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Roger Blin
Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's '' Waiting for Godot'' in 1953 and ''Endgame'' in 1957.C. J. Ackerley and S. E. Gontarski, ''The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett'' (New York: Grove Press, 2004), 63. Biography Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art.:35 He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives ''The Company of Five'' and ''The October Group''. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his production of '' Les Cenci'' .html" ;"title="'The Cenci''/nowiki>">'The Cenci''/nowiki> at the Folies-Wagrams theatre in 1935.:35 Following his work with Artaud, Blin focused on 'political street-theatre.':46 During the war, Blin was a liaison between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residential neighbourhoods, as well as many corporate headquarters and a handful of foreign embassies. It is the wealthiest and most expensive suburb of Paris. Together with the 16th and 7th arrondissement of Paris, the town of Neuilly-sur-Seine forms the most affluent and prestigious residential area in the whole of France. It has the 2nd highest average household income in France, at €112,504 per year (in 2020). History Originally Pont de Neuilly was a small hamlet under the jurisdiction of Villiers, a larger settlement mentioned in medieval sources as early as 832 and now absorbed by the commune of Levallois-Perret. It was not until 1222 that the little settlement of Neuilly, established on the banks of the Seine, was mentioned for the first t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Without A Name
''Street Without a Name'' (French: ''La Rue sans nom'') is a 1934 French drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Constant Rémy, Gabriel Gabrio and Paule Andral. It is based on the 1930 novel '' La Rue sans nom'' by Marcel Aymé.Goble p.936 Cast * Constant Rémy as Méhoul * Gabriel Gabrio as Fiocle * Paule Andral as Louise Johannieu * Paul Azaïs as Manu * René Bergeron as Schobre * René Blech * Roger Blin * Gérard Dagmar as La Jimbre * Max Dalban * Marcel Delaître as Johannieu * Georges Douking * Fréhel as La Méhoul * Enrico Glori as Cruseo * Pola Illéry as Noa * Marcel La Montagne as Le cordonnier * Pierre Labry as Minche * Pierre Larquey * Robert Le Vigan as Vanoël * Charles Lemontier as Cloueur * Teddy Michaud Teddy is an English language given name, usually a hypocorism of Edward or Theodore (given name), Theodore. It may refer to: People Nickname * Teddy Atlas (born 1956), boxing trainer and fight commentator * Teddy Bourne (born 1948), British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise (1939 Film)
''Louise'' is a 1939 French musical film directed by Abel Gance. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Described as "wonderfully atmospheric", the film is based on the opera of the same name by Gustave Charpentier. Charpentier remained on the set throughout the filming and personally coached Grace Moore, who played the title role. Both Georges Thill, who played Julien and André Pernet who played Louise's father, were famous exponents of those roles on the opera stage and had recorded them in 1935.Potter, Tully (2003)Liner Notes: ''Louise'' Naxos Records Cast * Grace Moore as Louise * Georges Thill as Julien * André Pernet as Le père de Louise * Suzanne Desprès as La mère de Louise * Robert Le Vigan as Gaston * Ginette Leclerc as Lucienne * Edmond Beauchamp as Le philosophe (as Beauchamp) * Jacqueline Gauthier as Alphonsine * Rivers Cadet * Pauline Carton as La première * Roger Blin Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Slave (1939 Film)
''The White Slave'' (French: ''L'esclave blanche'') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Marc Sorkin and starring Viviane Romance, John Lodge and Marcel Dalio. German director Georg Wilhelm Pabst acted as a supervisor on the production. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Guy de Gastyne, while the costumes were by Marcel Escoffier. It is a loose remake of the 1927 German silent film of the same title.Slavin p.93-94 Synopsis At the beginning of the twentieth century a Frenchwoman marries a westernised Turkish diplomat and travels with him to his homeland with romantic expectations of an Arabian Nights lifestyle. However she is shocked on getting there by the repressive attitude towards woman. Worse her husband falls out of favour with the Sultan, who faces growing dissent from the Young Turk movement. Cast * Viviane Romance as Mireille * John Lodge as Vedad Bey * Marcel Dalio as Le sul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Curtain Rises
''The Curtain Rises'' (french: Entrée des artistes) is a 1938 French crime film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Louis Jouvet, Claude Dauphin and Odette Joyeux.Andrew p.144 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacques Krauss and Alexandre Trauner. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around the city. Cast * Louis Jouvet as Le professeur Lambertin * Claude Dauphin as François Polti * Odette Joyeux as Coecilia * Janine Darcey as Isabelle * André Brunot as Monsieur Grenaison * Madeleine Lambert as Élisabeth * Roger Blin as Dominique * Noël Roquevert as Pignolet * Julien Carette as Lurette * Marcel Dalio as le juge d'instruction * Bernard Blier as Pescani * Yves Brainville as Sylvestre * André Roussin as Giflard * Robert Pizani Robert Pizani (26 April 1896 – 17 June 1965) was a French stage and film actor whose 45-year career encompassed leading roles in numerous plays, revues and operettas as well as dozens of films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938 Film)
Adrienne Lecouvreur (5 April 1692 – 20 March 1730), born Adrienne Couvreur, was a French actress, considered by many as the greatest of her time. Born in Damery, she first appeared professionally on the stage in Lille. After her Paris debut at the Comédie-Française in 1717, she was immensely popular with the public. Together with Michel Baron, she was credited for having developed a more natural, less stylized, type of acting. Despite the fame she gained as an actress and her innovations in her acting style, she was widely remembered for her romance with Maurice de Saxe and for her mysterious death. Although there are different theories that suggest she was poisoned by her rival, the Duchess of Bouillon, scholars have not been able to confirm it. Her story was used as an inspiration for playwrights, composers and poets. The refusal of the Catholic Church to give her a Christian burial moved her friend Voltaire to write a poem on the subject. Life Early years Adrienne Lec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lafarge Case
''The Lafarge Case'' (French: ''L'Affaire Lafarge'') is a 1938 French historical crime film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Renoir, Marcelle Chantal and Raymond Rouleau. It recalls a famous nineteenth century case, and is mostly portrayed in flashback.Andrew p.164 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Gys and Eugène Lourié Eugène Lourié (russian: Евгений Лурье; 8 April 1903 – 26 May 1991) was a French film director, art director, production designer, set designer and screenwriter who was known for his collaborations with Jean Renoir and for .... Cast References Bibliography * Andrews, Dudley. ''Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film''. Princeton University Press, 1995. External links * 1938 films 1930s French-language films French crime drama films Films directed by Pierre Chenal 1938 crime drama films French historical films 1930s historical films Films set in the 19th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasputin (1938 Film)
''Rasputin'' (French: ''La Tragédie impériale'') is a 1938 French historical film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Harry Baur, Marcelle Chantal and Pierre Richard-Willm.Kennedy-Karpat p.204 It depicts the rise and fall of the Russian mystic Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, the advisor to the Romanov royal family. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne. Cast * Harry Baur as Rasputin * Marcelle Chantal as Tsarine Alexandra * Pierre Richard-Willm as Comte Igor Kourloff * Jean Worms as Tsar Nicholas II * Jany Holt as Groussina * Jacques Baumer as Prokoff * Georges Malkine as Beggar * Lucien Nat as Ostrowski * Carine Nelson as Ania Kitina * Palau as Piotr * Georges Prieur as Grand-Duc Nikolaievich * Alexandre Rignault as Bloch * Gabrielle Robinne as Tsarine-mère * Martial Rèbe as Iliodore * Denis d'Inès as Évèque Gregorian * Georges Vitray as Ivanov * André Gabriello as Stankevitch * Joffre as L'archimandrite * Georges Paulais as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Alibi (1937 Film)
''The Alibi'' (French: ''L'Alibi'') is a 1937 French mystery film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean and Jany Holt. The film was shot at the Billancourt Studios and Epinay Studios in Paris. Location shooting took place at Trilport on the River Seine. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Eugène Lourié and Serge Piménoff The film was well received by critics on its release.Andrew p.134 It was released in the United States in April 1939 by Columbia Pictures. Cast * Erich von Stroheim as Le professeur Winckler * Albert Préjean as André Laurent * Jany Holt as Hélène Ardouin * Louis Jouvet as Le commissaire Calas * Véra Flory as Une entraîneuse * Foun-Sen as L'assistante de Winckler * Génia Vaury as Une entraîneuse * Made Siamé as La secrétaire de Calas * Roger Blin as Kretz, l'homme de main de Winckler * Philippe Richard as John Gordon * Jean Témerson as Jojo, l'ami de Dany * Maurice Baquet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Citadel Of Silence
''The Citadel of Silence'' (French: ''La citadelle du silence'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Annabella, Pierre Renoir and Bernard Lancret.Driskell p.209 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Guy de Gastyne. Cast * Annabella (actress), Annabella as Viana * Pierre Renoir as Stepan * Bernard Lancret as César Birsky * Gilberte Géniat as Catherine * Pauline Carton as La logeuse * Pierre Larquey as Bartek * Paul Amiot as Vladorowsky * Robert Le Vigan as Granoff * Roger Blin as Officier * Pierre Alcover as Le gouverneur de Varsovie * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as La fille du majordome * Alexandre Rignault as Le gardien * Mady Berry as Patronne de l'hôtel * Georges Melchior as Nevitzky * Lucas Gridoux as L'espion * José Squinquel as Le capitaine * Claire Gérard as La nounou * Marguerite Pierry as La logeuse * Marthe Mellot as Joséphine * Denise Jovelet as Vania enfant * Georges S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beethoven's Great Love
''Beethoven's Great Love'' (French: ''Un grand amour de Beethoven'' is a 1936 French historical musical drama film directed by Abel Gance and starring Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux and Jany Holt. It portrays the career of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. In Britain and the United States it was sometimes alternatively titled ''The Life and Loves of Beethoven''. It was shot at the Cité Elgé Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. Synopsis In Vienna in the early 1800s while working as a musical tutor, two of Beethoven's pupils are in love with him. One ends up marrying a count instead while the other spends years of unrequited love as his fiancée. Beethoven moves to Heiligenstadt to dedicate himself to his music, and overcoming his growing deafness, composes a series of masterworks. Cast * Harry Baur as Ludwig van Beethoven * Annie Ducaux as Thérèse de Brunswick * Jany Holt as Juliette Guicciardi * Jean-Louis Barrault as Kar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny (1936 Film)
''Jenny'' is a 1936 French drama film, the first full-length feature by Marcel Carné and the first of his successful collaborations with the dialogue writer Jacques Prévert and the composer Joseph Kosma. The leading roles are taken by Françoise Rosay, Albert Préjean, Charles Vanel, and Lisette Lanvin.Andrews p.355 It tells the story of a middle-aged woman in Paris who with underworld support has built up a smart night club, but her life starts falling apart when the young gangster she maintains as her lover falls in love with her daughter. At times the film moves into the realm of poetic realism, where the cinematography, music and dialogue infuse the lives and surroundings of ordinary people with poetry. Plot After years working in London, Jenny's daughter Danielle falls out with her boy friend and decides to go back to her mother in Paris. This throws Jenny into confusion, as she has to move out of her elegant house in an exclusive suburb and hastily rent a flat. The house, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
