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Jean Carmet
Jean Carmet (25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor. Life and career Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internationally for his role as a French colonist in the 1976 film, ''La Victoire en Chantant'' (Black and White in Color). Because of his good-natured manner, he was as popular with members of the film crew as he was with the audiences. During his long career, he appeared in more than 200 films, and although he played dramatic parts, he usually acted in a supporting role as a comedic character. He was nominated for the César Award for Best Actor for his leading role in the 1986 film, '' Miss Mona''. Twice he won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated on two other occasions. In February 1994, to celebrate his 50th year in film, he was honored by the French motion picture industry with a special César Award. Just a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourgueil
Bourgueil () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Population Bourgueil wine Bourgueil is an ''appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) for wine in the Loire Valley region, and produces primarily red wine from the grape variety Cabernet Franc. Bourgueil wine was mentioned in the works of François Rabelais. Transportation Bourgueil is served by the A85 autoroute, a nearby railway line and the cycling-route, Loire a vélo. Personalities Bourgueil was the birthplace of: * Moses Amyraut (1596–1664), Protestant theologian and metaphysician * Antoine Brutus Menier (1795–1853), chocolatier * Jean Carmet (1920–1994), actor In Acadian Genealogy, Bourgueil is notable as the birthplace of Guillaume Trahan. See also * Loire Valley (wine) *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 272 communes of the Indre-et-Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugénie Grandet (1993)
''Eugénie Grandet'' is a novel first published in 1833 by French author Honoré de Balzac. While he was writing it he conceived his ambitious project, '' La Comédie humaine'', and almost immediately prepared a second edition, revising the names of some of the characters so that ''Eugénie Grandet'' then fitted into the section: ''Scenes from provincial life (Scènes de la vie de province)'' in the ''Comédie''. He dedicated the edition to Maria Du Fresnay, who was then his lover and was the mother of his daughter, Marie-Caroline Du Fresnay.see page on Maria Du Fresnay and reference in the Balzac article Background ''Eugénie Grandet'' is set in the town of Saumur, which should have been familiar to Balzac since he grew up in Tours about 35 miles away. The two towns are both on the Loire, with châteaux, and of similar size. Tours was much more important historically and politically, which may explain why Balzac allows the impression in the opening that the Grandet resid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfume Of The Lady In Black (1949 Film)
''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (French: ''Le Parfum de la dame en noir'') is a 1949 French mystery film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Hélène Perdrière, Serge Reggiani and Marcel Herrand.Parish p.468 It is an adaptation of the 1908 novel ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' by Gaston Leroux featuring the detective Joseph Rouletabille. It is a sequel to ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'', released the same year. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. The score was composed by Jean Wiener. Main cast * Hélène Perdrière as Mathilde Stangerson * Serge Reggiani as Joseph Rouletabille * Lucien Nat as Robert Darzac * Michel Piccoli as Lebel * Gaston Modot as Mathieu * Marcel Herrand as Larsan * Arthur Devère as Père Jacques * Yvette Etiévant Yvette Etiévant (1922–2003) was a French actress. She starred in Yves Robert's '' War of the Buttons'' (''La Guerre des boutons'') in 1962. Filmography *1945: '' Les Dames du bois de Boulogne' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wolf (1949 Film)
''The Wolf'' (French: ''La louve'') is a 1949 French drama film directed by Guillaume Radot and starring Claude Génia, Jean Davy and Renaud Mary.Gilles p.210 The film's sets were designed by the art director Marcel Magniez. Cast * Claude Génia as Henriette * Jean Davy as Saint-Ricquier * Renaud Mary as Rémi * Héléna Bossis as Marie * Michel Barbey as Le frère de Marie * Georges Bever as Signol * Yves Brainville as Le docteur Maillet * Jean Carmet as Gustave * Jacky Flynt as Pulchérie * Héléna Manson as Alphonsine * Maya as Madame Bontemps * Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the ... as Dermont References Bibliography * Christian Gilles. ''Le cinéma des années quarante par ceux qui l'ont fait''. Harmattan, 2000. External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Like Only You
''I Like Only You'' (French: ''Je n'aime que toi'') is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Pierre Montazel, and starring by Luis Mariano, Martine Carol and André Le Gall. Powrie & Cadalanu p.114 It was shot at the Cité Elgé Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. Synopsis Irène is married to the celebrated singer Renaldo Cortez who is completely devoted to his work. Frustrated she goes off with another man and Renaldo enlists the help of his faithful friend Arthur to return her to him so they can reconcile. Cast * Luis Mariano as Renaldo Cortez, singer, husband of Irène * Martine Carol as Irène, wife of Don Renaldo * André Le Gall as Gérard * Robert Dhéry as Arthur Bidois * Raymond Bussières as Ernest * Annette Poivre as Julia, maidservant of Don Renaldo * Edmond Ardisson as Le chauffeur * Louis de Funès as pianist of the orchestra * René Berthier as Le secrétaire * Jean Richard as Un passager de l'avion * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsieur Vincent
