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Moustache (actor)
François-Alexandre Galepides, known by the stage name Moustache, was a French actor and jazz drummer of Greek descent. He was born 14 February 1929 in Paris and died 25 March 1987 in Arpajon in a car accident. Biography In 1948 he joined Lorient, the orchestra of Claude Luter, as a drummer, playing in clubs of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. He also regularly accompanied Sidney Bechet in France. From 1950, he led his own bands (''Les sept complices'' and ''Les gros minets''). With the group Moustache et ses Moustachus, from 1956, he recorded, as a drummer and singer, several rock'n'roll novelty songs (e.g. "Le Croque-Skull-Creux", on a text by Boris Vian). In 1978, he formed the group ''Les petits Français'' (including Marcel Zanini, Michel Attenoux and François Guin), which recorded, among other things, jazz pieces by Georges Brassens. In parallel, Moustache had a career as a restaurateur (the restaurant Moustache, Avenue Duquesne Paris), head of clubs (in the 1960s, The Bilboqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love In The Afternoon (1957 Film)
''Love in the Afternoon'' is a 1957 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder and starring Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn and Maurice Chevalier. The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on the 1920 Claude Anet novel '' Ariane, jeune fille russe'' (''Ariane, Young Russian Girl''). The story explores the relationship between a notorious middle-aged American playboy business magnate and the 20-something daughter of a private detective hired to investigate him. The supporting cast features John McGiver and Lise Bourdin. Plot Young cello student Ariane Chavasse eavesdrops on a conversation between her father, Claude Chavasse, a widowed private detective who specializes in tracking unfaithful spouses, and his client, "Monsieur X". After Claude gives his client proof of his wife's daily trysts with American business magnate Frank Flannagan in Room 14 at the Paris Ritz, Monsieur X announces he will shoot Flannagan later that evening. Claude is nonchala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny (1961 Film)
''Fanny'' is a 1961 American Technicolor romantic drama film directed by Joshua Logan. The screenplay by Julius J. Epstein is based on the book for the 1954 stage musical of the same title by Logan and S.N. Behrman, which in turn had been adapted from Marcel Pagnol's trilogy. Pagnol wrote two plays, '' Marius'' (1929) and '' Fanny'' (1931) and completed the cycle by writing and directing a film, '' César'', in 1936. Meanwhile, '' Marius'' (1931) and '' Fanny'' (1932) were also produced as films. The film deleted all the songs from ''Fanny'', the stage musical, but the music by Harold Rome served as the underscore for the soundtrack, and the title tune is used as the Main Title theme. It was nominated for both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Plot César (Charles Boyer) is a barkeeper in Marseille in the early 1920s. His 18-year-old son Marius (Horst Buchholz) works for him at his bar, but wants nothing more than to go to sea and leave his b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vive Henri IV
"Marche Henri IV", alternatively "Vive Henri IV" or "Vive le roi Henri", is a popular French song celebrating King Henry IV of France (also known as ''Le Bon Roi Henri'', "Good King Henry"). The melody was heard of as early as 1581, when it was mentioned in the book of Christmas songs of Christophle de Bordeaux, under the name "Chant de la Cassandre". It was a ''de facto'' royal and national anthem of the Kingdom of France (the kingdom did not have an official anthem). Thoinot Arbeau, in his ''Orchesographie'' (1589) gives us a music score of the air as the "Branle Couppé Cassandre". The air was adapted around 1600, presumably by Eustache du Caurroy, to fit new lyrics celebrating the then King of France. Three other verses were written for a comedy opera by Charles Collé in 1770, called ''La partie de chasse de Henri IV''. At later dates, more lyrics were added to the song.Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine The song refers to the first Bourbon King of France, Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Of Spades (film)
''Jack of Spades'' (French: ''Chien de pique'') is a 1960 French drama film directed by Yves Allégret and starring Eddie Constantine, Raymond Pellegrin and Marie Versini.Bessy & Chirat p.432 Synopsis A retired gangster settles down on a ranch to raise cattle. However, his former life comes back to pursue him. Cast * Eddie Constantine as Patrick * Raymond Pellegrin as Robert * Marie Versini as Zita * Georges Douking as Le vieux Manuel * Henri Cogan as Un guardian * Pierre Clémenti as Paco * Moustache as Le patron du café * Jean-Marc Allègre as Un riziculteur * James Campbell * Guy Estève * François Périer François Périer (born François Pillu; 10 November 1919 – 29 June 2002), was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles. He made over 110 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996, with notable excursion into ... * Jean Roux * Francis San Juan References Bibliography * Maurice Bessy & Raymond Chirat. ''Histoir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Nuit Des Traqués
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agencies * L.A. Screenings, a te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergeant X (1960 Film)
''Sergeant X'' (French: ''Sergent X'') is a 1960 French drama film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Noëlle Adam, Christian Marquand and Paul Guers. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same title. It was made in the style of a traditional Foreign Legion film with little acknowledgement of the ongoing Algerian War.Bedjaoui p.112 The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. Synopsis After becoming involved in a track accident in North Africa, a former paratrooper returns home to find his girlfriend believes him dead and has married another man. He enlists in the French Foreign Legion. Cast * Noëlle Adam as Françoise Renaud * Christian Marquand as Michel Rousseau * Paul Guers as Henri Mangin * Guy Mairesse as Serge * Renaud Mary as Capt. Robert * Lutz Gabor as Willy * Daniel Cauchy as Fred * Yves Barsacq Yves Barsacq (17 June 1931 – 4 October 2015) was a French film actor, who appeared in more than 150 films. He is the son of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pêcheur D'Islande
''An Iceland Fisherman'' (french: Pêcheur d'Islande, 1886) is a novel by French author Pierre Loti. It depicts the romantic but inevitably sad life of Breton fishermen who sail each summer season to the stormy Iceland cod grounds. Literary critic Edmund Gosse characterized it as "the most popular and finest of all oti'swritings."''Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition'', "Pierre Loti", by Edmund Gosse Loti's style is a combination of the French realist school, such as Émile Zola, and a form of literary impressionism. As Jules Cambon says, Loti wrote at a "..time when M. Zola and his school stood at the head of the literary movement. There breathed forth from Loti's writings an all-penetrating fragrance of poesy oetry which liberated French literary ideals from the heavy and oppressive yoke of the Naturalistic school."Jules Cambon, "Introduction", New York P.F. Collier. 1902 (see external links). Loti uses a simple vocabulary, "but these words, as used by him, take on a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramuntcho (1959 Film)
''Ramuntcho'' is a 1959 French drama film directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer and starring François Guérin, Mijanou Bardot and Gaby Morlay.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.390 It is based on Pierre Loti's 1897 novel of the same title. Cast * François Guérin as Ramuntcho * Mijanou Bardot as Gracieuse * Gaby Morlay as Dolorès * Roger Hanin as Itchoa * Albert Dinan as Baptistin * Marie Glory as Franchita * Moustache as L'aubergiste * Georges Géret as Arrochkoa * Colette Régis as La supériere * Evelyne Ker as Pantchika * Simone Vannier Simone may refer to: * Simone (given name), a feminine (or Italian masculine) given name of Hebrew origin * Simone (surname), an Italian surname Simone may also refer to: * ''Simone'' (1918 film), a French silent drama film * ''Simone'' (1926 fi ... References Bibliography * Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1959 films 1959 drama films Frenc ... [...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] |
Comme Un Cheveu Sur La Soupe
''Comme un cheveu sur la soupe'' (french: Like a hair on the soup), is a French comedy film from 1957, directed by Maurice Regamey, written by Yvan Audouard, starring Louis de Funès. Shooting took place at the " Franstudio" film studios from December 26, 1956 until February 12, 1957. The film is known under the title: "Crazy in the Noodle" or "Kindly Kill Me" (USA). Cast * Louis de Funès : Pierre Cousin, unsuccessful composer * Noëlle Adam : Caroline Clément, the young woman who wants to commit suicide * Jacques Jouanneau : Amédée, the bank clerk racegoer * Robert Manuel : Tony, the music lover * Nadine Tallier : Juliette, the hostess of "La belle vie" * Christian Duvaleix : the journalist * Christian Méry : Angelo, the bandit complicates * Louis Massy : the photographer from the newspaper * Léo Campion : Mr Ferdinand Boutiller, impresario and editor of discs * Pierre Stephen : the commissioner of police Bargeot * Eddy Rasimi : porter at "La belle vie" * Simone B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle Strip-tease
''Plucking the Daisy'' (french: En effeuillant la marguerite) is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Brigitte Bardot. It was also known as ''Mam'selle Striptease'' and ''Please Mr Balzac''. ''Turner Classic Movies'' called it "a typical French romantic comedy... complete with a meet-cute on a train, and plenty of loving shots of Bardot's pert behind.... typical of the suggestive but innocuous films that Bardot made early in her career." Plot General Dumont discovers that his daughter Agnes is "A.D.", author of a scandalous under-the-counter novel. He tries to send her to a convent but she escapes to Paris to live with her brother. On the train she meets Daniel, a journalist. Agnes thinks her brother is a rich artist but he's actually a poor guide in the Balzac Museum. Agnes needs money and enters an amateur striptease contest. Daniel is covering the contest for his magazine. Cast * Brigitte Bardot as Agnès Dumont * Daniel Gélin as Daniel Roy * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
