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Monette Dinay
Monette Dinay (1906–1986) was a French film actress.Crisp p.45 Partial filmography * ''Black and White'' (1931) - Joséphine * ''L'agence O-Kay'' (1932) - Simone * ''Ce cochon de Morin'' (1932) * ''Un beau jour de noces'' (1932) - Marinette Devaux * ''Riri et Nono en vacances'' (1932) * ''L'Ordonnance malgré lui'' (1932) - Rosine * ''Bal Tabarin'' (1933) - Chiquette * ''Le supplice de Tantale'' (1933) * ''Maison hantée'' (1933) * ''Les deux 'Monsieur' de Madame'' (1973) - Flora * ''Le gros lot'' (1933) * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) - Félicité * ''La garnison amoureuse'' (1934) - (uncredited) * ''On a trouvé une femme nue'' (1934) - Lucette * ''La jeune fille d'une nuit'' (1934) * '' Night in May'' (1934) - Toni * ''Un drôle de numéro'' (1934) - Solange Ducauchois * '' Turandot, Princess of China'' (1935) - Mien-Li * ''L'affaire Coquelet'' (1935) - Justine * ''La petite dame du wagon-lit'' (1936) - Francine * ''Prête-moi ta femme'' (1936) - Riri * ''Prends la route'' (1936) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Petit-Quevilly
Le Petit-Quevilly (, locally ) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department, region of Normandy, France. Geography A residential and light industrial suburb situated inside a meander of the river Seine on the opposite bank to Rouen city centre, at the junction of the D3 and the N338 roads. Population Sports US Quevilly-Rouen is based in the commune. Places of interest * The recently restored church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century. * The church of St. Antoine. * The church of St. Bernadette, dating from the sixteenth century. * The recently restored chapel of St. Julien, dating from the twelfth century. * The seventeenth century manorhouse of Queval. * Vestiges of a Carthusian monastery. * An old cottonmill, restored and now used as offices and a college. * Amable-et-Micheline-Lozai Stadium People * Daniel Horlaville, retired professional footballer was born here in 1945. * Patrice Rio, retired professional footballer was born here in 1948. * Valérie Fourne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mondesir Heir
''The Mondesir Heir'' (French: ''L'héritier des Mondésir'') is a 1940 French-German comedy film directed by Albert Valentin and starring Fernandel, Elvire Popesco and Jules Berry. It was shot in Berlin by the German studio UFA in a co-production arrangement with its own French subsidiary ACE. Made before the Second World War broke out, it was the last of twenty one such productions.Fiss p.136 Cast * Fernandel as Bienaimé de Mondésir, le baron de Mondésir & ses aïeux * Elvire Popesco as Erika Axelos * Jules Berry as Waldemar * Gaby André as Janine Richard - La postière * Monette Dinay as Rosette * Jacques Derives as L'ordonnateur * Yves Deniaud as Gaston * Hugues Wanner as Lepetit * Henri Beaulieu as Le colonel * Lucien Dayle as Le notaire * Marfa d'Hervilly as La cliente de Waldemer * Fernand Flament as Martinot * Frédéric Mariotti as Costecalde * Edmond Ardisson as Justin - Le chauffeur * Simone Gauthier as La première jeune fille du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Deaths
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. *January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. *January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. *January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1906 Births
Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, and establish a national assembly, the Majlis. * January 16–April 7 – The Algeciras Conference convenes, to resolve the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany. * January 22 – The strikes a reef off Vancouver Island, Canada, killing over 100 (officially 136) in the ensuing disaster. * January 31 – The Ecuador–Colombia earthquake (8.8 on the Moment magnitude scale), and associated tsunami, cause at least 500 deaths. * February 7 – is launched, sparking a naval race between Britain and Germany. * February 11 ** Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical ''Vehementer Nos'', denouncing the 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State. ** Two British members of a poll tax collecting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
''Ni vu, ni connu'' (literally "Neither seen, nor known"), also known by its English title ''Neither Seen, Nor Recognized'', is a French comedy film from 1958, directed by Yves Robert and starring Louis de Funès. The film is based on the novel ''L'Affaire Blaireau'' (''The Blaireau Case'') by Alphonse Allais. The story had previously been adapted for the screen in 1923 and in 1932. Plot In the wine-growing village of Montpaillard, the humorless gamekeeper Parju is determined to bring in the wily poacher Blaireau. One night, he is accidentally knocked out by Armand Fléchard, a young piano teacher, but is convinced the attacker was Blaireau and has him arrested. However, Blaireau knows how to take advantage of any situation, and what he makes of being arrested benefits the entire village, including Fléchard and his girlfriend, Arabella, the daughter of the local landowner. Cast * Louis de Funès: Léon Blaireau, the poacher * Moustache: Ovide Parju, the gamekeeper * No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Tour, Prends Garde !
