|
La Garçonne (1936 Film)
''La Garçonne'' (''The Bachelor Girl'' or ''The Flapper'') is a 1936 French black-and-white film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Victor Margueritte. It was directed by Jean de Limur and starred Marie Bell (in the title role), Arletty and Edith Piaf. Plot The eponymous ''garçonne'' or flapper is Monique Lerbier, an emancipated French woman who leaves home to escape a marriage of convenience to a man she does not love which her parents have forced on her. She then falls into all sorts of carnal temptations and artificial pleasures previously unknown to her. These include her being seduced into a lesbian love affair by a chanteuse character (played by Edith Piaf), ensuring the film became a succès de scandale. Another actress in the film, Arletty, said of it: Cast * Marie Bell : Monique Lerbier * Arletty : Niquette * Henri Rollan : Régis Boisselot * Maurice Escande : Lucien Vigneret * Jaque Catelain : Georges Blanchet * Pierre Etchepare : Plombino * Philippe Hers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Bell
Marie Bell (23 December 1900 – 14 August 1985), born Marie-Jeanne Bellon-Downey, was a French tragedian, comic actor and stage director. She was the director of the Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris from 1962 onwards, and this theatre now bears her name. Early life Marie Bell was born on 23 December 1900 in Bègles near Bordeaux (France). With her Irish father, she spent her childhood between Bordeaux and England. Career Bell was a classical actress. She also appeared in avant-garde theatre, Jean Genet in particular. Her interpretation of the role of Phèdre is highly noted : "Voir Marie Bell dans Phèdre est une chance unique pour quiconque veut savoir ce qu'est le génie français." André Malraux During the German Occupation of France (1940–1944), she participated in the French resistance as one of nine directors of the Front national du théâtre. She was awarded the decoration of the Légion d'honneur by President Charles de Gaulle. Personal life Bell married Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaque Catelain
Jaque Catelain (9 February 1897 – 5 March 1965) was a French actor who came to prominence in silent films of the 1920s, and who continued acting in films and on stage until the 1950s. He also wrote and directed two silent films himself, and he was a capable artist and musician. He had a close association with the director Marcel L'Herbier. (He was born as Jacques Guérin-Castelain; other variations of his name used at different times were Jaque-Catelain, Jacques Catelain, Jacques Catelin, and Jacque Cathelain.) Early life Jaque Catelain was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the Pavillon Henri IV (he was said to have been born in the same room as Louis XIV). His father was then the mayor of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and also moved in literary and theatrical circles, which allowed the young Jacques to encounter many famous names in his childhood, including Catulle Mendès, Anatole France, Sarah Bernhardt, and Gabrielle Réjane. He showed early enthusiasm for the arts and music, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Editor
Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. The film editor works with raw footage, selecting shots and combining them into sequences which create a finished motion picture. Film editing is described as an art or skill, the only art that is unique to cinema, separating filmmaking from other art forms that preceded it, although there are close parallels to the editing process in other art forms such as poetry and novel writing. Film editing is often referred to as the "invisible art" because when it is well-practiced, the viewer can become so engaged that they are not aware of the editor's work. On its most fundamental level, film editing is the art, technique and practice of assembling shots into a coherent sequence. The job of an editor is not simply to mechanically put pieces of a film togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song
A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetition and variation of sections. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally "by ear" are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers, and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical compose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groupe Flammarion
Groupe Flammarion () is a French publishing group, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by Ernest Flammarion, as well as units in distribution, sales, printing and bookshops (La Hune and Flammarion Center). Flammarion became part of the Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup in 2000. Éditions Gallimard acquired Flammarion from RCS MediaGroup in 2012. Subsidiaries include Casterman. Its headquarters in Paris are in the building that was the former Café Voltaire (named in honour of the writer and philosopher Voltaire), located on the Place de l'Odeon in the current 6th arrondissement of Paris. Flammarion is a subsidiary of Groupe Madrigall, the third largest French publishing group. History Ernest Flammarion successfully launched his family publishing venture in 1875 with the ''Treaty of Popular Astronomy'' of his brother, the astronomer Camille Flammarion. The firm published Émile Zola, Maupassant, and Jules Renard, as well as Hector Malot, Cole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Marken
Jane Marken (born Jeanne Berthe Adolphine Crabbe, sometimes credited as Jeanne Marken, 13 January 1895 in Paris 10th arrondissement – 1 December 1976 in Paris 4th arrondissement) was a French actress. She was the first wife of the actor Jules Berry. Marken began her film career under the aegis of Abel Gance in 1915. She made several films with Marcel Carné including ''Hotel du Nord'' (1938), and as Madame Hermine, the hotelier (a comic role) in ''Les Enfants du Paradis'' (''Children of Paradise'', 1945). She also appeared in films of Julien Duvivier, Jacques Becker, Sacha Guitry, Renoir's ''Partie de campagne'' (''A Day in the Country'' 1936), Yves Allégret's ''Une si jolie petite plage'' (1949) and '' Manèges'' (1950), '' Dr. Knock'' (1951), ''The Turkey'' (1951), and in Roger Vadim's '' And God Created Woman'' (1956). Her last appearance was in ''L'Humeur vagabonde'' (1971), directed by Édouard Luntz. Selected filmography * ''Fioritures'' (1916) - Anny Dorleville * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junie Astor
