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Jean Weber
Jean Weber (25 January 1906 – 13 October 1995) was a French film actor.Goble p. 398 Selected filmography * ''The Queen's Necklace'' (1929) * '' Figaro'' (1929) * '' The Eaglet'' (1931) * ''The Man at Midnight'' (1931) * ''Take Care of Amelie'' (1932) * ''The Invisible Woman'' (1933) * ''Heartbeat'' (1938) * ''Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938) * ''If Paris Were Told to Us ''If Paris Were Told to Us'' (french: Si Paris nous était conté) is a 1956 French historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry. The admissions in France were 2,813,682 people.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048616/business Principal cas ...'' (1956) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1906 births 1995 deaths French male film actors Male actors from Paris {{France-film-actor-stub ... [...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] |
Neuilly-Sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residential neighbourhoods, as well as many corporate headquarters and a handful of foreign embassies. It is the wealthiest and most expensive suburb of Paris. Together with the 16th and 7th arrondissement of Paris, the town of Neuilly-sur-Seine forms the most affluent and prestigious residential area in the whole of France. It has the 2nd highest average household income in France, at €112,504 per year (in 2020). History Originally Pont de Neuilly was a small hamlet under the jurisdiction of Villiers, a larger settlement mentioned in medieval sources as early as 832 and now absorbed by the commune of Levallois-Perret. It was not until 1222 that the little settlement of Neuilly, established on the banks of the Seine, was mentioned for the first t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen's Necklace (1929 Film)
''The Queen's Necklace'' (French: ''Le collier de la reine'') is a 1929 French historical drama film directed by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel and starring Marcelle Chantal, Georges Lannes and Diana Karenne.Klossner p.77 The film is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's novel ''The Queen's Necklace'' which portrays the Affair of the Diamond Necklace which occurred before the French Revolution. The film's art direction was by Lucien Carré. The film was made and distributed by Gaumont. In Germany it was released by the major studio UFA. It was shot as a silent film, with a music soundtrack then added later. Cast * Marcelle Chantal as La comtesse de la Motte * Georges Lannes as Le cardinal de Rohan * Diana Karenne as Marie-Antoinette / Oliva * Jeanne Evrard as La princesse de Lamballe * Jean Weber as Le chevalier Réteau de Villette * Renée Parme as Madame Élisabeth * Fernand Fabre as Le comte de La Motte * Harry Harment as Louis XVI * Odette Talazac as Madame d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figaro (film)
''Figaro'' is a 1929 French silent historical comedy film directed by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel and starring Ernst Van Duren, Arlette Marchal and Marie Bell.Waldman & Slide p.71 It is an adaptation of the 1778 Beaumarchais play ''The Marriage of Figaro'', with material also used from its two sequels. It was released in 1929 in the US as a silent film, then reissued there in 1932 with an added music track, recorded by SpA Bixiophone, under the title IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Cast * Ernst Van Duren as Figaro * Arlette Marchal as Rosine * Marie Bell as Suzanne * Léon Belières as Batholo * José Davert as Basile * Tony D'Algy as Le Comte Almaviva * Jean Weber as Chérubin * Odette Talazac Odette Talazac (1883–1948) was a French film actress.Capua p.129 Talazac was the daughter of tenor Jean-Alexandre Talazac and his wife, the soprano Hélène Fauvelle. She began her career singing in music halls before turning to the theater an ... as Marceline * Genica Missirio as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eaglet (1931 Film)
''The Eaglet'' (French: ''L'aiglon'') is a 1931 French historical drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Jean Weber, Victor Francen, and Henri Desfontaines.Goble p.398 It is an adaptation of the play ''L'Aiglon'' by Edmond Rostand, which portrays the life of Napoleon II. A separate German-language version '' The Duke of Reichstadt'' was also made. It was directed by Tourjansky but featuring a different cast. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. Cast * Jean Weber as L'aiglon (Napoleon II) * Victor Francen as Flambeau * Henri Desfontaines as Metternich * Simone Vaudry as Thérèse de Lorget * Georges Colin as Le maréchal Marmont * Jeanne Boitel as La comtesse Camerata * Gustave Berthier as Gentz * Henri Kerny as Sedlinsky * Jenny Hélia as L'impératrice Marie-Louise * Roger Blum as Prokesch * Fordyce as Fanny Elssler * de Kerdec as Tiburce * Henri Debain as Le sergent * Camille Beuve as Le général Hartmann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man At Midnight
''The Man at Midnight'' (French: ''Le monsieur de minuit'') is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Jean Weber, Josseline Gaël and Marcel Simon.Cook p.514 It was the French-language version of the British film '' Almost a Honeymoon''. Cast * Jean Weber as Raoul de Saint=Auban * Josseline Gaël as Arlette * Marcel Simon as Jean * Jules Moy as Isaac Dupont * Odette Talazac as Poupette * Jean Gobet as Durand-Toucourt * Jean Guilton as Le chauffeur * Louis Vonelly as Le monsieur * Manzoni as Le chanteur * Stephen Weber as Le chansonnier * Léon Courtois Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ... as L'huissier References Bibliography * Cook, Samantha. ''Writers and production artists''. St James Press, 1993. External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take Care Of Amelie
