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Sa Meilleure Cliente
''His Best Client'' (French: ''Sa meilleure cliente'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Pierre Colombier and starring Elvire Popesco, René Lefèvre and Hélène Robert.The A to Z of French Cinema p.358 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. Synopsis A pair of lovers open a beauty salon, but struggling for business they decide to pretend that she is really his mother and has been rejuvenated by a miraculous treatment they have. Cast * Elvire Popesco as Edwige * René Lefèvre as Gaston * Hélène Robert as Hélène Chervin * André Lefaur as Monsieur Chervin * Charles Prince as Larnois * Marcelle Monthil as Mlle. Yvonne * Henri Kerny as Martin * Noël Darzal as Jiimmy * Yvonne Mirval as La vieille anglaise * André Alerme * Paul Bertrand * Georges Bever * Frank O'Neill * Mercédès Brare * Louise Dauville * Jeanne Juillia * Marthe Riche Marthe may refer to: *Marthe (given name) a feminine given name * ''Marthe'' (novel), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Colombier
Pierre Colombier (1896–1958) was a French screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Director * ''The Marriage of Rosine'' (1926) * '' His Best Client'' (1932) * ''Charlemagne'' (1933) * '' School for Coquettes'' (1935) * ''La Marraine de Charley'' (1935) (''Charley's Aunt'') * '' The King'' (1936) * ''The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937) * ''The Kings of Sport'' (1937) * '' Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938) * ''Latin Quarter The Latin Quarter of Paris (french: Quartier latin, ) is an area in the 5th and the 6th arrondissements of Paris. It is situated on the left bank of the Seine, around the Sorbonne. Known for its student life, lively atmosphere, and bistro ...'' (1939) References External links * 1896 births 1958 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters People from Compiègne 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelle Monthil
Marcelle Monthil (8 June 1892 – 8 November 1950) was a French film actress. Born Marcelle Madeleine Montalenti in the Principality of Monaco, she died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''Love Songs'' (1930) * '' When Love Is Over'' (1931) * '' His Best Client'' (1932) * ''The Three Musketeers'' (1932) * ''Cognasse'' (1932) * ''To the Polls, Citizens'' (1932) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1933) * '' Miquette'' (1934) * '' The Land That Dies'' (1936) * '' A Picnic on the Grass'' (1937) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * '' Péchés de jeunesse'' (1941) * '' The Benefactor'' (1942) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * '' The White Waltz'' (1943) * ''The London Man'' (1943) * ''The White Truck'' (1943) * ''Children of Paradise'' (1945) * '' Night Warning'' (1946) * '' Last Refuge'' (1947) * ''The Last Vacation'' (1948) * ''The Heart on the Sleeve'' (1948) * '' Marlène'' (1949) * '' Last Love'' (1949) * '' Le trésor des Pieds-Nickelés'' (1950) * ''The Girl from Maxim's ''The Girl from Maxim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Comedy Films
French comedy films are comedy films produced in France. Comedy is the most popular French genre in cinema. Comic films began to appear in significant numbers during the era of silent films, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humour of many of these silent films relied on slapstick and burlesque. Characteristics of French comedy films French comedy films are very often social comedies, which differs largely from American comedies."La comédie française se différencie ..par son aspect social, une lutte des classes généralement absente des comédies américaines." . Social comedy Culture shock, in several French comedies, oftentimes contain several 'clichés', which include: * Religion – ''The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob'' in the 1970s, and ''Serial (Bad) Weddings'' in the 2010s * Social background – ''Life Is a Long Quiet River'' in the 1980s, and ''The Intouchables'' in the 2010s * Difference of life between two places – '' Welcome to the Land of ch'tis'' in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Films