Rolande Jeanne Risterucci (1911–1967), better known as Junie Astor, was a French actress. Selected filmography * ''Stradivarius'' (1935) * ''The Lower Depths'' (1936) * ''Women's Club'' (1936) * ''Excursion Train'' (1936) * ''27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) * ''Culprit'' (1937) * ''Adrienne Lecouvreur'' (1938) * ''Entente cordiale'' (1939) * ''Latin Quarter'' (1939) * ''The Carnival of Venice'' (1939) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (1945) * ''Secret Cargo'' (1947) * ''Du Guesclin'' (1949) * ''A Certain Mister'' (1950) * ''The Beautiful Image'' (1951) * '' Guilty?'' (1951) * '' Service Entrance'' (1954) * ''Mademoiselle Strip-tease'' (1957) * ''Isabelle Is Afraid of Men'' (1957) * ''Interpol Against X'' (1960) * ''Business'' (1960) * ''The Man from Interpol ''Man from Interpol'' is a 1960 TV series produced by The Danzigers. The NBC series was filmed in England and the music was scored by jazz musician Tony Crombie. Premise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelle Géniat
Marcelle Géniat (1881-1959) was a French film actress.Goble p. 121 She was born Eugénie Pauline Martin in St. Petersburg, Russia, to French parents. Partial filmography * ''Le retour du passé'' (1916) * ''L'imprévu'' (1917) - Hélène Ravenel * ''Serments'' (1931) - La baronne de Murnau * ''La fusée'' (1933) - Marie Girbal * ''Quelqu'un a tué...'' (1933) * ''Le billet de mille'' (1935) - La rôdeuse * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1935) - Madame Raskolnikov * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1935) - La Chouette * ''The Green Domino'' (1935) - Mme de Fallec * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) - Tante Sylvestre * ''They Were Five'' (1936) - La grand' mère * ''La joueuse d'orgue'' (1936) - Véronique * ''The Man of the Hour'' (1937) - Alphonsine Boulard - la mère d'Alfred * ''La Glu'' (1938) - Marie des Anges * ''The Strange Monsieur Victor'' (1938) - La mère de Victor * ''Satan's Paradise'' (1938) - La marquise d'Amaral * ''Crossroads'' (1938) - Mme. Pelletier * ''Le révolté'' (1938) - L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Tissier
Jean Tissier (1896–1973) was a French stage, film and television actor.Goble p.440 A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career. He was married to the actress Georgette Tissier. Selected filmography * ''A Rare Bird'' (1935) * '' Return to Paradise'' (1935) * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * '' Nitchevo'' (1936) * '' The Bureaucrats'' (1936) * ''The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937) * '' Sarati the Terrible'' (1937) * '' Hercule'' (1938) * '' Crossroads'' (1938) * '' Alert in the Mediterranean'' (1938) * '' I Was an Adventuress'' (1938) * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) * ''Whirlwind of Paris'' (1939) * ''Latin Quarter'' (1939) * ''Night in December'' (1940) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''Romance of Paris'' (1941) * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) * '' The Acrobat'' (1941) * '' The Murderer Lives at Number 21'' (1942) * '' At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) * ''Adrien'' (1943) * '' The Black Cavalier'' (1945) * ''The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzy Solidor
Suzy Solidor (18 December 1900 – 30 March 1983) was a French singer and actress, appearing in films such as '' La Garçonne''. Suzy Solidor was born Suzanne Louise Marie Marion in 1900 in the Pie district of Saint-Servan-sur-Mer in Brittany, France. She was the daughter of Louise Marie Adeline Marion, a 28-year-old single mother. In 1907 she became Suzy Rocher when her mother married Eugène Prudent Rocher. She later changed her name to Suzy Solidor when she moved to Paris in the late 1920s, taking the name from a district of Saint-Servan in which she had lived. Early in 1930, she became a popular singer and opened a chic nightclub called La Vie Parisienne. She was openly lesbian. One of the singer’s most famous publicity stunts was to become known as the “most painted woman in the world”. She posed for some of the most celebrated artists of the day including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Raoul Dufy, Tamara de Lempicka, Marie Laurencin, Francis Picabia and Kees van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanda Gréville
Vanda Gréville (born Wanda MacEwan; 10 January 190826 December 1997) was a British film actress who mainly appeared in French productions.Driskell p.84 She was the wife of the Anglo-French director Edmond T. Gréville. Selected filmography * '' A Gentleman of Paris'' (1931) * '' Le Bal'' (1931) * ''Le Million'' (1931) * ''The Train of Suicides'' (1931) * ''Ebb Tide Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide tabl ...'' (1932) * '' A Gentleman of the Ring'' (1932) * '' Gold in the Street'' (1934) * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) * '' A Woman in the Night'' (1943) References Bibliography * Jonathan Driskell. ''The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom and the Modern Woman in 1930s France''. I.B.Tauris, 2015. External links * 1908 births 1997 deaths British film actresses Actresse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelle Praince
Marcelle Praince (9 June 1882 – 26 October 1969) was a French actress. Praince was born Célestine Cardi in Vigeois, Corrèze, France and died in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines. Selected filmography * '' Should We Wed Them?'' (1932) * ''The Red Robe'' (1933) * '' Sapho'' (1934) * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) * '' Parisian Life'' (1936) * ''The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * ''White Cargo'' (1937) * '' Entence Cordiale'' (1939) * ''The Fatted Calf'' (1939) * ''A Cage of Nightingales'' (1945) * '' Father Goriot'' (1945) * ''Captain Blomet'' (1947) * '' The Three Cousins'' (1947) * '' The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain'' (1947) * ''Dilemma of Two Angels'' (1948) * ''The Cupid Club'' (1949) * ''Doctor Laennec'' (1949) * ''The Girl from Maxim's'' (1950) * '' Darling Caroline'' (1951) * ''Two Pennies Worth of Violets'' (1951) * '' Matrimonial Agency'' (1952) * ''Madame du Barry'' (1954) * ''Chaque jour a son secret ''Chaque jour a son secret'' ( en, Every Day Has Its Secret) is a French t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
