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Mercédès Brare
Mercédès Brare (born Mercédès Emma Josèphe Brare; December 20, 1880 – January 24, 1967) was a French actress active in film roles from the 1930s to the 1950s. Filmography * 1931: ''Faubourg Montmartre'' by Raymond Bernard * 1932: ''His Best Client'' by Pierre Colombier * 1933: '' Toto'' by Jacques Tourneur - ''Une concurrente de Miss Occasion'' * 1942: '' Le Grand Combat'' by Bernard Roland * 1943: ''The Phantom Baron'' by Serge de Poligny * 1944: '' Le Voyageur sans bagage'' by Jean Anouilh * 1945: '' Alone in the Night'' by Christian Stengel * 1946: '' Lunegarde'' by Marc Allégret * 1946: ' by Pierre Billon * 1946: ''Martin Roumagnac'' by Georges Lacombe * 1951: ' by Raymond Leboursier Theatre * 1940: ''Léocadia'' by Jean Anouilh, Théâtre de la Michodière Publications * ''Poèmes en prose'', La Haye-Pesnel, Manche, imprimerie Garlan, 1947 * ''La concierge est dans sa loge'', sketch with one character, La Haye-Pesnel, Manche, imprimerie Garlan, 1947 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris, France
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 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 List of cities proper by population density, 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 capital, 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 Caput Mundi#Paris, the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France Regions of 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alone In The Night
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Alone in the Night may refer to: * Alone in the Night (1945 film), a French crime film * Alone in the Night (2024 film), a Spanish comedy-drama film * Alone in the Night, a song by Roger Daltrey, from the album Can't Wait to See the Movie ''Can't Wait to See the Movie'' is the seventh solo studio album by English singer, songwriter and actor Roger Daltrey, the lead vocalist for the Who. It was released in June 1987 by Atlantic Records, and was primarily produced by Alan Shacklo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Haye-Pesnel
La Haye-Pesnel () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. Heraldry See also *Communes of the Manche department The following is a list of the 446 communes of the Manche department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Hayepesnel {{Manche-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre De La Michodière
The Théâtre de la Michodière is a theatre building and performing arts venue, located at 4 bis, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Built by in 1925 in Art Deco style, it has a tradition of showing boulevard theatre. History On the site of the Hotel de Lorge, sold in lots, the rue de la Michodiere opened in 1778. Around the place where the Gaillon gate stood at the enclosure of Louis XIII, in 1925, the architect built a theatre in the Art Deco style. Decorated by Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, the red and gold auditorium could accommodate 800 spectators, but in the 21st century, it has only 700 seats left. Unlike the West End, where the activities of "bricks and mortar" and producers tend to be separate, Parisian commercial theatres are producing houses. Management decides on the artistic policy, and shows are financed by the theatre, albeit sometimes in co-production with a touring management that hopes to profit from a Parisian success to take a show out on tour. Inaugur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léocadia
''Léocadia'' (''Time Remembered'') is a play by Jean Anouilh that premiered at the Théâtre de la Michodière in Paris on 2 December 1940. It is one of Anouilh's ''Pièces roses'', together with '' Humulus le muet'' (1932), '' Le Bal des voleurs'' (1938), and ' (1941). For the occasion, Francis Poulenc composed one of his most celebrated songs, " Les Chemins de l'amour", sung by Yvonne Printemps. Plot ''Léocadia'' tells the story of a young prince madly in love with a Romanian opera singer, Léocadia Gardi. The young man only knew her for three days: like Isadora Duncan, she died strangled by her shawl. Inconsolable, he lives in his memory of the young woman. His aunt—the Duchesse d'Andinet d'Andaine—reconstructs the setting and places of those three days like a theater director. Actors play the parts of the butler and servants during those days of happiness. Amanda, a poor milliner and look-alike of the singer, is called upon to seduce the prince, in the hope that life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Leboursier
Raymond Leboursier (22 May 1917 – 26 July 1987) was a French film editor, film director, actor, and screenwriter. Filmography Actor * 1930: ''Le Réquisitoire'' (first title of the film: ''Homicide'') by Dimitri Buchowetzki * 1931: ''The Devil's Holiday'' by Alberto Cavalcanti: Monk McConnell * 1931: ''À mi-chemin du ciel'' by Alberto Cavalcanti * 1932: ' by Fred Ellis and Max Neufeld * 1934: ' by Serge de Poligny * 1934: '' Château de rêve'' by Géza von Bolváry and Henri-Georges Clouzot Director * 1942: ' * 1945: '' Naïs'', directed with Marcel Pagnol * 1949: ' * 1949: ' * 1951: '' La vie est un jeu'' * 1952: ' * 1959: ''Henri Gagnon organiste'' * 1960: ''Le Prix de la science'' (short film) * 1961: ''Dubois et fils'' (documentary), codirected with Bernard Devlin * 1969: ' Assistant director * 1948: ''Les Parents terribles'' by Jean Cocteau Film editor * 1936: ' de Jean Dréville * 1937: ' de Jean Dréville * 1937: ' de Willy Rozier * 1938: ''His Uncle fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Lacombe (director)
