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Paul Durand
Paul Durand (1907–1977) was a French composer. He scored a number of films during the postwar era in France. He adapted the tune of "Bolero" for the 1950 hit song ''All My Love''.Tyler p.308 Selected filmography * '' Donne-moi tes yeux'' (1943) * '' La vie de plaisir'' (1944) * ''Scandal on the Champs-Élysées'' (1949) * ''The Girl from Maxim's'' (1950) * '' No Vacation for Mr. Mayor'' (1951) * ''Rasputin'' (1954) * '' The Contessa's Secret'' (1954) * '' Leguignon the Healer'' (1954) * ''Mademoiselle from Paris'' (1955) * ''The Whole Town Accuses'' (1956) * '' Paris, Palace Hotel'' (1956) *''A Kiss for a Killer'' (1957) * '' The Cow and I'' (1959) * ''Le Saint mène la danse'' (1960) * '' The Old Guard'' (1960) * '' Ravishing'' (1960) * ''Un soir sur la plage The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sète
Sète (; oc, Seta, ), also historically spelt ''Cette'' (official until 1928) and ''Sette'', is a commune in the Hérault department, in the region of Occitania, southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Sétois'' (male) and ''Sétoises'' (female) in French, "Setòris" and "Setòria" in Occitan. Known as the ''Venice of Languedoc'' and the ''singular island'' (in Paul Valéry's words), it is a port and a seaside resort on the Mediterranean with its own very strong cultural identity, traditions, cuisine and dialect. It is the hometown of such artists as Paul Valéry, Jean Vilar, Georges Brassens, Hervé Di Rosa, Manitas de Plata, and Robert Combas. Since 2001, François Commeinhes is the mayor of the city. Geography Built upon and around Mont St Clair, Sète is situated on the south-eastern end of the Étang de Thau, an enclosed salt water lake used primarily for oyster and mussel fields. To its other side lies the Mediterranean, and the town has a network of canals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle From Paris
''Mademoiselle from Paris'' (French: ''Mademoiselle de Paris'') is a 1955 French comedy film directed by Walter Kapps and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gisèle Pascal and Nadine Basile. The film was one of several films set in the work of high fashion made during the decade, popularising the New Look of Christian Dior.Shingler p.70 It was shot using Eastmancolor. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rino Mondellini. Synpsis Micheline works hard to keep the struggling fashion house of her employer, Maurice, afloat. When it goes out of business she accepts an offer to tour the country as an accompanist to the singer Jacqueline François. In Nice she encounters both her sister and Maurice who is now planning to start a new fashion house. Cast * Jean-Pierre Aumont as Maurice Darnal * Gisèle Pascal as Micheline Bertier * Nadine Basile as Léa Berthier * Jean Lara as Pierre Rollin * Raphaël Patorni as Max, le fournisseur * René Blancard as Le père de Micheline * Jacqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Deaths
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Soir Sur La Plage
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization. The UN is headquartered on international territory in New York City, and has other main offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna, and The Hague (home to the International Court of Justice). The UN was established after World War II with the aim of preventing future world wars, succeeding the League of Nations, which was characterized as ineffective. On 25 April 1945, 50 governments met in San Francisco for a conference and started drafting the UN Charter, which was adopted on 25 June 1945 and took effect on 24 October 1945, when the UN began operations. Pursuant to the Charter, the organization's objectives include maintaining international peace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravishing
''Ravishing'' (French: ''Ravissante'') is a 1960 French-Italian comedy film directed by Robert Lamoureux and starring Lamoureux, Sylva Koscina and Philippe Noiret.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.143 It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rino Mondellini. Cast * Robert Lamoureux as Thierry * Sylva Koscina as Evelyne Cotteret * Philippe Noiret as Maurice * Lucile Saint-Simon as Françoise * Jacques Dacqmine as Marc Cotteret * Raoul Marco as L'aubergiste * Dominique Page as Hélène * Donatella Mauro as L'hôtesse italienne * Roger Crouzet as Le steward * Nando Bruno as Official at Rome Airport * Lucien Frégis as Le garagiste * Brigitte Juslin as Louise * Eddie Constantine as Eddie * Robert Rollis Robert Rollis (16 March 1921 - 6 November 2007) was a French actor. He mainly starred as a film actor, but also appeared in television and also in theatre in the 1950s and early 1960s. Amongst many roles, he starred in Yves Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old Guard (1960 Film)
''The Old Guard'' (french: Les vieux de la vieille) is a 1960 French comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Pierre Fresnay and Jean Gabin. Cast * Pierre Fresnay - Baptiste Talon * Jean Gabin - Jean-Marie Péjat * Noël-Noël - Blaise Poulossière * - L'ouvrier de la salle communale * - Mariette * Paul Bisciglia - Jojo, le fiancé de Mariette * Charles Bouillaud - Le fils Bleuzet * - La touriste en voiture * Pierre Collet - Le livreur de bières * Robert Dalban - Jérome Ardouin, le fossoyeur * - Anselme Poulossière * Guy Decomble - Le chauffeur du car * - La supérieure de 'Gouyette' * 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'' (directed by Robert Bresson) - La bonne *19 ... - Louise References External links * 1960 comedy films 1960 films French comedy films Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Saint Mène La Danse
''Le Saint mène la danse'' (''The Saint leads the Dance'') also known as ''The Dance of Death'' and ''Le Saint conduit le bal'' (''The Saint leads the Ball'') is a 1960 film featuring Félix Marten as Simon Templar, the crimefighter also known as The Saint. Plot The Saint is in New York and helps in the arrest of a gangster, but a year later in Paris the gangster's friends try to get revenge. Cast * Felix Marten as Simon Templar * Michèle Mercier as Dany * Françoise Brion as Norma * Jean Desailly as Freddie Pellman * Nicole Mirel as Gina * Henri Nassiet as Louis * Clément Harari as Archie * Jean-Marie Rivière as Mario Production This is a crime comedy directed by Jacques Nahum Jacques Nahum (27 February 1921 – 21 July 2017) was a French director, screenwriter, and producer, famed for producing the cult television show ''Arsène Lupin'', descended from the Pallache family. Background Jacques Nahum was born on .... References External links * 1960 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cow And I
''La Vache et le Prisonnier'' (English version: ''"The Cow and I"'') is a French-Italian tragicomedy film from 1959, starring Fernandel and directed by Henri Verneuil, that is based on Jacques Antoine's 1945 novel, ''Une histoire vraie'' (''A True Story''). It tells the story of a French prisoner of war in World War II forced to work on a farm in Germany who decides to escape by walking away with a cow he calls Marguerite (''Daisy'' in English). The most successful film in France in 1959, with over 8 million seats sold, it was also the most successful film of Fernandel's career. Plot Charles Bailly, a French prisoner of war in Germany in the summer of 1943, decides to escape from the farm where he is forced to work and go home to France. Observing that a man with a cow and a milk pail passes unnoticed in the Bavarian countryside, his plan is to take one (whom he names Marguerite) and to walk with her to Stuttgart, where he will leave her and hide aboard a train for France. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Kiss For A Killer
''A Kiss for a Killer'' (French: ''Une manche et la belle'') is a 1957 French drama mystery film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot and Isa Miranda. It is based on the 1954 novel '' The Sucker Punch'' by James Hadley Chase.Hayward p.396 It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. Plot A wealthy widow living in Nice marries an attractive but self-centred young man. Soon after the wedding he meets and falls in love with her niece Eva, whose calculating ambitions lead her to push him to murder her aunt. Cast * Henri Vidal as Philippe Delaroche * Mylène Demongeot as Eva Dollan * Isa Miranda as Betty Farnwell * Jean-Loup Philippe as Bob Farnwell (as Jean-Lou Philippe) * Simone Bach as Sylvette Guibert * Antonin Berval as Le maire * Jean Galland as Bank manager * Ky Duyen as Chang * André Roanne as Le commissaire * Marc Valbel as Monsieur Edmond * Alfred Adam as L'inspecteur de po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris, Palace Hotel
''Paris, Palace Hotel'' is a 1956 French-Italian romantic comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Charles Boyer, Françoise Arnoul and Tilda Thamar.Parish p.61 It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. Synopsis A manicurist working at a luxurious hotel in Paris and a young garage mechanic there to pick up a customer's luxury car, both pretend to be wealthy residents to impress each other with the friendly assistance Henri Delormel, one of the real guests at the hotel. Cast * Charles Boyer as Henri Delormel * Françoise Arnoul as Françoise Noblet * Roberto Risso as Gérard Necker dit Brugnon * Tilda Thamar as Madeleine Delormel * Georges Chamarat as Alexandre - le coiffeur * Louis Seigner as Marcel Brugnon * Simone Bach as Barbara - la brune en robe rouge * Darry Cowl as Jules Hoyoyo * Jacques Jouanneau as Le laquais de l'entrée * Jean Clarieux as Un responsable du réveillon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
