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Max Douy
Max Douy (June 20, 1913 – July 2, 2007) was a French art director.Hayward p.245 Selected filmography * ''The Rules of the Game'' (1939) * ''There's No Tomorrow'' (1939) * '' The Trump Card'' (1942) * ''Goodbye Leonard'' (1943) * ''Paris Frills'' (1945) * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1949) * ''Without Leaving an Address'' (1951) * '' Matrimonial Agency'' (1952) * ''Good Lord Without Confession'' (1953) * ''A Woman in White'' (1965) * ''Gloria Gloria may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music Christian liturgy and music * Gloria in excelsis Deo, the Greater Doxology, a hymn of praise * Gloria Patri, the Lesser Doxology, a short hymn of praise ** Gloria (Handel) ** Gloria (Jenkins) ...'' (1977) * '' The Roaring Forties'' (1982) References Bibliography * Hayward, Susan. ''French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film''. Intellect Books, 2010. External links * 1913 births 2007 deaths French art directors {{France-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Issy-les-Moulineaux
Issy-les-Moulineaux () is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France, lying on the left bank of the river Seine. Its citizens are called ''Isséens'' in French. It is one of Paris' entrances and is located from Notre-Dame Cathedral, which is considered Kilometre zero of France. On 1 January 2010, Issy-les-Moulineaux became part of the ''Grand Paris Seine Ouest'' agglomeration community, which merged into the Métropole du Grand Paris in January 2016. Issy-les-Moulineaux has successfully moved its economy from an old manufacturing base to high value-added service sectors and is at the heart of the Val de Seine business district, the largest cluster of telecommunication and media businesses in France, hosting the headquarters of most major French TV networks. Name Originally, Issy-les-Moulineaux was simply called Issy. The name Issy comes from Medieval Latin ''Issiacum'' or ''Isciacum'', perhaps meaning "estate of Isicius (or Iccius)", a Gallo-Roman landowner, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Without Leaving An Address
''Without Leaving an Address'' (french: ...Sans laisser d'adresse) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois. At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Douy and Serge Piménoff. Plot Thérèse has a child but the father left her without leaving an address. She hires taxi driver Émile to find her lover in Paris. Cast * Bernard Blier as Émile Gauthier * Danièle Delorme as Thérèse Ravenaz * Pierre Trabaud as Gaston * Arlette Marchal as Madame Forestier * Pierre Mondy as Forestier's friend * Juliette Gréco as the singer * Paul Ville as Victor (the agitated driver) * Yvette Etiévant as Adrienne Gauthier (Émile's wife) * Sophie Leclair as Raymonde (Gaston's girl-friend) * Gérard Oury as a journalist * France Roche as Catherine * Julien Carette as the craftsman * Colette Régis as a difficult female customer * Sylvain as a difficult customer * Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Births
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito alongside Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the world's largest railroad station. * February 3 – The 16th Amendment to the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Roaring Forties
''The Roaring Forties'' (French: ''Les quarantièmes rugissants'') is a 1982 French drama film directed by Christian de Chalonge and starring Jacques Perrin, Julie Christie and Michel Serrault. The film was loosely based on the book ''The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst'' by Nicholas Tomalin about the death of the British round the world yachtsman Donald Crowhurst in 1969. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. It was partly made at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Location shooting took place around Finistère. Cast * Jacques Perrin as Julien Dantec * Julie Christie as Catherine Dantec * Michel Serrault as Sébastien Barral * Gila von Weitershausen as Emilie Dubuisson * Heinz Weiss as Joss * Jean Leuvrais as Dorange * François Perrot as TV Host * Christian Ferry as Granville * Bernard Lincot as Janvier * Eric Raphaël The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria (1977 Film)
''Gloria'' is a 1977 French drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Nicole Maurey, Maurice Biraud and Andrée Tainsy. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. It was the director Autant-Lara's last film after a lengthy career in cinema and he turned to politics soon afterwards.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.32 Cast * Valérie Jeannet as Gloria Laurier * Sophie Grimaldi as Florence Laurier * Nicole Maurey as Alice de Clermont * Maurice Biraud as Stéphane Perreau * Andrée Tainsy as Estelle - la gouvernante * Dorothée Jemma as Lili Clape * Alain Marcel as Jacques * Jean-Luc Boisserie as Jacques enfant * Grégoire Aslan as Le patron du cabaret * Christian Alers as Le docteur * Robert Dalban as L'aboyeur * Jean Martinelli as Le grand-père de Jacques * Valérie Mokhazni as Gloria Laurier enfant * Pierre Zimmer as Hervé de Clermont * Jean Lanier as Le colonel * Jean Vinci as L'invité * André Gaillard as Le présentateur du cabaret * Antoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman In White
