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The Beauty Of Montparnasse
''The Beauty of Montparnasse'' (French: ''La belle de Montparnasse'') is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Maurice Cammage and starring Frédéric Duvallès, Jeanne Aubert and Colette Darfeuil. Crisp p.409 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Dumesnil. Cast * Frédéric Duvallès as Monsieur Pontbichot * Jeanne Aubert as Claire * Colette Darfeuil as Hélène * Paul Pauley as Grésillon * Monique Rolland as Jeanne * André Bervil as Raphaël * Enrico Glori as Ernesto * Gaston Dupray as Le secrétaire * Myno Burney as Rosalie * Georges Bever as Coquelet * Nicole Ray as Lily * Pauline Carton as Madame Pontbichot * Pierre Palau Pierre Palau (13 August 1883 – 3 December 1966), often known simply as Palau, was a French actor. Palau was born Pierre Palau del Vitri in Paris and died at age 83 in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Partial filmography * '' When Do You Commi ... as Le baron Fléchard References Bibliography * Bessy, Maurice & C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Cammage
Maurice Cammage is a French film director and dialoguist, born in 1882 and died on 15 April 1946 in Paris. Filmography * 1932 : '' Vive la classe'' * 1932 : '' Un beau jour de noces'' * 1932 : '' La Terreur de la pampa'' (script and dialogues by José de Bérys) * 1932 : '' Quand tu nous tiens, amour'' * 1932 : '' Par habitude'' * 1932 : '' Ordonnance malgré lui'' * 1933 : ''Le Gros Lot'' or ''La Veine d'Anatole'' * 1933 : '' Le Coq du régiment'' * 1934 : '' Une nuit de folies'' * 1934 : ''La Caserne en folie'' * 1934 : '' Les Bleus de la marine'' * 1935 : '' Un soir de bombe'' * 1935 : ''La Mariée du régiment'' * 1936 : ''La Petite Dame du wagon-lit'' * 1936 : '' Les Maris de ma femme'' * 1937 : '' Une femme qui se partage'' * 1937 : '' Mon député et sa femme'' * 1937 : '' La Belle de Montparnasse'' * 1938 : '' L'Innocent'' * 1938 : '' Vacances payées'' * 1938 : '' Une de la cavalerie'' * 1939 : '' The Five Cents of Lavarede '' * 1939 : '' The Porter from Maxim's'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Bervil
André Bervil (1905–1972) was a French stage and film actor.Bessy p.192 He was married to the actress Suzanne Grey, and was son-in-law of Denise Grey. Selected filmography * ''My Little Marquise'' (1937) * ''Happy Days'' (1941) * ''Bolero'' (1942) * '' Mademoiselle X'' (1945) * ''The Temptation of Barbizon'' (1946) * '' Gringalet'' (1946) * '' The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain'' (1947) * ''The Seventh Door'' (1947) * ''The Cupboard Was Bare'' (1948) * ''Keep an Eye on Amelia'' (1949) * ''At the Grand Balcony'' (1949) * ''The Cupid Club'' (1949) * '' Madame du Barry'' (1954) * '' Sophie and the Crime'' (1955) * ''Les Truands ''Les Truands'' is a French comedy film starring Eddie Constantine directed by Carlo Rim. For English-speaking audiences it was renamed as ''Lock Up Your Spoons'' respectively ''The Gangsters''. Synopsis This is the story of racketeer Amédée ...'' (1956) * '' The Hole'' (1960) References Bibliography * Maurice Bessy. ''Histoire du cinéma français: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Black-and-white Films
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1930s French-language Films
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1937 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] |
1937 Films
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – ''The Good Earth'' premieres in the U.S. * April 16 – '' Way Out West'' premieres in the US. * May 7 – ''Shall We Dance'' premieres in the US. * May 11 – ''Captains Courageous'' premieres in New York. The film is released nationwide on June 25. * Monogram Pictures, who had merged with Republic Pictures two years earlier, decide to separate and distribute their own films again. * June 7 – Jean Harlow, one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the decade, dies aged 26 at Good Samaratan Hospital in Los Angeles. The official cause of death is listed as cerebral edema, a complication of kidney failure. * June 11 – '' A Day at the Races'' premieres in the U.S. * July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Palau
