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Odette Barencey
Odette Barencey (20 August 1893 – 4 March 1981) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1927 and 1958. She was married to the actor Marcel Barencey. Selected filmography * '' My Childish Father'' (1930) * '' Moon Over Morocco'' (1931) * ''Montmartre'' (1931) * ''The Faceless Voice'' (1933) * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) * ''Notre-Dame de la Mouise'' (1941) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * ''The Stairs Without End'' (1943) * '' Traveling Light'' (1944) * ''A Friend Will Come Tonight'' (1946) * ''Land Without Stars'' (1946) * '' Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean'' (1947) * '' Sybille's Night'' (1947) * ''The Cupid Club'' (1949) * ''Lady Paname'' (1950) * ''Paris Vice Squad'' (1951) * ''My Seal and Them'' (1951) * '' Passion'' (1951) * ''My Friend Oscar'' (1951) * '' The Red Head'' (1952) * '' The Sparrows of Paris'' (1953) * '' Little Jacques'' (1953) * ''Their Last Night'' (1953) * ''Flesh and the Woman'' (1954) * '' Madelon'' (1955) * ''The Whole ... [...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] |
Lady Paname
''Lady Paname'' was a 1950 French comedy film directed and written by Henri Jeanson and starring Louis Jouvet, Suzy Delair, Henri Guisol and Henri Crémieux.Crisp p.130 It tells the story of a young female singer who tries to become a star in the music hall world of the 1920s and falls in love with a composer. It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne with costumes by Georges Annenkov. Cast * Louis Jouvet as Gambier, dit Bagnolet - un photographe anarchiste * Suzy Delair as Raymonde Bosset, dite Caprice - une chanteuse de music-hall * Henri Guisol as Jeff - un compositeur de chansons * Henri Crémieux as Milson - le directeur de l'Olympia * Raymond Souplex as Arsène Marval - un chanteur célèbre et cabotin * Jane Marken as Madame Gambier * Claire Olivier as Léa Bosset - la mère de Caprice et de Marcel * Camille Guérini as Auguste Bosset * Véra Norman as La môme Oseille - l'amie de Caprice * Monique Méli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1893 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress; the charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison. * January 13 ** The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom has its first meeting. ** U.S. Marines from the ''USS Boston'' land in Honolulu, Hawaii, to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution. * January 15 – The ''Telefon Hírmondó'' service starts with around 60 subscribers, in Budapest. * January 17 – Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii: Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety in Hawaii, with the intervention of the United States Marine Corps, overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani. * January 21 ** The Cherry Sisters first perform in Marion, Iowa. ** The T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl And The River
''Girl and the River'' (french: L'Eau vive) is a 1958 French drama film directed by François Villiers. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. Cast In alphabetical order * Henri Arius - The uncle from Cavaillon * Pascale Audret - Hortense * Odette Barencey - Joséphine * Charles Blavette - L'oncle Simon * Jean Clarens - Le notaire * Andrée Debar - The cousin from Rochebrune * Hubert de Lapparent - Elie, a peasant * Hélène Gerber - La femme d'Elie * Jean Giono - Le récitant (voice) * Harry-Max - Le juge de paix * Germaine Kerjean - The aunt from Rochebrune * Robert Lombard - Le cousin de Rochebrune * Milly Mathis - The aunt from Cavaillon * Pierre Moncorbier - L'oncle vigneron * Jean Panisse - The butcher * Maurice Sarfati - The cousin from Cavaillon * Dany Saval * Jean-Marie Serreau - Le Jéhovah de Perthuis * Madeleine Sylvain Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau (July 5, 1905 –1970) was a pioneering Haitian sociologist and educator. In 1934, she was one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whole Town Accuses
''The Whole Town Accuses'' (French: ''Toute la ville accuse'') is a 1956 French comedy drama film directed by Claude Boissol and starring Jean Marais, Etchika Choureau and Noël Roquevert. Andrew & Gillain p.253 The film was known under the working title ''Mille et un millions'' in France. It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Dumesnil. Cast * Jean Marais as François Nérac * Etchika Choureau as Catherine Aravitte * Noël Roquevert as Duplantin * François Patrice as Patrice Lourel * Michel Etcheverry as leader of the bandits * Georges Lannes as the mayor * Albert Duvaleix as M. Arvette - the notary * Claude Le Lorrain as young man * Charles Bouillaud as Pistard * Henri Cogan as a gangster * Odette Barencey as Mary, the good * Marcel Pérès as the man on the sidewalk * Raphaël Patorni Raphaël Patorni (1911–1986) was a French film actor.Hayward p.439 Selected filmography * '' The Mysteries of Paris'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madelon (film)
''Madelon'' (French: ''La Madelon'') is a 1955 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Line Renaud, Jean Richard and Roger Pierre.The A to Z of French Cinema p.140 It is inspired by the popular song of the First World War "La Madelon" about Madelon, a waitress working in a country inn encountered by a group of soldiers. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. Synopsis In the First World War, Madeleine, a singing waitress who has become of the idol to the French Army travels up to Paris and the Western Front searching for her lover, encountering on the way a variety of different nationalities who make up the Allied forces. Cast * Line Renaud as Madeleine Thullier, dite La Madelon * Jean Richard as Antoine Pichot * Roger Pierre as Le caporal Georges Beauguitte * Pierre Larquey as Le curé * Georges Chamarat as Auguste Thullier * André Valmy as Le capitaine Van Meulen * Gilbert Gil as Un commandant d'aviation chez Maxim's * Jacques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flesh And The Woman
''Flesh and the Woman'' (french: Le Grand Jeu) is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by Robert Siodmak. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. It was released in the USA under the title ''Flesh and the Woman'', and in the UK as ''The Card of Fate''. It is a remake of the 1934 film '' Le Grand Jeu''. Plot After an affair with a young woman named Sylvia the Frenchman Pierre Martel leaves Paris and goes to Algeria because he wants to start over. His wife refuses to follow him. Dismayed about all this he decides to join the French Foreign Legion. As a soldier he runs into a look-alike of Sylvia. Cast * Gina Lollobrigida as Sylvia Sorrego / Helena Ricci * Jean-Claude Pascal as Pierre Martel * Arletty as Blanche * Raymond Pellegrin as Mario * Peter van Eyck as Fred * Jean Témerson as Xavier Noblet * Jean Hébey as Brigadier * Paul Amiot as the capitain * Odette Barencey as Gertrude * Charles Bayard * Gérard Buhr as a legionnaire * Jo Dest as the bistro keeper * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Their Last Night
''Their Last Night'' (French: ''Leur dernière nuit'') is a 1953 French crime drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Gabin, Madeleine Robinson and Robert Dalban.Harriss p.196 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq. Synopsis Madeleine, a young teacher from the provinces, arrives in Paris and encounters Pierre Ruffin a seemingly respectable librarian who lives at the same lodging as her in Montmartre. However he comes in one night wounded by a bullet and admits to her that he leads a double life as a gangster. After killing one of his accomplices who has betrayed him, the police net closes in on him. He returns to spend one final night of love with Madeleine before fleeing to Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Jacques (1953 Film)
''Little Jacques'' (French: ''Le petit Jacques'') is a 1953 French drama film directed by Robert Bibal and starring Jean-Pierre Kérien, Blanchette Brunoy and Christian Fourcade.Parish p.547 Cast * Jean-Pierre Kérien as Noël Rambert * Blanchette Brunoy as Marthe Rambert * Christian Fourcade as Le petit Jacques Rambert * Howard Vernon as Daniel Mortal * Micheline Francey as Claire Mortal * Célia Cortez as Mlle Edmée, l'assistante * Pierre Jourdan as Paul Laverdac * Jean Tissier as Le juge d'instruction Dubois * Jacques Charon as L'avocat de la défense Me. Merlin * Lucien Nat as Le procureur * Charles Roy as Le docteur Dr. Arthez * Odette Barencey as La concierge * Charles Bayard as Un actionnaire * Louise Bazin * Robert Charlet * Emile Dars * Paul Demange as Le vieux beau * Pierre Larquey * Charles Lemontier Charles Lemontier (1894–1965) was a French film actor.Aping p.76 Selected filmography * ''Street Without a Name'' (1934) * ''J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sparrows Of Paris
''The Sparrows of Paris'' (French: ''Moineaux de Paris'') is a 1953 French comedy drama film directed and written by Maurice Cloche and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis de Funès and Virginia Keiley. Plot Impresario Mr. Smith and his daughter want to engage a group of French musicians. On this occasion, Peggy Smith wears a necklace with a locket. One of the musicians identifies the locket as property of his grandmother. When Ms. Smith insists on keeping it, the musician calls for his ancestors, and the reborn French elite soldier Césarin answers. Cast * Jean-Pierre Aumont as Césarin, Horse Grenadier of the Imperial Guard (Napoleon I) * Louis de Funès as the doctor * Virginia Keiley as Peggy Smith, the impresario's daughter * Max Elloy as P'tit Louis * Robert Lombard as the choir school manager * Louis Gimberg as Mr Smith, the American impresario * Little Singers of the Wooden Cross as Themselves * Philippe Olive * Paul Demange * Léonce Corne * André Dalibert * Odet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Head (1952 Film)
''The Red Head'' (French: ''Poil de carotte'') is a 1952 French drama film directed by Paul Mesnier and starring Raymond Souplex, Germaine Dermoz and Pierre Larquey. It is based on the novel ''Poil de carotte'' by Jules Renard which had previously adapted into films twice by Julien Duvivier before the Second World War. Cast * Raymond Souplex as M. Lepic * Germaine Dermoz as Mme Lepic * Pierre Larquey as Le parrain * Odette Barencey as Honorine * Maurice Biraud * Jean-Jacques Duverger as Marceau * Guy Haurey as Félix * René Hell as L'adjoint * Corinne Jean-Jacques as Ernestine * Robert Le Fort as Paul * Lucienne Le Marchand as Agathe * Jean-Pierre Lituac as Le surveillant * Laure Paillette * Germaine Reuver as Mme Serain * Christian Simon as Poil de carotte * Marcel Vallée Marcel Vallée (15 January 1880, in Paris – 31 October 1957, in Fontaine-le-Port) was a French actor, primarily of the theater. He began working in films with Max Linder in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Friend Oscar
''My Friend Oscar'' (Swedish: ''Min vän Oscar'') is a 1951 Swedish comedy film directed by Pierre Billon and Åke Ohberg and starring Åke Söderblom, Margareta Fahlén and Olof Winnerstrand.Qvist & Von Bagh p.111 A separate French-language version ''My Seal and Them'' was also produced. It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Courbevoie on the outskirts of Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. Synopsis While on a trip to Paris a young Swedish man wins Oscar, a seal, in a raffle who proceeds to cause chaos in his life. Cast * Åke Söderblom as Hans Lövgren * Margareta Fahlén as Gabriella Strandberg * Olof Winnerstrand as Claes-Herman Sundelius * Barbro Larsson as Diana Sundelius * Douglas Håge as Oscar * Börje Mellvig as Stenström * Sven Lindberg as Zoologist * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Lövgren's Housemaid * Pierre Bertin as UNESCO Director-General * René Alié as Policeman * Odette Barencey as Woman * Albert Bour as Fish Salesma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
