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Si ça Peut Vous Faire Plaisir
''If It Makes You Happy'' (French: ''Si ça peut vous faire plaisir'') is a 1948 French comedy film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Fernandel, Antonin Berval and Mona Dol. https://www.unifrance.org/film/7187/si-ca-peut-vous-faire-plaisir-ou-l-aventure-de-gonfaron It was shot at the Marseille Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Hubert. Synopsis Monsieur Viala has the winning ticket to the lottery which he shares with his mistress Ginette. In order to throw his jealous wife of the scent, he pretends that his friend Martial Gonfaron is his fellow winner. However, Ginette begins to show an interest in Martial. Cast * Fernandel as Martial Gonfaron * Antonin Berval as Viala * Mona Dol as Pauline Viala * Arlette Merry as Ginette * Ketty Kerviel as Lyska * Julien Maffre as Le facteur * Jackie Sardou as La fleuriste * José Casa as Camoin * Auguste Mouriès as Massiera * Henri Arius Henri Arius (1897–1968) was a French film and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Daniel-Norman
Jacques Daniel-Norman (real name Joseph Jacques Compère sur ''Les gens du cinéma.com'' (2 December 1901 – 5 December 1978) was a French film director and screenwriter. Filmography Director * 1937 : '' Si tu reviens'' * 1938 : ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlette Merry
Arlette Merry (18 March 1918 – 19 February 2015) was a French actress and singer. She was the daughter of Lucien Pinoteau and the sister of Claude Pinoteau Claude Pinoteau (25 May 1925 – 5 October 2012) was a French film director and scriptwriter. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts de Seine, Île-de-France, France. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 87. (in French) His sister was the actress ... and Jacques Pinoteau. Merry died in February 2015 at the age of 96. Filmography References Bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1918 births 2015 deaths French film actresses Actresses from Paris 20th-century French actresses {{France-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Jacques Daniel-Norman
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s French-language Films
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1948 Comedy Films
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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] |
1948 Films
The year 1948 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1948 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * May 3 – The Supreme Court of the United States decide in ''United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.'' holding that the practice of block booking and ownership of theater chains by film studios constituted anti-competitive and monopolistic trade practices. * Laurence Olivier's ''Hamlet'' becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture. Awards Top ten money making stars Notable films released in 1948 United States unless stated # *''3 Godfathers'', starring John Wayne A *''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello *''Act of Violence'', starring Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh *''Adventures of Don Juan'', starring Errol Flynn *''Albuquerque'', starring Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton *''The Amazing Mr. X'', starring T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernand Sardou
Fernand Sardou (September 18, 1910 – January 31, 1976 p. 235.) was a French singer and actor. Sardou was the father of , and he married Jackie Rollin (), an actress. His two grandsons are French novelist and French actor . Partial filmography * ''Le moulin dans le sol ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Arius
Henri Arius (1897–1968) was a French film and stage actor. Crisp p.176 A character actor he appeared in a large number of films in wartime and post-war France. Selected filmography * '' Jeannou'' (1943) * ''Rooster Heart'' (1946) * ''Inspector Sergil'' (1947) * ''Quai des Orfèvres'' (1947) *'' Rumours'' (1947) * ''Sergil and the Dictator'' (1948) * '' The Passenger'' (1949) * '' Two Loves'' (1949) * ''Oriental Port'' (1950) * ''Here Is the Beauty'' (1950) * '' The Convict'' (1951) * ''Sergil Amongst the Girls'' (1952) * ''Je l'ai été trois fois'' (1952) * ''My Husband Is Marvelous'' (1952) * '' Monsieur Scrupule, Gangster'' (1953) * ''Naked in the Wind'' (1953) * ''The Blonde Gypsy'' (1953) * ''Napoleon Road'' (1953) * ''Dangerous Turning'' (1954) * ''Quay of Blondes'' (1954) * '' L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard'' (1954) * ''Your Turn, Callaghan'' (1955) * ''Mademoiselle from Paris'' (1955) * ''The Case of Doctor Laurent'' (1957) * ''Girl and the River'' (1958) * ''Toi, le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste Mouriès
Auguste may refer to: People Surname * Arsène Auguste (born 1951), Haitian footballer * Donna Auguste (born 1958), African-American businesswoman * Georges Auguste (born 1933), Haitian painter * Henri Auguste (1759–1816), Parisian gold and silversmith * Joyce Auguste, Saint Lucian musician * Jules Robert Auguste (1789–1850), French painter * Tancrède Auguste (1856–1913), President of Haiti (1912–13) Given name * Auguste, Baron Lambermont (1819–1905), Belgian statesman * Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1810–1835), prince consort of Maria II of Portugal * Auguste, comte de La Ferronays (1777–1842), French Minister of Foreign Affairs * Auguste Clot (1858–1936), French art printer * Auguste Dick (1910–1993), Austrian historian of mathematics * Georges Auguste Escoffier (1846–1935), French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer * Auguste Metz (1812–1854), Luxembourgian entrepreneur * Auguste Léopold Protet (1808–1862), French Navy admiral * Auguste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Casa
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
