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Jean Boyer (director)
Jean Boyer (26 June 1901 – 10 March 1965) was a French film director and songwriter. He was born in Paris. Selected songs * 1930: "Un regardé", in ''Flagrant délit'' (Hanns Schwarz, 1930, music by F. Hollaender) * 1931: "Les Gars de la marine", in '' Le Capitaine Craddock'' (music by W. R. Heyman) * 1932: "Totor t'as tort" (music by René Mercier) - "Un homme" - "L'amour est un mystère" - "Maintenant, je sais ce que c'est" - "Quand ça m'prend" (music by Michel Levine) * 1934: "C’est peu de chose" (music by R. Ervan) * 1936: "Y'a toujours un passage à niveau" (music by Georges Van Parys) * 1939: " Comme de bien entendu" - "Ça c'est passé un dimanche" - "Mimile" - "Ça fait d'excellents Français" (music by Georges Van Parys) * 1945: " Pour me rendre à mon bureau" (words and music) * 1950: "La Pagaïa" and "Je cherche un cœur" (music by Henri Betti) Filmography Director * ''Calais-Dover'' (1931) * ''La Pouponnière'' (1932) * ''Monsieur, Madame and Bibi'' (1932) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serenade (1940 Film)
''Serenade'' or ''Schubert's Serenade'' (french: Sérénade) is a 1940 French historical film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Lilian Harvey, Louis Jouvet and Bernard Lancret. It portrays a fictional romance between the Austrian composer Franz Schubert and an English dancer. The film was the first of two the Anglo-German actress Lillian Harvey made in France, after leaving Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ....Ascheid p. 243 Cast References Bibliography * * External links * 1940 films French historical romance films French black-and-white films 1940s historical romance films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Jean Boyer Films set in Vienna Films set in the 19th century Films about composers Films about classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prize (1950 Film)
''The Prize'' (French: ''Le rosier de Madame Husson'') is a 1950 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Bourvil, Jacqueline Pagnol and Mireille Perrey. It is based on the 1887 novel '' Le Rosier de Madame Husson''. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location in Normandy including around Eure. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. It was a sizeable box office hit, being the seventh most popular film of the year in France. Synopsis A circle of a small town's older ladies decide to award a prize for virtue for a young woman with an unblemished reputation. When it turns out nobody in the settlement qualifies, they instead award it to Isidore an idiotic and bashful young man with a fear of the opposite sex. However when Isidore encounters and spends the night with a countess, who sits on the board giving out the prize, he is suddenly transformed into a worldly figure who returns to the town in triumph. Cast * Bourvil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Roads Lead To Rome (1949 Film)
''All Roads Lead to Rome'' (French: ''Tous les chemins mènent à Rome'') is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Micheline Presle, Gerard Philippe and Albert Rémy.Siehlohr p.65 It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. The film had admissions of 1,434,128 in France. Cast * Micheline Presle as Laura Lee * Gérard Philipe as Gabriel Pégase * Marcelle Arnold as Hermine * Albert Rémy as Edgar * Marion Delbo as Mady * Fernand Rauzéna as Le cambrioleurï * Jacques Louvigny as L'ambassadeur References Bibliography * Hubert-Lacombe, Patricia. ''Le cinéma français dans la guerre froide: 1946-1956''. L'Harmattan, 1996. * Siehlohr, Ulrike . ''Heroines Without Heroes: Reconstructing Female and National Identities in European Cinema, 1945-1951''. A&C Black, 2000. External links ''All Roads Lead to Rome''at IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brilliant Waltz
''Brilliant Waltz'' (french: Valse brillante) is a 1949 French musical crime film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Mártha Eggerth, Jan Kiepura and Lucien Baroux.Fawkes p. 123 It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. Synopsis After a series of admirers of the singer Martha Vassary are attacked, the impresario has the idea of recruiting a famous tenor to act as her bodyguard. Cast * Mártha Eggerth as Martha Vassary * Jan Kiepura as Jan Kovalski * Lucien Baroux as Monsieur DeBosc, impresari * Roger Tréville as Hubert de Tiffauges * Arlette Merry as Lolita * Jean Hébey as Le directeur * Jacques Mercier as Le garçon d'ascenseur * Pierre Destailles as Le voyou * Léon Berton as Paulo * Joé Davray as Un pochard * Bob Ingarao as Un pochard * Jacques Beauvais as Le maître d'hôtel * Janine Clairville Janine may refer to: People and characters * Janine (given name) Music * "Janine" (David Bowie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle Has Fun
''Mademoiselle Has Fun'' (French: ''Mademoiselle s'amuse'') is a 1948 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Ray Ventura, Giselle Pascal and Bernard Lancret.Rège p.140 It portrays the adventures of an American heiress in France. Cast * Ray Ventura as Ray Ventura * Giselle Pascal as Christine Gibson * Bernard Lancret as Jacques Roussel * Catherine Gay as Thérèse * Jeannette Batti as Fifi * Max Elloy * Henri Legay * André Toffel * Henri Salvador as Henri Salvador * Georges Tourreil as Le commissaire * Germaine Reuver as La cuisinière * Marcel Charvey * Nicolas Amato * Christiane Barry as Édith * Roland Bailly as Gégène * Lucien Hector as Un domestique * René Stern as Le proviseur * Georgé * Georges Lannes as Georgey * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Mlle. Agathe * André Randall as William Gibson * Annette Poivre as Miette * Léon Bary as Le gérant * Rivers Cadet as L'agent * Gregori Chmara as Petit rôle * Janine Clairville as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's Not The Way To Die
