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Les Films Corona
Les Films Corona was a French film distribution company based in Paris. Active between the 1930s and the 1970s, it also took part in film production during its later years under the guidance of Robert Dorfmann. It enjoyed its greatest success in the postwar era. Many of its films such as 1968's ''Mayerling'' were co-productions.Goble p.16 Selected filmography * ''François Villon'' (1945) * '' Bethsabée'' (1947) * ''Crossroads of Passion'' (1948) * ''Woman Without a Past'' (1948) * ''Mademoiselle Has Fun'' (1948) *''Manon'' (1949) * ''Une si jolie petite plage'' (1949) * ''Five Red Tulips'' (1949) * ''At the Grand Balcony'' (1949) * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1949) * ''The Lovers Of Verona'' (1949) * ''Thus Finishes the Night'' (1949) * '' Miquette'' (1950) * ''A Man Walks in the City'' (1950) * ''We Will All Go to Paris'' (1950) * ''Bed for Two; Rendezvous with Luck'' (1950) * ''The Chocolate Girl'' (1950) * ''Beauty and the Devil'' (1950) * ''The Glass Castle'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Films Corona
Les Films Corona was a French film distribution company based in Paris. Active between the 1930s and the 1970s, it also took part in film production during its later years under the guidance of Robert Dorfmann. It enjoyed its greatest success in the postwar era. Many of its films such as 1968's ''Mayerling'' were co-productions.Goble p.16 Selected filmography * ''François Villon'' (1945) * '' Bethsabée'' (1947) * ''Crossroads of Passion'' (1948) * ''Woman Without a Past'' (1948) * ''Mademoiselle Has Fun'' (1948) *''Manon'' (1949) * ''Une si jolie petite plage'' (1949) * ''Five Red Tulips'' (1949) * ''At the Grand Balcony'' (1949) * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1949) * ''The Lovers Of Verona'' (1949) * ''Thus Finishes the Night'' (1949) * '' Miquette'' (1950) * ''A Man Walks in the City'' (1950) * ''We Will All Go to Paris'' (1950) * ''Bed for Two; Rendezvous with Luck'' (1950) * ''The Chocolate Girl'' (1950) * ''Beauty and the Devil'' (1950) * ''The Glass Castle'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thus Finishes The Night
''Thus Finishes the Night'' (French: ''Ainsi finit la nuit'') is a 1949 French drama film directed by Emil E. Reinert and starring Anne Vernon, Claude Dauphin and Henri Guisol.Rège p.540 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. Synopsis A woman begins an affair with a concert pianist. Cast * Anne Vernon as Catherine Beryl * Claude Dauphin as Le pianiste André Fuger * Henri Guisol as Le procureur Georges Beryl * Katherine Kath as Une voyageuse * André Versini as Le commis-voyageur Guy Moret * Albert Duvaleix as Prunier - le concierge du théâtre * Gilberte Géniat as Jeannette * Mona Dol as La mère de Catherine * Albert Michel as Le contrôleur * Hennery as Ernest * Léon Pauléon 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Games
''Forbidden Games'' (french: Jeux interdits) is a 1952 French war drama film directed by René Clément and based on François Boyer's novel ''Jeux Interdits''. While not initially successful in France, the film was a hit elsewhere. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, a Special Award as Best Foreign Language Film in the United States, and a Best Film from any Source at the British Academy Film Awards. Plot It is June 1940, during the Battle of France. After five-year-old Paulette's parents and pet dog die in a German air attack on a column of refugees fleeing Paris, the traumatized child meets 10-year-old Michel Dollé whose peasant family takes her in. She quickly becomes attached to Michel. The two attempt to cope with the death and destruction that surrounds them by secretly building a small cemetery among the ruins of an abandoned watermill, where they bury her dog and start to bury other animals, marking their graves with crosses stolen from a local grav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matrimonial Agency (1952 Film)
