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Monique Rolland
Monique Rolland (1913–1999) was a French film actress. She appeared in the 1932 film ''Narcotics''.Youngkin p.465 Selected filmography * ''Narcotics'' (1932) * ''The Barber of Seville'' (1933) * ''Paris-Deauville'' (1934) * ''The Midnight Prince'' (1934) * ''A Rare Bird'' (1936) * ''A Hen on a Wall'' (1936) * ''The Alibi'' (1937) * ''The West'' (1938) * ''Paradise Lost ''Paradise Lost'' is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 16 ...'' (1940) * '' Foolish Husbands'' (1941) References Bibliography * Youngkin, Stephen. ''The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre''. University Press of Kentucky, 2005. External links * 1913 births 1999 deaths French film actresses Actresses from Paris 20th-century French actresses {{France-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
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] |
The Alibi (1937 Film)
''The Alibi'' (French: ''L'Alibi'') is a 1937 French mystery film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean and Jany Holt. The film was shot at the Billancourt Studios and Epinay Studios in Paris. Location shooting took place at Trilport on the River Seine. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Eugène Lourié and Serge Piménoff The film was well received by critics on its release.Andrew p.134 It was released in the United States in April 1939 by Columbia Pictures. Cast * Erich von Stroheim as Le professeur Winckler * Albert Préjean as André Laurent * Jany Holt as Hélène Ardouin * Louis Jouvet as Le commissaire Calas * Véra Flory as Une entraîneuse * Foun-Sen as L'assistante de Winckler * Génia Vaury as Une entraîneuse * Made Siamé as La secrétaire de Calas * Roger Blin as Kretz, l'homme de main de Winckler * Philippe Richard as John Gordon * Jean Témerson as Jojo, l'ami de Dany * Maurice Baquet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Film Actresses
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Deaths
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootings in the United States; the Year 2000 problem ("Y2K"), perceived as a major concern in the lead-up to the year 2000; the Millennium Dome opens in London; online music downloading platform Napster is launched, soon a source of online piracy; NASA loses both the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander; a destroyed T-55 tank near Prizren during the Kosovo War., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Death and state funeral of King Hussein rect 200 0 400 200 1999 İzmit earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Columbine High School massacre rect 0 200 300 400 Kosovo War rect 300 200 600 400 Year 2000 problem rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Climate Orbiter rect 200 400 400 600 Napster rect 400 400 600 600 Millennium Dome 1999 was designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Births
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito alongside Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the world's largest railroad station. * February 3 – The 16th Amendment to the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foolish Husbands
''Foolish Husbands'' (French: ''Histoire de rire'') is a 1941 French comedy film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Fernand Gravey, Marie Déa, Micheline Presle and Pierre Renoir.https://www.unifrance.org/film/5456/histoire-de-rire It is based on a 1939 play of the same title by Armand Salacrou. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. Cast * Fernand Gravey as Gérard Barbier * Marie Déa as Hélène Donaldo * Micheline Presle as Adélaïde Barbier * Pierre Renoir as Jules Donaldo * Bernard Lancret as Jean-Louis Deshayes * Gilbert Gil as Achille Ballorson * Monique Rolland as Coco d'Antibes * Maurice Mosnier as Joseph * Gustave Gallet as Maisnier References Bibliography * Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. (1986) ''Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950''. Pygmalion Pygmalion or Pigmalion may refer to: Mythology * Pygmalion (mythology), a sculptor who fell in love with his statue Stage * ''Pigmalion'' (opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise Lost (1940 Film)