Georges Lacombe (1902 – 1990) was a French film director. Filmography *1928: '' La Zone'' (short) *1931: '' Boule de gomme'' *1932: ' *1933: '' La Femme invisible'' *1933: ''Un jour d'été'' *1934: ''Youth'' *1935: '' Épousez ma femme'' *1935: '' La Route heureuse'' *1936: '' Le cœur dispose'' *1938: ''Café de Paris'' *1939: ''Behind the Facade'' *1939: ''Musicians of the Sky'' *1940: ''Paris-New York'' *1940: ''They Were Twelve Women'' *1941: ''The Last of the Six'' *1941: '' Montmartre-sur-Seine'' *1942: '' Le Journal tombe à cinq heures'' *1942: ''Monsieur La Souris'' *1943: ''The Stairs Without End'' *1944: '' Florence est folle'' *1946: ''Land Without Stars'' *1946: ''Martin Roumagnac'' *1947: '' Les Condamnés'' *1948: '' Prélude à la gloire'' *1951: ''The Night Is My Kingdom'' *1952: ''Les Sept Péchés capitaux'', segment ''Le Huitième péché'' *1953: '' The Call of Destiny'' *1953: ''Their Last Night ''Their Last Night'' (French: ''Leur dernière nuit'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Roumagnac
''Martin Roumagnac'' (also known as ''The Room Upstairs'') is a 1946 French crime film directed by Georges Lacombe. It tells the story of a builder in a small town who falls for a glamorous but treacherous femme fatale, with tragic results for both. It is notable as the only occasion in which the two major stars Jean Gabin and Marlene Dietrich, lovers in real life, appeared together on screen. Plot In a little country town, Martin Roumagnac is a building contractor who is liked by the ordinary people. He lives in a shack with his sister while he builds a villa on a plot he has bought. Into town with her uncle comes Blanche Ferrand, an exotic widow who married the owner of the seed and grain shop shortly before his death. Her target for next husband is Laubry, a retired diplomat with a dying wife, and while waiting she has an occasional lover. She also has to fend off a besotted schoolteacher. One evening, feeling the need for some excitement, she goes to a boxing match and si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Billon (director)
Pierre Billon (born Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort, 7 February 1901 – died Paris, 31 August 1981) was a French film film director, director and screenwriter. In 1952 he served on the jury of the Cannes Festival. Selected filmography * ''Venetian Nights'' (1931) * ''The House on the Dune (1934 film), The House on the Dune'' (1934) * ''Second Bureau (1935 film), Second Bureau'' (1935) * ''Southern Mail (film), Southern Mail'' (1937) * ''The Silent Battle (1937 film), The Silent Battle'' (1937) * ''The Inevitable Monsieur Dubois'' (1943) * ''Mademoiselle X'' (1945) * ''Ruy Blas (film), Ruy Blas'' (1948) * ''Clear the Ring'' (1949) * ''My Friend Oscar'' (1951) * ''My Seal and Them'' (1951) * ''The Merchant of Venice (1953 film), The Merchant of Venice'' (1953) References * 1901 births 1981 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters People from Gard 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Allégret
Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director. Biography Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer in Paris, but while accompanying his lover André Gide on a trip in 1927 to the Congo in Africa, he recorded the trip on film,Marc Allégret Encyclopaedia Britannica after which he chose to pursue a career in the industry. He is credited with helping develop the careers of , |
Lunegarde (film)
''Lunegrade'' is a 1946 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret starring Gaby Morlay, Jean Tissier and Saturnin Fabre. It is based on a novel by Pierre Benoit. It was shot in 1944 but had a delayed release. It recorded admissions in France of 1,587,359. at Box Office Story The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Bertrand and Lucien Carré. Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Stengel
Christian Stengel (1902–1986) was a French film director and screenwriter.Rège p.939-940 Originally a bank clerk, he entered films in 1933 when he wrote his first screenplay. Selected filmography * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1935) * ''The Former Mattia Pascal'' (1937) * ''Beethoven's Great Love'' (1937) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * '' Alone in the Night'' (1945) * '' The Lost Village'' (1947) * '' Dreams of Love'' (1947) * ''Rome Express'' (1950) * ''No Pity for Women ''No Pity for Women'' (French: ''Pas de pitié pour les femmes'') is a 1950 French mystery film directed by Christian Stengel and starring Simone Renant, Michel Auclair and Marcel Herrand.Rège p.940 It was adapted by Jean Giltène from his own n ...'' (1950) References Bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1902 births 1986 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
