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Jess Hahn
Jesse Beryle Hahn (October 29, 1921June 29, 1998) was an American- French character actor who mostly starred in French films. Biography After serving with the Marines in the Second World War, he moved to France in 1949 and took French citizenship. Firstly a musician, he became an actor and starred in film noirs and westerns. A large man, Hahn often appeared in " strong man" roles, such as in ''Cartouche'' and '' Topkapi''. Seen mostly as a character actor in French films, he played a rare leading role in Éric Rohmer's '' The Sign of Leo''. Hahn was employed by French movie-maker Jean-Marie Pallardy, becoming one of his recurrent actors, until his retirement. Hahn died at age 76 in Saint-Malo, France. Selected filmography * ''Deux de l'escadrille'' (1953) * ''La môme vert-de-gris'' (1953) - Le marin-geôlier * ''The Most Wanted Man'' (1953) - Walter le Vicieux, un truand * '' Act of Love'' (1953) - Un soldat (uncredited) * ''The Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne'' (1954) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943. Located along the Wabash River, Terre Haute is one of the largest cities in the Wabash Valley and is known as the Queen City of the Wabash. The city is home to multiple higher-education institutions, including Indiana State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana. History Terre Haute's name is derived from the French phrase ''terre haute'' (pronounced in French), meaning "highland". It was named by French-Canadian explorers and fur trappers to the area in the early 18th century to describe the unique location above the Wabash River (see French colonization of the Americas). At the time, the area was claimed by the French and British and these highlands were consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Act Of Love (1953 Film)
''Act of Love'' (French title: ''Un acte d'amour'') is a 1953 American romantic drama film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Kirk Douglas and Dany Robin. It is based on the 1949 novel ''The Girl on the Via Flaminia'' by Alfred Hayes. A Parisian falls in love with an American soldier near the end of World War II. Plot Robert Teller (Kirk Douglas) visits a seaport in the south of France in the early 1950s. He reflects back to his time in the army shortly after Paris has been liberated. Years earlier, to get away from the barracks and the other soldiers, Robert rents a room in a hotel-restaurant. Lise Guidayec (Dany Robin), an orphan without money or identity papers, seeks a way to escape from the authorities. She asks Robert to pass her off as his wife. Even though he does not inspire trust, she starts to fall in love. Lise tells of the time she was the most happy and secure—living in a little seaside village. When a black market dragnet lands Lise in jail, she is humiliate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalie (film)
''Nathalie'' is a 1957 French-Italian comedy crime film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Martine Carol, Mischa Auer and Michel Piccoli.Goble p.306 It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Franstudio and the Photosonor Studios, both in Paris. Location shooting also took place around the city including the Printemps department store and Paris Airport. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. It was followed by a sequel '' Nathalie, Secret Agent'' in 1959, also starring Carol. Synopsis Nathalie, a model at a Parisian fashion house is wrongly accused of a stealing a valuable clip from a customer, the countess de Lancy. When it is discovered soon afterwards she takes it to the Neuilly residence of the countess, but finds her dead. She is then kidnapped by some gangsters but manages to escape, and makes contact with a police officer she is friendly with. Together they embark on an investigation. She discovers that the countess was the leader of a gang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Send A Woman When The Devil Fails
''Send a Woman When the Devil Fails'' (french: Quand la femme s'en mêle) is a 1957 French-Italian-West German drama film. It is an adaptation of Jean Amila's novel ''Sans attendre Godot''. Directed by Yves Allégret, it was Alain Delon's and also Bruno Cremer's film debut. Synopsis Angèle (nicknamed "Maine") is the wife of Henri Godot who feels his marriage was menaced by a rival. When Angèle is approached by her former husband Félix he hires a young killer. Cast * Edwige Feuillère as Angèle * Jean Servais as Henri Godot * Jean Debucourt as Auguste Coudert de la Taillerie * Bernard Blier as Félix Seguin * Bruno Cremer as Bernard * Alain Delon as Jo * Henri Cogan as Alberti * Pascale Roberts Pascale is a common Francophone given name, the feminine of the name Pascal. The same spelling is also an Italian form of the masculine name ''Pascal'', and an Italian surname derived from the given name. Pascale derives from the Latin ''pas ... as Gigi References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Be Daring, Madame
''Let's Be Daring, Madame'' (French: ''Le coin tranquille'') is a 1957 French comedy film directed by Robert Vernay and starring Dany Robin, Marie Daëms and Louis Velle.Bessy p.182 It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location in the Forest of Rambouillet. The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin. Synopsis After they get stranded in the woods on a camping expedition, two friends try to take shelter in an isolated house. Cast * Dany Robin as Danielle * Marie Daëms as Lulu * Louis Velle as Jean * Jacques Jouanneau as Dédé la Matraque * Jess Hahn as Edward Butterfield dit 'Eddy' * Armande Navarre as Alice * Pauline Carton as La chef des choristes * Max Elloy as Le brigadier * Henri Charrett as Un gendarme * Christian Lude as Un gendarme * Claude Lary as Le gendarme radio * Jackie Sardou as Une passagère du premier car * Georges Demas as Le chauffeur du car des touristes / Le motard au barrage * Henri Virlojeux Henri Virlo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vintage
''The Vintage'' is a 1957 American crime drama film directed by Jeffrey Hayden and starring Pier Angeli, Mel Ferrer, John Kerr, Michèle Morgan and Theodore Bikel. The screenplay was written by Michael Blankfort, based on a novel by Ursula Keir. The film was distributed by MGM. Plot Italian brothers Ernesto and Giancarlo Barandero are fugitives, Ernesto having accidentally killed a man. They cross the border to France and hope to find work picking grapes. While vineyard owner Louis Morel is away, wife Leonne and young sister-in-law Lucienne make the brothers feel welcome. Louis does not offer them a job, but Ernesto and Giancarlo are given temporary shelter in a shack where Louis' elderly uncle Tonton stays. They are brought food by Lucienne, whose interest makes her intended husband Etienne extremely jealous. A crew of Spanish pickers led by Eduardo Uribon are willing to let the brothers work with them. Yolande, the young daughter of Louis and Leonne, comes upon Ernesto carv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Happy Road
''The Happy Road'' is a 1957 French-American comedy film starring Gene Kelly, Barbara Laage, Michael Redgrave and Bobby Clark. Its plot involves two students (a boy and girl) who escape from their Swiss private school and make for Paris. Their respective parents, an American father and a French mother, together embark on a wide journey around the countryside, getting local police involved in finding them, with many whimsical situations, including riding on a police motorcycle, and encountering military maneuvers and a bicycle race. Plot Cast *Mike Andrews - Gene Kelly *Suzanne Duval - Barbara Laage *Danny Andrews - Bobby Clark *Janine Duval - Brigitte Fossey *General Medworth - Michael Redgrave *Doctor Salaise - Roger Tréville *Hélène - Colette Dereal *Madame Fallière - Maryse Martin *Motorcycle Officer - Van Doude *Armbruster - Colin Mann *The Woodcutter - Alexandre Rignault *David, Earl of Bardingham - T. Bartlett *Carpenter - Paul Préboist Critical reception Allmov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lebanese Mission
''The Lebanese Mission'' (also known as ''Châtelaine du Liban, La'') is a 1956 French thriller film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale, Jean Servais and Luciana Paluzzi. Omar Sharif also appeared in one of his earlier film roles. The film starts with two scientists launching an expedition exploring for uranium out in the Arabian desert, but they soon find themselves entangled in a web of espionage Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangib .... See also * '' The Lady of Lebanon'', a 1926 film based on the same novel * '' The Lady of Lebanon'', a 1934 film based on the same novel References External links * * 1956 films Italian adventure thriller films 1950s adventure thriller films 1950s French-language films Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meeting In Paris
''Meeting in Paris'' (French: ''Rencontre à Paris'') is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Georges Lampin and starring Robert Lamoureux, Betsy Blair and Jacques Castelot.Parish p.96 The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ... Jacques Colombier. Cast References Bibliography * Parish, James Robert. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977. External links * 1956 films 1956 comedy films 1950s French-language films French comedy films Films directed by Georges Lampin Films set in Paris 1950s French films French black-and-white films {{1950s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Part (film)
''The Best Part'' (french: La Meilleure Part) is a 1956 French-Italian drama film directed by Yves Allégret and starring Gérard Philipe. It had admissions in France of 1,976,595. Cast * Gérard Philipe as Philippe Perrin * Michèle Cordoue as Micheline * Gérard Oury as Gérard Bailly * Umberto Spadaro as Gino * Georges Chamarat as Lemoigne * Valeria Moriconi as Odette * Olivier Hussenot Olivier Hussenot (10 September 1913 – 25 August 1978) was a French theatre and film actor. Career The actor appeared in French, Italian and American films. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hussenot, Oliv ... as Colombin References External links * * * 1956 films French drama films Italian drama films Films directed by Yves Allégret 1950s French films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Hussards
''Les Hussards'' ( en, Cavalrymen), is a French comedy film from 1955, directed by Alex Joffé, written by Gabriel Arout, starring Bernard Blier, Giovanna Ralli, Bourvil, and with Georges Wilson, Virna Lisi, Louis de Funès playing supporting roles. The film is known under the titles "Cavalrymen" (international English title), "Les hussards" (Belgium French title), "De husaren" (Belgium Flemish title), "La piccola guerra" (Italy), "Huszárok" (Hungary). Plot During the Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars Brigadier Le Gouce and private Jean-Louis forfeit their horses. Afraid of a severe punishment both lie to Captain Georges. They just make up a story about them having been the target of a selective ambush. Little later their regiment is annihilated by an Austrian attack. Only the two humbuggers are lucky enough to survive. Napoleon has them celebrated as heroes and thus they get into the books of history. Cast * Bernard Blier: Brigadier Le Gouce * Giovanna Ralli: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madelon (film)
''Madelon'' (French: ''La Madelon'') is a 1955 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Line Renaud, Jean Richard and Roger Pierre.The A to Z of French Cinema p.140 It is inspired by the popular song of the First World War "La Madelon" about Madelon, a waitress working in a country inn encountered by a group of soldiers. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. Synopsis In the First World War, Madeleine, a singing waitress who has become of the idol to the French Army travels up to Paris and the Western Front searching for her lover, encountering on the way a variety of different nationalities who make up the Allied forces. Cast * Line Renaud as Madeleine Thullier, dite La Madelon * Jean Richard as Antoine Pichot * Roger Pierre as Le caporal Georges Beauguitte * Pierre Larquey as Le curé * Georges Chamarat as Auguste Thullier * André Valmy as Le capitaine Van Meulen * Gilbert Gil as Un commandant d'aviation chez Maxim's * Jacques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
