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Michel Emer
Michel Emer (June 19, 1906 – November 23, 1984), (real name Emer Rosenstein), was a French musician, composer and lyricist. His songs have been performed by Edith Piaf, Fréhel, Damia, Lys Gauty, Yves Montand, Jean Sablon, André Claveau, Ray Ventura and his Collegians, Luis Mariano, Tino Rossi, and Eartha Kitt. He also wrote songs for at least one of his wife Jacqueline Maillan's shows. The first of his songs to be sung by Edith Piaf was "L'Accordéoniste", which he composed in 1940. He went on to write more than twenty songs for her, including "J'm'en fous pas mal", "Bal dans ma rue", and "A quoi ça sert l'amour?", one of her most famous songs, which she sang as a duet with her second husband Theo Sarapo. He co-authored with Charles Trenet the music for the song "Y'a d'la joie", and arranged many of Trenet's songs. Jean Sablon performed and recorded his song "Béguin-Biguine" in 1932. Personal life In 1954 he married the actress Jacqueline Maillan. He is buried in the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French People
The French people (french: Français) are an ethnic group and nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France. The French people, especially the native speakers of langues d'oïl from northern and central France, are primarily the descendants of Gauls (including the Belgae) and Romans (or Gallo-Romans, western European Celtic and Italic peoples), as well as Germanic peoples such as the Franks, the Visigoths, the Suebi and the Burgundians who settled in Gaul from east of the Rhine after the fall of the Roman Empire, as well as various later waves of lower-level irregular migration that have continued to the present day. The Norse also settled in Normandy in the 10th century and contributed significantly to the ancestry of the Normans. Furthermore, regional ethnic minorities also exist within France that have distinct lineages, languages and cultures such as Bretons in Brittany, Occi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Robinson (director)
Lee Robinson (22 February 1923 – 22 September 2003) was an Australian producer, director and screenwriter who was Australia's most prolific filmmaker of the 1950s. Biography Robinson was born in Petersham, New South Wales and left school aged 12. He worked at the ''Daily Telegraph'' has a copy boy, and wrote short stories prior to the war. He first entered film as a member of the Australian Army History Unit where he filmed Australian troops in Rabaul and East Timor. After the war he was going to work for the ABC as a scriptwriter when he received an offer to join the Australian Information Service film unit (later Film Australia) where he directed a film on Albert Namatjira called ''Namatjira the Painter'' (1946). Robinson made several films in the Northern Territory such as '' Outback Patrol'', '' The Pearlers'' and ''Crocodile Hunters'' as well as a short film with actors in a studio called '' Double Trouble'' (1951). The high quality and Australian subject matter of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Habib
Ralph Habib (Paris, 29 June 1912 – Paris, 27 June 1969) was a French film director of Lebanese origin. He started his film career with Pathé. He later worked as assistant director notably Jean Dréville and Jean-Paul Le Chanois before directing his own films. Filmography *1951 : ''Rue des Saussaies'' *1952 : ''La Forêt de l'adieu'' *1953 : '' Les Compagnes de la nuit'' *1954 : '' La Rage au corps'' (English title ''Tempest in the Flesh'') *1954 : '' The Bed'' *1954 : ''Crainquebille'' *1955 : '' Men in White'' *1956 : '' La Loi des rues'' (English title ''Law of the Streets'') *1956 : ''Women's Club'' *1957 : '' Escapade'' *1959 : ''The Black Chapel'' based on the novel ''Die schwarze Kapelle'' by Olaf Herfeldt **French title - ''R.P.Z. appelle Berlin'' **German title - ''Geheimaktion schwarze Kapelle'' **Italian title - ''I sicari di Hitler'' *1960 : ''The Nabob Affair '' *1966 : Le Solitaire passe à l'attaque *1967 : ''Hotel Clausewitz ''Hotel Clausewitz'' (German: ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stowaway (1958 Film)
