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Léon Larive
Léon François Larive (28 June 1886 – 20 July 1961) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1923 and 1961. Selected filmography * ''Two Timid Souls'' (1928) * ''The Great Passion'' (1928) * ''La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc'' (1928) * '' The Wonderful Day'' (1929) * ''All That's Not Worth Love'' (1931) * ''Zero for Conduct'' (1933) * ''Casanova'' (1934) * ''The Typist Gets Married'' (1934) * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) *''Bach the Detective'' (1936) * ''Girls of Paris'' (1936) * ''The Tale of the Fox'' (1937) * ''Claudine at School'' (1937) * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) * ''The Novel of Werther'' (1938) * ''Rasputin'' (1938) * ''The Train for Venice'' (1938) * ''The Rules of the Game'' (1939) * '' The White Slave'' (1939) * ''Sacred Woods'' (1939) * ''Cristobal's Gold'' (1940) * '' Strange Inheritance'' (1943) * '' The Bellman'' (1945) * ''François Villon'' (1945) * ''Return to Life'' (1949) * '' Doctor Laennec'' (1949) * ''The Voyage to America'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Train For Venice
''The Train for Venice'' (french: Le train pour Venise) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Max Dearly, Huguette Duflos and Victor Boucher. It is based on the 1937 play of the same title written by Louis Verneuil and Georges Berr.Goble p.39 Three years later an American adaptation of the play, '' My Life with Caroline'', was produced starring Ronald Colman and Anna Lee. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. Cast * Max Dearly as Chardonne * Victor Boucher as Etienne de Boisrobert * Huguette Duflos as Caroline Ancelot * Claire Olivier as Suzanne * Louis Verneuil as Michel Ancelot * Pierre Etchepare as d'Aubigny * Madeleine Suffel as Berthe * Roger Vieuille as Amédée * Georges Douking as Le barman * Robert Ralphy The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, London. * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Get Back To Kandara
''I'll Get Back to Kandara'' (French: ''Je reviendrai à Kandara'') is a 1956 French drama film directed by Victor Vicas and starring François Périer, Daniel Gélin and Bella Darvi.Rège p.240 The film's art direction was by Raymond Gabutti. Cast * François Périer as André Barret * Daniel Gélin as Bernard Cormière * Bella Darvi as Pascale Barret * Jean Brochard as Le juge d'instruction * Julien Carette as Grindel * André Valmy as Rudeau * Julien Verdier as Lachaume * Guy Tréjan as Pélissier * François Darbon as Le commissaire * Madeleine Barbulée as Madame Lachaume * Gisèle Grimm as Henriette * Colette Régis as Madame Bergamier - la belle-mère * Edmond Ardisson as Le buraliste * Claude Carrère as L'interne * Max Dalban as Le porteur de journaux * Robert Dalban as Cardelec * Émile Genevois as Le garçon de café * Marcel Pérès as L'agent * Léon Larive as L'employé de la consigne * Susi J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When You Read This Letter
''When You Read This Letter'' (French: ''Quand tu liras cette lettre'') is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco and Yvonne Sanson. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Location filming also take place on the coast of Southern France where the film is set. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. The film was a commercial success and permitted Melville to acquire his own studios to make his future productions.Crisp p.282 Synopsis After their parents die in a road accident, a strongly moral young woman named Thérèse Voise leaves a convent shortly before taking her vows in order to care for her younger sister Denise and run the family stationery shop with her. Thérèse is very protective of Denise and becomes concerned when her sister strikes up an acquaintance with Max, a young amateur boxer and garage mechanic. Max is a self-centered, amoral drifter who is conducting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voyage To America
''The Voyage to America'' (French: ''Le Voyage en Amérique'') is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Henri Lavorel and starring Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Printemps and Jean Brochard. The film contrasts the prosperity of France and the United States in the post-Second World War era It replaced the Laurel and Hardy film ''Atoll K'' at the Olympia cinema in Paris, and was much more successful.Aping p.258 Synopsis A couple living a peaceful life in rural France, learn that their daughter who married an American GI is due to give birth to a grandchild. They head to the United States to visit, to the delight of the wife. Cast * Pierre Fresnay as Gaston Fournier * Yvonne Printemps as Clotilde Fournier * Jean Brochard as the mayor * Claude Laydu as François Soalhat * Olivier Hussenot as Mr Soalhat, the gardener * Jane Morlet as Marie * Yvette Etievant as the post clerk * Lisette Lebon as Marguerite * Claire Gérard as Mrs Tassote * Maurice Jacquemont as the priest * Pierre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Laennec
''Doctor Laennec'' (French: ''Docteur Laennec'') is a 1949 French historical drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Pierre Blanchar, Saturnin Fabre and Mireille Perrey.Crisp p.281 It portrays the work of René Laennec, the inventor of the stethoscope. The film's art direction was by Robert-Jules Garnier and René Renoux. Cast * Pierre Blanchar as Dr. René, Théophile Laennec * Saturnin Fabre as Laennec père * Mireille Perrey as Jacquemine d'Argout-Laennec * Pierre Dux as Prof. Récamier * Jany Holt as Madeleine Bayle * Geymond Vital as Dr. Pierre Bayle * Janine Viénot as Marie-Anne Laennec * Jean Toulout as Docteur Broussais * Jacques Dynam as Meriadec * Lannier as Docteur Louis * Florent Antony as Beaugendre * Francette Vernillat as La fille du Docteur Bayle * Nicolas Amato * Charles Bouillaud as Un domestique * René Clermont as Le mime * Paul Demage as Le client enrhumé * France Descaut as Clarisse d'Anthiages * Christian Duvaleix as Le charlatan * Guy F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return To Life
''Return to Life'' (french: Retour à la vie) is a 1949 French drama portmanteau film in five parts directed by Georges Lampin, André Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jean Dréville (who directed the last two parts). It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Paul Azaïs as the captain * Bernard Blier as Gaston * Jean Brochard as the Hotel tender * Léonce Corne as Virolet * Janine Darcey as Mary * Max Elloy as the old barman * Louis Florencie as the chief of police * Paul Frankeur as the maire * Jacques Hilling as a soldier * Louis Jouvet as Jean Girard * Léon Larive as Jules, the guard * Héléna Manson as Simone * Marie-France Plumer as Aunt Berth * Noël-Noël as René * Jeanne Pérez as the mother * François Périer as Antoine * Serge Reggiani as Louis, the husband of the young German * Patricia Roc as Lieutenant Evelyne * Noël Roquevert as the commander * Maurice Schutz Maurice Schutz (4 August 1866 – 22 March 1955) was a French film act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Villon (film)
''François Villon'' is a 1945 French historical drama film directed by André Zwoboda and starring Serge Reggiani, Jean-Roger Caussimon and Henri Crémieux. It portrays the life of the fifteenth century writer François Villon.Harty p.106 The film was inspired by the play ''If I Were King'' by Justin Huntly McCarthy. Cast * Serge Reggiani as François Villon * Jean-Roger Caussimon as Le grand écolier * Henri Crémieux as Maître Piédoux * Pierre Dargout as Thibaud * Guy Decomble as Denisot * Claudine Dupuis as Huguette du Hainaut * Jacques-Henry Duval as Tuvache * Renée Faure as Catherine de Vauselles * Gabrielle Fontan as La Villonne * Micheline Francey as Guillemette * Gustave Gallet as Guillaume de Villon * Léon Larive as Turgis * Frédéric Mariotti as Arnoulet * Albert Michel as Le paysan accusé * Albert Montigny as Ratier * Jean Morel as Alain * Denise Noël as Margot * Julienne Paroli as La mère * Marcel Pérès as Le Goliard * Albert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bellman (film)
''The Bellman'' (French: ''Sortilèges'') is a 1945 French drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Fernand Ledoux, Renée Faure and Madeleine Robinson. The film portrays a village haunted by superstition and fears. Although released after the Liberation, the film was shot during the German Occupation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. The film was popular and recorded admissions in France of 2,552,165. at Box Office Story. Cast * as Fabret, le 'lièvre' * Renée F ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Inheritance (film)
''Strange Inheritance'' or ''The Traveller on All Saints' Day'' (French: ''Le voyageur de la Toussaint'', Italian: ''Il viaggiatore d'Ognissanti'') is a 1943 French-Italian mystery film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Assia Noris, Jules Berry, Gabrielle Dorziat and Guillaume de Sax. It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. It was made as a co-production between Occupied France and Fascist Italy.Chiti & Poppi p.406 Synopsis On a misty November day a young man makes a returns to his hometown of La Rochelle following the death of his Uncle, who has left him his entire fortune. He finds his upper-class family resent him because his parents were both music hall entertainers. He begins to investigate the circumstances of his uncle's suspicious death. Cast * Assia Noris as Colette Mauvoisin * Jules Berry as Plantel * Gabrielle Dorziat as Gérardine Éloi * Guillaume de Sax as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristobal's Gold
''Cristobal's Gold'' (French: ''L'or du Cristobal'') is a 1940 French drama film directed by Jean Stelli and Jacques Becker and starring Charles Vanel, Conchita Montenegro and Albert Préjean. Jean Renoir helped the original director, Jacques Becker, prepare the film and worked on the script, before Becker quit after three weeks and was replaced by Jean Stelli.Durgnat p.213 The film is based on a novel by Albert t'Serstevens. It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and the Victorine Studios in Nice with location shooting taking place around Villefranche-sur-Mer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Lourié. Cast * Charles Vanel as Le Coronel, le chef de la police * Conchita Montenegro as La Rubia * Albert Préjean as Dupuy * Jim Gérald as Un pirate * Dita Parlo as Lisbeth * Guillaume de Sax as Le capitaine * Georges Péclet as Philippe * Roger Legris as Le râleur * Jacques Tarride as Le médecin * Jean Heuzé as Le lieutenant Saunier * Léon Lari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