Pierre Palau (13 August 1883 – 3 December 1966), often known simply as Palau, was a French actor. Palau was born Pierre Palau del Vitri in Paris and died at age 83 in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Partial filmography * '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) * ''Luck'' (1931) * ''Monsieur Albert'' (1932) * '' La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933) * '' Zouzou'' (1934) * ''The Typist Gets Married'' (1934) * ''The Midnight Prince'' (1934) * ''Fanfare of Love'' (1935) * '' Tovaritch'' (1935) * ''Girls of Paris'' (1936) * ''The Green Jacket'' (1937) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * ''Rasputin'' (1938) * ''Crossroads'' (1938) * ''The Lafarge Case'' (1938) * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) * '' Annette and the Blonde Woman'' (1942) * '' I Am with You'' (1943) * ''La Main du diable'' (1943) * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) * ''Mademoiselle X'' (1945) * '' Boule de suif'' (1945) * ''Messieurs Ludovic'' (1946) * ''The Queen's Necklace'' (1946) * ''Jericho'' (1946) * '' The Uncatchable Mr. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Carton
Pauline Carton (4 July 1884 – 17 June 1974) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 190 films between 1907 and 1974. Filmography * ''La fille du Boche'' (1915) * ''Blanchette'' (1921) * ''La femme de nulle part'' (1922) * ''Château historique'' (1923) - Tante Chloë * ''Mon curé chez les riches'' (1925) * ''Feu Mathias Pascal'' (1926) - Tante Scholastique * ''Le p'tit Parigot'' (1926) - Tante Prudence * ''La tournée Farigoule'' (1926) - La poétesse * ''La petite fonctionnaire'' (1927) - Madame Lebardin * ''Education of a Prince'' (1927) - La concierge * ''La ronde infernale'' (1928) * ''Yvette'' (1928) * ''Miss Édith, duchesse'' (1929) - Marie * ''L'arpète'' (1929) - La concierge * '' My Childish Father'' (1930) - The Concierge * ''Cendrillon de Paris'' (1930) * ''Black and White'' (1931) - Marie - la bonne * ''Montmartre'' (1931) * '' The Voice of Happiness'' (1931) * ''American Love'' (1931) - Pauline * ''The Blood of a Poet'' (1932) * ''Seul'' (1932) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Ray
Nicole may refer to: People * Nicole (name) * Nicole (American singer) (born 1958), a contestant in season 3 of the American ''The X Factor'' * Nicole (Chilean singer) (born 1977) * Nicole (German singer) (born 1964), winner of the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest * Nicole, Countess of Penthièvre (c. 1424–after 1480) * Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608–1657), French noblewoman * Nicole LaRoche, flutist in the band Brulé, releases solo albums as "Nicole" Storms * Tropical Storm Nicole, a number of named tropical and subtropical cyclones ** Tropical Storm Nicole (2010) ** Hurricane Nicole (2016) ** Hurricane Nicole (2022) Other uses * ''Nicole'' (film), a 1978 thriller * ''Nicole'' (video game), a visual novel style game * Nicole, Lot-et-Garonne, a town in France * “Nicole”, a song by Ween from the 1990 album '' GodWeenSatan: The Oneness'' * ''Nicole'' (album), an album by Indonesian singer NIKI See also * Nicolle * Nicoll Highway * Nichole * Nicholas (disambiguati ... [...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] |
Myno Burney
Myno Burney (1907–1996) was a Swiss film actress.Goble p.478 Partial filmography * ''The Callbox Mystery'' (1932) - Paul Grayle * ''The New Hotel'' (1932) * ''Le petit écart'' (1932) * ''La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933) * ''Le client du numéro 16'' (1933) * ''La cinquième empreinte'' (1934) - Suzanne * ''Cessez le feu'' (1934) * ''La famille Pont-Biquet'' (1935) * ''La fille de Madame Angot'' (1935) * ''Un soir de bombe'' (1935) - La femme de chambre * '' Light Cavalry'' (1935) - Catella * ''Prête-moi ta femme'' (1936) - Lily * ''Bach the Detective'' (1936) - Vendeuse de la bijouterie * ''Compliments of Mister Flow'' (1936) - (uncredited) * ''Tout va très bien madame la marquise'' (1936) * ''J'arrose mes galons'' (1936) * ''La loupiote'' (1937) - La môme Torchon * ''La belle de Montparnasse'' (1937) - Rosalie * ''Passeurs d'hommes'' (1937) - Greta Worms * ''Titin des Martigues'' (1938) - L'Américaine #1 * ''Trois artilleurs en vadrouille'' (1938) - La prof * ''Les gaietés ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