''That's Not the Way to Die'' (French: ''On ne meurt pas comme ça'') is a 1946 mystery crime film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Erich von Stroheim, Anne-Marie Blanc and Denise Vernac. The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin. It borrows its main plot device from the 1932 American film ''The Death Kiss''. von Stroheim was not happy with the film, but felt it received good reviews and was popular with audiences.Lennig p.441 Synopsis At a film studios while shooting a scene in which a man is killed, director Eric von Berg angrily calls cuts and rebukes the actor and shouts "That's Not the Way to Die". However, the actor soon turns out to be really dead, murdered by somebody present. Cast * Erich von Stroheim as Eric von Berg * Anne-Marie Blanc as Marianne * Denise Vernac as Lynn Laurens * Jean Témerson as Le commissaire * André Tabet as Cazenave * Jean-Jacques Delbo as Pierre Vanier * Jean Berton as Le régisseur * Sylvie as Suzanne Bouvier * Sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Femme Fatale (film)
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Frederica (1942 Film)
''Frederica'' (French: ''Frédérica'') is a 1942 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Charles Trenet, Elvire Popesco and Jacqueline Gauthier.Bessy & Chirat p.178 It is based on a play by Jean de Letraz. Synopsis Gilbert Legrant a singer and owner of a cabaret is financially bailed out by his girlfriend Lilette. However, she is outraged when she discovers love letters written by him to a woman named Frederica. Frederica is in fact a fictional creation of his ideal woman, but Lilette doesn't believe him. Gilbert's friend gets his own girlfriend Claudine to pose as Frederica, while in turn a real Frederica arrives from Davos causing further confusion. Cast * Charles Trenet as Gilbert Legrant * Elvire Popesco as Frédérica * Rellys as Théodule * Jacqueline Gauthier as Claudine * Jacques Louvigny as Le baron * Hélène Tossy as La vendeuse * Hélène Dartigue as Anaïs * Maurice Baquet as Un ami de Gilbert * Francis Blanche as Ami de Gilbert * Suzet Maï ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At Your Command, Madame
''At Your Command, Madame'' (French: ''À vos ordres, Madame'') is a 1942 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Jean Tissier, Suzanne Dehelly and Jacqueline Gauthier. It is based on a story by André Birabeau.Goble p.41 It was made by Pathé at the company's Francoeur Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. Synopsis When their car breaks down in the country, a couple have to stay at a nearby luxury hotel. Despite being well-off, the miserly wife takes advantage of a special offer to get her husband a cheap room by pretending he is her chauffeur while taking an expensive one for herself as a "baroness". Complications ensue however when a chambermaid begins to fall for her husband, while she herself is courted by one of the guests. Cast * Jean Tissier as Hector Dupuis * Suzanne Dehelly as Odette Dupuis * Jacqueline Gauthier as Angèle * Jacques Louvigny as Monsieur Palureau * Albert Duvaleix as Le portier * Gaby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Charming (1942 Film)
''Prince Charming'' (French: ''Le prince charmant'') is a 1942 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Lucien Baroux, Renée Faure and Jimmy Gaillard.Hayward p.4 It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris which was then under German Occupation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. Cast * Lucien Baroux as Ambroise Bréchaud * Renée Faure as Rosine * Jimmy Gaillard as Thierry * Christian Gérard as Arsène * Robert Arnoux as Ernest * Sabine André as Ginette * Germaine Lix as Madame Bréchaud * Germaine Godefroid as La comtesse * Louis Florencie as François * Jean-Louis Allibert as Valentin * André Ekian as Et son orchestre * Pierre Ferval * Guita Karen * Lucienne Legrand * Jacqueline Marbaux * Franck Maurice * Maurice Salabert as Le patron du café * Simone Signoret * Renée Thorel * André Varennes * Léon Walther Léon Walther (2 June 1874 – 2 March 1973) was a French film and stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolero (1942 Film)
''Bolero'' (French: ''Boléro'') is a 1942 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Arletty, André Luguet and Jacques Dumesnil.Hayward p.4 It takes its name from the Bolero, a Latin American dance and the composer Maurice Ravel's piece of music inspired by the style of it. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. It was made by Pathé at the company's Francoeur Studios. Future star Simone Signoret had a small, uncredited role in the film. Cast * Arletty as Catherine * André Luguet as Rémi * Jacques Dumesnil as Georges * Meg Lemonnier as Miquette * Christian Gérard as Paul Bardot * André Bervil as Laurent * Louis Salou as Professeur Archaimbaud * Paul Ollivier as Le deuxième témoin * Jacques Roussel as Horace * Guita Karen as La bonne * Denise Grey as Anne-Marie * Lucienne Legrand * Nathalie Alexeeff * Janine Berry * Marguerite de Morlaye as Dame à la présentation de la collection * Robert Le Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