''Matrimonial Agency'' (French: ''Agence matrimoniale'') is a 1952 French comedy drama film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois, written by Jean-Paul Le Chanois, and starring Bernard Blier and Louis de Funès.The A to Z of French Cinema p.241 The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. Plot An average man inherits a marriage agency. He isn't prepared in any way to deal with this situation but step by step he lives up to the expectations. Partial cast *Bernard Blier as Noël Pailleret (the modest bank clerk) *Louis de Funès as Monsieur Charles *Michèle Alfa as Gilberte Jolivet *Julien Carette as Jérôme *Jean-Pierre Grenier as Jacques *Yolande Laffon as Madame Pailleret (Noël's mother) *Anne Campion as Viviane Galey *Marcelle Praince as Madame Martin *Pierre Mondy Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Turkey (film)
''The Turkey'' (French: ''Le Dindon'') is a 1951 French period comedy film directed by Claude Barma and starring Nadine Alari, Jacqueline Pierreux and Denise Provence. It is an adaptation of Georges Feydeau's 1896 play '' Le Dindon'' (''The Turkey'' or ''Sauce for the Goose''). It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Henri Schmitt. Synopsis In Paris during the Belle Epoque, Monsieur Pontagnac loves his wife but also has a wandering eye that gets him into trouble. This happens particularly when he becomes entangled with Lucienne Vatelin, the wife of a lawyer. A variety of other characters have various suspicions and intrigue and all gather at the same hotel with farcical results. Cast * Nadine Alari as Lucienne Vatelin, the notary's wife * Jacqueline Pierreux as Armandine * Denise Provence as Clotilde Pontagnac * Gisèle Préville as Maggy Pacarel * Jane Marken as Mrs Pinchard * Louis Seigner as Mr Pinchard * Jacques Charon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures Of Captain Fabian
''Adventures of Captain Fabian'' or ''Adventure in New Orleans'' is a 1951 American adventure film directed by William Marshall and starring Errol Flynn, Micheline Presle, Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead and Victor Francen. Plot George Brissac owns a large country mansion in old New Orleans in 1860. He is engaged but is having an affair with a French Creole girl Lea, a maid in his household who has a gypsy aunt, Jezebel. George stands to inherit the estate from his childless uncle as long he keeps out of trouble. One day when he is out the maid throws a huge party in his house and everyone gets drunk. One male admirer is rebuffed. When George returns he kisses her and angers her admirer. A fight ensues and George is briefly knocked out. The admirer tries to kiss the girl and she hits him repeatedly on the head with George's cane and kills him. George decides to fabricate a story to keep out of any blame, and lies when the girl goes on trial for murder. Meanwhile Captain Fabian r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Without Leaving An Address
''Without Leaving an Address'' (french: ...Sans laisser d'adresse) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois. At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Douy and Serge Piménoff. Plot Thérèse has a child but the father left her without leaving an address. She hires taxi driver Émile to find her lover in Paris. Cast * Bernard Blier as Émile Gauthier * Danièle Delorme as Thérèse Ravenaz * Pierre Trabaud as Gaston * Arlette Marchal as Madame Forestier * Pierre Mondy as Forestier's friend * Juliette Gréco as the singer * Paul Ville as Victor (the agitated driver) * Yvette Etiévant as Adrienne Gauthier (Émile's wife) * Sophie Leclair as Raymonde (Gaston's girl-friend) * Gérard Oury as a journalist * France Roche as Catherine * Julien Carette as the craftsman * Colette Régis as a difficult female customer * Sylvain as a difficult customer * Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Marie Du Port
''La Marie du port'' (Marie of the Port) is a 1950 French romantic drama film directed by Marcel Carné. The screenplay was written by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes and Jacques Prévert, based on a novel by Georges Simenon. The music score is by Joseph Kosma and the cinematography by Henri Alekan. It was filmed on location in Cherbourg, Normandy, France. Plot Henri, owner of a busy brasserie and cinema in Cherbourg, takes the easy-going Odile who lives with him to the funeral of her father in Port-en-Bessin. The two are bored with each other. He waits for her in a café where he is taken with a new waitress called Marie, unaware that she is Odile's tough little sister. He buys an old trawler in Port-en-Bessin, which he visits often to oversee its restoration and to pursue Marie. She has a young admirer called Marcel who gets drunk and is knocked down by Henri's car. Henri takes the lad to his apartment in Cherbourg, where Odile can look after him. One day the provocative Marie tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glass Castle (1950 Film)
