Jean-Pierre Grenier
Jean-Pierre Grenier (20 November 1914 – 21 February 2000) was a French actor, theatre director and screenwriter. In 1946, Jean-Pierre Grenier, in association with Olivier Hussenot, established "La Compagnie Grenier-Hussenot" which was disbanded in 1957. In 1974, he became director of the théâtre de Boulogne-Billancourt until 1984. He was the companion of Janine d'Almeida, impresario and producer. Filmography Actor * 1946 : '' La Colère des dieux'' by Karel Lamač * 1946 : ''Un rigolo'' by Georges Chaperot - short film - * 1949 : ''Maya'' by Raymond Bernard - ''Jean'' * 1949 : '' Le Point du jour'' by Louis Daquin * 1949 : ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' by Louis Daquin * 1950 : ''Justice Is Done'' by André Cayatte - ''Jean-Luc Flavier'' * 1951 : '' Maître après Dieu'' by Louis Daquin * 1952 : ''We Are All Murderers'' by André Cayatte - ''doctor Destouches'' * 1952 : '' Matrimonial Agency'' by Jean-Paul Le Chanois - ''Jacques'' * 1953 : ''La Vie passio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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André Cayatte
André Cayatte (3 February 1909, in Carcassonne – 6 February 1989, in Paris) was a French filmmaker, writer and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility. Cayatte began his directoral career at the German-controlled Continental Films during the French occupation. Some of Cayatte's earlier films that addressed his characteristic themes include ''Justice est faite'' (''Justice is Done''; 1950), ''Nous sommes tous des assassins'' (''We Are All Murderers''; 1952), and ''Le passage du Rhin'' ('' Tomorrow Is My Turn''; 1960). In 1963, he undertook a bold experiment in film narrative with a set of two films: ''Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale'' (''Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc'') and ''Françoise ou La vie conjugale'' (''Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise''). These two films tell the same story from two different points of view. His 1973 film, '' Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu'', won the Silver Be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Red And The Black (1954 Film)
''The Red and the Black'' (french: Le rouge et le noir) is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost, based on the novel ''The Red and the Black'' by Stendhal. The film starred Gérard Philipe, Antonella Lualdi and Danielle Darrieux, and won the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics award for the best film of 1955 and the Grand Prix de l'Académie du Cinéma the same year. It was shot the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. Shown in various versions, the film's length is generally given as 113 minutes. In Canada it was 171 minutes; a longer version in France was 185 minutes(or 194 minutes in 2 parts and at its New York opening it was 137 minutes. Cast *Gérard Philipe as Julien Sorel *Danielle Darrieux as Madame de Rénal *Antonella Lualdi as Mathilde de la Mole *Jean Mercure as Marchese de la Môle *Jean Martinelli as Mon ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1954 In Film
The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones. Top-grossing films United States The top ten 1954 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows: International Events * A reproduction of "America's First Movie Studio", Thomas Edison's Black Maria, is constructed. * May 12 — The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. The two were married in 1927. * September 29 — '' A Star is Born'' premieres and marks Judy Garland's comeback after her termination from her contract at MGM. An astounding success with critics and audiences, ''A Star is Born'' not only marked the first time that legendary director George Cukor had made a film musical and film that is in Technicolor and in the anamorphic widescreen format, but also it has been regarded as one of the Garland's best performances in her film career. * November 3 — The film ''Godzilla'' premieres in Japan. It became a huge success and became the first in series ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Avant Le Déluge
''Before the Deluge'' (french: Avant le déluge) is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by André Cayatte. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. Plot Four boys and a girl want to get away from their parents and their country because they are afraid of an atomic war. They plan to use a boat to get to an idyllic island. When they realise their savings aren't sufficient they feel it was justified to obtain the required money by committing a crime. Cast * Antoine Balpêtré as Monsieur Albert Dutoit (as Balpetre) * Paul Bisciglia as Jean-Jacques Noblet * Bernard Blier as Monsieur Marcel Noblet * Jacques Castelot as Serge de Montesson * Jacques Chabassol as Jean Arnaud * Clément Thierry as Philippe Boussard (as Clement-Thierry) * Roger Coggio as Daniel Epstein * Léonce Corne as Commissaire Auvain (as Leonce Corne) * Jacques Fayet as Richard Dutoi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Albert Lamorisse
Albert Lamorisse (; 13 January 1922 – 2 June 1970) was a French filmmaker, film producer, and writer of award-winning short films which he began making in the late 1940s. He also invented the strategic board game ''Risk'' in 1957. Life Lamorisse was born in Paris, France. He first came into prominence – just after ''Bim'' (1950) – for directing and producing ''White Mane'' (1953), an award-winning short film that tells a fable of how a young boy befriends an untamable wild white stallion in the marshes of Camargue (the ''Petite Camargue''). Lamorisse's best known work is the short film ''The Red Balloon'' (1956), which earned him the ''Palme d'Or'' Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and an Oscar for writing the Best Original Screenplay in 1956. Lamorisse also wrote, directed and produced the well-regarded films ''Stowaway in the Sky'' (1960) and ''Circus Angel'', as well as the documentaries ''Versailles'' and ''Paris Jamais Vu.'' In addition to films, he created ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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White Mane
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The color white can be given with white pigments, especially titanium dioxide. In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a symbol of purity, and Romans wore white togas as symbols of citizenship. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance a white unicorn symbolized chastity, and a white lamb sacrifice and purity. It was the royal color of the kings of France, and of the monarchist movement that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917–1922). Greek and Roman temples were faced with white marble, and beginning in the 18th century, with the advent of neoclassical architecture, white became the most common color of new churches ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gilbert Prouteau
Gilbert Prouteau (14 June 1917 – 2 August 2012) was a French poet and film director. He was born in Nesmy, Vendée. In 1948 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Rythme du Stade" ("Rhythm of the Stadium"). At the beginning of the 1990s he was, with Jean-Pierre Thiollet, one of the writers contributing to the French magazine ''L'Amateur d'Art''. Selected works * ''Rythme du Stade'', Lugdunum, 1942 (poems) * ''La part du vent'', Ariane, 1947 (poems) * ''Anthologie des textes sportifs de la littérature'', Défense de la France, 1948 * ''Saison blanche'', Amiot Dumont, 1951 * ''Le Sexe des Anges'', Grasset, 1952 * ''La peur des femmes'', Grasset, 1959 * ''Immortelle Vendée'', Les productions de Paris, 1959 * ''Retour aux sources'', Editions Hérault, 1960 * ''Les Dieux meurent le matin'', Grasset, 1962 (A collection relating the tragic deaths of ten poets). * ''Le machin'', La Table Ronde, 1965 * ''Tout est dans la fin'', Robert Laffont, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1953 In Film
The year 1953 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1953 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 16 – A new Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. is incorporated following a Consent Judgment to divest their Stanley Warner Theaters. * February 5 – Walt Disney's production of J.M. Barrie's ''Peter Pan'', starring Bobby Driscoll and Kathryn Beaumont, premieres to astounding acclaim from critics and audiences and quickly becomes one of the most beloved Disney films. This is the last Disney animated movie released in partnership RKO Pictures, becoming the last ever smash hit movie of the later company before it bankrupted in 1959. * July 1 – ''Stalag 17'', directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden, premieres and is considered by the critics and audiences to be one of the greatest WWII Prisoner of War films ever made. Holden wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Matrimonial Agency (1952 Film)
''Matrimonial Agency'' (French: ''Agence matrimoniale'') is a 1952 French comedy drama film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois, written by Jean-Paul Le Chanois, and starring Bernard Blier and Louis de Funès.The A to Z of French Cinema p.241 The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. Plot An average man inherits a marriage agency. He isn't prepared in any way to deal with this situation but step by step he lives up to the expectations. Partial cast *Bernard Blier as Noël Pailleret (the modest bank clerk) *Louis de Funès as Monsieur Charles *Michèle Alfa as Gilberte Jolivet *Julien Carette as Jérôme *Jean-Pierre Grenier as Jacques *Yolande Laffon as Madame Pailleret (Noël's mother) *Anne Campion as Viviane Galey *Marcelle Praince as Madame Martin *Pierre Mondy Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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We Are All Murderers
''We Are All Murderers'' (french: Nous sommes tous des assassins, also known as ''Are We All Murderers?'') is a 1952 French film written and directed by André Cayatte, a former attorney. It tells the story of René, a young man from the slums, trained by the French Resistance in World War II to kill Germans. He continues to kill long after the war has ended, as it is all he knows. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize. Plot René Le Guen (Marcel Mouloudji) is a former resistance fighter trained as a young man as a professional killer. After World War II, he has no qualms in applying these skills and is arrested for murder. Convicted and condemned to death, he is held in a prison cell with other murderers sentenced to death. Men to be guillotined are taken out at night, so they wait in fear and only sleep after dawn. While Le Guen's lawyer (Claude Laydu) tries to achieve a pardon for his client, three of Le Guen's fellow inmates are execu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |