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Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon (25 September 1909, Valence, Drôme – 15 April 1985, Montpellier) was a French film director, script-writer, playwright and author. After studying law, he was made chief editor of the daily newspaper ''Sud-Est''. He founded the journal '' Valence-Républicain''. His play "All in the Family", adapted by Victor Wolfson, was given its first performance at the Strand Theatre, London on 17 June 1959. It was directed by Norman Marshall and designed by Paul Mayo. The cast consisted of Maxine Audley, Donald Sinden, Andre Morell, Brian Oulton, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Michael Logan, Vanda Godsell, Pauline Knight, Virginia Maskell, Mary Powell, Douglas Malcom and Philip Ashley. Plays * 1939 : ''L'Amant de paille'' * 1945 : ''Au petit bonheur'' * 1951 : ''Tapage nocturne'' (''All in the Family'') * 1953 : ''Treize à table'' * 1953 : ''Adorable Julia'', based on Guy Bolton's play ''Theatre'' (1941), based on the novel ''Theatre'' (1937) by W. Somerset Maugham * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valence, Drôme
Valence (, ; oc, Valença ) is a commune in southeastern France, the prefecture of the Drôme department and within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhône, about south of Lyon, along the railway line that runs from Paris to Marseille. It is the eighth-largest city in the region by its population and has 64,726 registered inhabitants in 2018 (132,556 inhabitants in the urban area (''unité urbaine''). The city is divided into four cantons. Its inhabitants are called ''Valentinois''. Located in the heart of the Rhone corridor, Valence is often referred to as "the door to the South of France", the local saying ''à Valence le Midi commence'' ("at Valence the Midi begins") pays tribute to the city's southern culture. Between Vercors and Provence, its geographical location attracts many tourists. Axes of transport and communications are the A7 and A49 autoroutes, the RN7, Paris/Marseille TGV line, as well as the Rhône. In addition, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier (; 23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked on cultural programmes for French television. He also fulfilled many administrative roles in the French film industry, and he was the founder and the first President of the French film school Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). Early life Marcel L'Herbier was born in Paris on 23 April 1888 into a professional and intellectual family, and as he grew up he demonstrated a multi-talented disposition for sports, dancing, debating and the arts. He attended a Society of Mary (Marists), Marist school and then the Lycée Voltaire (Paris), Lycée Voltaire, followed by the École des Hautes Études Sociales in Paris. He worked hard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third At Heart
''Third at Heart'' (French: ''Tierce à coeur'') is a 1947 French comedy film directed by Jacques de Casembroot and starring Georges Grey, Sophie Desmarets and Henri Guisol.Rège p.186 Cast * Georges Grey as Jérôme de Latour Martin * Henri Guisol as Jasmin * Sophie Desmarets as Gaby * Paul Amiot as Le président du tribunal * Jacqueline Porel as Dina * Pauline Carton as Marguerite * Francine Claudel as Lorraine * Henri de Livry as Le livreur * Albert Michel Albert Michel (1909–1981) was a French stage, film and television actor.Paietta p.40 Selected filmography * ''Je chante'' (1938) - Un laitier (uncredited) * ''Ne bougez plus'' (1941) - Clanpinet * ''Chèque au porteur'' (1941) * ''Fièvres'' ( ... as Bastien References Bibliography * Rège, Philippe . ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1947 films 1947 comedy films French comedy films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Jacques de Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrée Feix
Andrée Feix (15 February 1912 – 15 April 1987) was a French film editor and film director. She directed two films in the mid-1940s, making her debut with the comedy '' Once is Enough'' (1946).Rollet p.105 Selected filmography Editor * '' The House of Mystery'' (1933) * '' Little Jacques'' (1934) * ''The Voyage to America'' (1951) * '' Koenigsmark'' (1953) * ''Yours Truly, Blake'' (1954) * ''Black Orpheus ''Black Orpheus'' ( Portuguese: ''Orfeu Negro'' ) is a 1959 romantic tragedy film made in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus and starring Marpessa Dawn and Breno Mello. It is based on the play ''Orfeu da Conceição'' by Vinicius de Mora ...'' (1959) * '' Love in the Night'' (1968) Director * '' Once is Enough'' (1946) * '' Captain Blomet'' (1947) References Bibliography * Brigitte Rollet. ''Coline Serreau''. Manchester University Press, 1998. External links * 1912 births 1987 deaths French film editors Film directors from Paris French women film editor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once Is Enough (film)
''Once is Enough'' (French: ''Il suffit d'une fois'') is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Andrée Feix and starring Edwige Feuillère, Fernand Gravey and Henri Guisol.Rollet p.105 Cast * Edwige Feuillère as Christine Jourdan * Fernand Gravey as Jacques Reval * Henri Guisol as Bernard Ancelin * François Joux * Made Siamé * Hélène Garaud * Henri Charrett * Ky Duyen KY or Ky may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Ky Kiske, a fictional character in the ''Guilty Gear'' video game series * Kashiyatra, a festival in India People * Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (1930-2011), South Vietnamese general and prime minister * ... References Bibliography * Brigitte Rollet. ''Coline Serreau''. Manchester University Press, 1998. External links * 1946 films French comedy films 1946 comedy films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Andrée Feix Gaumont Film Company films French black-and-white films 1940s French films {{1940s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques De Baroncelli
Jacques de Baroncelli (25 June 1881 – 12 January 1951) was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He came from a Florence, Florentine family who had settled in Provence in the 15th century, occupying a building in the centre of Avignon then called the Baroncelli Palace (now the Palais du Roure). His father's side of the family were of Tuscany, Tuscan origin and part of the Guelphs and Ghibellines, Ghibelline tradition, and they were hereditary Marquis of Javon, Marquises of Javon. Though somewhat aristocratic, the family spoke Provençal (dialect), Provençal, which was rather controversial at a time when it was considered to be a language of the common people. His older brother was Folco de Baroncelli-Javon, He directed well over 80 films between 1915 and 1948 and in the 1940s released numerous films in the United States and Italy. One of his films, a version of the Pierre Louÿs novel ''La Femme et le pantin'' (1928) was filmed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sea Rose
''The Sea Rose'' (French: ''La rose de la mer'') is a 1946 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Denise Bosc, Fernand Ledoux and Roger Pigaut.Goble p.478 The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. Synopsis Jérôme his uncle Romain own an old cargo ship. When he discovers that Romain and his dishonest crew plan to scuttle the ship for insurance Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ... money he attempts to prevent them. Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1946 films 1946 drama films French drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Jacques de Baroncelli Films based on French novels Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Bernard
Raymond Bernard (10 October 1891 – 12 December 1977) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career spanned more than 40 years. He is best remembered for several large-scale historical productions, including the silent films '' Le Miracle des loups'' (''The Miracle of the Wolves'') and '' Le Joueur d'échecs'' (''The Chess Player'') and in the 1930s '' Les Croix de bois'' (''Wooden Crosses'') and a highly regarded adaptation of ''Les Misérables''. Biography Raymond Bernard was born in Paris in 1891, the son of the author and humorist Tristan Bernard and younger brother of the playwright Jean-Jacques Bernard. He began his career as an actor appearing on stage in plays written by his father, including ''Jeanne Doré'' (1913) alongside Sarah Bernhardt (also filmed in 1916). In 1917, Bernard began to work behind the camera as assistant to Jacques Feyder at Gaumont and then continued as a director, principally adapting plays by his father. In these popular entertainments, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye Darling
''Goodbye Darling'' (French: ''Adieu chérie'') is a 1946 French drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Danielle Darrieux, Louis Salou and Gabrielle Dorziat.Rège p.620 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. Cast * Danielle Darrieux as Chérie * Louis Salou as Maxime * Gabrielle Dorziat as Constance * Jacques Berthier as Bruno Betillac * Germaine Stainval * Rolande Forest * Palmyre Levasseur * Robert Seller * Pierre Sergeol * Edouard Hemme * Jacques Janvier * Pierre Larquey as Édouard * Jean-Jacques Delbo as Ricardo * Alice Tissot as Mademoiselle Chomelette * Charles Aznavour as Le duettiste * Robert de France * Marguerite de Morlaye * René Fluet * Jean Gabert * Marie Guilhène * Johnny Marchand * Marcel Roche Production Guy Lefranc Guy Lefranc (21 October 1919 - 1 February 1994) was a French director and screenwriter. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lefranc, Guy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Weidenmann
Alfred Weidenmann (10 May 1916 – 9 June 2000) was a German film director, screenwriter, and author of children's books. He directed more than 30 films between 1942 and 1984. Selected filmography * '' Hände hoch (1942) * ' (1944) * ''I and You'' (1953) * '' Canaris'' (1954) * ' (1955) * ''Alibi'' (1955) * '' Kitty and the Great Big World'' (1956) * ''Der Stern von Afrika'' (1957) * ''Scampolo'' (1958) * ' (1958) * '' The Buddenbrooks'' (1959) * ' (''Bumerang'') (1960) * ''Sacred Waters'' (1960) * ''Adorable Julia'' (1962) * '' Only a Woman'' (1962) * ' (1963) * ''Condemned to Sin'' (1964) * '' Shots in Threequarter Time'' (1965) * '' The Gentlemen'' (1965) * ''Who Wants to Sleep?'' (1965) * ''I Am Looking for a Man'' (1966) * ''Maigret and His Greatest Case'' (1966) * ''Pistolen-Jenny'' (1969, TV film) * '' Under the Roofs of St. Pauli'' (1970) * ''The Bordello'' (1971) * ''Sonderdezernat K1'' (1972–1981, TV series, 7 episodes) * ' (1973) * ''Derrick A derrick is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adorable Julia
''Adorable Julia'' (German: ) is a 1962 Austrian comedy film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Lilli Palmer, Charles Boyer and Jean Sorel.Bock & Bergfelder p.20 It was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the 1937 novel ''Theatre'' by W. Somerset Maugham, and the subsequent play that Guy Bolton and Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon adapted from the novel. The sets were designed by the art director Leo Metzenbauer. The film was partly shot on location in London. It was made with the backing of the German Constantin Film, which produced a number of Austrian films during the period. Cast * Lilli Palmer as Julia Lambert * Charles Boyer as Michael Grosselyn * Jean Sorel as Tom Fennel * Jeanne Valérie as Avice Crichton * Ljuba Welitsch as Dolly de Fries * Tilly Lauenstein as Evie, Julia's maid * Charles Régnier as Lord Charles Tamerly * Thomas Fritsch as Roger, Julia's son * Herbert Fux as Inspizient * Hanna Ehrenstrasser as ''Ein langbeiniges Mädchen'' * G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Hunebelle
André Hunebelle (1 September 1896 – 27 November 1985) was a French maître verrier (master glassmaker) and film director. Master Glass Artist After attending polytechnic school for mathematics, he became a decorator, a designer, and then a master glass maker in the mid-1920s (first recorded exhibition PARIS 1927 included piece "Fruit & Foliage"). His work is known for its clean lines, which are elegant and singularly strong. He exhibited his own glass in a luxurious store located at 2 Avenue Victor-Emmanuel III, at the roundabout of the Champs Èlysées in Paris. Etienne Franckhauser, who also made molds for Lalique and Sabino, made the molds for Hunebelle's glass which was fabricated by the crystal factory in Choisy-le-Roi, France. Hunebelle's store ceased all activity in 1938 prior to World War II. Hunebelle pieces are marked in several ways. The most common is A.HUNEBELLE-FRANCE in molded capitals either within the glass design or on the base. Other pieces are marked simply ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
