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Robert Ozanne
Robert Ozanne (February 13, 1898 – September 14, 1941) was a French film actor.Youngkin p.466 Selected filmography * ''The Three Musketeers'' (1932) * ''The Oil Sharks'' (1933) * '' Miquette'' (1934) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1934) * ''The Lower Depths'' (1936) * ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937) * '' The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * '' Woman of Malacca'' (1937) * '' The Men Without Names'' (1937) * '' Return at Dawn'' (1938) * '' The Woman Thief'' (1938) * ''The Fatted Calf'' (1939) * ''Extenuating Circumstances'' (1939) * ''Behind the Facade'' (1939) * '' The Emigrant'' (1940) * ''The Mondesir Heir'' (1940) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''Paris-New York'' (1940) * ''The Last of the Six ''The Last of the Six'' (French: ''Le dernier des six'') is a 1941 French mystery thriller film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Pierre Fresnay, Michèle Alfa and Suzy Delair. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's ...'' (1941) References Bibliography * Youngkin, S ... [...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] |
The Woman Thief
''The Woman Thief'' (French: ''Le voleur de femmes'') is a 1938 French-Italian drama film directed by Abel Gance and starring Jules Berry, Annie Ducaux and Suzanne Desprès.Burke p.216 It was made at the Pisorno Studios The Tirrenia Studios (also known at one point as the Pisorno Studios) are a film studio complex located in the Italian coastal town of Tirrenia in Tuscany. The studios were constructed between 1933-1934 and intended, along with the Fert Studios in T ... in Tirrenia. The film's sets were designed by Jacques Colombier. Cast References Bibliography * Frank Burke. ''A Companion to Italian Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2017. External links * 1938 drama films French drama films Italian drama films 1938 films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Abel Gance 1930s Italian-language films French multilingual films French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films Italian multilingual films 1938 multilingual films 1930s French fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Male Film Actors
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Deaths
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Action T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann, on behalf of Adolf Hitler, requires replacement of blackletter typefaces by Antiqua. * January 4 – The short subject ''Elmer's Pet Rabbit'' is released, marking the second appearance of Bugs Bunny, and also the first to have his name on a title card. * January 5 – WWII: Battle of Bardia in Libya: Australian and British troops de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1898 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. * January 13 – Novelist Émile Zola's open letter to the President of the French Republic on the Dreyfus affair, ''J'Accuse…!'', is published on the front page of the Paris daily newspaper ''L'Aurore'', accusing the government of wrongfully imprisoning Alfred Dreyfus and of antisemitism. * February 12 – The automobile belonging to Henry Lindfield of Brighton rolls out of control down a hill in Purley, London, England, and hits a tree; thus he becomes the world's first fatality from an automobile accident on a public highway. * February 15 – Spanish–American War: The USS ''Maine'' explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor, Cuba, for reasons never fully established, killing 266 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Of The Six
''The Last of the Six'' (French: ''Le dernier des six'') is a 1941 French mystery thriller film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Pierre Fresnay, Michèle Alfa and Suzy Delair. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It is based on the 1931 novel '' The Six Dead Men'' by the Belgian writer Stanislas-André Steeman.Goble p.440 The film was made in Occupied France by the German-backed Continental Films, with the screenplay by Henri-Georges Clouzot who headed the company's scenario department. It was followed by a sequel in 1942 '' The Murderer Lives at Number 21'' directed by Clouzot, with Fresnay and Delair reprising their roles. Cast * Pierre Fresnay as Le commissaire Wensceslas Voroboevitch dit Monsieur Wens * Michèle Alfa as Lolita Gernicot * Suzy Delair as Mila Malou - une chanteuse de cabaret, la maîtresse gouailleuse de Wens * Jean Tissier as Henri Tignol * André Luguet as Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris-New York
''Paris-New York'' (French: ''Paris New-York'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Yves Mirande, Claude Heymann and Georges Lacombe. It stars Gaby Morlay, Michel Simon and André Lefaur.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.306 It was shot at the Cité Elgé studios in Paris and aboard the . The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It was produced during the Phoney War period and released shortly before the Fall of France. Synopsis During an Atlantic crossing aboard a liner, a variety of passengers interact including an Inspector escorting a precious diamond, another Sûreté officer on an investigation, several criminals, a journalist in love with the daughter of an American banker A bank is a financial institution that accepts Deposit account, deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital m ... and her disapproving father who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beating Heart (film)