''The Stowaway'' is a 1958 French-Australian film directed by Australian director Lee Robinson and French Lebanese director Ralph Habib. It was shot on location in Tahiti. There are French and English versions of the film. The French version is known as ''Le Passager clandestin''. Synopsis A group of adventurers compete with one another to find the missing heir Rene Marechal, thought to be near Tahiti. Major Owens, a middle aged Englishman with a shady past, discovers the island on which Marechal lives but is murdered by the criminal Mougins. Mougins sets out for the island with Colette, a night club singer who is Marechal's former mistress. She is rescued by Jean, who had earlier helped Colette stow away on the boat to Tahiti. Jean and Mougins fight and Mougins falls overboard and is eaten by a shark. Jean and Collette decide to give up the search for Marechal and live on the islands. Cast * Martine Carol as Colette * Roger Livesey as Major Owens * Arletty as Gabrielle * Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Audry
Jacqueline Audry (25 September 1908 – 22 June 1977) was a French film director who began making films in post-World War II France and specialised in literary adaptations. She was the first commercially successful female director of post-war France. Biography Audry was born in Orange, Vaucluse, France. Because there were few opportunities for female directors during the Nazi occupation, Audry worked as an assistant to directors Jean Delannoy, G. W. Pabst and Max Ophüls and directed a short film of her own, ''Le Feu de paille'' (1943), with the help of the Centre Artistique et Technique des Jeunes du Cinéma (now La Femis). The end of World War II and the liberation of France provided increased opportunities for women, but they still faced prejudice in the film industry. Audry's first feature film was ''Les Malheurs de Sophie'' (1946). This was based on the popular novel of the same name by the Comtesse de Ségur. No copies of this film, which was censored for its "politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's All Adam's Fault
''It's All Adam's Fault'' or ''In Six Easy Lessons'' (French: ''C'est la faute d'Adam'') is a 1958 French comedy film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Dany Robin, Jacques Sernas and Mijanou Bardot.Smith p.119 Cast * Dany Robin as Eléonore 'Nora' de Savigny * Jacques Sernas as Gérard Sandret * Mijanou Bardot * Armand Bernard as L'ambassadeur * René Berthier * Maurice Biraud * Michèle Cordoue as Lucienne Langeac * Max Dalban as Jean-Loup * Jean Degrave * Paul Demange as Félicien * Bernard Dhéran as Le comte Philippe de Bergen * Jean Droze * Michel Etcheverry as Adam de Casaubon * André Gabriello as Jean-Luc * Léa Gray * Denise Grey as Jeanne Sandret * Suzanne Grey * Jacques Hilling * René Hiéronimus * Robert Le Béal * René Lefèvre as Le comte Norbert de Cazaubon * Elisabeth Manet as Maryse Gillet * Maryse Marion as Léa * Jacques Muller * Henri Nassiet as Monsieur Gillet * Julienne Paroli * Noël Roquevert as Antoine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Blistène
Marcel Blistène, born Marcel Blitstein (3 June 1911 in Paris – 2 August 1991), was a French film director. Marcel Blistène joined Paramount Pictures, Paramount in 1930 as an assistant, after studying literature. He then began a career as a film journalist, for ''Pour vous'' and ''Cinémonde''. He made his first movie ''Étoile sans lumière'' in 1945, and in the thirteen years that followed, he only directed ten more motion pictures. Filmography ;Director * ''Les Amants de demain'' (1959) * ''Sylviane de mes nuits'' (1957) * ''Gueule d'ange'' (1955) * ''Fire Under Her Skin'' (1954) * ''This Age Without Pity'' (1952) * ''Bibi Fricotin (film), Bibi Fricotin'' (1951) * ''Le Sorcier du ciel'' (1949) * ''Night Express (film), Night Express'' (1948) * ''Back Streets of Paris'' (1946) * ''Star Without Light (1946 film), Star Without Light'' (1946) ;Writer * ''Sylviane de mes nuits'' (1957) * ''Gueule d'ange'' (1955) * ''Fire Under Her Skin'' (1954) * ''Star Without Light (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Vernay
Robert Vernay (May 30, 1907 in Paris – October 17, 1979 in Paris) was a French director and screenwriter. Career In 1937, Vernay worked as assistant director to Julien Duvivier on ''Pépé le Moko''. In 1944, Vernay directed an adaptation of Balzac's ''Père Goriot'', starring Pierre Renoir. It was released in 1945. In the late 1950s, he directed a "tacky comedy" called '' Madame et son auto''. It was a favourite film of René Magritte. Selected filmography * ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937) as assistant director * ''Arlette and Love'' (1943) * ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1943) * '' Father Goriot'' (1945) * '' The Captain'' (1946) * ''Emile the African'' (1949) * ''Fantomas Against Fantomas'' (1949) * ''The Dream of Andalusia'' (1951) * '' Double or Quits'' (1953) * ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1954) * ''Let's Be Daring, Madame ''Let's Be Daring, Madame'' (French: ''Le coin tranquille'') is a 1957 French comedy film directed by Robert Vernay and starring Dany Robin, Marie Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Be Daring, Madame
''Let's Be Daring, Madame'' (French: ''Le coin tranquille'') is a 1957 French comedy film directed by Robert Vernay and starring Dany Robin, Marie Daëms and Louis Velle.Bessy p.182 It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location in the Forest of Rambouillet. The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin. Synopsis After they get stranded in the woods on a camping expedition, two friends try to take shelter in an isolated house. Cast * Dany Robin as Danielle * Marie Daëms as Lulu * Louis Velle as Jean * Jacques Jouanneau as Dédé la Matraque * Jess Hahn as Edward Butterfield dit 'Eddy' * Armande Navarre as Alice * Pauline Carton as La chef des choristes * Max Elloy as Le brigadier * Henri Charrett as Un gendarme * Christian Lude as Un gendarme * Claude Lary as Le gendarme radio * Jackie Sardou as Une passagère du premier car * Georges Demas as Le chauffeur du car des touristes / Le motard au barrage * Henri Virlojeux Henri Virlo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Act Of Love (1953 Film)
''Act of Love'' (French title: ''Un acte d'amour'') is a 1953 American romantic drama film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Kirk Douglas and Dany Robin. It is based on the 1949 novel ''The Girl on the Via Flaminia'' by Alfred Hayes. A Parisian falls in love with an American soldier near the end of World War II. Plot Robert Teller (Kirk Douglas) visits a seaport in the south of France in the early 1950s. He reflects back to his time in the army shortly after Paris has been liberated. Years earlier, to get away from the barracks and the other soldiers, Robert rents a room in a hotel-restaurant. Lise Guidayec (Dany Robin), an orphan without money or identity papers, seeks a way to escape from the authorities. She asks Robert to pass her off as his wife. Even though he does not inspire trust, she starts to fall in love. Lise tells of the time she was the most happy and secure—living in a little seaside village. When a black market dragnet lands Lise in jail, she is humiliate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counter Investigation (1947 Film)
''Counter Investigation'' (French: ''Contre-enquête'') is a 1947 French crime drama film directed by Jean Faurez and starring Lucien Coëdel, Louis Salou and Jany Holt.Martin p.76 It was shot at the Studio François 1 in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Roger Briaucourt and René Moulaert. Synopsis A man wrongly accused of murdering his wife escapes from prison just before his execution and goes on the run. He begs the retired gangster Monsieur Charles to launch his own investigation into the crime to uncover the real culprit. He embarks on this mission with the help of his wife Ginette and two former associates. Cast * Lucien Coëdel as Monsieur Charles * Louis Salou as Ludovic Bresson dit Paragraphe * Jany Holt as Ginette * Maurice Teynac as Serge de Souquières * Abel Jacquin as Alain Marchal * Paul Frankeur as Teddy Coffre-Fort * Pierre-Louis as Ouverture-Eclair * Lise Topart as Michèle Marchal * Marguerite Pierry as Tante Brigitte * Gisèle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