''Take Care of Amelie'' (French: ''Occupe-toi d'Amélie'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Marguerite Viel and Richard Weisbach.Goble p.891 It is based on the 1908 play ''Occupe-toi d'Amélie'' by Georges Feydeau, which was later adapted into the 1949 film ''Keep an Eye on Amelia''. Cast * Renée Bartout as Amélie * Aimé Clariond * Raymond Dandy as Prince * Arthur Devère as Van Putzeboum * Caro Devère * René Donnio as Général * Vivian Grey * Robert Guillon * Yvonne Hébert as Irène * Georges Jamin * Fred Marche * Titys * Jean Weber as Marcel * Yvonne Yma Yvonne Yma (1887–1959) was a French stage and film actress.Phillips p.212 Selected filmography * '' Take Care of Amelie'' (1932) * '' A Father Without Knowing It'' (1932) * ''Student's Hotel'' (1932) * ''The Barber of Seville'' (1933) * ''The Br ... References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Invisible Woman (1933 Film)
''The Invisible Woman'' (French: ''La femme invisible'') is a 1933 French comedy film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Weber, Suzanne Christy and Mady Berry. https://www.unifrance.org/film/37355/la-femme-invisible The film's sets were designed by the art director Lazare Meerson. Synopsis When her parents attempt to force her to marry somebody other than the man she really loves, a young woman magically vanishes during a conjuring act. Cast * Jean Weber * Suzanne Christy * Gaston Dupray * Mady Berry *Nadine Picard * Louis Baron fils * Jean Sinoël * Georges Bever * Jean Brochard * Marcelle Barry * René Marjolle * Clary Monthal Clary may refer to: Places * Clary, Nord, France, a commune * Clary, Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community * Palazzo Clary, a palace in Venice, Italy Plants *A common name of plants in the sage genus, ''Salvia'', notably: **bienni ... * Émile Saint-Ober * Marcel Simon References Bibliography * Crisp, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartbeat (1938 Film)
''Heartbeat'' (French: ''Le schpountz'') is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Fernandel, Orane Demazis and Fernand Charpin.Lanzoni p.8 It was remade in 1999 as ''Le schpountz'', directed by Gérard Oury. It tells the story of an unhappy young grocer's assistant who dreams of becoming a grand dramatic actor, but when he gatecrashes a film studio they realise he is a natural comic. Plot Irénée lives and works in the little grocery shop of his childless uncle, who brought him up, and dreams of becoming a famous and rich film actor with an exotic car. One day a film crew stops in the village and he attempts to interest them in his undiscovered talents. They play along with his obsession, calling him the village idiot or ''schpountz'', and even give him a fake contract. His uncle ridicules his naïvety and the sympathetic Françoise, a member of the team, warns him not to take it seriously. But Irénée withdraws his savings and, taking a train to Paris, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tricoche And Cacolet
''Tricoche and Cacolet'' (French: ''Tricoche et Cacolet'') is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Pierre Colombier and starring Fernandel, Frédéric Duvallès and Ginette Leclerc.Ginibre, Lithgow & Cady p.97 It is based on an 1872 play of the same title by Ludovic Halevy and Henri Meilhac. The film's sets were designed by Jacques Colombier. Two idle Parisian boulevardiers set up a detective agency A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency. They often collect information to solve crimes by talking to witnesses and informants, collecting physical evidence, or searching records in databases. This leads th .... They are separately hired by a husband and wife to spy on each other with their respective lovers, while a Turkish Prince has fallen in love with both the wife and her husband's mistress. Eventually everything is resolved to everyone's satisfaction. Cast References Bibliography * Jean-Louis Ginibre, John Lithgow & Barbara Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If Paris Were Told To Us
''If Paris Were Told to Us'' (french: Si Paris nous était conté) is a 1956 French historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry. The admissions in France were 2,813,682 people.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048616/business Principal cast *Françoise Arnoul as Duchesse de L... *Jeanne Boitel as Mme Geoffrin / Sarah Bernhardt *Gilbert Bokanowski as Louis XVI *Julien Carette as Un cocher *Danielle Darrieux as Agnès Sorel *Sophie Desmarets as Rose Bertin *Clément Duhour as Aristide Bruant * Sacha Guitry as Louis XI *Odette Joyeux as La Passementiere *Robert Lamoureux as Latude *Jacques Dumesnil as Cardinal Richelieu *Pierre Larquey as Pierre Broussel *Jean Marais as François Ier *Jean Martinelli as Henri IV / Firmin *Lana Marconi as La reine Marie-Antoinette *Michèle Morgan as Gabrielle d'Estrées *Jean Parédès as Un médecin *Giselle Pascal as Comtesse de G... *Gérard Philipe as Le Trouvère *Odile Rodin as the Princess of Essling * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