''Beating Heart'' (French: ''Battement de coeur'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Danielle Darrieux, Claude Dauphin and André Luguet. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film' sets were designed by the art directors Léon Barsacq and Jean Perrier. It was inspired by the 1939 Italian film ''Heartbeat''. The film was remade in Hollywood as ''Heartbeat'' in 1946 starring Ginger Rogers and Basil Rathbone. Affron & Affron p.318 Synopsis It tells the story of a young woman escaping from reform school who tries to steal a foreign ambassador's watch but ends up falling in love with him. Cast * Danielle Darrieux as Arlette * Claude Dauphin as Pierre de Rougemont * André Luguet as Le comte d'Argay - l'ambassadeur * Junie Astor as La comtesse Florence d'Argay - l'ambassadrice * Charles Dechamps as Le baron Dvorak * Sylvain Itkine as Le premier voleur * Pierre Feuillère as Le second voleur * Jean Hébey as Ponthus * Julien Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mondesir Heir
''The Mondesir Heir'' (French: ''L'héritier des Mondésir'') is a 1940 French-German comedy film directed by Albert Valentin and starring Fernandel, Elvire Popesco and Jules Berry. It was shot in Berlin by the German studio UFA in a co-production arrangement with its own French subsidiary ACE. Made before the Second World War broke out, it was the last of twenty one such productions.Fiss p.136 Cast * Fernandel as Bienaimé de Mondésir, le baron de Mondésir & ses aïeux * Elvire Popesco as Erika Axelos * Jules Berry as Waldemar * Gaby André as Janine Richard - La postière * Monette Dinay as Rosette * Jacques Derives as L'ordonnateur * Yves Deniaud as Gaston * Hugues Wanner as Lepetit * Henri Beaulieu as Le colonel * Lucien Dayle as Le notaire * Marfa d'Hervilly as La cliente de Waldemer * Fernand Flament as Martinot * Frédéric Mariotti as Costecalde * Edmond Ardisson as Justin - Le chauffeur * Simone Gauthier as La première jeune fille du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Emigrant (1940 Film)
''The Emigrant'' (French: ''L'émigrante'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Léo Joannon and starring Edwige Feuillère, Jean Chevrier and Georges Lannes.Monaco p.484 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier. Cast * Edwige Feuillère as Christiane Vallier * Jean Chevrier as François Champart * Georges Lannes as Tino * Foun-Sen as L'Annamite aux béquilles * Palmyre Levasseur as La religieuse de l'hospice de Lisbonne * Jacques Vitry as Le commissaire * Edmond Van Daële as Un émigrant * Philippe Richard as Le médecin-chef * Serge Nadaud as Un officier * Marcel Pérès as Gaston - un émigrant * Marcel Duhamel * Duluard * Robert Brunet * Paul Lluís * Génia Vaury as Madame Vermeersch * Hélène Dassonville as Eliane * Gaston Jacquet as Un officier * Roger Capellani as Un émigrant * Emile Saulieu * Jean d'Yd as L'ingénieur-chef * Åke Engfeldt as L'émigrant suédois * Pierre Juvenet as Le représentant de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behind The Facade
''Behind the Facade'' (French: ''Derrière la façade'') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and Yves Mirande and starring Lucien Baroux, Jules Berry and André Lefaur.Aitken p.511 The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. Synopsis When the owner of an apartment block is found murdered, two policeman investigate the lives of the various tenants who live there. Cast * Lucien Baroux as Le commissaire Boucheron * Jules Berry as Alfrédo D'Avila * André Lefaur as Corbeau * Gaby Morlay as Gaby * Elvire Popesco as Madame Rameau * Michel Simon as Picking * Betty Stockfeld as L'anglaise * Erich von Stroheim as Eric * Simone Berriau as Lydia * Missia as Joséphine Picking * Raymond Segard as Robert Bernier * Marcel Orluc as Gérard Bernier * Jean Daurand as Le télégraphiste * Elmire Vautier as Marie, l'habilleuse de Lydia * Lina Darwils as Une locataire * Robert Ozanne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extenuating Circumstances (film)
''Extenuating Circumstances'' (French: ''Circonstances atténuantes'') is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer (director), Jean Boyer and starring Michel Simon, Suzanne Dantès and Arletty.The A to Z of French Cinema p.294 It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier (art director), Jacques Colombier. Synopsis A retired judge known for his harsh views on law and order, leaves for a Seaside resort, seaside holiday with his wife. However just outside Paris their car breaks down and they are forced to spend the night in a hotel which is a notorious haunt for criminals. Cast * Michel Simon as M. Gaetan Le Sentencier, 'La Sentence' * Suzanne Dantès as Mme Nathalie Le Sentencier * Dorville as Jules Le Bouic * Arletty as Marie Qu'a-d'ça * François Simon (actor), François Simon as La poupée * Andrex (actor), Andrex as Môme de Dieu * Robert Arnoux as Gabriel, the chauffeur * Jeanine Roger as Gabriel's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
