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Jean-Max Llorca
Jean-Max (1895–1970) was a French film actor.Goble p.106 Selected filmography * '' The Prosecutor Hallers'' (1930) * '' Le cap perdu'' (1931) * '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931) * '' The Darling of Paris'' (1931) * '' Suzanne'' (1932) * '' Once Upon a Time'' (1933) * '' Sapho'' (1934) * '' Pension Mimosas'' (1935) * '' Koenigsmark'' (1935) * '' Second Bureau'' (1935) * '' Les yeux noirs'' (1935) * '' Port Arthur'' (1936) * '' Nitchevo'' (1936) * ''J'accuse! "''J'Accuse...!''" (; "I Accuse...!") is an open letter that was published on 13 January 1898 in the newspaper ''L'Aurore'' by Émile Zola in response to the Dreyfus affair. Zola addressed President of France Félix Faure and accused his ...'' (1938) * '' The Woman Thief'' (1938) * '' I Was an Adventuress'' (1938) * '' Criminal Brigade'' (1947) * '' Children of Love'' (1953) * '' More Whiskey for Callaghan'' (1955) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de ... [...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] |
Les Yeux Noirs (film)
''Dark Eyes'' (French: ''Les yeux noirs'') is a 1935 French drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Harry Baur, Simone Simon and Jean-Pierre Aumont.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.318 The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Lourié. Cast * Harry Baur as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff * Simone Simon as Tania * Jean-Pierre Aumont as Karpoff * Jean-Max as Roudine * Christiane Ribes as Une demi-mondaine * Jeanne Brindeau as La gouvernante * Max Maxudian * Pierre Labry as Le noceur * André Dubosc as Le maître d'hôtel * Guy Sloux as Le fêtard * Nine Assia as Lucie * Viviane Romance as La comtesse * Georges Paulais * Jacques Berlioz as Le directeur * Adrienne Trenkel * Maxime Fabert as Un convive * Claude Lehmann as Un jeune officier * Marguerite de Morlaye * Émile Genevois * Léon Arvel as Un serveur du restaurant * Raymond Aimos as Un serveur du restaurant * Rodolphe Marcilly Rudolph or Rudolf may refer to: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Deaths
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890s Births
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
More Whiskey For Callaghan
''More Whiskey for Callaghan'' (French: ''Plus de whisky pour Callaghan'') is a 1955 French thriller film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Tony Wright, Magali Vendeuil and Robert Berri. It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel ''It Couldn't Matter Less'' by British writer Peter Cheyney featuring the private detective Slim Callaghan.Goble p.82 It was the second film featuring English actor Wright as Callaghan following ''Your Turn, Callaghan''. Cast * Tony Wright as Slim Callaghan * Magali Vendeuil as Doria Varette * Robert Berri as Comte Haragos * Jean-Max as Commodore Schoubersky * Diana Bel as Irania Trasmonti * Mario David as Amédée * Joé Davray as Inspecteur Vadet * Michel Etcheverry as Prof. Ephraim Ponticollo * Manuéla De Ségovia as La Montalban * Christiane Barry as Comtesse Haragos * Robert Burnier as Nicholls * Fernand Rauzéna as Gonzalès * Frédéric O'Brady Frédéric and Frédérick are the French versions of the common male given name Frederick. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Love
''Children of Love'' (French: ''Les enfants de l'amour'') is a 1953 French drama film directed by Léonide Moguy and starring Etchika Choureau, Joëlle Bernard and Lise Bourdin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rino Mondellini. Synopsis In a maternity hospital, the social worker Hélène Lambert and Doctor Baurain attempt to help a group of new, single mothers cope with the dilemmas of raising their children or giving them up for adoption. Cast * Etchika Choureau as Anne-Marie et Geneviève * Joëlle Bernard as Dolly * Lise Bourdin as Hélène Lambert * Jean-Claude Pascal as Doctor Baurain * Jean-Max as President Martichou * Maryse Martin as Madeleine * Dominique Page as Liliane * Jean-Pierre Jaubert as Roger Dubois * Mylène Demongeot as Nicole * Nadine Tallier as Lulu * Janine Darcey as A future mother * Marcelle Arnold as A woman who want to adopt a children * Robert Vattier as Albert * Raymond Cordy Raymond Cordy (9 Dece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criminal Brigade (1947 Film)
''Criminal Brigade'' (French: ''Brigade criminelle'') is a 1947 French thriller film directed by and starring Gilbert Gil. The cast also included Gisèle Préville, Jean Davy and Maurice Teynac.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.47 It was made at the Photosonor Studios in Courbevoie on the outskirts of Paris. The film's set were designed by the art director Nordès Bartau. Synopsis Enemy agents attempt to gain control of information about a secret defence system. Commissioner Chabrier attempts to stop them before they can pass the information to their embassy. Cast * Jean-Louis Allibert as Inspecteur * Ellen Bernsen as Myriam * Michel Bouquet as Le tueur * Raymond Cordy as Mérignac * Jean Davy as Commissaire Chabrier * Jacques Dufilho as Lucien * Gilbert Gil as Michel Perrin * Daniel Ivernel as Jean-Jacques * Jean-Max as Oudrach * Gaëtan Jor as Inspecteur * Gisèle Préville as Christine * Maurice Teynac Maurice Teynac (1915–1992) was a French actor. In 1948 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Was An Adventuress (1938 Film)
