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Mademoiselle Béatrice (film)
''Mademoiselle Béatrice'' is a 1943 French comedy film directed by Max de Vaucorbeil and starring Gaby Morlay, André Luguet and Louise Carletti.Bertin-Maghit p.175 The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart. Synopsis A student in Paris is in love with Jeanette, but her family seem to present an obstacle to marriage. Fortunately Aunt Béatrice steps in to assist and all eventually turns out happily. Cast * Gaby Morlay as Béatrice * André Luguet as Hubert de Sainte-Croix * Louise Carletti as Jeanette * Jacques Baumer as Maître Bergas * Germaine Charley as Madame de Malempré * Marguerite Deval as La vieille dame du banc * Louis Salou as Maurin-Gautier * Jean Périer as Le vieux monsieur du banc * Sinoël as Dagobert * Gabrielle Fontan as Angèle * Noëlle Norman as Virginie de Malempré * Génia Vaury as Madame Philippon * Jimmy Gaillard as Christian Bergas * Pierre Bertin Pierre Victor Théophile Bertin (24 October 1891 – 13 May 1984 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max De Vaucorbeil
Max de Vaucorbeil (1901–1982) was a Belgian film director.Goble p.478 Selected filmography * ''The Road to Paradise'' (1930) * ''Captain Craddock'' (1932) * ''Princess, At Your Orders!'' (1931) * ''A Weak Woman'' (1933) * ''Mademoiselle Béatrice (film), Mademoiselle Béatrice'' (1943) * ''The Marriage of Ramuntcho'' (1947) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1901 births 1982 deaths Belgian film directors Belgian emigrants to France Mass media people from Brussels {{Belgium-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germaine Charley
Germaine Charley (1887–1959) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Goble p.50 Selected filmography * ''The Regiment's Champion'' (1932) * ''Bach the Millionaire'' (1933) * ''The Uncle from Peking'' (1934) * ''Barnabé (film), Barnabé'' (1938) * ''Sacred Woods'' (1939) * ''The Porter from Maxim's (1939 film), The Porter from Maxim's'' (1939) * ''Mademoiselle Béatrice (film), Mademoiselle Béatrice'' (1943) * ''Her Final Role'' (1946) * ''Virgile (film), Virgile'' (1953) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1887 births 1959 deaths French film actresses Actresses from Paris {{France-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Comedy Films
French comedy films are comedy films produced in France. Comedy is the most popular French genre in cinema. Comic films began to appear in significant numbers during the era of silent films, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humour of many of these silent films relied on slapstick and burlesque. Characteristics of French comedy films French comedy films are very often social comedies, which differs largely from American comedies."La comédie française se différencie ..par son aspect social, une lutte des classes généralement absente des comédies américaines." . Social comedy Culture shock, in several French comedies, oftentimes contain several 'clichés', which include: * Religion – ''The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob'' in the 1970s, and ''Serial (Bad) Weddings'' in the 2010s * Social background – ''Life Is a Long Quiet River'' in the 1980s, and ''The Intouchables'' in the 2010s * Difference of life between two places – '' Welcome to the Land of ch'tis'' in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1943 Comedy Films
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – WWII: Greek-Polish athlete and saboteur Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz is executed by the Germans at Kaisariani. * January 11 ** The United States and United Kingdom revise previously unequal treaty relationships with the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China. ** Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City. * January 13 – Anti-Nazi protests in Sofia result in 200 arrests and 36 executions. * January 14 – January 24, 24 – WWII: Casablanca Conference: Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States; Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; and Generals Charles de Gaulle and Henri Giraud of the Free French forces meet secretly at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco, to plan the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s French-language Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1943 Films
The year 1943 in film featured various significant events for the film industry. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1943 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – The film ''Casablanca'' is released nationally in the United States and becomes one of the top-grossing pictures of 1943. It goes on to win the Best Picture and Best Director awards at the 16th Academy Awards. * February 20 – American film studio executives agree to allow the United States Office of War Information to censor films. * June 1 – Veteran English stage and screen actor Leslie Howard dies at the age of 50 in the crash of BOAC Flight 777 off the coast of Galicia, Spain. While best remembered for his role as Ashley Wilkes in ''Gone with the Wind'', Howard had roles in many other notable films and was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. * November 23 – British Forces Broadcasting Service begins operation * December 31 – New York Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Bertin
Pierre Victor Théophile Bertin (24 October 1891 – 13 May 1984) was a French stage and film actor. In 1948, he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under Sacha Guitry. He was the librettist of the opéra-comique ''La Gageure imprévue'' after Sedaine with music by Henri Sauguet, first performed at the Paris, Opéra-Comique in 1944, and for the radio opera ''Les Deux Rendez-vous'' (after Nerval) by Claude Arrieu first broadcast in 1951. accessed 6 December 2018. Pierre Bertin was born in and died in |
Jimmy Gaillard
Jimmy Gaillard (1916–1985) was a French actor.Flitterman-Lewis p.158 He began his film career in 1924 as a child actor. Selected filmography * '' Peach Skin'' (1929) * ''Heart of Paris'' (1932) * ''Whirlwind of Paris'' (1939) * ''Nightclub Hostess'' (1939) * ''Prince Charming'' (1942) * '' Mademoiselle Béatrice'' (1943) * ''Arlette and Love'' (1943) * '' Son of France'' (1946) * '' Gringalet'' (1946) * '' The White Night'' (1948) *'' Judicial Error'' (1948) * ''Life Is a Game'' (1951) * ''The Fighting Drummer ''The Fighting Drummer'' (french: Tambour battant) is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Georges Combret.Rège p.245 The film's sets were designed by the art director Marcel Magniez. Cast In alphabetical order * Alfred Adam as Favrol * Roland ...'' (1953) References Bibliography * Sandy Flitterman-Lewis. ''To Desire Differently: Feminism and the French Cinema''. University of Illinois Press, 1990. External links * 1916 births 1985 deaths French male film a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Génia Vaury
Génia (stylized as GéNIA; born in Ukrainian SSR) is a London-based virtuoso concert pianist and composer. Génia was born in Ukraine into the Horowitz family of musicians and scientists. Her repertoire ranges from classical music to contemporary works and her own compositions. Education Génia started her studies at the age of four with her great-grandmother, the pianist and pedagogue Regina Horowitz (sister of pianist Vladimir Horowitz and wife of the Soviet economist Evsei Liberman). Génia continued her studies with pianist and teacher Sergei Yushkevitch at the Kharkov Institute of Arts. In 1999, Génia graduated from Guildhall School of Music earning the Premier Prix. She went on to graduate from Trinity College of Music in 2000, studying with Professor Joan Havill and Douglas Finch where she was runner-up in the TCM Associate Soloist Competition and awarded the Founders Prize for Excellence. In the same year she was awarded the Silver Medal Award from the Worshipful C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noëlle Norman
Noëlle Norman (January 7, 1921 – January 11, 1985) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than thirty films including ''On demande un assassin'' (1949).Goble p.452 Selected filmography * ''Immediate Call'' (1939) * ''Grandfather'' (1939) * ''It Always Ends That Way'' (1939) * '' Sins of Youth'' (1941) * ''Then We'll Get a Divorce'' (1940) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * '' Mademoiselle Béatrice'' (1943) * ''The Misfortunes of Sophie'' (1946) * ''Vertigo'' (1947) * ''Emile the African'' (1949) * ''The Paris Waltz'' (1950) * '' Come Down, Someone Wants You'' (1951) * ''Love Is Just a Fairytale'' (1955) * ''Eighteen Hour Stopover ''Eighteen Hour Stopover'' (French: ''Dix-huit heures d'escale'') is a 1955 French crime film directed by René Jolivet and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Geneviève Kervine and Georges Marchal.Rège p.54 The film's sets were designed by the art di ...'' (1955) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle Fontan
Gabrielle Fontan (16 April 1873 – 8 September 1959) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1927 and 1959. Selected filmography * '' Misdeal'' (1928) * '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1929) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1929) * '' The Lighthouse Keepers'' (1929) * ''My Friend Victor'' (1931) * '' Toto'' (1933) * ''Gold in the Street'' (1934) * ''Partie de campagne'' (1936) * ''Life Dances On'' (1937) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1937) * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) * ''Ramuntcho'' (1938) * '' The Time of the Cherries'' (1938) * ''The Fatted Calf'' (1939) * '' First Ball'' (1941) * ''The Stairs Without End'' (1943) * '' Mademoiselle Béatrice'' (1943) * '' Strange Inheritance'' (1943) * '' Love Story'' (1943) * '' Night Shift'' (1944) * ''Majestic Hotel Cellars'' (1945) * ''François Villon'' (1945) * ''Her Final Role'' (1946) * ''Sylvie and the Ghost'' (1946) * ''Jericho'' (1946) * ''The Last Penny'' (1946) * '' Night Exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
