von Bolváry and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Edwige Feuillère, and Robert Arnoux. It was made by Tobis Film as the French-language version of the film ''Stradivari''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler. Cast Reception Writing for '' Night and Day'' in 1937, Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ... gave the film a poor review, describing it as "the worst film to be seen in London". Greene's main complaint was the unrealistic and overacted effect of "sublimated sexuality" that the titular violin has on the listeners. Greene also criticized the acting of Bercher and Gauthier in the "dreadful hark-back to seventeenth-century Cremona" where Stradivari cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night In May
''Night in May'' (french: Nuit de mai) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Henri Chomette, Gustav Ucicky and Raoul Ploquin. It starred Käthe von Nagy, Fernand Gravey and Annie Ducaux. It is the French-language version of UFA's ''The Young Baron Neuhaus''. Such multi-language versions were common during the early years of sound film before dubbing had become more widespread. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. Plot Baron Neuhaus obtains the responsibility of the police at the court of Maria Theresa. He is tasked with searching for a man who smuggled into the home of Countess Christel. But it is actually about himself, who came to thank the Countess's maid. Cast *Käthe von Nagy as Countess Christel Palm *Fernand Gravey as Baron Neuhaus *Annie Ducaux as Empress Marie-Thérèse *Monette Dinay as Toni *Lucien Baroux as Monsieur Stockel *Marguerite Templey as Madame Stockel *Katia Lova as Josefa *Alexandre Rignault as Gaysberge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idylle Au Caire
''Idylle au Caire'' is a 1933 German French-language comedy film directed by Claude Heymann and Reinhold Schünzel and starring Renate Müller, George Rigaud and Henry Roussel. It was an alternate language version of the film ''Season in Cairo'' made by UFA.Bergfelder & Bock p. 434 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios and on location in Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1933 films 1933 musical comedy films German musical comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Reinhold Schünzel Films directed by Claude Heymann Films set in Egypt German multilingual films UFA GmbH films Films shot at Bab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Court Waltzes
''Court Waltzes'' (french: La guerre des valses) is a 1933 musical film directed by Ludwig Berger and Raoul Ploquin and starring Fernand Gravey, Armand Dranem and Madeleine Ozeray. It was the French-language version of '' Waltz War'', made by the German studio UFA and also directed by Berger.Bock & Bergfelder, p. 195 In the early years of sound it was common to shoot completely separate versions of films in different languages before dubbing became more established. It was part of a trend of operetta films released during the decade. Cast * Fernand Gravey as Franz * Armand Dranem as Le juge * Madeleine Ozeray as Queen Victoria * Fernand Charpin as Joseph Lanner * Pierre Mingand as Johann Strauss * Janine Crispin as Katie * Paul Ollivier as Le chambellan * François Rozet as Prince Albert * Arletty as La chocolatière * Maximilienne as Une dame d'honneur * Eric Roiné * Nane Germon * Jane Marken * Willy Rozier Willy Rozier (27 June 1901 – 29 May 1983) was a Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To The Polls, Citizens
''To the Polls, Citizens'' (French: ''Aux urnes, citoyens!'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Jean Hémard and starring Léon Belières and Henri Poupon Henri Poupon (1884–1953) was a French stage and film actor.Paietta p.128 He worked a number of times with the write-director Marcel Pagnol. Selected filmography * ''The Fortune'' (1931) * ''To the Polls, Citizens'' (1932) * ''Angèle'' (1934) * ....Crisp, p. 393 Cast References Bibliography * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. External links * 1932 films 1932 comedy films French comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Jean Hémard French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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