''I Was an Adventuress'' (French: ''J'étais une aventurière'') is a 1938 French comedy drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Edwige Feuillère, Jean Murat and Jean-Max. It was remade in 1940 as an American film of the same title. It was part of a growing trend of English-language remakes of major French films.Crisp p.326 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Léon Barsacq and Jean Perrier. Main cast * Edwige Feuillère as Véra Vronsky * Jean Murat as Pierre Glorin * Jean-Max as Désormeaux * Guillaume de Sax as Le marquis Koréani * Félix Oudart as Rutherford * Milly Mathis as Une paysanne * André Numès Fils as Le cousin Édouard * Christian Argentin as Van Kongen * Mona Goya as Une jeune femme * Louis Vonelly as Texter * Jean Tissier Jean Tissier (1896–1973) was a French stage, film and television actor.Goble p.440 A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career. He was married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman Thief
''The Woman Thief'' (French: ''Le voleur de femmes'') is a 1938 French-Italian drama film directed by Abel Gance and starring Jules Berry, Annie Ducaux and Suzanne Desprès.Burke p.216 It was made at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. The film's sets were designed by Jacques Colombier Jacques Colombier is a French politician and a member of National Front (France), National Front. As the FN's top candidate in Aquitaine in the 2004 French regional elections, 2004 regional elections he won 11.45% of the votes in the first round .... Cast References Bibliography * Frank Burke. ''A Companion to Italian Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2017. External links * 1938 drama films French drama films Italian drama films 1938 films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Abel Gance 1930s Italian-language films French multilingual films French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films Italian multilingual films 1938 multilingual films 1930s French fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J'accuse! (1938 Film)
''J'accuse!'' is a 1938 French war film directed by Abel Gance and starring Victor Francen. It is a remake of the 1919 film of the same name, which was also directed by Gance. Plot The married Edith Laurin has a love affair with her husband's best friend, Jean. When both men serve together at the Verdun front her spouse realises he's cuckolded. Because his old friend is also his comrade who fights at his side again the mutual enemy, Laurin doesn't take action against him. On 10 November 1918, everybody longs for an end to the war. The brass has randomly chosen a patrol to be sent to an almost certain death. Jean Diaz argues that the patrol is not necessary at least for that day. Captain Henri Chimay, however, does not dare to take the responsibility of canceling the mission. Diaz, who was the only survivor on a previous sortie, volunteers instead of a father of four. The Armistice of 11 November 1918 is proclaimed after the patrol has been wiped away. François Laurin dies w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitchevo (1936 Film)
''Nitchevo'' (Russian for "nothing", "ничего" ʲɪʨɪˈvo is a 1936 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Harry Baur, Marcelle Chantal and George Rigaud. It is a remake of the 1926 silent film of the same name. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Serge Piménoff and Georges Wakhévitch Cast * Harry Baur as Le commandant Robert Cartier * Marcelle Chantal as Thérèse Sabianne * George Rigaud as Hervé de Kergoët * Jean-Max as Sarak * Lisette Lanvin as Claire * Ivan Mozzhukhin as L'officier Meuter * Paul Azaïs as Lemoule, un matelot * Jean Tissier as L'inventeur Ducourjour * Habib Benglia as Un matelot * Jean Daurand as Un matelot * Abel Tarride as Arbères * Paul Velsa as Le cuisinier * Lucien Coëdel as Le radio * Marcel Lupovici as Le lieutenant * Philippe Richard as Le gardien chef * Philippe Derevel * Jean Dunot * Rodolphe Marcilly * André Siméon Reception Writing for '' Night and Day'' in 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Arthur (1936 French-language Film)
Port Arthur may refer to: In China: * Port Arthur, China, now called Lüshunkou District, in the city of Dalian ** Port Arthur massacre (China) in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894 ** Battle of Port Arthur, a sea battle in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904 ** Siege of Port Arthur, a land battle in 1904 In Australia: * Port Arthur, Tasmania, the site of a historic convict settlement ** Port Arthur massacre (Australia), which occurred in Port Arthur, Tasmania in 1996 *Port Arthur, South Australia, a locality In the United States: * Port Arthur, Texas, a city in the United States * Port Arthur, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community In Canada: * Port Arthur, Ontario, a former city, now a part of Thunder Bay ** Port Arthur (electoral district) In Finland: * VIII District, Turku The VIII District, also known as Port Arthur (or Portsa in colloquial Finnish), is one of the central districts of Turku, Finland. It is located on the west side of the river Aura, between ''Puistokatu'' and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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