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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 filmography * '' Should We Wed Them?'' (1932) * ''The Red Robe'' (1933) * '' Sapho'' (1934) * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) * '' Parisian Life'' (1936) * ''The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * ''White Cargo'' (1937) * '' Entence Cordiale'' (1939) * ''The Fatted Calf'' (1939) * ''A Cage of Nightingales'' (1945) * '' Father Goriot'' (1945) * ''Captain Blomet'' (1947) * '' The Three Cousins'' (1947) * '' The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain'' (1947) * ''Dilemma of Two Angels'' (1948) * ''The Cupid Club'' (1949) * ''Doctor Laennec'' (1949) * ''The Girl from Maxim's'' (1950) * '' Darling Caroline'' (1951) * ''Two Pennies Worth of Violets'' (1951) * '' Matrimonial Agency'' (1952) * ''Madame du Barry'' (1954) * ''Chaque jour a son secret ''Chaque jour a son secret'' ( en, Every Day Has Its Secret) is a French t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigeois
Vigeois (; oc, Visoas) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Vigeois station has rail connections to Brive-la-Gaillarde, Uzerche and Limoges. Population Notable residents *Henri Cueco, painter. See also *Communes of the Corrèze department The following is a list of the 279 communes of the Corrèze department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Corrèze {{Corrèze-geo-stub ... [...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 Frederique is a French female given name, which is equivalent to the male name Frederick, meaning "peaceful ruler". Alternative spellings include Frédérique and Frederieke. The name Frederique may refer to: People * Frédéri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Deaths
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Brezhnev escaped unharmed. * January 27 ** Fourteen men, 9 of them Jews, are executed in Baghdad for spying for Israel. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1882 Births
Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 188 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 * Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa from 188 to 189. Japan * Queen Himiko (or Shingi Waō) begins her reign in Japan (until 248). Births * April 4 – Caracalla (or Antoninus), Roman emperor (d. 217) * Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese official and politician (d. 219) * Sun Shao, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 241) Deaths * March 17 – Julian, pope and patriarch of Alexandria * Fa Zhen (or Gaoqing), Chinese scholar (b. AD 100) * Lucius Antistius Burrus, Roman politician (executed) * Ma Xiang, Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaque Jour A Son Secret
''Chaque jour a son secret'' ( en, Every Day Has Its Secret) is a French thriller film from 1958, directed by Claude Boissol, written by Paul Andréota, starring Jean Marais. The scenario was based on a novel of Maria Luisa Linarès. at the ''Films de France'' It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in . Cast * Jean Marais : Xavier Lezcano *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Du Barry (1954 Film)
''Madame du Barry'' is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Martine Carol, Daniel Ivernel, Gianna Maria Canale and Jean Parédès.Hayward p.109-10 The film depicts the life of Madame du Barry, mistress to Louis XV in the eighteenth century. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. Cast * Martine Carol as Jeanne Bécu * Daniel Ivernel as Jean du Barry * Gianna Maria Canale as Duchesse de Grammont * Jean Parédès as Lebel * Denis d'Inès as Duc d'Richelieu * Marguerite Pierry as Comtesse de Médarne * Isabelle Pia as Marie-Antoinette * Pascale Roberts as Jeanne's friend * Nadine Alari as La Maréchale de Guichelais * Giovanna Ralli as Cadette * Georgette Anys as La citoyenne * Nadine Tallier as Loque * Nane Germon as Bitchi du Barry * Suzanne Grey as Chon du Barr * Claude Sylvain as Une fille * Paul Demange as Un citoyen * André Bervil as Un musicie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matrimonial Agency (1952 Film)
''Matrimonial Agency'' (French: ''Agence matrimoniale'') is a 1952 French comedy drama film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois, written by Jean-Paul Le Chanois, and starring Bernard Blier and Louis de Funès.The A to Z of French Cinema p.241 The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. Plot An average man inherits a marriage agency. He isn't prepared in any way to deal with this situation but step by step he lives up to the expectations. Partial cast *Bernard Blier as Noël Pailleret (the modest bank clerk) *Louis de Funès as Monsieur Charles *Michèle Alfa as Gilberte Jolivet *Julien Carette as Jérôme *Jean-Pierre Grenier as Jacques *Yolande Laffon as Madame Pailleret (Noël's mother) *Anne Campion as Viviane Galey *Marcelle Praince as Madame Martin *Pierre Mondy Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Pennies Worth Of Violets
''Two Pennies Worth of Violets'' (French: ''Deux sous de violettes'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Jean Anouilh and starring Dany Robin, Georges Baconnet and Madeleine Barbulée.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.376 It was one of two films directed by the dramatist Anouilh along with '' Traveling Light'' (1944). It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq. Synopsis Thérèse is a young flower seller in Paris who has had a hard life with an unsympathetic family. Her encounters with men are also tragic as they prove to be either predatory or abandon her when she needs them most. Cast * Dany Robin as Thérèse Desforges * Georges Baconnet as Pignot - le fleuriste * Madeleine Barbulée as La chanteuse des rues * Michel Bouquet as Maurice Desforges * Georges Chamarat as Monsieur Dubreck * Jacques Clancy as André Delgrange * Léonce Corne as Le médecin * Henri Crémieux as Bousquet * Max Dalban as Le cafetier * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling Caroline (1951 Film)
''Darling Caroline'' (French: ''Caroline Chérie'') is a 1951 French historical comedy film in black and white, directed by Richard Pottier and starring Martine Carol, Jacques Dacqmine, and Marie Déa.Nowell-Smith p.352 It is based on Jacques Laurent's historical novel "The loves of Caroline Cherie: A novel". It was remade as '' Darling Caroline'' in 1968. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. It was followed by two sequels ''Un caprice de Caroline chérie'' (1953) and ''Caroline and the Rebels'' (1955). While Carol reprised her role for the first film, the second starred Brigitte Bardot playing a different character. Plot During her birthday in France, July 1782, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the attractive soldier Gaston. It is love at first sight, but Gaston does not wish to make a commitment because a military career waits for him. Caroline marries then a politician but the French Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl From Maxim's (1950 Film)
''The Girl from Maxim's'' (French: ''La dame de chez Maxim's'') is a 1950 French comedy film directed by Marcel Aboulker and starring Arlette Poirier, Saturnin Fabre and Marcelle Monthil. It is an adaptation of the 1899 farce '' La Dame de chez Maxim'' by Georges Feydeau.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.159 Cast * Arlette Poirier as La môme Crevette * Saturnin Fabre as Le général Petypon du Grêlé * Marcelle Monthil as Mme. Petypon * Jacques Morel as Le docteur Petypon * Marcelle Praince as La duchesse * Robert Vattier as Le docteur Montgicourt * Jean Marsan as Le lieutenant Corrigon * Luc Andrieux as Etienne * Colette Ripert as Clémentine * Jacques Fabbri as Le duc * Jacques Beauvais as Eugène * Pierre Flourens * Philippe de Chérisey * Albert Rieux See also * Maxim's Maxim's is a restaurant in Paris, France, located at No. 3 rue Royale in the 8th . It is known for its Art Nouveau interior decor. In the mid 20th century Maxim's was regarded as the most famous restaurant i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Laennec
''Doctor Laennec'' (French: ''Docteur Laennec'') is a 1949 French historical drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Pierre Blanchar, Saturnin Fabre and Mireille Perrey.Crisp p.281 It portrays the work of René Laennec, the inventor of the stethoscope. The film's art direction was by Robert-Jules Garnier and René Renoux. Cast * Pierre Blanchar as Dr. René, Théophile Laennec * Saturnin Fabre as Laennec père * Mireille Perrey as Jacquemine d'Argout-Laennec * Pierre Dux as Prof. Récamier * Jany Holt as Madeleine Bayle * Geymond Vital as Dr. Pierre Bayle * Janine Viénot as Marie-Anne Laennec * Jean Toulout as Docteur Broussais * Jacques Dynam as Meriadec * Lannier as Docteur Louis * Florent Antony as Beaugendre * Francette Vernillat as La fille du Docteur Bayle * Nicolas Amato * Charles Bouillaud as Un domestique * René Clermont as Le mime * Paul Demage as Le client enrhumé * France Descaut as Clarisse d'Anthiages * Christian Duvaleix as Le charlatan * Guy F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cupid Club
''The Cupid Club'' (French: ''Bal Cupidon'') is a 1949 comedy film, comedy crime film directed by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon and starring Pierre Blanchar, Simone Renant and Yves Vincent.Rège p.913 It was shot during 1948, but released the following year. It was made at the Photosonor Studios in Paris, with sets designed by the art director Eugène Delfau. Synopsis Flip, an amateur detective is arrested for speeding and is prosecuted by the lawyer Isabelle and convicted. When shortly afterwards a man is murdered the two join forces to investigate. Much of the mystery surrounds a nightclub Bal Cupidon whose owner was having an affair with the dead man's wife. Cast * Pierre Blanchar as Flip * Simone Renant as Isabelle * Yves Vincent as Morezzi * Marcelle Praince as Mme Chanut * Suzanne Dantès as Mme Delacroix * Henri Crémieux as Cresat * Maria Mauban as Anne-Marie * René Blancard as Turnier * André Bervil as Tonio * Marion Tourès as Christine * Germaine Michel as Clémence * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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