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Maurice De Canonge
Maurice de Canonge (March 18, 1894 – January 10, 1979) was a French actor and film director.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.222 He is also sometimes known by the name Maurice Cannon. Selected filmography Director * ''Inspector Grey'' (1936) * '' Captain Benoit'' (1938) * '' Thérèse Martin'' (1939) * ''The Last Metro'' (1945) * '' Special Mission'' (1946) *'' Judicial Error'' (1948) * '' The Two Girls'' (1951) * ''Boum sur Paris'' (1953) * ''The Price of Love'' (1955) * '' Three Sailors'' (1957) Actor * ''La nouvelle aurore'' (1919) - Fric-Frac * ''Les parias de l'amour'' (1921) * ''Rapax'' (1922) * ''Trilby'' (1923) - Zouzou * '' Shadows of Paris'' (1924) - Robert, A Taxi Driver * ''The Side Show of Life'' (1924) - Horatio Bakkus * ''The Alaskan'' (1924) - Tautuk * ''Love's Wilderness'' (1924) - Pierre Bazin * ''Peter Pan'' (1924) - Cookson * ''The Little French Girl'' (1925) - Jerry Hamble * ''The Nude Woman'' (1926) - Rouchard * ''Forbidden Hours'' (1928) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ...
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Toulon
Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is the prefecture of the Var department. The Commune of Toulon has a population of 176,198 people (2018), making it France's 13th-largest city. It is the centre of an urban unit with 580,281 inhabitants (2018), the ninth largest in France. Toulon is the third-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille and Nice. Toulon is an important centre for naval construction, fishing, wine making, and the manufacture of aeronautical equipment, armaments, maps, paper, tobacco, printing, shoes, and electronic equipment. The military port of Toulon is the major naval centre on France's Mediterranean coast, home of the French aircraft carrier ''Charles de Gaulle'' and her battle group. The French Mediterranean Fleet is based in Toulon. ...
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The Side Show Of Life
''The Side Show of Life'' is a 1924 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky, directed by Herbert Brenon and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the 1920 novel ''The Mountebank'' by William J. Locke, which had been turned into a play by Ernest Denny. Cast Production Ernest Torrence stars in the role of a clown during World War I which is similar to that of Lon Chaney's in ''He Who Gets Slapped'', released that same year, and in ''Laugh, Clown, Laugh'', released four years later. Norman Trevor starred in the Broadway play in 1923. Preservation A print of ''The Side Show of Life'' survives in the Gosfilmofond archive, Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million .... References External links * *
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1894 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * January 9 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard, in Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was firs .... * February 12 ** French anarchist Émile Henry (anarchist), Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty. ** The barque ''Elisabeth Rickmers'' of Bremerhaven is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, but all crew and passengers are saved. * February 15 ** In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the Donghak Peasant ...
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Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!
''Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!'' is a 1971 film written and directed by Romain Gary. Cast * Stephen Boyd as Brad Killian * Jean Seberg as Emily Hamilton * James Mason James Neville Mason (; 15 May 190927 July 1984) was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was the top box-office attraction in the UK in 1944 and 1945; his British films inc ... as Alan Hamilton * Curd Jürgens as Grueningen * Daniel Emilfork as Mejid Reception Kevin Thomas of the '' Los Angeles Times'' called it "totally ludicrous".MOVIE REVIEWS: Films Deal With Heroin, VD Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 23 Feb 1973: g22. References External links * 1971 films 1970s thriller films French thriller films German thriller films Italian thriller films Spanish thriller films West German films English-language French films English-language German films English-language Italian films English-language Spanish films Films based on wo ...