''Monsieur Vincent'' is a 1947 French film about Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century priest and charity worker. It depicts his struggle to help the poor in the face of obstacles such as the Black Death. In 1949, it won an honorary Academy Award as the best foreign language film released in the United States in 1948. The Vatican placed it amongst their list of approved films under the category of Religion due to its thematic nature in 1995. Pierre Fresnay portrayed Vincent. Cast * Pierre Fresnay : Vincent de Paul, priest * Aimé Clariond : Cardinal Richelieu * Jean Debucourt : Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi, Count of Joigny * Lise Delamare : Françoise Marguerite de Silly, Madame de Gondi * Germaine Dermoz : Queen Anne of Austria * Gabrielle Dorziat : President Goussault * Pierre Dux : Chancellor Séguier * Yvonne Gaudeau : Louise de Marillac * Jean Carmet : Father Portail * Michel Bouquet : Tuberculosis sufferer * Gabrielle Fontan : The elder deaf woman of the presbytery of Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dropped From Heaven
''Dropped from Heaven'' (French: ''Tombé du ciel'') is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Emil E. Reinert and starring Jacqueline Gauthier, Claude Dauphin and Giselle Pascal.Rège p.620 A singer jokingly tells one of her bandmates that he is the father of her child, who is really not her daughter at all but belongs to a friend. Cast * Jacqueline Gauthier as Gaby * Claude Dauphin as Maurice * Giselle Pascal as Madeleine * Albert Broquin * Jean Carmet * Henri de Livry * Pierre Destailles as Fernand * Mona Dol * Charlotte Ecard * Jean Gabert * Jean Gaven as Robert * Renaud Mary as Raymond * Geneviève Morel * Félix Oudart as Léon * Sinoël * Roger Vincent * Jeanne Véniat Production Guy Lefranc Guy Lefranc (21 October 1919 - 1 February 1994) was a French director and screenwriter. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lefranc, Guy 1919 births 1994 deaths French male screenwriters 20th-century French screen ... w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Villon (film)
''François Villon'' is a 1945 French historical drama film directed by André Zwoboda and starring Serge Reggiani, Jean-Roger Caussimon and Henri Crémieux. It portrays the life of the fifteenth century writer François Villon.Harty p.106 The film was inspired by the play ''If I Were King'' by Justin Huntly McCarthy. Cast * Serge Reggiani as François Villon * Jean-Roger Caussimon as Le grand écolier * Henri Crémieux as Maître Piédoux * Pierre Dargout as Thibaud * Guy Decomble as Denisot * Claudine Dupuis as Huguette du Hainaut * Jacques-Henry Duval as Tuvache * Renée Faure as Catherine de Vauselles * Gabrielle Fontan as La Villonne * Micheline Francey as Guillemette * Gustave Gallet as Guillaume de Villon * Léon Larive as Turgis * Frédéric Mariotti as Arnoulet * Albert Michel as Le paysan accusé * Albert Montigny as Ratier * Jean Morel as Alain * Denise Noël as Margot * Julienne Paroli as La mère * Marcel Pérès as Le Goliard * Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Paradise
''Children of Paradise'' (original French title: ''Les Enfants du Paradis'') is a two-part French romantic drama film by Marcel Carné, produced under war conditions in 1943, 1944, and early 1945 in both Vichy France and Occupied France. Set in the theatrical world of 1830s Paris, it tells the story of a courtesan and four men — a mime, an actor, a criminal and an aristocrat — who love her in entirely different ways. It has received universal critical acclaim. "I would give up all my films to have ''Les Enfants du Paradis''", said '' nouvelle vague'' director François Truffaut. In Truman Capote's ''The Duke in His Domain'' (1957), actor Marlon Brando called it "maybe the best movie ever made." Its original American trailer positioned it as the French answer to '' Gone With the Wind'' (1939), an opinion shared by critic David Shipman. A 1995 vote by 600 French critics and professionals named it the "Best Film Ever". Title As noted by one critic, "in French, 'paradis' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mysteries Of Paris (1943 Film)
''The Mysteries of Paris'' (French: ''Les mystères de Paris'') is a 1943 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Marcel Herrand, Yolande Laffon and Alexandre Rignault.Goble p.880 It is based on the novel ''The Mysteries of Paris'' by Eugène Sue. The film's art direction was by Léon Barsacq Léon Barsacq (18 October 1906 – 23 December 1969) was a Russian-born and naturalized French production designer, art director and set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film '' The .... Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1943 films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Jacques de Baroncelli French drama films 1943 drama films French black-and-white films 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pavilion Burns
''The Pavilion Burns'' (French: ''Le Pavillon brûle'') is a 1941 French comedy drama directed by Jacques de Baroncelli, written by Solange Térac, starring Pierre Renoir and Jean Marais. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. Plot Ramsay, an engineer, works in a copper mine in a French colony. He is confronted by a variety of huge technical and human problems. Cast * Pierre Renoir as Jourdinsse * Jean Marais as Daniel * Bernard Blier as Benezy * Michèle Alfa as Odette * Marcel Herrand as Audignane * Jean Marchat as Risay, engineer * Marcel Pérès * Lucien Coëdel * Maurice Teynac * Jean Carmet Jean Carmet (25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor. Life and career Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internatio ... External links * 1941 films French comedy-drama films 1940s French-language films French blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