''A Woman in White'' (French: ''Le Journal d'une femme en blanc'') is a 1965 French-Italian drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Marie-José Nat, Jean Valmont and Claude Gensac. It was written by Jean Aurenche and André Soubiran. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. Cast * Marie-José Nat as Claude Sauvage * Claude Gensac as Mlle Viralleau * Jean Valmont as Pascal * Paloma Matta as Mariette Hugon * Jean-Pierre Dorat as Landeau * Ellen Bernsen as'Mme Michelon * Robert Benoît as Yves Hugon * Martine de Breteuil as La mère de Mariette * Germaine Delbat as Un docteur * Daniel Ceccaldi Daniel Ceccaldi (25 July 1927 – 27 March 2003) was a French actor. He was born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. The mild-mannered Daniel Ceccaldi is famous as Claude Jade's father ''Lucien Darbon'' in François Truffaut's movies ''Stolen Kis ... as 'L'inspecteur Georget References External links * 1965 films 1965 drama films French d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Lord Without Confession
''Good Lord Without Confession'' (French: ''Le Bon Dieu sans confession'') is a 1953 French drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Danielle Darrieux, Henri Vilbert and Claude Laydu. Walker-Morrison p.223 It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 1953 and went on general release in France the following month. Henri Vilbert won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his performance. Synopsis At the funeral of François Dupont, his various associates walk in the procession including his wife, children, business partner and mistress Janine. The various characters recall their experiences with the deceased. In flashback we see Janine's relationship with Dupont, and how she had manipulated and exploited him through the turbulent years of the Occupation and Liberation. Ultimately her machinations fail and she loses the man she really loves, her husband Ma ... [...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] |
The Perfume Of The Lady In Black (1949 Film)
''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (French: ''Le Parfum de la dame en noir'') is a 1949 French mystery film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Hélène Perdrière, Serge Reggiani and Marcel Herrand.Parish p.468 It is an adaptation of the 1908 novel ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' by Gaston Leroux featuring the detective Joseph Rouletabille. It is a sequel to ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'', released the same year. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. The score was composed by Jean Wiener. Main cast * Hélène Perdrière as Mathilde Stangerson * Serge Reggiani as Joseph Rouletabille * Lucien Nat as Robert Darzac * Michel Piccoli as Lebel * Gaston Modot as Mathieu * Marcel Herrand as Larsan * Arthur Devère as Père Jacques * Yvette Etiévant Yvette Etiévant (1922–2003) was a French actress. She starred in Yves Robert's '' War of the Buttons'' (''La Guerre des boutons'') in 1962. Filmography *1945: '' Les Dames du bois de Boulogne'' (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Frills
''Paris Frills'' (french: Falbalas) is a 1945 French drama film directed by Jacques Becker and starring Raymond Rouleau, Micheline Presle and Jean Chevrier. It was made in 1944 during the German occupation but not released until the following year. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. Exteriors were shot in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Plot Micheline ( Micheline Presle), a young woman from the provinces, arrives in Paris to prepare for her marriage to a silk manufacturer from Lyon, Daniel Rousseau (Jean Chevrier). But she falls in love with the best friend of her husband-to-be, the fashion designer Philippe Clarence (Raymond Rouleau). He is an impenitent Don Juan who seduces her when he feels the need for some creative inspiration and then drops her just as quickly when he comes to devote himself to a new collection. Micheline no longer feels she can go ahead and get married. A few weeks later Clarence tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye Leonard
''Goodbye Leonard'' (French: ''Adieu Léonard'') is a 1943 French comedy film directed by Pierre Prévert and starring Charles Trenet, Pierre Brasseur and Julien Carette. The future star Simone Signoret had a small role in the film.Hayward p.3 The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. It was distributed by Pathé, one of France's largest film companies. Partial cast * Charles Trenet as Ludovic Malvoisin - un doux poète * Pierre Brasseur as Prosper Bonenfant - un affairiste véreux * Julien Carette as Félicien Léonard - un fabricant de farces et attrapes ruiné * Denise Grey as Bernardine Léonard - la femme insupportable et dépensière de Félicien * Jean Meyer as Eugène Tancrède - un poète * Jacqueline Pagnol as Paulette - une serveuse qui aime Ludovic * Gaby Wagner as Marguerite, la jolie voyageuse * Marcel Pérès as Le patron du café 'La Confiance' * Albert Rémy as Le marchand d'oiseaux ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
