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Maurice Cloche
Maurice Cloche (17 June 1907, Commercy, Meuse – 23 March 1990, Bordeaux, France) was a French film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. Best known for his Oscar-winning film ''Monsieur Vincent'' (1947) he won a 1948 Special Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. ''Monsieur Vincent,'' a dramatization of the life of St. Vincent de Paul that starred Pierre Fresnay, won the Academy Award in 1947 for best foreign film. It also was honored as the best film in France that year. Mr. Cloche, whose career spanned more than a half-century, also made spy thrillers and films with religious and social themes. His best-known films include ''La Cage aux Oiseaux'' (''The Bird Cage''); ''Le Docteur Laennec,'' the story of the inventor of the stethoscope; ''Ne de Pere Inconnu'' (''Father Unknown'') and ''La Cage aux Filles (''The Girl Cage''). In 1940, Mr. Cloche founded a film society for young talent. It later became France's leading film school, the Institute of Adva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commercy
Commercy () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The 18th-century Lorraine historian Nicolas Luton Durival (1713–1795) was born in Commercy. History Commercy dates back to the 9th century, and at that time its lords were dependent on the bishop of Metz. In 1544 it was besieged by Charles V in person. For some time the lordship was in the hands of Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, who lived in the town for a number of years, and there composed his memoirs. From him it was purchased by Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine. In 1744 it became the residence of Stanisław Leszczyński, king of Poland, who spent a great deal of care on the embellishment of the town, castle and neighbourhood. Commercy is the home of the Madeleines referred to by Marcel Proust in ''À la recherche du temps perdu''. Population People from Commercy * Nicolas Durival (1723–1795), historian * Nicolas Alaidon (1738–1827), curé de Toul, emigrated during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ladies In The Green Hats (1937 Film)
''The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (French: ''Ces dames aux chapeaux verts'') is a 1937 French comedy drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Marguerite Moreno, Alice Tissot and Micheline Cheirel.Goble p.2 Cast * Marguerite Moreno as Telcide * Alice Tissot as Marie * Micheline Cheirel as Arlette * Mady Berry as Ernestine * Pierre Larquey as Ulysse Hyacinthe * Gilbert Landry as Jacques de Fleurville * Pierre Magnier as M. de Fleurville * André Numès Fils as Emile Dutoit * Georges Mauloy as Le grand Doyen * Nicolas Amato * Marcelle Barry as Jeanne * Jacques Beauvais as Le livreur * Félix Claude * Nicole Ferrier as Jessy * Gabrielle Fontan as Rosalie * Anthony Gildès Anthony Gildès (13 August 1856 – 6 October 1941) was a French actor. Anthony Gildès was born Anatole Gleizes in Metz, France. He died in Paris at age 85. Selected filmography * '' The Zone of Death'' (1917) * '' The Torture of Silence'' (191 ... as Le commissaire * Vyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Prison (1958 Film)
''Women's Prison'' (French: ''Prisons de femmes'') is a 1958 French drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Danièle Delorme, Jacques Duby and Vega Vinci. It is based on the 1930 novel of the same title by Francis Carco previously made into the 1938 French film ''Women's Prison'' and the 1947 Swedish film ''Two Women''.Goble p.70 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani and Jean Mandaroux. Cast * Danièle Delorme as Alice Rémon ou Dumas * Jacques Duby as René * Vega Vinci as Gigi * Jane Marken as Mme Rémon, la belle-mère d'Alice * Mireille Perrey as Mme Vertin - la mère de René * Gabriel Cattand as L'avocat * Germaine Kerjean as La directrice * Louis Arbessier as Le directeur de la prison * Joëlle Bernard as Une détenue * George Cusin as Le juge d'instruction * Dominique Davray as Une collègue d'Alice * Jacques Dynam as Le médecin * Michel Etcheverry as Le substitut * Henri-Jacques Huet as Mario * Nicolas Amato as Un journaliste * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls Of The Night
''Girls of the Night'' (French: ''Filles de nuit'', German: ''Denn keiner ist ohne Sünde'') is a 1958 drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Georges Marchal, Nicole Berger and Claus Holm.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.275 It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. Cast * Georges Marchal as Charly * Nicole Berger as Néda * Claus Holm as Le père Hermann * Kai Fischer as Marlène * Gil Vidal as Paul * Waltraut Haas as Frau Robbé * Bum Krüger as Herr Robbé * Scilla Gabel as Lola * Georges Chamarat as Le Prieur * Renato Baldini as Marco * Jandeline as Frau Martin, Leiterin der Clairière * Ruth Wilbert as Dr. Laban, Ärztin * Simone Angèle * Jannick Arvel * Dominique Davray * Jean-Jacques Delbo * Marianne Girard * Henri-Jacques Huet as Le policier * Robert Le Béal * Anne-Marie Mersen * Dominique Page "Dominique" is a 1963 French language po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Missionary
''A Missionary'' (French: ''Un missionnaire'') is a 1955 French drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Yves Massard, Marie-France Planeze and René Blancard. It was shot in Guinea and Cameroon.Crisp p.157 The film is in Eastmancolor. Cast * Yves Massard as Père Jean Maurel * Marie-France Planèze as Geneviève * René Blancard as Rouhaut * Albert Préjean as Brother Timothée * Jacques Berthier as Père Duval * Charles Vanel as Père Gauthier * Habib Benglia * Anthony Carretier * Claude Cerval * Jean Lanier * Darling Légitimus * Roger Monteaux Roger Monteaux (1879–1974) was a French stage and film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such a ... * Johnny Rieu * Roger Saget References Bibliography * Crisp, Colin. ''French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 2, 1940–1958''. Indiana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sparrows Of Paris