''The Glass Castle'' (French: ''Le Château de verre'') is a 1950 French romantic drama film directed by René Clément who co-wrote the screenplay with Gian Bistolfi and Pierre Bost, based on the 1935 novel ''Das große Einmaleins'' by Vicki Baum. The film stars Michèle Morgan and Jean Marais, Jean Servais (French version), Fosco Giachetti (Italian version) and Elisa Cegani. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq. Main characters *Michèle Morgan as Evelyne Lorin-Bertal *Jean Marais as Rémy Marsay *Jean Servais as Laurent Bertal (French version) *Fosco Giachetti as Laurent Bertal (Italian version) *Elisa Cegani as Eléna *Elina Labourdette as Marion *Giovanna Galletti as Louise Morel - l'accusée *André Carnège as Le secrétaire *Roger Dalphin as Marcel *Albert Michel as Le charmeur d'oiseaux *Colette Régis Colette Régis (1893–1978) was a French film actress.Hayward p.280 Selected filmography * ''Rasputin'' (1938) - Une r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty And The Devil
''La Beauté du diable'' (literally "the beauty of the devil"; originally released in the UK and USA as ''Beauty and the Devil'') is a 1950 Franco-Italian fantasy film drama directed by René Clair. A tragicomedy set in the early 19th century, it is about an ageing alchemist, Henri Faust, who is given the chance to be eternally young by the devil Mephistopheles. It is loosely adapted from the classic early 19th-century verse play ''Faust'' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Cast *Michel Simon as Mephistopheles / Old Professor Henri Faust *Gérard Philipe as Young Henri Faust / Young-looking Mephistopheles * Nicole Besnard as Marguerite, the gypsy girl *Raymond Cordy as Antoine, the servant *Simone Valère as La Princesse *Carlo Ninchi as Le Prince *Gaston Modot as Gypsy *Tullio Carminati as Diplomat *Paolo Stoppa as Official Release and reception In 2013, the Cohen Film Collection released the ''Beauty and the Devil'' on DVD and Blu-ray. Besides the film, which was recon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chocolate Girl (1950 Film)
''The Chocolate Girl'' (French: ''La petite chocolatière'') is a 1950 French musical comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Giselle Pascal, Claude Dauphin and Henri Genès. It is based on a play by Paul Gavault. An earlier adaptation ''The Chocolate Girl'' was released in 1932.Goble p.176 It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The art director Raymond Nègre designed the film's sets. Main cast * Giselle Pascal as Benjamine Lapistolle * Claude Dauphin as Paul Normand * Henri Genès as Félicien Bédarride * Jeannette Batti as Rosette * Bernard Lajarrige as Raoul Pinglet * Georges Lannes as Lapistolle * Henri Crémieux as Mingassol * Paulette Dubost as Julie * Charles Bouillaud as Le maître d'hôtel * Max Elloy as Le garçon * Colette Georges as Simone * Jean Hébey as Le fêtard * Gaston Orbal Gaston Orbal (1898–1983) was a French stage and film actor.Lorcey p.244 Selected filmography * '' Dédé'' (1935) * ''Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bed For Two; Rendezvous With Luck
''Bed for Two; Rendezvous with Luck'' (french: Rendez-vous avec la chance), is a French comedy film from 1950, directed by Emil-Edwin Reinert, written by André-Paul Antoine, and starring Henri Guisol. The film features Louis de Funès. It is based on Gilles Dupé's novel "Le lit à deux places". Cast * Danielle Delorme: Michèle * Henri Guisol: Robert Bobin * Suzanne Flon: Blanche Pidoux-Bobin * Jean Brochard: Mr. Gauffre * Louis de Funès: the waiter * Dora Doll : Miss Paulette * Geneviève Morel: Misses Justin, the concierge * Georges Paulais Georges Paulais (16 September 1884 – 12 December 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born in Guimps, Charente, France and died in Chabanais, Charente, France. Selected filmograph ...: inspector References External links * Rendez-vous avec la chance (1950)at the ''Films de France'' Rendez-vous avec la chance (1950)at ''Unifrance films'' at the ''Cinema frança ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |