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Manèges
''Manèges'' is a French film directed by Yves Allégret and released in 1950. The film stars Simone Signoret (married at the time to Allégret, although the marriage came to an end soon after), Bernard Blier and Jane Marken. It is shot in black-and-white in film noir style, with extensive use of flashback and the voiceover of characters' unspoken thoughts. ''Manèges'' is noted for the exceptionally harsh and cynical manner in which Allégret delineates the characters of his two female leads, and has been accused of being misogynistic in tone. The film was released in English-speaking markets under various titles, including ''The Wanton'', ''The Cheat'' and ''The Riding School''. Plot Robert ( Bernard Blier), a riding school owner, and his wife Dora (Simone Signoret) have a seemingly happy marriage until Dora is critically injured in a road accident, not shown on screen. Robert and Dora's mother (Jane Marken) rush to the hospital to which she has been taken. Believing she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Marken
Jane Marken (born Jeanne Berthe Adolphine Crabbe, sometimes credited as Jeanne Marken, 13 January 1895 in Paris 10th arrondissement – 1 December 1976 in Paris 4th arrondissement) was a French actress. She was the first wife of the actor Jules Berry. Marken began her film career under the aegis of Abel Gance in 1915. She made several films with Marcel Carné including ''Hotel du Nord'' (1938), and as Madame Hermine, the hotelier (a comic role) in ''Les Enfants du Paradis'' (''Children of Paradise'', 1945). She also appeared in films of Julien Duvivier, Jacques Becker, Sacha Guitry, Renoir's ''Partie de campagne'' (''A Day in the Country'' 1936), Yves Allégret's ''Une si jolie petite plage'' (1949) and '' Manèges'' (1950), '' Dr. Knock'' (1951), ''The Turkey'' (1951), and in Roger Vadim's '' And God Created Woman'' (1956). Her last appearance was in ''L'Humeur vagabonde'' (1971), directed by Édouard Luntz. Selected filmography * ''Fioritures'' (1916) - Anny Dorleville * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Allégret
Yves Allégret (13 October 1905 – 31 January 1987) was a French film director, often working in the film noir genre. He was born in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine and died in Paris. He was an assistant to film directors such as his brother Marc Allégret, Augusto Genina, and Jean Renoir. Filmography Feature films * ''Tobias Is an Angel'' (1940) * ''The Emigrant (1940 film), The Emigrant'' (dir. Léo Joannon, 1940) * ''Box of Dreams (film), Box of Dreams'' (1945) * ''Les démons de l'aube'' (1946) * ''Dédée d'Anvers'' (1948) * ''Une si jolie petite plage'' (1949) * ''Manèges'' (1950) * ''Les Miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois'' (1951) * ''Leathernose'' (1952) * ''La Jeune Folle'' (1952) * ''The Proud and the Beautiful'' (1953) * ''Oh No, Mam'zelle'' (1954) * ''Oasis (1955 film), Oasis'' (1955) * ''The Best Part (film), The Best Part'' (1956) * ''Méfiez-vous fillettes'' (1957) * ''Send a Woman When the Devil Fails'' (1957) * ''The Daughter of Hamburg'' (1958) * ''The Restle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DisCina
DisCina was a French film production and distribution company established in 1938 by Michel Safra and André Paulvé. It reached its peak during the 1940s and early 1950s, remaining active during the Occupation of France. It also operated a distribution company in the United States to release its French films on the American art house market.Slide p.56 Selected filmography * ''Conflict'' (1938) * ''Gibraltar'' (1938) * ''Monsieur Coccinelle'' (1938) * ''Angelica'' (1939) * ''La Loi du Nord'' (1939) * '' Serge Panine'' (1939) * ''The Fatted Calf'' (1939) * '' Personal Column'' (1939) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''Thunder Over Paris'' (1940) * ''First Ball'' (1941) * ''Carmen'' (1942) * ''The Murderer is Afraid at Night'' (1942) * '' Summer Light'' (1943) * '' The Eternal Return'' (1943) * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1943) * '' The Bellman'' (1945) * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) * ''Mademoiselle X'' (1945) * '' Father Goriot'' (1945) * ''Beauty and the Beast'' (1946) * ''Sylvie an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona Dol
Mona Dol (28 May 1901 – 29 December 1990) was a French actress. Born Amélie Alice Gabrielle Delbart in Lille, she died in Paris in 1990. Selected filmography * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1935) * '' The Gardens of Murcia'' (1936) * '' Madame Sans-Gêne'' (1941) * ''Miss Bonaparte'' (1942) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * '' Strange Inheritance'' (1943) * ''First on the Rope'' (1944) * '' Night Shift'' (1944) * '' Boule de suif'' (1945) * ''Dropped from Heaven'' (1946) * ''Pastoral Symphony'' (1946) * ''Messieurs Ludovic'' (1946) * ''The Marriage of Ramuntcho'' (1947) * ''The Bouquinquant Brothers'' (1947) * ''Une si jolie petite plage'' (1949) * ''Thus Finishes the Night'' (1949) * '' Manèges'' (1950) * ''Two Pennies Worth of Violets'' (1951) * ''His Father's Portrait'' (1953) * ''The Fire Within ''The Fire Within'' (french: Le Feu follet , meaning "The Manic Fire" or "Will-o'-the-Wisp") is a 1963 drama film written and directed by Louis Malle, based on the 1931 novel ''Will O' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Gobin
Gabriel Gobin (12 May 1903 – 9 February 1998) was a Belgian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1947 and 1990. He was born in Hacquegnies, Belgium and died in Brie-Comte-Robert, France. Selected filmography * ''Quai des Orfèvres'' (1947) - Le patron du bistrot * ''Monsieur Vincent'' (1947) - Un serviteur de Monsieur Besnier (uncredited) * '' Dédée d'Anvers'' (1948) - Paul * '' Une si jolie petite plage'' (1949) - Arthur * ''Monseigneur'' (1949) - Tatave * '' Manèges'' (1950) - Émile * '' Here Is the Beauty'' (1950) - Le machiniste * ''The Paris Waltz'' (1950) - Chqbert - le régisseur * '' Old Boys of Saint-Loup'' (1950) - Subileau - l'agriculteur * ''Identité judiciaire'' (1951) - Un ouvrier (uncredited) * ''Les amants de Bras-Mort'' (1951) - Marinier * ''Passion'' (1951) * ''The Voyage to America'' (1951) - Employé du car * '' Leathernose'' (1952) - Le piqueur * ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' (1952) - Le gendarme (segment "Luxure, La / Lust") (uncred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Baumer
Jacques Baumer (born Jacques Henri Nusbaumer; 12 April 1885 - 20 June 1951), was a French theatre director and comedian. Filmography * 1932: ' by Georges Lacombe * 1933: ''Étienne'' by Jean Tarride * 1936: ' by Max Glass and Marco de Gastyne – (M. Legrand) * 1936: ''L'Homme sans cœur'' by Léo Joannon - (Jeanton) * 1936: ''La Belle Équipe'' by Julien Duvivier - (M. Jubette) * 1937: '' Southern Mail'' by Pierre Billon – (Le procureur) * 1937: ' by Marcel L'Herbier - (commandant Bovy) * 1937: ''Gribouille'' by Marc Allégret - (M. Morinier) * 1937: ''Mollenard'' by Robert Siodmak * 1937: ''Désiré'' by Sacha Guitry - (Félix) * 1937: ' by Jacques de Baroncelli - (Di-Larco) * 1937: ''Un déjeuner de soleil'' by - (M. Fleury-Vallée) * 1937: ' by - (inspector Finois) * 1938: ' by Jean Choux - (doctor Cézambre) * 1938: ''La Piste du sud'' by Pierre Billon - (Gomez) * 1938: ''Café de Paris'' by Yves Mirande and Georges Lacombe - (Le commissaire de police) * 1938: ''Lé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franck Villard
Frank Villard (24 March 1917 – 19 September 1980) was a French film actor.Goble p.121 He was born François Drouineau in Saint-Jean-d'Angély. Selected filmography * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) - Un homme (uncredited) * ''Cartacalha, reine des gitans'' (1942) * ''Feu sacré'' (1942) - Jean Delmas * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) - Jean * ''The Faceless Enemy'' (1946) - Inspecteur Wens / Inspector Wens * ''The Marriage of Ramuntcho'' (1947) - Georges Baermann * '' The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain'' (1947) - Ancelin * ''Fausse identité'' (1947) - L'inspecteur Rolle * ''Le cavalier de Croix-Mort'' (1948) - François d'Anthar * ''Les souvenirs ne sont pas à vendre'' (1948) - Jean * ''Le signal rouge'' (1949) - Ing. Nicolas Riedel * '' Gigi'' (1949) - Gaston * ''Vient de paraître'' (1949) - Maréchal * '' Manèges'' (1950) - François * ''Minne'' (1950) - Antoine * ''Fusillé à l'aube'' (1950) - Rudolf Hennings * ''Les amants de Bras-Mort'' (1951) - Jean Michaut * ''The Beautiful I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Serein
Maurice Serein (1905-1974) was a French film editor. Mitchell p.118 He was active in the French film industry from 1934 to 1962. Selected filmography * '' Love and Luck'' (1932) * '' The Bureaucrats'' (1936) * ''You Are Me'' (1936) * ''Ménilmontant'' (1936) * '' Claudine at School'' (1937) * '' The Messenger'' (1937) * '' Extenuating Circumstances'' (1939) * '' Latin Quarter'' (1939) * ''Nine Bachelors'' (1939) * ''The Man Who Seeks the Truth'' (1940) * '' The Beautiful Trip'' (1947) * '' The Woman in Red'' (1947) * '' Ruy Blas'' (1948) * ''Du Guesclin'' (1949) * ''Manèges'' (1950) * ''Women Are Angels'' (1952) * ''At the Order of the Czar'' (1954) * '' Les mauvaises rencontres'' (1955) * ''The Price of Love'' (1955) * ''The Singer from Mexico'' (1957) * ''Tabarin'' (1958) * ''Serenade of Texas'' (1958) * ''Konga Yo ''Konga Yo'' is a 1962 French adventure film directed by Yves Allégret. It was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Nicole Courcel as Marie * Jea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier (11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French character actor. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute, was posted at the time. Life and career His rotund features and premature baldness allowed him to often play cuckolded husbands in his early career. He is notable for being one of France's most versatile and sought-after character actors, performing interchangeably in comedies and dramas. His complete filmography includes 138 titles. He often appeared in Italian films too, particularly in the last decade of his life. He was awarded an Honorary César (the French Oscar) in 1989, 24 days before he died. Personal life He is the father of director Bertrand Blier. He has appeared in a number of his son's films, most notably ''Buffet froid ''Buffet froid'' is a 1979 French film written and directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Carole Bouquet, Bernard Blier and Jean Carmet. The film is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Signoret
Simone Signoret (; born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French actress. She received various accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, a César Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, in addition to nominations for two Golden Globe Awards. Early life Signoret was born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker in Wiesbaden, Germany, to Georgette (née Signoret) and André Kaminker, as the eldest of three children, with two younger brothers. Her father, a pioneering interpreter who worked in the League of Nations, was a French-born army officer from a Polish Jewish family, who brought the family to Neuilly-sur-Seine on the outskirts of Paris. Her mother, Georgette, from whom she acquired her stage name, was a French Catholic. Signoret grew up in Paris in an intellectual atmosphere and studied English, German and Latin. After completing secondary school during the Nazi o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Paulvé
André Paulvé (30 October 1898 – 8 July 1982) was a French film producer. He established his own production and distribution company DisCina with Michel Safra in 1938. During the German Occupation of France after 1940 he based himself at Nice in the Unoccupied Zone. He was a pioneer in co-productions with Italy, establishing a link with the Cinecitta Studios in Rome.Crisp p.89 Selected filmography * '' Rendez-vous Champs-Elysées'' (1937) * ''Conflict'' (1938) * ''Gibraltar'' (1938) * ''Angelica'' (1939) * '' Serge Panine'' (1939) * '' Personal Column'' (1939) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''La Comédie du bonheur'' (1940) * '' Vingt-quatre heures de perm''' (1940) * ''First Ball'' (1941) * ''Macao'' (1942) * ''Carmen'' (1942) * ''The Murderer is Afraid at Night'' (1942) * '' Les Visiteurs du Soir'' (1942) * '' Summer Light'' (1943) * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1943) * '' The Eternal Return'' (1943) *''Children of Paradise'' (1945) * ''La Vie de bohème'' (1945) * ''Mademoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Black-and-white Films
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