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Hot Line (film)
''Hot Line'' (US title: ''The Day the Hot Line Got Hot'', french: Le Rouble à deux faces or ) is a 1967 French/ Spanish international co-production comedy spy thriller directed by Etienne Périer and starring Robert Taylor in his final feature film and Charles Boyer.Blake, Deal It was released in the US by American International Pictures. Plot An American and Russian agent find themselves duped by a double agent who works for both of them. Also involved are a naive IBM computer operator and the telephone operator at the hot-line center in Stockholm. Cast * Charles Boyer as Vostov, KGB head * Robert Taylor as Anderson, CIA chief * George Chakiris as Eric Ericson, Computer Expert with IBM * Marie Dubois as Natasha * Gérard Tichy as Truman * Marta Grau as Old Lady * Irene D'Astrea as Old Lady * Josefina Tapias as Old Lady * Maurice de Canonge as Director of Hotel * Gustavo Re Gustavo Re (7 April 1908 – 5 June 1979) was a Spanish television presenter and act ...
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Cervantes (film)
''Cervantes'' is a highly fictionalized 1967 film Franco-Spanish-Italian international co-production biography of the early life of Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616). Based on the 1937 novel ''A Man Called Cervantes'' by Bruno Frank, it was the first screen biography of the author. Directed by Vincent Sherman, and filmed in color, it stars Horst Buchholz as Cervantes; Gina Lollobrigida as a prostitute with whom he becomes involved; José Ferrer as Hassan Bey, the Turk who held Cervantes in captivity; Louis Jourdan as Cardinal Giulio Acquaviva; and Fernando Rey as King Philip II. Italian actor Tiziano Cortini who usually used the name "Lewis Jordan"" appeared under his own name to avoid confusion with Louis Jourdan. Enrique Alarcón did the production design. Plot Cast *Horst Buchholz as Miguel de Cervantes *Gina Lollobrigida as Giulia *José Ferrer as Hassan Bey *Louis Jourdan as Cardinal Acquaviva *Francisco Rabal as Rodrigo Cervantes *Antonio Casas as Favio *Soledad Miranda ...
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The Roots Of Heaven (film)
''The Roots of Heaven'' is a 1958 American adventure film made for 20th Century Fox, directed by John Huston and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay by Romain Gary and Patrick Leigh Fermor is based on Romain Gary's 1956 Prix Goncourt-winning novel of the same name. The film stars Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard, Eddie Albert, Orson Welles, Paul Lukas, Herbert Lom and Grégoire Aslan. Huston later said that ''Roots of Heaven'' "could have been a very fine film. And largely owing to me was not a good film at all." Plot In French Equatorial Africa, crusading environmentalist Morel sets out to preserve the elephants from extinction as a lasting symbol of freedom for all humanity. He is helped by Minna, a nightclub hostess, and Forsythe, a disgraced British military officer hoping to redeem himself. Cast * Errol Flynn as Maj. Forsythe * Juliette Gréco as Minna * Trevor Howard as Morel * Eddie Albert as Abe Fields * Orson Welles as Cy Sedgewick * Paul Lukas as Sa ...
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Me And The Colonel
''Me and the Colonel'' is a 1958 American comedy film based on the play ''Jacobowsky und der Oberst'' by Franz Werfel. It was directed by Peter Glenville and stars Danny Kaye, Curd Jürgens and Nicole Maurey. Kaye won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his portrayal. The writers won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy. Plot In Paris during the World War II invasion of France by Nazi Germany, Jewish refugee S. L. Jacobowsky (Danny Kaye) seeks to leave the country before it falls. Meanwhile, Polish diplomat Dr. Szicki (Ludwig Stössel) gives antisemitic, autocratic Polish Colonel Prokoszny (Curt Jürgens) secret information that must be delivered to London by a certain date. The resourceful Jacobowsky, who has had to flee from the Nazis several times previously, manages to "buy" an automobile from the absent Baron Rothschild's chauffeur. Prokoszny peremptorily requisitions the car, but finds he must accept an unwelc ...
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The Call Of Silence
''The Call of Silence'', also screened as ''The Call'' (French: ''L'Appel du Silence''), is a 1936 French drama film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Jean Yonnel, Pierre de Guingand and Jacqueline Francell. It is a biography based on the life of the Catholic missionary Charles de Foucauld. Plot Charles de Foucauld travels the Sahara as a missionary. He is killed by local bandits. Cast * Jean Yonnel as Charles de Foucauld * Pierre de Guingand as Général Laperrine * Jacqueline Francell as Mademoiselle X * Alice Tissot as La femme du notaire * Suzanne Bianchetti as La femme du monde * Pierre Juvenet as Le colonel * Thomy Bourdelle as Un général * André Nox * Pierre Nay as Le marquis de Morès * Fred Pasquali * Auguste Bovério * Alexandre Mihalesco * Fernand Francell * Jeanne Marie-Laurent * Georges Cahuzac * Jean Kolb * Henri Defreyn * Maurice Schutz * Victor Vina * Émile Saint-Ober * Maurice de Canonge * Pierre Darteuil * Pierre Athon ...
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Forbidden Hours
''Forbidden Hours'' is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film directed by Harry Beaumont as a vehicle for Mexican-born star Ramon Novarro. It was the second of four films to pair Novarro with leading lady Renée Adorée. Plot Set in the fictitious European kingdom of Balanca, Prince Michael IV is being coerced, by his advisers, to marry a young woman of royal blood. However, he has fallen for a peasant. Cast *Ramon Novarro as His Majesty, Michael IV *Renée Adorée as Marie de Floriet *Dorothy Cumming as Queen Alexia *Edward Connelly as Prime Minister *Roy D'Arcy as Duke Nicky *Mitzi Cummings as Princess Ena *Alberta Vaughn as Nina *Maurice de Canonge as Bit Part (uncredited) Production The film was shot in Los Angeles with a budget of $293,000. Working titles included ''The Sun King'', ''His Night'' and ''The Loves of Louis''. The script originally contained reworked plot elements from ''Man in the Iron Mask'' but these elements were eventually discarded and the film took o ...
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The Nude Woman (1926 Film)
''The Nude Woman'' (French: ''La femme nue'') is a 1926 French silent drama film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Iván Petrovich, Louise Lagrange and Nita Naldi.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.316 Based on a play by Henry Bataille, it was remade as a sound film in 1932. Cast * Iván Petrovich as Pierre Bernier * Louise Lagrange as Lolette * Nita Naldi as Princesse de Chabrant * André Nox as Prince de Chabran * Blanche Beaume as Madame de Garcin * Mary Harris as Sonia * Maurice de Canonge as Rouchard * Henri Rudaux as Maitre Rivet, notaire * Richard as Arnheim * Alexis Nogornoff as Gréville * Bidau * Clairette de Savoye * René Ginet * Hope Johnson * André Liabel See also * ''The Naked Truth'' (1914) * ''The Nude Woman'' (1922) * ''The Nude Woman The Nude Woman may refer to: * The Nude Woman (1922 film), an Italian silent drama film * The Nude Woman (1926 film), a French silent drama film * The Nude Woman (1932 film) ''The Nude Wo ...
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The Little French Girl
''The Little French Girl'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and written by John Russell and Anne Douglas Sedgwick from a 1924 novel by Sedgwick. The film stars Mary Brian, Maurice de Canonge, Paul Doucet, Maude Turner Gordon, Neil Hamilton, Julia Hurley, and Jane Jennings. The film was released on May 31, 1925, by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Madame Vervier, a sophisticated woman, sends her daughter Alix to live with Owen Bradley's parents in London. Madame is ashamed of the life she has led in Paris. Owen is in the midst of a flirtation with her despite his family's feelings and his having a fiancée. After Owen's death, Alix learns of the reputation her mother has, and tries to keep Toppie, Owen's fiancée, from joining a convent. Toppie is told of the affair between Owen and Madame, but she still wants to go to a convent. Giles, a friend of Toppie, goes from London to Paris seeking Alix, the "little French g ...
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