''La Tour, prends garde !'' (''La Tour, watch out!'') is a 1958 French adventure drama film directed by Georges Lampin, written by Claude Accursi, starring Jean Marais. The film was known under the title "King on Horseback" (USA), "Des Königs bester Mann" (West Germany), "Killer Spy" (international English title). Cast * Jean Marais : Henri La Tour * Eleonora Rossi Drago : Countess Malvina of Amalfi * Nadja Tiller : Mirabelle * Cathia Caro : Antoinette de Saint-Sever "Toinon" * Jean Parédès : Nicolas Taupin * Renaud Mary : Pérouge * Robert Dalban : Barberin * Christian Duvaleix : Passelacet * Yves Massard : Marquis François de Marmande * Marcel Pérès : Chamonet * Jean-Pierre Léaud : Pierrot * Raoul Delfosse : Bravaccio * Paul-Emile Deiber : Duc Philippe de Saint-Sever * Jean Lara : Louis XV * Sonia Hlebsova/Klebs : L'impératrice Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche * Roger Saget : Maréchal de Noailles * Liliane Bert : Duchesse de Châteauroux * Jacques Marin : Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Traversée De Paris (film)
''La Traversée de Paris'' ("The trip across Paris") is a 1956 French comedy-drama directed by Claude Autant-Lara, starring Jean Gabin, Bourvil and Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles: "Four Bags Full" (USA), "Pig Across Paris" (UK), "The Trip Across Paris" (International English title). It is set in occupied Paris in 1942 and tells the story of two men who defy the curfew to deliver pork for the black market. The film is very loosely based on the short story "La traversée de Paris" by Marcel Aymé. The film competed at the 17th Venice International Film Festival, where Bourvil won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. The cynical portrayal of the occupation era was unconventional and made the film controversial upon the original release. Plot In Paris in 1942, under German occupation, unemployed taxi-driver Marcel Martin makes his living delivering parcels by night for the black market. One evening he must carry by foot, to the other side of the capital, four suitcases ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meeting In Paris
''Meeting in Paris'' (French: ''Rencontre à Paris'') is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Georges Lampin and starring Robert Lamoureux, Betsy Blair and Jacques Castelot.Parish p.96 The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ... Jacques Colombier. Cast References Bibliography * Parish, James Robert. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977. External links * 1956 films 1956 comedy films 1950s French-language films French comedy films Films directed by Georges Lampin Films set in Paris 1950s French films French black-and-white films {{1950s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Are All Murderers
''We Are All Murderers'' (french: Nous sommes tous des assassins, also known as ''Are We All Murderers?'') is a 1952 French film written and directed by André Cayatte, a former attorney. It tells the story of René, a young man from the slums, trained by the French Resistance in World War II to kill Germans. He continues to kill long after the war has ended, as it is all he knows. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize. Plot René Le Guen (Marcel Mouloudji) is a former resistance fighter trained as a young man as a professional killer. After World War II, he has no qualms in applying these skills and is arrested for murder. Convicted and condemned to death, he is held in a prison cell with other murderers sentenced to death. Men to be guillotined are taken out at night, so they wait in fear and only sleep after dawn. While Le Guen's lawyer (Claude Laydu) tries to achieve a pardon for his client, three of Le Guen's fellow inmates are execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House On The Dune (1952 Film)
''The House on the Dune'' (French: ''La maison dans la dune'') is a 1952 French drama film directed by Georges Lampin and starring Ginette Leclerc, Jean Chevrier and Roger Pigaut.Rège p.605 It was a remake of the 1934 film of the same title, which was in turn based on the 1932 novel '' The House on the Dune'' by Maxence Van Der Meersch Maxence Van der Meersch (4 May 1907 – 14 January 1951) was a French Flemish writer. Life Maxence, of delicate health, came from a relatively well off family — his father was an accountant. On 27 October 1918, he lost his sister, Sarah, who w .... The film's sets were designed by Maurice Colasson. Cast References Bibliography * Philippe Rège. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1952 films 1952 drama films French drama films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Georges Lampin Remakes of French films French black-and-white films 1950s French films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidocq (1939 Film)
''Vidocq'' is a 1939 French historical crime film directed by Jacques Daroy and starring André Brulé, Nadine Vogel and René Ferté.Crisp p.38 The film is based on the memoirs of Eugène François Vidocq. Vidocq was a criminal in nineteenth century Paris who changed sides and became a leading detective. Illustrations created by Gaston Hoffman. Cast See also *''A Scandal in Paris'' (1946) *'' Vidocq'' (2001) *''The Emperor of Paris ''The Emperor of Paris'' is a 2018 French historical drama film directed by Jean-François Richet and written by Éric Besnard and Richet. Plot The film is about an ex-con turned police officer. Under the reign of Napoleon, Francois Vidocq cu ...'' (2018) References Bibliography * Crisp, C.G. ''The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960''. Indiana University Press, 1993. External links * 1939 films French crime films French historical films 1939 crime films 1930s historical films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Jacq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inférieure. It had a population of 1,255,633 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 76 Seine-Maritime INSEE History ;1790 - Creation of the Seine-Inférieure department :The department was created from part of the old province of during the |
