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Jeanne Juilla
Jeanne Marie Justine Juilla (21 August 1910 – 4 September 1996) was a French model and actress, who became the seventh Miss France and the first Frenchwoman to earn the Miss Europe title. Life Juilla was born on 21 August 1910 in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France to Louis Jean Juilla and Marie Zoé Lautard, who was a seamstress. Her widowed mother raised Juilla alone. In May 1930, she was elected as Miss Gascony, the title that qualified her for the selection of Miss France 1931. She won Miss France 1931 title, making herself the seventh to do so. The beauty contest was organized by the Parisian Committee created by a Belgian born French journalist, Maurice de Waleffe in 1920, and was juried from among 150 candidates gathered in the village hall of the ''Le Journal'' in Paris. On 5 February 1931, at the age of 20, Jeanne Juilla became the first Frenchwomen to be elected as Miss Europe. The contest was held in the same Persian premises as for the contest of Miss France 1931. Juill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Villeneuve-sur-Lot (; in the Languedocien dialect of Occitan language: ''Vilanuèva d'Òlt'' ) is a town and commune in the southwestern French department of Lot-et-Garonne. The commune was formerly named ''Villeneuve-d'Agen''. Villeneuve-sur-Lot is located 22 km northeast of the commune of Agen and straddles the river Lot. History Villeneuve was founded in 1254 by Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, brother of Louis IX, on the site of the town of Gajac, which had been deserted during the Albigensian Crusade. By the early 20th century, Villeneuve-sur-Lot was an important agricultural centre and had a large trade in plums (''prunes d'ente''); the preparation of preserved plums and the tinning of peas and beans were major industries. The important mill of Gajac stood on the bank of the Lot a little above the town. Population Sights The main quarter of the town is located on the right bank of the Lot River and is linked to the quarter on the left bank by a bridge from the 13th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Birmingham News
''The Birmingham News'' is the principal newspaper for Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The paper is owned by Advance Publications and was a daily newspaper from its founding through September 30, 2012. After that day, the ''News'' and its two sister Alabama newspapers, the ''Press-Register'' in Mobile and ''The Huntsville Times'', moved to a thrice-weekly print-edition publication schedule (Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays). In November 2022, Advance management announced that all three newspapers would cease publication of their print editions in 2023. History The ''Birmingham News'' was launched on March 14, 1888, by Rufus N. Rhodes as ''The Evening News'', a four-page paper with two reporters and $800 of operating capital. At the time, the city of Birmingham was only 17 years old, but was an already booming industrial city and a beacon of the "New South" still recovering from the aftermath of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Newspapers joined with industrial tycoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Une Femme Chipée
Une is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Eastern Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is located at an altitude of at a distance of from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Chipaque in the north, Cáqueza and Fosca in the east, Fosca and Gutiérrez in the south and Bogotá in the west. Etymology The name Une is derived from Chibcha and means "Drop it" or "mud".''une'' - Muysccubun Dictionary Geology and geography Une is situated in the of the Colombian . In the municipality outcrops the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Jean Ducis
Pierre-Jean Ducis (5 March 1907 - 24 June 1980) was a French film director. He mainly directed short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...s. Filmography * 1932: ''Le Dernier Preux'' * 1933: ''Gudule'' * 1933: ''Deux picon-grenadine'' * 1933: ' * 1934: ' * 1934: ''Quatre à Troyes'' * 1934: ''Un Petit Trou pas cher'' * 1934: ' (short film) * 1934: ' (short film) * 1935: ' * 1935: ''Le Crime de monsieur Pégotte'' * 1935: ''Les Deux Docteurs'' * 1935: ''La Clef des champs'' * 1936: ''Au son des guitares'' * 1936: ''Œil de lynx, détective'' * 1936: ''La Souris bleue'' * 1936: '' The Assault'' * 1937: '' In the Sun of Marseille'' * 1938: ' * 1940: ' * 1941: '' Strange Suzy'' * 1943: ' External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ducis, Pierre-Jean Film directors fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Prison De Saint-Clothaire
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agencies * L.A. Screenings, a tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Bourlon
Hubert is a Germanic masculine given name, from ''hug'' "mind" and ''beraht'' "bright". It also occurs as a surname. Saint Hubertus or Hubert (c. 656 – 30 May 727) is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians, and metalworkers. People with the given name Hubert This is a small selection of articles on people named Hubert; for a comprehensive list see instead . *Hubert Aaronson (1924–2005), F. Mehl University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University *Hubert Adair (1917–1940), World War II Royal Air Force pilot *Hubert Boulard, a French comics creator who is unusually credited as "Hubert" * Hubert Brasier (1917–1981), a Church of England clergyman, more famously the father of UK Prime Minister Theresa May *Hubert Buchanan (born 1941), a United States Air Force captain and fighter pilot *Hubert Chevis (1902–1931), a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery of the British Army who died of strychnine poisoning in June 1931 * Hubert Davies, British playwright and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Kemm