The following is an overview of 1932 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1932 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading headline events of the year. * Sidney Kent leaves Paramount Pictures and joins Fox Film. * Merlin H Aylesworth succeeds Hiram S Brown as president of RKO. * Jesse L. Lasky leaves Paramount and becomes an independent producer for Fox. * Sam Katz leaves Paramount. * James R Grainger leaves Fox and is succeeded by John D Clark, formerly of Paramount. * Publix and Fox decentralization of cinemas. * New industry program, including standard exhibition contract along lines of 5-5-5, proposed by Motion Picture Theater Owners of America and Allied. * Joe Brandt retires from Columbia Pictures joins World-Wide and later resigns again. * Two Radio City theaters open, under dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marthe Riche
Marthe may refer to: *Marthe (given name) a feminine given name * ''Marthe'' (novel), an 1876 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans *''Marthe'', an 1877 play by Georges Ohnet * ''Marthe'' (film), a 1997 film by Gérard Jugnot People with the surname *William Marthé (1894–?), Swiss long-distance runner See also *Sainte-Marthe (other) *Martha (other) *Marta (other) *Marte (other) Marte may refer to: *Marte, Nigeria, a Local Government Area in Borno State *Marte (surname), including a list of people with the name * C.D. Marte, a Mexican football club *C.D. Atlético Marte, a Salvadoran football club * ST ''Marte'', a tug in ... * Marth (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Juillia
Jeanne Marie Justine Juilla (21 August 1910 – 4 September 1996) was a French model and actress, who became the seventh Miss France and the first Frenchwoman to earn the Miss Europe title. Life Juilla was born on 21 August 1910 in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France to Louis Jean Juilla and Marie Zoé Lautard, who was a seamstress. Her widowed mother raised Juilla alone. In May 1930, she was elected as Miss Gascony, the title that qualified her for the selection of Miss France 1931. She won Miss France 1931 title, making herself the seventh to do so. The beauty contest was organized by the Parisian Committee created by a Belgian born French journalist, Maurice de Waleffe in 1920, and was juried from among 150 candidates gathered in the village hall of the ''Le Journal'' in Paris. On 5 February 1931, at the age of 20, Jeanne Juilla became the first Frenchwomen to be elected as Miss Europe. The contest was held in the same Persian premises as for the contest of Miss France 1931. Juilla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Dauville
Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of Xymox from the album ''Medusa'' *"Louise", by NOFX from the album ''Pump Up the Valuum'' * "Louise", by Paul Revere & the Raiders from '' The Spirit of '67'' * "Louise", by Paul Siebel from ''Woodsmoke and Oranges'', covered by several artists * "Louise", by Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders from ''Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders'' *"Louise", by The Yardbirds from the album ''Five Live Yardbirds'' Other * ''Louise'' (opera), an opera by Charpentier * ''Louise'' (1939 film), a French film based on the opera * ''Louise'' (2003 film), a Canadian animated short film by Anita Lebeau * ''Louise (Take 2)'', a 1998 French film * Louise Cake, part of New Zealand cuisine Royalty * Louise of Savoy (1476–1531), mother to Francis I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercédès Brare
Mercédès Brare (born Mercédès Emma Josèphe Brare; December 20, 1880 – January 24, 1967) was a French actress active in film roles from the 1930s to the 1950s. Filmography * 1931: ''Faubourg Montmartre'' by Raymond Bernard * 1932: ''His Best Client'' by Pierre Colombier * 1933: '' Toto'' by Jacques Tourneur - ''Une concurrente de Miss Occasion'' * 1942: '' Le Grand Combat'' by Bernard Roland * 1943: ''The Phantom Baron'' by Serge de Poligny * 1944: '' Le Voyageur sans bagage'' by Jean Anouilh * 1945: '' Alone in the Night'' by Christian Stengel * 1946: '' Lunegarde'' by Marc Allégret * 1946: ' by Pierre Billon * 1946: ''Martin Roumagnac'' by Georges Lacombe * 1951: ' by Raymond Leboursier Theatre * 1940: ''Léocadia'' by Jean Anouilh, Théâtre de la Michodière Publications * ''Poèmes en prose'', La Haye-Pesnel, Manche, imprimerie Garlan, 1947 * ''La concierge est dans sa loge'', sketch with one character, La Haye-Pesnel, Manche, imprimerie Garlan, 1947 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank O'Neill (actor)
Frank O'Neill may refer to: *Frank "Buck" O'Neill (1875–1958), American football coach *Frank O'Neill (politician) (1893–1975), Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * Frank O'Neill (swimmer) (born 1926), Australian swimmer *Frank O'Neill (footballer) (born 1940), Irish footballer * Frank O'Neill (film director), director of '' The Overland Limited'' *Frank O'Neill (jockey) (1886–1960), American Hall of Fame jockey * Frank S. O'Neil (died 1945), American lawyer and athletic commissioner See also *Frank O'Neal Frank O'Neal (May 9, 1921 – October 10, 1986) at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Bever
Georges Bever (1884–1973) was a French film and television actor.Goble p.38 Selected filmography * '' The Crystal Submarine '' (1927) * ''The Man in Evening Clothes'' (1931) * '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) * ''Fun in the Barracks'' (1932) * ''Monsieur Albert'' (1932) * '' His Best Client'' (1932) * ''Aces of the Turf'' (1932) * ''The Midnight Prince'' (1934) * ''Paris-Deauville'' (1934) * ''Merchant of Love'' (1935) * '' The Bureaucrats'' (1936) * ''Adventure in Paris'' (1936) * ''A Hen on a Wall'' (1936) * ''Ménilmontant'' (1936) * '' Mercadet'' (1936) * ''Excursion Train'' (1936) * ''Rasputin'' (1938) * ''The Novel of Werther'' (1938) * ''Golden Venus'' (1938) * ''The West'' (1938) * ''Whirlwind of Paris'' (1939) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1939) * ''The Fatted Calf'' (1939) * ''Behind the Façade'' (1939) * ''Immediate Call'' (1939) * ''Serenade'' (1940) * ''Romance of Paris'' (1941) * ''The White Truck'' (1943) * '' The Captain'' (1946) * '' The Wolf'' (1949) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bertrand (actor)
Paul Charles Édouard Bertrand (10 July 1879, Loos-lez-Lille – 24 February 1944, Paris) was a French paleobotanist. He was the son of botanist Charles Eugène Bertrand (1851–1917). He studied at the University of Lille, receiving his degree in natural sciences in 1903 and his doctorate of sciences in 1909. In 1910 he became a lecturer in paleontology and director of the Lille "coal museum". In 1927 he attained the chair of paleobotany, a distinction created especially for Bertrand. From 1938 to 1944 (year of death), he served as chair of "''Anatomie comparée des végétaux actuels et fossiles''" at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris.Google Books Historical perspective of early twentieth century Carboniferous paleobotanyParts of this biographical text are based on a translati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Alerme
André Alerme (9 September 1877 – 31 January 1960) was a French actor. Alerme was born Marie André Alerme in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France and died at the age of 82 in Montrichard, Loir-et-Cher, France. Selected filmography * ''Black and White'' (1931) * ''His Highness Love'' (1931) * '' The Wonderful Day'' (1932) * ''Orange Blossom'' (1932) * '' His Best Client'' (1932) * '' La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933) * '' Miquette'' (1934) * '' Tovaritch'' (1935) * '' Carnival in Flanders'' (1935) * ''On the Road'' (1936) * '' The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1936) * ''Counsel for Romance'' (1936) * '' The Assault'' (1936) * ''The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * ''The Silent Battle'' (1937) * '' Mademoiselle ma mère'' (1938) * ''Le drame de Shanghaï'' (1938) * '' Nord-Atlantique'' (1939) * ''Paradise Lost'' (1940) * ''Romance of Paris'' (1941) * ''Patricia'' (1942) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * ''The Phantom Baron'' (1943) * ''Arlette and Love'' (1943) * ''The White Waltz'' (1943) * '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
