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Let's Get Married (1931 Film)
''Let's Get Married'' (French: ''Marions-nous'') is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Alice Cocéa, Fernand Gravey and Marguerite Moreno.Waldman & Slide p.51 It was made at the Joinville Studios in Paris by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures as a remake of the company's 1930 film '' Her Wedding Night''. Such multiple-language versions were common in the early years of sound film before dubbing became commonplace. Main cast * Alice Cocéa as Gisèle Landry * Fernand Gravey as Francis Latour * Marguerite Moreno as Madame Marchal * Robert Burnier as Claude Mallet * Pierre Etchepare as Adolphe * Jacqueline Delubac as Simone * Helena D'Algy Helena D'Algy (born Antónia Lozano Guedes Infante; 18 June 1906 – after 1991) was a Portuguese film actress. She appeared in 20 films, the majority in Hollywood during the silent era. Her career began to falter following the introduction of ... as Lolita * Véra Flory as Maroussia Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Mercanton
Louis Mercanton (4 May 1879 – 29 April 1932) was a Swiss film director, screenwriter and actor. Mercanton was born in Nyon, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Partial filmography Director * ''Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth'' (1912) co-director * ''Adrienne Lecouvreur'' (1913) co-director * ''Infatuation'' aka ''Bouclette'' (1918) * '' Miarka'' (1920) * '' The Call of the Blood'' (1920) * ''Possession'' (1922) * '' The Gardens of Murcia'' (1923) * ''Les Deux Gosses'' (1924) adaptation of the novel by Pierre Decourcelle * ''Monte Carlo'' (1925) * ''The Maid at the Palace'' (1927) * ''Croquette'' (1927) * ''Venus'' (1929) * ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''The Nipper'' (1930) * ''Octave'' (1930) * '' Let's Get Married'' (1931) * ''A Man of Mayfair'' (1931) * ''These Charming People'' (1931) * ''Cognasse'' (1932) * '' Students in Paris'' (1932) * '' The Fish Woman'' (1932) * ''He Is Charming ''He Is Charming'' (French: ''Il est charma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multiple-language Version
A multiple-language version film, often abbreviated to MLV, is a film, especially from the early talkie era, produced in several different languages for international markets. To offset the marketing restrictions of making sound films in only one language, it became common practice for American and European studios to produce foreign-language versions of their films using the same sets, crew, costumes, etc. a BrentonFilm.com retrieved 7 July 2015 The first foreign-language versions appeared in 1929 and largely replaced the |
Films Shot At Joinville Studios
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Louis Mercanton
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s French-language Films
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1931 Comedy Films
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French Comedy Films
French comedy films are comedy films produced in France. Comedy is the most popular French genre in cinema. Comic films began to appear in significant numbers during the era of silent films, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humour of many of these silent films relied on slapstick and burlesque. Characteristics of French comedy films French comedy films are very often social comedies, which differs largely from American comedies."La comédie française se différencie ..par son aspect social, une lutte des classes généralement absente des comédies américaines." . Social comedy Culture shock, in several French comedies, oftentimes contain several 'clichés', which include: * Religion – ''The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob'' in the 1970s, and ''Serial (Bad) Weddings'' in the 2010s * Social background – ''Life Is a Long Quiet River'' in the 1980s, and ''The Intouchables'' in the 2010s * Difference of life between two places – '' Welcome to the Land of ch'tis'' in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Films