Jean Kemm (15 May 1874–1939) was a French stage and theater actor and film director. Kemm was born Jules Adolphe Félix Bécheret in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris and died in Paris in 1939. Selected filmography * '' André Cornélis'' (1918) * '' André Cornélis'' (1927) * '' Hai-Tang'' (1930) * ''Atlantis'' (1930) * '' The Polish Jew'' (1931) * '' The Lacquered Box'' (1932) * '' Miss Helyett'' (1933) * ''The Barber of Seville ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( it, Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione ) is an ''opera buffa'' in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based ...'' (1933) 1874 births 1939 deaths French male stage actors French male film actors French male silent film actors French film directors Silent film directors 20th-century French male actors {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Helyett (film)
''Miss Helyett'' is a 1933 French comedy film directed by Hubert Bourlon and Jean Kemm and starring Josette Day, Jim Gérald and Roger Bourdin.Goble p.18 It is based on '' Miss Helyett'' an 1891 opérette by Edmond Audran and Maxime Boucheron. The film's sets were designed by Jean d'Eaubonne. Cast * Josette Day as Miss Helyett * Jim Gérald as Le professeur Smithson * Roger Bourdin as Paul Landrin * Germaine Reuver as La señora * Fred Pasquali as Puycardas * Turgot as Un ami * Renée Devilder as Norette * Simone Mareuil as Lolotte * Janette Julia as Toto * Dan Etche as Alonza * Anne-Marie Leducq as Lisette * Anita Palacine as Jeannette * Robert Lepers as James * Robert Pizani Robert Pizani (26 April 1896 – 17 June 1965) was a French stage and film actor whose 45-year career encompassed leading roles in numerous plays, revues and operettas as well as dozens of films. In operetta Pizani's roles in operetta and musica ... as Bacarel * Renée ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Barillier
Simone may refer to: * Simone (given name), a feminine (or Italian masculine) given name of Hebrew origin * Simone (surname), an Italian surname Simone may also refer to: * ''Simone'' (1918 film), a French silent drama film * ''Simone'' (1926 film), a French silent drama film * ''Simone'' (2002 film), a 2002 science-fiction drama film * ''Simone'' (2013 film), a 2013 Brazilian drama * Simone (actress) (born 1962), stage name of Lisa Celeste Stroud, daughter of Nina Simone * Nina Simone (1933–2003), stage name of Eunice Kathleen Waymon, singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist * Simone (born 1966), Egyptian singer and actress * Simone (character), a fictional character in the ABC Family show ''The Nine Lives of Chloe King'' * Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira (born 1949), Brazilian singer and performer, better known by her mononym Simone * Simone Egeriis (born 1992), Danish singer, better known by her mononym Simone * Tropical Storm Simone (disambiguat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Tourneur
Maurice may refer to: People *Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr *Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England *Maurice of Carnoet (1117–1191), Breton abbot and saint * Maurice, Count of Oldenburg (fl. 1169–1211) *Maurice of Inchaffray (14th century), Scottish cleric who became a bishop *Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521–1553), German Saxon nobleman *Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1551–1612) *Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567–1625), stadtholder of the Netherlands *Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel or Maurice the Learned (1572–1632) *Maurice of Savoy (1593–1657), prince of Savoy and a cardinal *Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (1619–1681) *Maurice of the Palatinate (1620–1652), Count Palatine of the Rhine *Maurice of the Netherlands (1843–1850), prince of Orange-Nassau * Maurice Chevalier (1888–1972), F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samson (1936 Film)
''Samson'' is 1936 French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Harry Baur, Gaby Morlay and André Lefaur. It was based on the 1908 play of the same title by Henri Bernstein, which had previously been made into three silent films.Goble p.38 The film was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris, with sets designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne. Synopsis An aristocratic woman is coerced by her impoverished family into marrying a wealthy business tycoon. Cast * Harry Baur as Jacques Brachart * Gaby Morlay as Anne-Marie d'Andeline * André Lefaur as Le Marquis Honoré d'Andeline * Gabrielle Dorziat as La Marquise d'Andeline * André Luguet as Jérôme 'Jessie' Le Govain * Suzy Prim as Grace Ritter * Christian-Gérard as Max d'Andeline * Maurice Bénard as Flash * Laure Diana as Christiane Roy * Léon Arvel as Grünbaum * Simone Barillier * Raymond Blot as Un invité chez Christiane * Marie-Jacqueline Chantal as Lady Huxley * Nane Chaub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Colombier
Pierre Colombier (1896–1958) was a French screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Director * ''The Marriage of Rosine'' (1926) * '' His Best Client'' (1932) * ''Charlemagne'' (1933) * '' School for Coquettes'' (1935) * ''La Marraine de Charley'' (1935) (''Charley's Aunt'') * '' The King'' (1936) * ''The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937) * ''The Kings of Sport'' (1937) * '' Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938) * ''Latin Quarter The Latin Quarter of Paris (french: Quartier latin, ) is an area in the 5th and the 6th arrondissements of Paris. It is situated on the left bank of the Seine, around the Sorbonne. Known for its student life, lively atmosphere, and bistro ...'' (1939) References External links * 1896 births 1958 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters People from Compiègne 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |