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Pierre Labry
Pierre Labry (1885–1948) was a French stage and film actor.Capua p.122 He was active in the French film industry between 1920 and 1948, appearing in more than a hundred films. Selected filmography * ''La croisade'' (1920) * ''Gigolette'' (1921) * ''Le crime du Bouif'' (1922) - Hexam * ''L'enfant des halles'' (1924) - Marcadion * ''Le loup-garou'' (1924) * ''L'heureuse mort'' (1925) - Le Capitaine Mouche * ''Mylord l'Arsouille'' (1925) - Pépin * ''Paris en cinq jours'' (1926) - L'Américain * ''Feu!'' (1927) - Un marin du yacht * ''L'occident'' (1928) - Le Goff * ''Trois jeunes filles nues'' (1929) * ''The Road Is Fine'' (1930) - Le client de la guinguette * ''La femme d'une nuit'' (1930) * ''Le joker'' (1930) * ''Mon coeur incognito'' (1930) * ''Les amours de minuit'' (1931) - Le policier * '' The Indictment'' (1931) - Peters * ''L'anglais tel qu'on le parle'' (193) * ''Gagne ta vie'' (1931) * ''Coeur de lilas'' (1932) - Charignoul * ''Wooden Crosses'' (1932) - Soldat Bouffioux ... [...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] |
A Man Has Been Stolen
''A Man Has Been Stolen'' (French: ''On a volé un homme'') is a 1934 French comedy thriller film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Lili Damita, Henri Garat and Raoul Marco. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Heilbronner. The film was produced by Erich Pommer, recently escaped from Nazi-controlled Germany, for the European subsidiary of Fox Film. Many of the filmmakers employed were refugees from Nazi Germany. Pommer also produced another film simultaneously ''Liliom'', a romance film directed by Fritz Lang. Ophüls later suggested that he felt that the two directors had each been assigned to the wrong production "had we exchanged the films Lang most likely would have made an extraordinary mystery and I a very good romantic comedy". Neither film was very successful at the box office. It is a lost film. Synopsis A millionaire is kidnapped, but begins to fall in love with the woman keeping him prisoner. Cast * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gribouille (film)
''Gribouille'' (English title: ''Heart of Paris'' or ''The Meddler'') is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Marc Allégret, based on story "Gribouille" by Marcel Achard who co-wrote the screenplay with . The music score is by Georges Auric. The film stars Raimu and Michèle Morgan. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris, with sets designed by the art director Alexandre Trauner. It was remade in the U.S. as ''The Lady in Question'' (1940) with Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford. The film marked Michèle Morgan's first major role on the big screen. Plot Camille Morestan serves as a jury member at a court in Paris. The attractive Natalie Roguin is accused of murder. Morestan doesn't want to believe she really killed her lover. He succeeds in convincing the other jury members she was innocent. After her acquittal he takes her into his house. While he tries to keep her identity a secret for his family her presence leads to a number of unfortunate incidents. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wells In Flames
''Wells in Flames'' (French: ''Puits en flammes'') is a 1937 German adventure film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Josseline Gaël, George Rigaud and Suzy Vernon.Rentschler p.289 It is the French-language version of ''City of Anatol'' (1936). The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ... Otto Hunte. Cast References Bibliography * Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996. External links * 1937 films 1937 adventure films German adventure films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s French-language films Films directed by Victor Tourjansky UFA GmbH films German multilingual films German black-and-white films Films based on German novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forty Little Mothers (1936 Film)
''Forty Little Mothers'' (French: ''Le mioche'') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Léonide Moguy and starring Lucien Baroux, Gabrielle Dorziat and Pauline Carton.Driskell p.210 The 1940 Hollywood film ''Forty Little Mothers'' was based on the same story. Plot summary Cast * Lucien Baroux as Prosper Martin * Gabrielle Dorziat as Mme Granval, La directrice * Pauline Carton as Mlle Clotilde * Milly Mathis as Gervaise * Madeleine Robinson as Denise Mériel, la mère * Jane Pierson as La gérante * Georges Vitray as Dalbret * Marcel Maupi as Marius Rabut * Jean Périer as L'aumônier * Pierre Labry as Bourgeon, le père * Gilbert Gil as Robert Bourgeon, le fils * Marcel Carpentier as Le cuisinier * René Bergeron as Le garagiste * André Siméon as Le pochard * Pierre Juvenet as Le coadjuteur * Philippe as Le mioche * Nane Germon as Simone * Anne Doria as Valentine * Wally Carveno as Geneviève * Claire Gérard as Le lingère * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confessions Of A Cheat
''Le Roman d'un tricheur'' (sometimes known in English as ''The Story of a Cheat'', but also as ''Confessions of a Cheat'', ''The Story of a Trickster'', or ''The Cheat'') is a 1936 film starring, written and directed by Sacha Guitry. It was adapted from Guitry's only novel, ''Les Mémoires d'un tricheur'', published in 1935. Plot The 54-year-old Cheat writes his memoirs in a café. As the age of 12, he is caught stealing money from the family grocery shop. As punishment, he is not allowed to enjoy a treat with the rest of the family: mushrooms which turn out to be poisonous. His parents, siblings, uncle and grandparents all die. His mother's unscrupulous cousin takes charge of him, and uses his inheritance for his own benefit. Thus, it appears to the youngster that dishonesty pays. He runs away and works at various jobs, such as doorman and hotel bellhop. In Paris, he is unwillingly drawn into a plot to assassinate the visiting Czar Nicholas II of Russia by fellow restaurant wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Peur (1936 Film)
''La Peur'', also known under the title ''Vertige d'un soir'' is a 1936 French film by Russian director Viktor Tourjansky. The film is based on Joseph Kessel's adaptation of the story ''Fear'' by Stefan Zweig.Alain Ferrari ''Le poing dans la vitre'' 2006 See also *''Angst'' (1928) *''Fear Fear is an intensely unpleasant emotion in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat. Fear causes physiological changes that may produce behavioral reactions such as mounting an aggressive response or fleeing the threat. Fear ...'' (1954) References External links 1936 films 1936 drama films French drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Victor Tourjansky Films based on works by Stefan Zweig French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Marie (film)
''Anne-Marie'' is a 1936 French drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Annabella, Pierre Richard-Willm and Paul Azaïs. If features Annabella as an aspiring young pilot. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Jean Perrier. Cast * Annabella as Anne-Marie * Pierre Richard-Willm as L'inventeur * Paul Azaïs as Le boxeur * Pierre Labry as Le paysan * Abel Jacquin as Le détective * Christian Gérard as L'amoureux * Jean Murat as Le penseur * André Carnège as Le général * Enrico Glori as Un homme d'affaires * Odette Talazac as La bonne Reception Writing for ''The Spectator'' in 1936, Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ... gave the film a mildly good review, describing it as "silly but with some amia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Volga Boatman (1936 Film)
''The Volga Boatman'' (French: ''Les bateliers de la Volga'') is a 1936 French drama film directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky and starring Pierre Blanchar, Véra Korène and Charles Vanel. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Serge Piménoff and Pierre Schild. Cast * Pierre Blanchar as Le lieutenant Vadime Borzine * Véra Korène as Lydia Goreff * Charles Vanel as Le colonel Goreff * Valéry Inkijinoff as Kiro * Raymond Aimos as Broïnka * Léon Courtois * Albert Duvaleix as Un batelier * Pierre Labry as Kouproff * Georges Marceau * Jean Marconi as Le jeune officier * Georges Prieur as Le juge * Edouard Rousseau * Maurice Tillet Maurice Tillet (23 October 1903 – 4 September 1954) was a Russian-born French professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, The French Angel. Tillet was a leading box office draw in the early 1940s and was twice World Heavyweight Cham ... as Un batelier Release References Bibliography * Parish, Robert. ''Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnival In Flanders (film)
''Carnival in Flanders'' is a 1935 French historical romantic comedy film directed by Jacques Feyder. It is also widely known under its original title in French, ''La Kermesse héroïque''. A German-language version of the film was made simultaneously and was released under the title ''Die klugen Frauen'', featuring Ernst Schiffner in one of his early film roles. Plot In 1616, when Flanders is part of the Hispanic Monarchy, the town of Boom, in the midst of preparations for its carnival, learns that a Spanish duke with his army is on the way to spend the night there. Fearing that this will inevitably result in rape and pillage, the mayor — supported by his town council — has the idea of pretending to be newly dead, in order to avoid receiving the soldiers. But his redoubtable wife Cornelia despises this stratagem and organises the other women to prepare hospitality and to adapt their carnival entertainments for the Spaniards (who insist on entering the town anyway). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Angot's Daughter (film)
''Madame Angot's Daughter'' (French: ''La fille de Madame Angot'') is a 1935 French musical comedy film directed by Jean Bernard-Derosne and starring André Baugé, Jean Aquistapace and Raymond Cordy.Goble p.84 It also featured early screen appearances by Arletty and Madeleine Robinson. It is based on the 1872 comic opera '' Madame Angot's Daughter''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Douarinou. Cast * André Baugé as Ange Pitou * Moniquella as Clairette Angot * Jean Aquistapace as Larivaudière * Raymond Cordy as Louchard * Madeleine Guitty as Amaranthe * Arletty as Ducoudray * Danièle Brégis as Mademoiselle Lange * Robert Arnoux as Pomponnet - Un coiffeur * Henri Marchand as Antonin * William Aguet as Trénitz * Raymond Rognoni as Cadet * Georges Colin as Jérôme * Sinoël as Le maire * Pierre Labry as Buteux * Odette Talazac as Cydalise * Germaine Reuver as Thérèse * Marcelle Sarret as Babet * Nane Germon as Hersilie * Pierre-Louis as L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Yeux Noirs (film)
''Dark Eyes'' (French: ''Les yeux noirs'') is a 1935 French drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Harry Baur, Simone Simon and Jean-Pierre Aumont.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.318 The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Lourié. Cast * Harry Baur as Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff * Simone Simon as Tania * Jean-Pierre Aumont as Karpoff * Jean-Max as Roudine * Christiane Ribes as Une demi-mondaine * Jeanne Brindeau as La gouvernante * Max Maxudian * Pierre Labry as Le noceur * André Dubosc as Le maître d'hôtel * Guy Sloux as Le fêtard * Nine Assia as Lucie * Viviane Romance as La comtesse * Georges Paulais * Jacques Berlioz as Le directeur * Adrienne Trenkel * Maxime Fabert as Un convive * Claude Lehmann as Un jeune officier * Marguerite de Morlaye * Émile Genevois * Léon Arvel as Un serveur du restaurant * Raymond Aimos as Un serveur du restaurant * Rodolphe Marcilly * Pierre Athon Pierre is a masculine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