''Paradise Lost'' (french: link=no, Paradis perdu) is a 1940 French war drama film directed by Abel Gance and starring Fernand Gravey, Elvire Popesco and Micheline Presle.The A to Z of French Cinema p.181 In pre-First World War Paris, an aspiring artist falls in love with a dressmaker. After she dies in childbirth he volunteers to take part in a dangerous mission during the war. Badly wounded, he nonetheless recovers, and returns home to bring up his only daughter. Cast * Fernand Gravey as Le peintre Pierre Leblanc * Elvire Popesco as Sonia Vorochine * Micheline Presle as Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblanc * André Alerme as le couturier Raoul Calou * Monique Rolland as Laurence Aubujan * Robert Le Vigan as Édouard Bordenave * Robert Pizani as Le couturier Bernard Lesage * Jane Marken as Madame Bonneron – la concierge * Marcel Delaître Marcel Delaître (1888–1963) was a French film and stage actor.Crisp p.94 Selected filmography * '' Happy Hearts'' (1932) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The West (1938 Film)
''The West'' (French: ''L'occident'') is a 1938 French drama film directed by Henri Fescourt and starring Charles Vanel, José Noguéro and Hélène Robert.Kennedy-Karpat p.78 It is a remake of the director's own 1928 silent film of the same title. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Douarinou. Synopsis The film portrays the relationship between a female Moroccan student, who has been forced to leave her studies at the Sorbonne for financial reasons and works as a dancer in a Paris 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), ma ... nightclub, and a French naval officer. However, on returning to Casablanca she is tricked into believing that he had the led attack on her village that wiped out her family. She begins to plot her revenge. Cast See also *'' E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Hen On A Wall
''A Hen on a Wall'' (French:''Une poule sur un mur'') is a 1936 French crime film directed by Maurice Gleize and starring Jules Berry, Pierre Larquey and Christiane Delyne.Crisp p.409 The title refers to a French children's song. Cast * Jules Berry as Henri Sornin * Pierre Larquey as Bob Pouvrier * Christiane Delyne as Betty Pouvrier * Monique Rolland as Fossette Sornin * Saturnin Fabre as Monsieur Amédée * Sinoël as L'oncle Albert * Jeanne Fusier-Gir * Andrée Champeaux * Serjius as Gustave * René Alié * Jacqueline Prévot * Georges Bever Georges Bever (1884–1973) was a French film and television actor.Goble p.38 Selected filmography * '' The Crystal Submarine '' (1927) * ''The Man in Evening Clothes'' (1931) * '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) * ''Fun in the Barracks'' ... * Carlos Machado References Bibliography * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin. Its eighteen integral regions (five of which are overseas) span a combined area of and contain clos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Rare Bird
''A Rare Bird'' (French: ''Un oiseau rare'') is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Pierre Brasseur, Max Dearly and Monique Rolland.Parish p.63 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Hubert and Jacques Krauss. Cast * Pierre Brasseur as Jean Berthier * Max Dearly as Melleville * Monique Rolland as Renée * Charles Dechamps as Le directeur de l'hôtel * Jean Tissier as Mascaret * Madeleine Guitty as Léonie * Henri Vilbert as Grégoire * Claire Gérard as Mme Berthier * Pierre Larquey as Valentin * Marcel Duhamel as Le baron Tourtau * Madeleine Suffel as La baronne Tourtau * Anthony Gildès as Le sourd * Léon Arvel as Broux * Carlos Avril * Lou Bonin * Marguerite de Morlaye as La danseuse au bal masué * Geno Ferny as Le membre du conseil d'administration * Georges Jamin as Un montagnard * Liliane Lesaffre as L'aubergiste * Maurice Marceau as Le danseur au chalet * Pierre Sabas Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Midnight Prince
''The Midnight Prince'' (French: ''Prince de minuit'') is a 1934 French musical comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Henri Garat, Edith Méra and Monique Rolland.The A to Z of French Cinema p.196 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. Synopsis A Paris 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), ma ... music shop assistant is employed at night by a nightclub to pretend to be a famous foreign prince in order to drum up business. Things become complicated when he is confused with a real foreign royal. Cast References Bibliography * Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1934 films 1934 musical comedy films French musical comedy films 1930s French- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
