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Made Siamé
Made Siamé (1885–1974) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.229 Selected filmography * ''Youth'' (1933) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1934) * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1935) * '' The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1936) * '' The Alibi'' (1937) * '' The Benefactor'' (1942) * '' Father Goriot'' (1945) * '' Once is Enough'' (1946) * '' Not So Stupid'' (1946) * ''Captain Blomet'' (1947) * ''Antoine and Antoinette'' (1947) * '' Clear the Ring'' (1950) * ''The Beautiful Image'' (1951) * ''My Friend Oscar'' (1951) * ''Clara de Montargis'' (1951) * '' My Seal and Them'' (1951) * ''My Husband Is Marvelous ''My Husband Is Marvelous'' (French: ''Mon mari est merveilleux'') is a 1952 French comedy film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Fernand Gravey, Sophie Desmarets and Elina Labourdette.Rège p.512 The film's sets were designed by the ar ...'' (1952) * '' Operation Magali'' (1953) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Fil ... [...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] |
Captain Blomet
''Captain Blomet'' (French: ''Capitaine Blomet'') is a 1947 French comedy film directed by Andrée Feix and starring Fernand Gravey, Gaby Sylvia and Jean Meyer.Palmer & Michael p.69 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. Cast * Fernand Gravey as Blomet * Gaby Sylvia as Micheline de Mandane * Jean Meyer as Justin * Henri Crémieux as Le premier témoin de Cugnac * Made Siamé as Mme de Guérinière * Jacques Tarride * Denise Precheur * Ariane Murator * Etienne Decroux * Pierre Vernet * Colette Fleuriot * Suzanne Flon * Jean Gold * Jacques Henley * Katherine Kath * Jacques Erwin as M. de Cugnac * Jean-Roger Caussimon as Clodomir * Jacques Castelot as Rodolphe * Jean d'Yd * Zita Fiore * Frédérique Nadar * Marcelle Praince Marcelle Praince (9 June 1882 – 26 October 1969) was a French actress. Praince was born Célestine Cardi in Vigeois, Corrèze, France and died in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines. Selected filmograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Deaths
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the German national team won the championship title, as well as The Rumble in the Jungle, a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. Events January–February * January 26 – Bülent Ecevit of CHP fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1885 Births
Events January–March * January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam. * January 4 – The first successful appendectomy is performed by Dr. William W. Grant, on Mary Gartside. * January 17 – Mahdist War in Sudan – Battle of Abu Klea: British troops defeat Mahdist forces. * January 20 – American inventor LaMarcus Adna Thompson patents a roller coaster. * January 24 – Irish rebels damage Westminster Hall and the Tower of London with dynamite. * January 26 – Mahdist War in Sudan: Troops loyal to Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad conquer Khartoum; British commander Charles George Gordon is killed. * February 5 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State, as a personal possession. * February 9 – The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii. * February 16 – Charles D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Magali
''Operation Magali'' (French: ''Opération Magali'') is a 1953 French thriller film directed by László V. Kish and starring Raymond Souplex, Nicole Maurey and Germaine Montero.Parish & Pitts p.548 It is based on the 1951 novel ''Operation Magali'' by Maurice Dekobra. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin. Synopsis Magali is the moll of a gang leader, but jealous of his behaviour towards a younger woman she threatens to go the police and inform about his activities. The gangster wants her silenced and turns to Mario, a retired criminal, to do the hit. Reluctantly he agrees but approaches the police for help, who advise him to play along with the scheme. When Magali is then found murdered, suspicion naturally turns to Mario. Cast * Raymond Souplex as Commissaire Paoli * André Le Gall as Mario Boulard * Nicole Maurey as Manon * Germaine Montero as Magali * Philippe Nicaud as Le guitariste * Georges Flamant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Husband Is Marvelous
''My Husband Is Marvelous'' (French: ''Mon mari est merveilleux'') is a 1952 French comedy film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Fernand Gravey, Sophie Desmarets and Elina Labourdette.Rège p.512 The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré. While a follow-up to the 1951 film '' My Wife Is Formidable'' which had the same director and cast, it is not a sequel. Synopsis Sylvia, a journalist, tries to uses subterfuge in order to gain an interview with Claude a writer who tries to maintain a reclusive, misanthropic image. Cast * Fernand Gravey as Claude Chatel * Sophie Desmarets as Sylvia Corbier * Elina Labourdette as Micheline * Jacques Dynam as L'efféminé * Mady Berry as Germaine * Anne Carrère as La snob * Made Siamé as La vieille dame * Pierre Larquey as Le père Henri * Jacques Castelot as Christian * Georgette Anys as L'aubergiste * Henri Arius as Le patron du bistrot * Madeleine Barbulée * Charles Bouillaud * Louis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Seal And Them
''My Seal and Them'' (French: ''Mon phoque et elles'') is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Marie Daëms, François Périer and Jeanne Fusier-Gir. A separate Swedish-language version '' My Friend Oscar'' was also produced. It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Courbevoie on the outskirts of Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. Synopsis A fast-living diplomat's uncomplicated life is thrown into disorder when he wins a seal in a raffle. His girlfriend Gabrielle leaves him, but fortunately he meets Diana an Englishwoman who appreciates seals. Cast * Marie Daëms as Gabrielle Rivers * François Périer as François Verville * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Madame Pierrat * Pierre Bertin as Monsieur de Saint-Brive * Moira Lister as Diana * Odette Barencey as La concierge * Made Siamé as La poissonnière * Jacques Dynam as Un livreur * Hennery as Un livreur * Raymond Rognoni as Le gérant * Pierre Sergeol as Le patro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara De Montargis
''Clara de Montargis'' is a 1951 French drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Ludmilla Tchérina, Michel François and Roland Armontel.Rège p.293 It was made at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Cast * Ludmilla Tchérina as Clara * Michel François as L'ivrogne * Paul Bisciglia * Paul Bonifas * Maurice Chevit as Edouard - le majordome * Yvonne Claudie * Espanita Cortez * Marius David * Madeleine Delavaivre as Madame Bonacieux * Guy Derlan * Catherine Fath * Maud Lamy * Robert Le Fort as Le garçon d'hôtel * René Lestelly * Henri Marchand * Jean Meyer as D'Artagnan / Albert * Félix Paquet * Jean Piat as Jean-Claude * Françoise Prévost * Hélène Rémy as Aramis * Louis Seigner as Le mari de Clara * Made Siamé * Jacques Tarride * Max Tréjean Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Friend Oscar
''My Friend Oscar'' (Swedish: ''Min vän Oscar'') is a 1951 Swedish comedy film directed by Pierre Billon and Åke Ohberg and starring Åke Söderblom, Margareta Fahlén and Olof Winnerstrand.Qvist & Von Bagh p.111 A separate French-language version ''My Seal and Them'' was also produced. It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Courbevoie on the outskirts of Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. Synopsis While on a trip to Paris a young Swedish man wins Oscar, a seal, in a raffle who proceeds to cause chaos in his life. Cast * Åke Söderblom as Hans Lövgren * Margareta Fahlén as Gabriella Strandberg * Olof Winnerstrand as Claes-Herman Sundelius * Barbro Larsson as Diana Sundelius * Douglas Håge as Oscar * Börje Mellvig as Stenström * Sven Lindberg as Zoologist * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Lövgren's Housemaid * Pierre Bertin as UNESCO Director-General * René Alié as Policeman * Odette Barencey as Woman * Albert Bour as Fish Salesma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beautiful Image
''The Beautiful Image'' (French: ''La belle image'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Claude Heymann and starring Frank Villard, Françoise Christophe and Pierre Larquey.Frey p.78 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Hubert. It was based on the 1941 novel of the same title by Marcel Aymé. Synopsis The face of a modest, quiet man unexpectedly changes one day into a handsome, vigorous one. He becomes a swaggering womaniser who none of his former acquaintances recognise. He even seduces his own wife in his new personae. Cast * Frank Villard as Raoul Cérusier / Roland Colbert * Françoise Christophe as Renée Cérusier * Pierre Larquey as L'oncle Antonin * Suzanne Flon as Lucienne Chenal * Robert Dalban as Julien Gauthier * Junie Astor as La Sarrazine * Olivier Hussenot as Le commissaire * Arlette Merry as La concierge * Gilberte Géniat as Annette, la bonne * Made Siamé as Mlle Lagorce * René Clermont as L'homme aux cochons d'Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clear The Ring
''Clear the Ring'', French title ''Au revoir M. Grock'' ( en, Farewell Mr Grock), is a French comedy drama film from 1950, directed by Pierre Billon, written by Christian-Falaize, and starring Grock and Louis de Funès. The German title of the film is ''Grock: Der Mann der die Welt zum Lachen brachte'' or ''Manege frei''. Cast * Grock: Adrien Wettach, alias Grock * Suzy Prim: Countess Barinoff * Héléna Manson: aunt Pauline * Alfonso Bovino: Italian child * Charles Lemontier: Mr Durand * Maurice Regamey: Bourquaint * Nadine Rousseau: Miss Wettach * Monique Marquenet: Adélaïde * Made Siamé: a waitress * Louis de Funès Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fil ...: a spectator References External links * Au revoir M. Grock (1950)at the Films de France 1950 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine And Antoinette
''Antoine and Antoinette'' (french: Antoine et Antoinette) is a 1947 French comedy film directed by Jacques Becker. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. Synopsis Antoine and Antoinette are a working class family living and working in Paris. He is employed in a printing press and she in a department store. The couple are poor, but have many friends. However Antoine is jealous of the attention paid to the vivacious Antoinette by other men, despite the fact she is devoted to him. An apparent lottery win seems to have solved their financial problems, until Antoine loses the winning ticket on the Paris Metro. Main cast * Roger Pigaut as Antoine Moulin * Claire Mafféi as Antoinette Moulin * Noël Roquevert as Mr. Roland * Gaston Modot as civil servant * Made Siamé as the shopkeeper's wife * Pierre Trabaud as Riton * Jacques Meyran as M. Barbel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
