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Marcel Maupi
Marcel Maupi, stage name of Marcel Louis Alexandre Barberin or Maupi, (6 November 1881, Marseille – 4 January 1949, Antibes) was a French actor. Selected filmography * ''Dance Hall'' (1931) * '' Marius'' (1931) * '' Fanny'' (1932) * '' The Ironmaster'' (1933) * ''The Weaker Sex'' (1933) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1933) * '' La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933) * ''The Typist Gets Married'' (1934) * '' Ferdinand le noceur'' (1935) * '' César'' (1936) * ''Forty Little Mothers'' (1936) * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * ''The Kings of Sport'' (1937) * ''The Baker's Wife'' (1938) * ''Rail Pirates'' (1938) * '' The Strange Monsieur Victor'' (1938) * '' Berlingot and Company'' (1939) * ''Angelica'' (1939) * ''Camp Thirteen'' (1940) * ''President Haudecoeur'' (1940) * '' First Ball'' (1941) * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) * '' The Benefactor'' (1942) * ''Malaria'' (1943) * ''Voyage Without Hope'' (1943) * '' Happy Go Luck'' (1946) * ''The Marriage of Ramuntcho ''The Marriage of Ramuntcho'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Its inhabitants are called ''Marseillais''. Marseille is the second most populous city in France, with 870,731 inhabitants in 2019 (Jan. census) over a municipal territory of . Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over , had a population of 1,873,270 at the Jan. 2019 census, the third most populated in France after those of Paris and Lyon. The cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, and 90 suburban municipalities have formed since 2016 the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, an Indirect election, indirectly elected Métropole, metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strange Monsieur Victor
''The Strange Monsieur Victor'' (French: ''L'Étrange Monsieur Victor'') is a 1938 French-German drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Raimu, Pierre Blanchar and Madeleine Renaud. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. The film was made by the German major studio Universum Film AG in collaboration with its French subsidiary. It was the thirteenth most popular film at the French box office in 1938.Driskell p.207 Synopsis Victor Agardanne, a respectable businessman in Toulon, secretly works as a fence receiving stolen goods. When he is threatened with blackmail over his clandestine activities, he murders the man. He allows an innocent man to be arrested for the crime and be sent to a South American penal colony. When the wronged man escapes from prison, he heads back to Toulon to seek revenge against whoever really committed the murder. Cast * Raimu as Victor Agardanne * Pierre B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1881 Births
Events January–March * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The Chilean army defeats Peruvian forces. * January 15 – War of the Pacific – Battle of Miraflores: The Chileans take Lima, capital of Peru, after defeating its second line of defense in Miraflores. * January 24 – William Edward Forster, chief secretary for Ireland, introduces his Coercion Bill, which temporarily suspends habeas corpus so that those people suspected of committing an offence can be detained without trial; it goes through a long debate before it is accepted February 2. * January 25 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. * February 13 – The first issue of the feminist newspaper ''La Citoyenne'' is published by Hubertine Auclert. * February 16 – The Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Loves (1949 Film)
''Two Loves'' (French: ''Deux amours'') is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Tino Rossi, Simone Valère and Édouard Delmont.Powrie & Cadalanu p.114 The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. Cast * Tino Rossi as Sylvain Vincent / Désiré Vincent * Simone Valère as Antoinette * Édouard Delmont as M. Vincent * Sylvie as Mme Vincent * André Gabriello as Caldebrousse * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Poucette Caldebrousse * André Brunot as Nestor, directeur du cirque * Louis Florencie as Le maire * Henri Arius as Un client * Christiane Barry as Carmen * José Casa as Un client * Edith Cora as Anaïs * Camille Guérini as Le régisseur * Mag-Avril as Une commère * Marcel Maupi as Dominique * Geneviève Morel Geneviève Morel (1916–1989) was a French stage and film actress.Bessy & Chirat p.233 Selected filmography * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * '' Mademoiselle Swing'' (1942) * ''Goodbye Leonard'' (1943) * '' Secrets o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Marriage Of Ramuntcho
''The Marriage of Ramuntcho'' (French: ''Le mariage de Ramuntcho'') is a 1947 French comedy film directed by Max de Vaucorbeil and starring Gaby Sylvia, André Dassary and Frank Villard.Crisp p.138 It was shot using the Agfacolor process. It was made at the Victorine Studios in Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c .... Cast References Bibliography * Crisp, C.G. ''The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960''. Indiana University Press, 1993. External links * 1947 films 1947 comedy films French comedy films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Max de Vaucorbeil Films based on French novels 1940s French films Films shot at Victorine Studios {{1940s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Go Lucky (1946 Film)
''Happy Go Lucky'' (French: ''Au petit bonheur'') is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Danielle Darrieux, André Luguet and François Périer.Rège p.604 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. Cast * Danielle Darrieux as Martine Carignol * André Luguet as Alain Plessis * François Périer as Denis Carignol * Jacques-Henry Duval as Archibald * Paulette Dubost as Brigitte Ancelin * Henri Crémieux as Le commissaire * Fred Pasquali as Germain * Robert Seller as Benjamin * Marcel Maupi Marcel Maupi, stage name of Marcel Louis Alexandre Barberin or Maupi, (6 November 1881, Marseille – 4 January 1949, Antibes) was a French actor. Selected filmography * ''Dance Hall'' (1931) * '' Marius'' (1931) * '' Fanny'' (1932) * '' The Iro ... as Le gargiste * Claudette Falco as Sophie * Paul Barge * Rolande Haumont * Cécyl Marcyl * Odette Talazac References Bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voyage Without Hope
''Voyage Without Hope'' (French: ''Voyage sans espoir'') is a French 1943 French crime drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Simone Renant, Jean Marais and Paul Bernard. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. It has been classified as a film noir with an opening that recalls the pre-war poetic realist film '' The Human Beast''.Walker-Morrison p.35 Synopsis A bank clerk steals money and plans to run off to Argentina on a freighter. On the train to the port he encounters a criminal just released from prison who takes him for a naïve, wealthy young man and persuades his old girlfriend, nightclub singer Marie-Ange, to seduce him. However, she falls in love with the essentially honest boy and as the net closes in against him from both the criminals and the law she ultimately sacrifices herself for him. Cast * Simone Renant as Marie-Ange * Jean Marais as Alain Ginestier * Paul Bernard as Pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaria (1943 Film)
''Malaria'' is a 1943 French drama film directed by Jean Gourguet and starring Mireille Balin, Sessue Hayakawa and Jacques Dumesnil.Kennedy-Karpat p.183 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Dumesnil. Synopsis In the French colonial empire a love triangle develops between two men and a woman. She begins having an affair with a man who promises to take her back to Europe and away from the tropical colony which she finds like a prison. However a native servant overhears them and then mysteriously disappears, leading to suspicions of murders. Cast * Mireille Balin as Madeleine Barral * Sessue Hayakawa as Saïdi * Jacques Dumesnil as Jean Barral * Jean Debucourt as Le docteur Cyril * Michel Vitold as Henri Malfas * Alexandre Rignault as Le père Dalmar * Charles Lemontier as Ginès * Marcel Maupi as Zanzi * Paul Demange as Moniz * Michel Salina as Dago * François Viguier François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Benefactor (1942 Film)
''The Benefactor'' (French: ''Le bienfaiteur'') is a 1942 French drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Raimu, Suzy Prim and Pierre Larquey.Hayward p.240 The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. Synopsis This film portrays a man who leads a double life. In his home town in the provinces he is a respected citizen, but in Paris he is an underworld gang leader. Cast * Raimu as Monsieur Moulinet * Suzy Prim as Irène Berger * Pierre Larquey as Noblet * Lucienne Delyle as La chanteuse * René Bergeron as Le conservateur des hypothèques * Yves Deniaud as Vinchon * Alexandre Rignault as Le patron * Héléna Manson as Gertrude, la bonne * André Fouché as Claude de Vitrac * Pierre Jourdan as Le type du bar * Louis Salou as Deltouche - le bijoutier * Marguerite Ducouret as Madame Noblet * Rosine Luguet as Noémie * Anne Vandène as Simone * Made Siamé as Madame Barraton - la patronne du bar * Georges Jamin as Gras-Double ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Of The Six
''The Last of the Six'' (French: ''Le dernier des six'') is a 1941 French mystery thriller film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Pierre Fresnay, Michèle Alfa and Suzy Delair. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It is based on the 1931 novel '' The Six Dead Men'' by the Belgian writer Stanislas-André Steeman.Goble p.440 The film was made in Occupied France by the German-backed Continental Films, with the screenplay by Henri-Georges Clouzot who headed the company's scenario department. It was followed by a sequel in 1942 '' The Murderer Lives at Number 21'' directed by Clouzot, with Fresnay and Delair reprising their roles. Cast * Pierre Fresnay as Le commissaire Wensceslas Voroboevitch dit Monsieur Wens * Michèle Alfa as Lolita Gernicot * Suzy Delair as Mila Malou - une chanteuse de cabaret, la maîtresse gouailleuse de Wens * Jean Tissier as Henri Tignol * André Luguet as Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Ball
''First Ball'' (French: ''Premier bal'') is a 1941 French romantic comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Marie Déa, Fernand Ledoux and Raymond Rouleau.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.309 The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Cast * Marie Déa as Nicole Noblet * Fernand Ledoux as Michel Noblet * Raymond Rouleau as Jean de Lormel * Gaby Sylvia as Danielle Noblet * François Périer as Ernest Vilar * Gabrielle Fontan as Marie * Jean Brochard as Thomas * Bernard Blier as Le maitre d'hôtel * Charles Granval as De Lormel, père * Marcel Maupi as Mélik * Anthony Gildès as Le facteur * Louis Salou Louis Vincent Goulven Salou (23 April 1902 – 12 October 1948) was a French stage and film actor. Louis was born in Oissel and died in Fontenay-aux-Roses. Selected filmography * ''First Ball'' (1941) * '' The Benefactor'' (1942) * ''Bolero' ... as François References Bibliography * Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. ''The A to Z o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Haudecoeur
''President Haudecoeur'' (French: ''Le président Haudecoeur'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Harry Baur, Betty Stockfeld and Marguerite Deval.Rège p.278 It was shot at the Marseille Studios of Marcel Pagnol in Southern France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon. Synopsis A magistrate in Aix-en-Provence rules his family tyrannically and forbids his son to marry the girl he loves as he wants him to marry a wealthy heiress. However, his ordered life is thrown upside down when he encounters a charming Canadian lady. Cast * Harry Baur as Le président Haudecoeur * Betty Stockfeld as Mrs. Betty Brown * Marguerite Deval as Mme Bergas-Larue * Robert Pizani as L'abbé Margot * Cecil Grane as Pierre Haudecoeur * Georges Chamarat as Le cousin Alexis * Jean Témerson as Capet * André Numès Fils as Brouillon * Marcel Maupi as Le jardinier * Sonia Gobar as Antoinette * Jeanne Provost Jeanne Prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