''The Sparrows of Paris'' (French: ''Moineaux de Paris'') is a 1953 French comedy drama film directed and written by Maurice Cloche and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis de Funès and Virginia Keiley. Plot Impresario Mr. Smith and his daughter want to engage a group of French musicians. On this occasion, Peggy Smith wears a necklace with a locket. One of the musicians identifies the locket as property of his grandmother. When Ms. Smith insists on keeping it, the musician calls for his ancestors, and the reborn French elite soldier Césarin answers. Cast * Jean-Pierre Aumont as Césarin, Horse Grenadier of the Imperial Guard (Napoleon I) * Louis de Funès as the doctor * Virginia Keiley as Peggy Smith, the impresario's daughter * Max Elloy as P'tit Louis * Robert Lombard as the choir school manager * Louis Gimberg as Mr Smith, the American impresario * Little Singers of the Wooden Cross as Themselves * Philippe Olive * Paul Demange * Léonce Corne * André Dalibert * Odet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domenica (1952 Film)
''Domenica'' is a 1952 French drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Odile Versois, Jean-Pierre Kérien and Albert Dinan. It was shot entirely on location in Corsica.Crisp p.126 Cast * Odile Versois as Domenica Léandri * Jean-Pierre Kérien as Giuseppe Léandri * Albert Dinan as Carlo * Alain Quercy Alain may refer to: People * Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Alain (surname) * "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein * Alain, a standard author abbreviation u ... as Patrice * Janine Zorelli as La Colombani References Bibliography * Crisp, C.G. ''The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960''. Indiana University Press, 1993 External links * 1952 films 1952 drama films French drama films 1950s French-language films Films shot in Corsica Films set in Corsica Films directed by Maurice Cloche French black-and-white films 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bread Peddler (1950 Film)
''The Bread Peddler'' (French: ''La porteuse de pain'', Italian: ''La portatrice di pane'') is a 1950 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Vivi Gioi, Philippe Lemaire and Jean Tissier. It is an adaptation of the novel '' The Bread Peddler'' by Xavier de Montépin.Goble p.913 It was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Plot France, 1860. In Alfortville, a town near Paris, Eng. Labroue has founded a mechanical workshop where his inventions are exploited. The engineer is assisted in his work by the chief engineer Jacques Garaud, intelligent and ambitious. Jacques Garaud has an unrequited love for Jeanne Fortier, a young widow doorkeeper in the garage; Jeanne is the mother of two children: Georges, who lives with her mother, and Lucie, entrusted to a nurse. Jeanne, surprised by Eng. Labroue to light an oil lamp, an operation prohibited due to the risk of fires, is fired. Jacques Garaud plans to get rich by stealing the plans for a new mac ... [...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] |
Cage Of Girls
''Cage of Girls'' (French: ''La cage aux filles'') is a 1949 French drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Danièle Delorme, Jacky Flynt and Louise Lagrange.Crisp p.281 It is set in a women's prison. The film's sets were designed by René Renoux. Cast * Danièle Delorme as Micheline * Jacky Flynt as Rita * Louise Lagrange as Alice Baudoin * Denise Bosc as La Mère Supérieure * Lise Topart as Sarah * Michel Marsay as Freddy * André Pasdoc as L'Aumônier * Geymond Vital as Pierre Mansois, oncle de Micheline * Jacques Verrières as Loulou * Jean-Marc Thibault as Edmond * Van Mullen * Carbonnat * Robichez * Marc Anthony * Eliane Charles as Tototte * Jacqueline Dor as Suzanne * Nicole Francis * Muni * Palmyre Levasseur as La surveillante en chef * Yvonne Hébert as La Femme de Freddy * Gaby Tyra * Françoise Beauté * Annie Noël * Sylvie Pelayo * Annick Martin * France Marion * Suzanne Flon as Mme. Edith * Noël Roquevert as Antoine Baud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Games
''Women's Games'' (French: ''Jeux de femmes'') is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Jacques Dumesnil, Hélène Perdrière and Saturnin Fabre.Rège p.229 The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Nègre Raymond Nègre was a French art director active in the film industry during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.Hayward p.241 Selected filmography * '' My First Love'' (1945) * '' Resistance'' (1945) * '' Not So Stupid'' (1946) * '' Women's Games'' (1946 .... Cast References Bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1946 films 1946 comedy films French comedy films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Maurice Cloche French black-and-white films 1940s French films {{1940s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rooster Heart
''Rooster Heart'' (French: ''Coeur de coq'') is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Fernandel, Gisèle Alcee and Jean Témerson.Quinlan p.178 The film's sets were designed by Robert Giordani. Plot A man is too shy to ask a girl out and decides to kill himself. While lying in the road he is rescued by a Doctor who tries to cure him by implanting the heart of a rooster into him, something which suddenly makes him irresistible to women. Cast * Fernandel as Tulipe * Gisèle Alcée as Loulou * Jean Témerson as Stanislas Pugilaskoff * Marcel Vallée as Tournesol * Maximilienne as Mme Estelle * Henri Arius as Lacorbiere * Darcelys * Marthe Marty * Lorette Gallant * Paul Azaïs as Serapain * Rouzeaud * Jacques Hélian * Michel Roger * Maria Aranda * Mireille Perrey Mireille Perrey (1904–1991) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.328 Perrey played some leading roles in the 1930s but gradually developed into a character actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |