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Le Monocle Rit Jaune
''The Monocle Laughs'' or ''The Monocle'' (French: ''Le monocle rit jaune'', Italian:''L'ispettore spara a vista'') is a 1964 French-Italian comedy thriller film directed by Georges Lautner and starring Paul Meurisse, Marcel Dalio and Olivier Despax.Rège p.601 It is the third in a trilogy of films directed by Lautner and starring Meurisse. It is preceded by ''The Black Monocle'' (1961) and '' The Eye of the Monocle'' (1962). Cast * Paul Meurisse as Le commandant Théobald Dromard dit'Le Monocle' * Marcel Dalio as Elie Mayerfitsky * Olivier Despax as Frédéric * Edward Meeks as Major Sidney * Henri Nassiet as The Colonel * Pierre Richard as Bergourian * Michel Duplaix as The Colonel's Assistant * Renée Saint-Cyr as Madame Hui * Holley Wong as Inspector Hui * Cheng-Liang Kwan as Li * Lily Hong-Kong as Cora * Robert Dalban as Poussin * Barbara Steele as Valérie * Marcel Bernier as The Colonel's Man * Guy Henry * Raymond Meunier as The Interviewer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Lautner
Georges Lautner (; 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard. Lautner's ventures into other genres were less successful though the thriller Le Professionnel starring Jean-Paul Belmondo was a big commercial hit in France in 1981. He was born in Nice, the son of actress Renée Saint-Cyr. Biography Career Filmography As director * 1958: ''La Môme aux boutons'' * 1960: '' Arrêtez les tambours'' * 1960: ' * 1961: '' Le Monocle noir'' * 1962: '' Le Septième juré'' * 1962: '' En plein cirage'' * 1962: '' L'Œil du Monocle'' * 1963: '' Les Tontons flingueurs'' * 1964: ''Salad by the Roots'' * 1964: ''Le Monocle rit jaune'' * 1964: ''Les Barbouzes'' * 1965: '' Les Bons Vivants'', co-directed with Gilles Grangier * 1966: ' * 1966: ' * 1967: ' * 1968: ' * 1968: ' * 1971: ''Road to Salina'' * 1971: ' * 1972: ' * 1973: ' * 1973: '' Quelques m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renée Saint-Cyr
Renée Saint-Cyr (; 16 November 1904 – 11 July 2004) was a French actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1933 and 1994. She was the mother of Georges Lautner, who also achieved fame in the film business, albeit as a director. Selected filmography * '' The Two Orphans'' (1933) - Henriette * '' Toto'' (1933) - Ginette * ''D'amour et d'eau fraîche'' (1933) - Colette * ''Incognito'' (1934) * ''Une fois dans la vie'' (1934) - Lili * ''Arlette et ses papas'' (1934) - Arlette * ''The Last Billionaire'' (1934) - Princess Isabelle * ''Le billet de mille'' (1935) - Gisèle, la vendeuse * '' School for Coquettes'' (1935) - Ginette * '' Royal Waltz'' (1936) - Thérèse Tomasoni * ''Les pattes de mouche'' (1936) - Suzanne * ''Valse éternelle'' (1936) - Marie-Claire * ''Donogoo Tonka'' (1936) - Josette * ''Les loups entre eux'' (1936) - Nicole Servigne * ''27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) - Gloria Grand * ''Paris'' (1937) - Jeanne 'Biche' Lafortune * ''Trois... six... neuf'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960s Comedy Thriller Films
Year 196 (Roman numerals, CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Ancient Rome, Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus (title), Augustus by his Roman army, army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britannia, Britain is partially destroyed. China * First yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Comedy Thriller Films
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Italian Comedy Thriller Films
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1964 Films
The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including three highly successful musical films, ''Mary Poppins,'' '' My Fair Lady,'' and ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'' Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1964 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – 50-year-old actor Alan Ladd is found dead in bed at his home in Palm Springs, California. An autopsy confirms the cause of death as cerebral edema caused by an acute overdose of "alcohol and three other drugs" His death is ruled accidental. Ladd's final film, '' The Carpetbaggers'', is released in April and, despite mostly negative reviews from critics, becomes a major commercial success. * March 6 – Elvis Presley's 14th motion picture, '' Kissin' Cousins'', is released to theaters. * March 15 - Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton. * July 6 – '' A Hard Day's Night'', the first Beatles film, premieres. * August 27 – The film ''Mary Poppins'' is released. Not o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lino Ventura
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian actor who grew up in France and starred in many French films. Born in Italy, he was raised in Paris by his mother. After a first career as a professional wrestler was ended by injury, he was offered a part as a gang boss in the Jacques Becker film ''Touchez pas au grisbi'' (1954) and rapidly became one of France's favourite film actors, playing opposite many other great stars and working with such leading directors as Louis Malle, Claude Sautet, and Claude Miller. Usually portraying a tough man, either a criminal or a cop, he also featured as a leader of the Resistance in the Jean-Pierre Melville directed ''Army of Shadows'' (''L'armée des ombres'', 1969). After one of his four children, a daughter, was born handicapped, he and his wife founded a charity Perce-Neige (Snowdrop) which aids disabled children and their parents. He was voted 23rd in a poll for the 100 gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Meunier
Raymond Meunier (15 January 1920 – 17 June 2010) was a French actor.Un artiste s'en est allé', orbituary in sudouest.fr 22/06/2010 He appeared in more than thirty films from 1947 to 2005. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Meunier, Raymond 1920 births 2010 deaths People from Fontainebleau French male film actors French male television actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Henry (French Actor)
Guy Henry may refer to: *Guy Vernor Henry (1839–1899), military officer and Governor of Puerto Rico *Guy Henry (equestrian) (1875–1967), American Olympic equestrian *Guy Henry (actor) Guy Henry (born 17 October 1960) is an English actor whose roles include Henrik Hanssen in ''Holby City'', Pius Thicknesse in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' and '' Part 2'', Gaius Cassius Longinus in ''Rome'' and Grand Mof ... (born 1960), British stage and screen actor See also * Henry Guy (other) {{hndis, name=Henry, Guy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Bernier
Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian striker * Marcel (footballer, born 1983), Marcel Silva Cardoso, Brazilian left back * Marcel (footballer, born 1992), Marcel Henrique Garcia Alves Pereira, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (singer), American country music singer * Étienne Marcel (died 1358), provost of merchants of Paris * Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), French philosopher, Christian existentialist and playwright * Jean Marcel (died 1980), Madagascan Anglican bishop * Jean-Jacques Marcel (1931–2014), French football player * Rosie Marcel (born 1977), English actor * Sylvain Marcel (born 1974), Canadian actor * Terry Marcel Terry Marcel (born 10 June 1942, Oxford, England) is a British film director, perhaps best known for the cult film ''Hawk the Slayer'' (1980) which he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Steele
Barbara Steele (born 29 December 1937) is an English film actress known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. She has been referred to as the "Queen of All Scream Queens" and "Britain's first lady of horror". She played the dual role of Asa and Katia Vajda in Mario Bava's landmark film '' Black Sunday'' (1960), and starred in ''The Pit and the Pendulum'' (1961), (1962), (1964), and ''Castle of Blood'' (1964). Additionally, Steele had supporting roles in Federico Fellini's ''8½'' (1963), David Cronenberg's '' Shivers'' (1975), and Louis Malle's ''Pretty Baby'' (1978), and appeared on television in the 1991 TV series ''Dark Shadows''. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for producing the American television miniseries ''War and Remembrance'' (1988–1989). Steele appeared in several films in the 2010s, including a lead role in ''The Butterfly Room'' (2012) and supporting role in Ryan Gosling's '' Lost River'' (2014). Early life Steele was born in Birkenhead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Dalban
Robert Dalban (born Gaston Barré; 19 July 1903, in Celles-sur-Belle, Deux-Sèvres – 3 April 1987, in Paris) was a French actor. His work included stage acting, roles in TV shows and dubbing American stars. Moreover, he was a fixture in French cinema for many decades. Selected filmography *1934: ''Gold in the Street'' (by Curtis Bernhardt) - L'homme à la gare (uncredited) *1937: ''Passeurs d'hommes'' *1939: '' Deuxième bureau contre Kommandantur'' (by René Jayet et Robert Bibal) - Un officier allemand *1945: '' Boule de suif'' by Christian-Jaque : Prussian man called Oskar *1945: '' The Last Judgment'' *1947: ''Quai des Orfèvres'' by Henri-Georges Clouzot : car thief Paulo *1947: ''Les jeux sont faits'' by Jean Delannoy : Georges' *1949: ''Berlin Express'' by Jacques Tourneur : chief of the French secret service' *1949: '' Manon'' by Henri-Georges Clouzot : hotel keeper *1949: ''The Walls of Malapaga'' by René Clément : mariner *1950: ''A Man Walks in the City'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
