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The Enigma Of The Folies-Bergere
''The Enigma of the Folies-Bergere'' (French: ''Enigme aux Folies-Bergère'') is a 1959 French crime film directed by Jean Mitry and starring Bella Darvi, Frank Villard and Dora Doll.Rège p.728 The police investigate a series of murders at the Folies-Bergère. Cast * Bella Darvi as Solange * Frank Villard as Le commissaire Raffin * Dora Doll as Clara * Armand Mestral as Armand, le chauffeur * Linda Roméo as une danseuse * Jean Tissier as Le régisseur * René Novan as L'inspecteur * Maximilienne as Mme Rosenthal * Marcel Pérès Marcel Pérès (born 15 July 1956, Oran, Algeria) is a French musicologist, composer, choral director and singer, and the founder of the early music group Ensemble Organum. He is an authority on Gregorian and pre-Gregorian chant. Pérès w ... * Charles Lemontier as Courvoisier * Liliane Robin as Dora References Bibliography * Philippe Rège. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Mitry
Jean-René Pierre Goetgheluck Le Rouge Tillard des Acres de Presfontaines, whose pseudonym was Jean Mitry (; 7 November 1904 – 18 January 1988), was a French film theorist, critic and filmmaker, a co-founder of France's first film society, and, in 1938, of the Cinémathèque Française. Work Goetgheluck le Rouge Rillard des Acres de Presfontaines was born in Soissons and was the first lecturer of film aesthetics in France, Mitry was one of the first intellectuals responsible for taking film studies out of the era of the film club and into that of the university. Mitry was one of few major film theorists who worked in film production himself. He edited Alexandre Astruc's short film ''Le Rideau Cramoisi'' (1953) and directed two films of his own, ''Pacific 231'' (1949), set to Arthur Honegger's music, and ''Images pour Debussy'' (1952), set to the music of Claude Debussy. He died in La Garenne-Colombes in 1988. Selected filmography * ''The Enigma of the Folies-Bergere ''The E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand Mestral
Armand Mestral (born ''Armand Serge Zelikson''; 25 November 1917 - 17 September 2000) was a French actor and singer. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1945 to 1992. Filmography References External links * 1917 births 2000 deaths French male film actors {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Jean Mitry
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] |
1950s French-language Films
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French Crime Films
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1959 Crime Films
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive archipelago ( Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Films
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with '' Ben-Hur'' winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, ''Plunderers of Painted Flats''. *January 29 – Walt Disney's ''Sleeping Beauty'' premieres, their most expensive film to date and the first animated film to be shot in Super Technirama 70. It initially ends up losing money for the studio due to its high production costs. However, it would eventually gain a cult following and is now considered one of Disney's great classics. *April 30 – François Truffaut's ''The 400 Blows'' opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave. * June 4 – The Three Stooges release their 190th and last short film, ''Sappy Bull Fighters''. * June 7 – A contract between Paramount and Jerry Lewis Productions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liliane Robin
Liliane is a given name for women, most often used where French is spoken, a variant of Lillian and Lily, associated with the flower name Lily, genus Lilium. People with this name *Liliane Ackermann (1938–2007), French writer of a Jewish family *Liliane Bettencourt (1922–2017), the second richest person in France *Liliane Chappuis (1955–2007), Swiss politician *Liliane de Kermadec (1928–2020), French film director and screenwriter *Liliane Klein-Lieber (1924–2020), French resistance member *Liliane Maury Pasquier (born 1956), Swiss politician *Liliane Montevecchi (1932–2018), French actress, dancer, and singer *Liliane Nemri, Lebanese actress *Liliane Saint-Pierre (born 1948), Belgian singer *Leelee Sobieski Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta "Leelee" Sobieski (born June 10, 1983) is an American artist and former actress. She achieved fame in her teens with roles in films such as '' Deep Impact'', ''Eyes Wide Shut'', '' Joy Ride'', '' Here on Earth'', a ... (born 1983, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lemontier
Charles Lemontier (1894–1965) was a French film actor.Aping p.76 Selected filmography * ''Street Without a Name'' (1934) * ''Judex'' (1934) * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1935) * '' Rigolboche'' (1936) * '' You Can't Fool Antoinette'' (1936) * '' The Assault'' (1936) * '' Seven Men, One Woman'' (1936) * '' Gigolette'' (1937) * '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) * '' In the Sun of Marseille'' (1938) * ''The Fatted Calf'' (1939) * ''Malaria'' (1943) * '' The White Truck'' (1943) * '' Mademoiselle X'' (1945) * ''The Eternal Husband'' (1946) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1946) * '' Night Warning'' (1946) * '' Mandrin'' (1947) * ''Dark Sunday'' (1948) * ''Ruy Blas'' (1948) * ''The Secret of Monte Cristo'' (1948) * ''The Secret of Mayerling'' (1949) * '' The Red Angel'' (1949) * '' Sending of Flowers'' (1950) * '' Born of Unknown Father'' (1950) * ''Farewell Mister Grock'' (1950) * ''Atoll K'' (1951) * '' Maria of the End of the World'' (1951) * ''Run Away Mr. Perle'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Pérès (actor)
Marcel Pérès (1898–1974) was a French film actor who acted prolifically during his long career.Crisp p.232 He was a character actor often playing smaller, supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' Port of Shadows'' (1938) * ''Return at Dawn'' (1938) * ''Women's Prison'' (1938) * ''Ultimatum'' (1938) * ''Crossroads'' (1938) * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) * '' The Emigrant'' (1940) * ''Night in December'' (1940) * ''Radio Surprises'' (1940) * ''The Pavilion Burns'' (1941) * ''Who Killed Santa Claus?'' (1941) * ''The Stairs Without End'' (1943) * ''It Happened at the Inn'' (1943) * ''Goodbye Leonard'' (1943) * ''Children of Paradise'' (1945) * '' The Bellman'' (1945) * ''St. Val's Mystery'' (1945) * ''François Villon'' (1945) * ''Panic (Panique)'' (1946) * '' Lunegarde'' (1946) * '' Raboliot'' (1946) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1946) * ''Monsieur Vincent'' (1947) * ''The Beautiful Trip'' (1947) * ''The Lovers Of Verona'' (1949) * ''Fantomas Against Fantomas'' (1949) * ''The Farm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Novan
René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine form). In some non-Francophone countries, however, there exists the habit of giving the name René (sometimes spelled without an accent) to girls as well as boys. In addition, both forms are used as surnames (family names). René as a first name given to boys in the United States reached its peaks in popularity in 1969 and 1983 when it ranked 256th. Since 1983 its popularity has steadily declined and it ranked 881st in 2016. René as a first name given to girls in the United States reached its peak in popularity in 1962 when it ranked 306th. The last year for which René was ranked in the top 1000 names given to girls in the United States was 1988. Persons with the given name * René, Duke of Anjou (1409–1480), titular king of Naples a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