The following is an overview of 1931 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1931 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 5: RKO acquires the producing and distribution arm of Pathé for $4.6 million. * June 20: Monogram Pictures releases its first film, ''Ships of Hate''. * July 7: Anti-competitive practices disclosed about certain distributors and producers in Canada. * November 17: E. R. Tinker elected president of Fox Films replacing Harley L. Clarke. * December 14: RKO refinancing plan approved. Best money stars ''Variety'' reported the following as the biggest male stars in the U.S. in alphabetical order although grouped George Arliss and Ronald Colman together as having equal ranking. The following were the biggest women names in the U.S. in alphabetical order but again grouped two actresses together to denote they were ranked t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Véra Flory
Véra Flory (1907–2006) was a German-born French film actress of the silent and early sound eras. Powrie & Rebillard p.226 Selected filmography * ''Two Timid Souls'' (1928) * ''Cousin Bette'' (1928) * ''The Feather'' (1929) * '' The Unknown Dancer'' (1929) * '' Let's Get Married'' (1931) * ''American Love'' (1931) * ''The Alibi ''The Alibi'' is a 2006 American film directed by Kurt Mattila and Matt Checkowski and written by Noah Hawley. It stars Steve Coogan, Rebecca Romijn, and Selma Blair. The film was shown at 2006 CineVegas. The film was released to DVD on December ...'' (1937) * '' The Most Beautiful Girl in the World'' (1938) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Powrie, Phil & Rebillard, Éric. ''Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema''. Edinburgh University Press, 2009. External links * 1907 births 2006 deaths French film actresses German film actresses German emigr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena D'Algy
Helena D'Algy (born Antónia Lozano Guedes Infante; 18 June 1906 – after 1991) was a Portuguese film actress. She appeared in 20 films, the majority in Hollywood during the silent era. Her career began to falter following the introduction of sound. D'Algy later starred in the Spanish-language box office hit ''Suburban Melody'' (1933), her last known film role.Finkielman p. 183 She was the sister of actor Tony D'Algy. She was last seen in a 1991 documentary. Selected filmography * '' Lend Me Your Husband'' (1924) * ''It Is the Law'' (1924) * ''A Sainted Devil'' (1924) * '' Pretty Ladies'' (1925) * '' Daddy's Gone A-Hunting'' (1925) * '' Confessions of a Queen'' (1925) * ''Siberia'' (1926) * ''Don Juan'' (1926) * '' The Cowboy and the Countess'' (1926) * '' The Exquisite Sinner'' (1926) * ''The Silver Treasure'' (1926) * '' A Race of Noblemen'' (1927) * '' Let's Get Married'' (1931) * '' Between Night and Day'' (1932) * ''Suburban Melody ''Suburban Melody'' (Spanish: ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Delubac
Jacqueline Delubac (1907–1997) was a French stage and film actress.Williams p.158 She was married to Sacha Guitry and appeared in a number of his productions on both stage and screen. Selected filmography * '' Let's Get Married'' (1931) * '' Topaze'' (1933) * ''Good Luck'' (1935) * ''Confessions of a Cheat'' (1936) * ''Let's Make a Dream'' (1936) * ''The New Testament'' (1936) * ''The Pearls of the Crown'' (1937) * '' Désiré'' (1937) * ''Girls in Distress'' (1939) * ''Hangman's Noose The hangman's knot or hangman's noose (also known as a collar during the Elizabethan era) is a knot most often associated with its use in hanging a person. For a hanging, the knot of the rope is typically placed under or just behind the left ...'' (1940) * '' La Comédie du bonheur'' (1940) * '' The Man Who Seeks the Truth'' (1940) * '' My First Love'' (1945) * '' The Ferret'' (1950) References Bibliography * Williams, Alan. ''Film and Nationalism''. Rutgers University Press, 2002. Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Etchepare
Pierre Paul Lucien Salvat Etchepare (2 October 1891 – 20 April 1943) was a French actor. Pierre Etchepare was born in Paris and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. Selected filmography * ''Happy Couple'' (1923) * '' My Aunt from Honfleur'' (1923) * '' Let's Get Married'' (1931) * ''The Man in Evening Clothes ''The Man in Evening Clothes'' (French:''Un homme en habit'') is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Fernand Gravey, Diana and Suzy Vernon.Goble p.800 It was made by the French subsidiary of Paramount ...'' (1931) * '' You Will Be a Duchess'' (1932) * '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' (1933) * '' Paprika'' (1933) * '' The Lover of Madame Vidal'' (1936) * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) * '' Lady Killer'' (1937) * ''Champions de France'' (1938) * '' The Train for Venice'' (1938) External links * 1891 births 1943 deaths French male film actors French male silent film actors Male actors from Paris 20th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
