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La Femme De Nulle Part
''La Femme de nulle part'' (''The Woman from Nowhere'') is a 1922 French film directed by Louis Delluc. The screenplay was one of three screenplays published under the title ''Drames du Cinema'' in 1923. Plot In a villa close to Genoa, a man says goodbye to his wife and young son. He is going to spend one day and one night in the city to take leave of a friend embarking on a boat. An older woman arrives, who had lived many years before in that house. She asks for permission to see again the house and the park. The husband invites her to spend the night. While he is upstairs packing, a young man hides a letter under the staircase leading to the house. Once the husband has left, his wife retrieves the letter, it is a message from her lover insisting that she should leave her house and elope with him. The older woman watches her from the window of her bedroom while she reads the letter. A moment later, she goes to the young woman's bedroom and sees that she is packing. She tells he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Delluc
Louis Delluc (; 14 October 1890 – 22 March 1924) was an Impressionist French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Biography Delluc was born in Cadouin in 1890. His family moved to Paris in 1903. After graduating from the university, he became a literary critic. During the First World War, he was married to the Belgian actress Ève Francis, who acted in many of his films. In 1917, Delluc began his career in film criticism. He went on to edit ''Le Journal du Ciné-club'' and ''Cinéa'', establish film societies, and direct seven films. He was one of the early Impressionist filmmakers, along with Abel Gance, Germaine Dulac Germaine Dulac (; born Charlotte Elisabeth Germaine Saisset-Schneider; 17 November 1882 – 20 July 1942)Flitterman-Lewis 1996 was a French filmmaker, film theorist, journalist and critic. She was born in Amiens and moved to Paris in early chil ..., Marcel L'Herbier, and Jean Epstein. His films are notable for their focus on ordinary events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ève Francis
Ève Francis (born Eva Louise François; 20 August 1886 – 6 December 1980) was an actress and film-maker. She was born in Belgium but spent most of her career in France. She became closely associated with the writer Paul Claudel, and she was married to the critic and film-maker Louis Delluc. Career Ève Francis was born Eva Louise François at Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in Belgium. After completing her secondary education in Belgium, she embarked on a career as an actress and began working in the theatre in Paris in 1913. In 1914 she was introduced to the author Paul Claudel who chose her for the leading role in the first Paris production of his play ''L'Otage''. Although only a few performances were given, the play was well received in literary and artistic circles and her reputation was established. Her long-lasting association with Claudel was at times personal as well as artistic, and in later years she described him as the most extraordinary person she had known and the dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Karl
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is ''Rodger''. Slang and other uses Roger is also a short version of the term "Jolly Roger", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double enten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Wiener
Jean Wiener (or Wiéner) (19 March 1896, 14th arrondissement of Paris – 8 June 1982, Paris) was a French pianist and composer. Life Wiener was trained at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied alongside Darius Milhaud, and worked with Erik Satie. He then embarked on a career as concert impresario, composer and pianist. He was the house pianist at the ''Gaya'' bar, and later at '' Le Boeuf sur le Toit''. In 1924, a chance encounter with Clement Doucet (who succeeded him at Le Boeuf) brought him into the world of popular music. Already a jazz enthusiast, Wiener found fame with Doucet in the music hall s of Europe as a piano duo,Jean-Pierre Thiollet, ''88 notes pour piano solo'', « Solo de duo », Neva Editions, 2015, p.97. under the name ''"Wiener et Doucet"'' in which they performed classical music, hot dance and jazz. The two friends recorded many duos between 1925 and 1937. After the end of the war in 1945, Wiener devoted himself fully to composition, notably fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Daven
André Daven (1900–1981) was a French film producer, actor and director. In the mid-1920s he was the artistic director of the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris when Josephine Baker was hired to appear there.Nichols p.123 During the German occupation of France during the Second World War he went to the United States where he produced four films. He was married to the actress Danièle Parola. Selected filmography Actor * ''La Femme de nulle part'' (1922) * ''Don Juan et Faust'' (1922) * '' The Courier of Lyon'' (1923) * '' Monsieur Beaucaire'' (1924) Producer or director * ''Baccara'' (1933) * ''Adventure in Paris'' (1936) * '' Under Western Eyes'' (1936) * ''Gribouille'' (1937) * '' Orage'' (1938) * '' Tonight We Raid Calais'' (1943) * '' Paris After Dark'' (1943) * '' Home in Indiana'' (1944) * ''Nob Hill'' (1945) * ''Marianne of My Youth'' (1955) * ''The Grand Maneuver'' (1955) * '' Gates of Paris'' (1957) * ''That Night ''That Night'' (originally titled ''One Hot Summ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Duran
Michel Duran, pen name of Michel Joseph Durand (22 April 1900, in Lyon – 18 February 1994, in Rambouillet) was a French actor, author, dialoguist and screenwriter. He was the son of Michel Jacques Durand and Marie Exbrayat.Archives municipales de Lyon en ligne, acte de naissance 2 E 1904, vue 22/244, acte 320 On 14 June 1940 he married Marie Thérèse Henriette Théodora Besnard, granddaughter of the painter Albert Besnard but they hd no child. Television * 1964: ', televised musical comedy by Henri Spade (screenwriter) * 1968: ' : ''Boléro'', mise-en-scène Alfred Pasquali, directed by Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny * 1969: ''Au théâtre ce soir'' : ''La mariée est trop belle'' by Michel Duran, mise-en-scène Jacques Mauclair, directed by Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny * 1972: ''Au théâtre ce soir'' : ''Faites-moi confiance'', mise-en-scène Alfred Pasquali] directed by Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny * 1977: ''Au théâtre ce soir'' : ''Bonne Chance Denis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 Films
The following is an overview of 1922 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top nine films released in 1922 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events * June 11 – United States première of Robert J. Flaherty's ''Nanook of the North'', the first commercially successful feature length documentary film. * November 26 – '' The Toll of the Sea'', starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (''The Gulf Between'' was the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed). Notable films released in 1922 United States unless stated A *''At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern'' (lost), directed by Lloyd Ingraham, based on the 1905 novel by Myrtle Reed B *''The Bachelor Daddy'' (lost), directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Thomas Meighan *''The Beautiful and Damned'' (lost), directed by William A. Seiter, starring Marie Prevost * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Black-and-white Films
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
