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Le Million
''Le Million'' is a 1931 French musical comedy film directed by René Clair. The story was adapted by Clair from a play by Georges Berr and Marcel Guillemand. Plot Michel, a debt-ridden artist, is interrupted several times while romancing Vanda, a woman whose portrait he is painting: by his roommate, Prosper; by his neighbor and fiancée, Beatrice; and by several of his creditors. As Michel attempts to deal with this situation, Prosper discovers Michel has just won a lottery worth a million Dutch florins. The ticket is in the pocket of a jacket Michel gave to Beatrice to mend, but, when he goes to retrieve it, he learns she has just given the jacket to a charming criminal in order to help him elude the police. She initially does not remember any useful information about the criminal, but Prosper is able to help her recall the man's name: Grandpa Tulip. Armed with this information, Prosper gets Michel to agree to split the prize money if he is the one who recovers the ticket, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Clair
René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He went on to make some of the most innovative early sound films in France, before going abroad to work in the UK and USA for more than a decade. Returning to France after World War II, he continued to make films that were characterised by their elegance and wit, often presenting a nostalgic view of French life in earlier years. He was elected to the Académie française in 1960. Clair's best known films include '' Un chapeau de paille d'Italie'' (''The Italian Straw Hat'', 1928), '' Sous les toits de Paris'' (''Under the Roofs of Paris'', 1930), ''Le Million'' (1931), ''À nous la liberté'' (1931), ''I Married a Witch'' (1942), and ''And Then There Were None'' (1945). Early life René Clair was born and grew up in Paris in the district of Les ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Guilder
The guilder ( nl, gulden, ) or florin was the currency of the Netherlands from the 15th century until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro. The Dutch name ''gulden'' was a Middle Dutch adjective meaning "golden", and reflects the fact that, when first introduced in 1434, its value was about equal to (i.e., it was on par with) the Italian gold florin. The Dutch guilder was a ''de facto'' reserve currency in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. Between 1999 and 2002, the guilder was officially a "national subunit" of the euro. However, physical payments could only be made in guilders, as no euro coins or banknotes were available. The exact exchange rate, still relevant for old contracts and for exchange of the old currency for euros at the central bank, is 2.20371 Dutch guilders for 1 euro. Inverted, this gives 0.453780 euros for 1 guilder. Derived from the Dutch guilder are the Netherlands Antillean guilder (still in use in Curaçao and Sint Maarten) and the Surinamese gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Pierson
Jane Pierson was a French film actress.Goble p.130 She appeared in fifty five films between 1924 and 1952. Selected filmography * ''The Imaginary Voyage'' (1926) * '' Captain Rascasse'' (1927) * '' The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'' (1927) * ''Little Devil May Care'' (1928) * ''The Maelstrom of Paris'' (1928) * '' The Wonderful Day'' (1929) * ''Under the Roofs of Paris'' (1930) * '' Everybody Wins'' (1930) * ''Le Million'' (1931) * ''You Will Be My Wife'' (1932) * ''Youth'' (1933) * '' La tête d'un homme'' (1933) * ''Forty Little Mothers'' (1936) * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * ''Fire in the Straw'' (1939) * ''The Stairs Without End ''The Stairs Without End'' (French: ''L'escalier sans fin'') is a 1943 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Pierre Fresnay Pierre Fresnay (4 April 1897 – 9 January 1975) was a French stage and film actor. Biography Bor ...'' (1943) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Elviro
Pedro Elviro Rodríguez (died 24 August 1971), also known as Pitouto, was a Spanish actor. Between 1924 and 1972, he shot more than 170 films, a good part of them in France and Mexico. Selected filmography * ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931) as Author's assistant * ''Le Million'' (1931) as Stage manager * '' Mistigri'' (1931) * '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931) * ''The Train of Suicides'' (1931) as Nobody, the clown * ''A Gentleman in Tails'' (1931) * ''The Woman Dressed As a Man'' (1932) * ''The Champion Cook'' (1932) as Achille * '' Sailor's Song'' (1932) as Jeff * '' The Picador'' (1932) * ''Fog'' (1932) * ''Ciboulette'' (1933) as Arthur et Meyer * '' High and Low'' (1933) as Bretzel, the sweeper * ''Le Roi des Champs-Élysées'' (1934) * ''The Crisis is Over'' (1934) as Hercule * '' La Bandera'' (1935) as Floor boy * '' Rigolboche'' (1936) * ''The Puritan'' (1938) as Security Officer * ''The Unknown Policeman'' (1941) as Secuaz de Riquelme * ''The Three Musketeers'' (1942) as Mesero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odette Talazac
Odette Talazac (1883–1948) was a French film actress.Capua p.129 Talazac was the daughter of tenor Jean-Alexandre Talazac and his wife, the soprano Hélène Fauvelle. She began her career singing in music halls before turning to the theater and cinema. She was married in 1900 in Chatou to jeweler Georges Aucoc. Selected filmography * ''Two Timid Souls'' (1928) * ''The Queen's Necklace'' (1929) * '' Figaro'' (1929) * ''The Blood of a Poet'' (1930) * ''The Man at Midnight'' (1931) * ''Der Kongreß tanzt'' (1931) * '' The Nude Woman'' (1932) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1934) * ''George and Georgette'' (1934) * ''Antonia'' (1935) * '' Madame Angot's Daughter'' (1935) * '' Anne-Marie'' (1936) * '' Nights of Fire'' (1937) * ''The Alibi'' (1937) * '' Southern Mail'' (1937) * ''The Lafarge Case'' (1938) * ''Gibraltar'' (1938) * ''Latin Quarter'' (1939) * '' The White Slave'' (1939) * '' Sowing the Wind'' (1944) * '' Happy Go Lucky'' (1946) * ''Last Chance Castle ''Last Chance Castl ... [...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] |
Raymond Cordy
Raymond Cordy (9 December 1898 – 23 April 1956) was a French film actor,Youngkin p.466 born Raymond Cordiaux. He appeared in over a hundred and thirty films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Little Lise'' (1930) - Un joueur de billard * '' Everybody Wins'' (1930) - Le pochard * ''Maison de danses'' (1931) * ''Le Million'' (1931) - Le chauffeur de taxi * '' Departure'' (1931) * ''Montmartre'' (1931) - Le boulanger du village (uncredited) * ''Atout coeur'' (1931) - Finois * '' A nous la liberté'' (1931) - Louis * ''Dance Hall'' (1931) - Le machiniste * ''Amourous Adventure'' (1932) * ''Pour un sou d'amour'' (1932) - Antoine - le chauffeur * ''Wooden Crosses'' (1932) - Soldat Vairon * ''L'affaire de la rue Mouffetard'' (1932) - L'accusé * ' (1932) * ''Pomme d'amour'' (1932) - Bayard * ''Le petit Babouin'' (1932) - Petitrone * ''Le bidon d'or'' (1932) - Boulot * ''L'homme qui ne sait pas dire non'' (1932) * ''Bastille Day'' (1933) - Jean's Fellow Cabbie * ''Attendez, ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stage Managers
Stage management is a broad field that is generally defined as the practice of organization and coordination of an event or theatrical production. Stage management may encompass a variety of activities including the overseeing of the rehearsal process and coordinating communications among various production teams and personnel. Stage management requires a general understanding of all aspects of production and provides complete organization to ensure the process runs smoothly and efficiently. A stage manager is an individual who has overall responsibility for stage management and the smooth execution of a theatrical production. Stage management may be performed by an individual in small productions, while larger productions typically employ a stage management team consisting of a head stage manager, or production stage manager, and one or more assistant stage managers. History The title of stage manager was not used until the 18th century, though the concept and need for s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballet Dancer
A ballet dancer ( it, ballerina fem.; ''ballerino'' masc.) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet; however, dancers have a strict hierarchy and strict gender roles. They rely on years of extensive training and proper technique to become a part of a professional ballet company. Ballet dancers are at a high risk of injury due to the demanding technique of ballet. Training and technique Ballet dancers typically begin training at an early age if they desire to perform professionally and often take part in international competitions such as YAGP and Prix de Lausanne. At these events, scholarships are being granted to the most talented dancers, enabling them to continue their training at renowned ballet schools around the world, such as the John Kranko Schule in Germany and the Académie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace in Monaco. Pre-professional ballet dancers can audition to enroll at a vocational ballet school such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pocket Watch
A pocket watch (or pocketwatch) is a watch that is made to be carried in a pocket, as opposed to a watch, wristwatch, which is strapped to the wrist. They were the most common type of watch from their development in the 16th century until wristwatches became popular after World War I during which a transitional design, trench watches, were used by the military. Pocket watches generally have an attached chain to allow them to be secured to a waistcoat, lapel, or belt (clothing), belt loop, and to prevent them from being dropped. Watches were also mounted on a short leather strap or fob, when a long chain would have been cumbersome or likely to catch on things. This fob could also provide a protective flap over their face and crystal. Women's watches were normally of this form, with a watch fob that was more decorative than protective. Chains were frequently decorated with a silver or Vitreous enamel, enamel pendant, often carrying the arms of some Club (organization), club or s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenor
A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is widely defined to be B2, though some roles include an A2 (two As below middle C). At the highest extreme, some tenors can sing up to the second F above middle C (F5). The tenor voice type is generally divided into the ''leggero'' tenor, lyric tenor, spinto tenor, dramatic tenor, heldentenor, and tenor buffo or . History The name "tenor" derives from the Latin word ''wikt:teneo#Latin, tenere'', which means "to hold". As Fallows, Jander, Forbes, Steane, Harris and Waldman note in the "Tenor" article at ''Grove Music Online'': In polyphony between about 1250 and 1500, the [tenor was the] structurally fundamental (or 'holding') voice, vocal or instrumental; by the 15th century it came to signify the male voice that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
