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The Man Of The Hour
''The Man of the Hour'' (French: ''L'homme du jour'') is a 1937 French musical film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Maurice Chevalier, Elvire Popesco and Josette Day.Mazdon & Wheatley p.35 The film was shot at the Joinville Studios, with sets designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. An ordinary man saves the life of a great actress by giving blood, and she in turns decides to promote him as a singing star. Partial cast * Maurice Chevalier as Alfred Boulard / Himself * Elvire Popesco as Mona Thalia * Josette Day as Suzanne Petit * Raymond Aimos as Le vieux cabot * André Alerme as François-Théophile Cormier de la Creuse * Marguerite Deval as Mme Christoforo * Marcelle Géniat as Alphonsine Boulard - la mère d'Alfred * Paulette Élambert as La petite soeur de Suzanne * Robert Lynen as Milot - l'apprenti électricien * Marcelle Praince as Mme Pinchon - une pensionnaire * Robert Pizani as Le poète efféminé * Pierre Sergeol as La Brelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier (; 8 October 1896 – 29 October 1967) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are ''La Bandera (film), La Bandera'', ''Pépé le Moko'', ''Little World of Don Camillo'', ''Panic (1946 film), Panic (Panique)'', ''Voici le temps des assassins'' and '':fr:Marianne de ma jeunesse, Marianne de ma jeunesse''. Jean Renoir called him, a "great technician, [a] rigorist, a poet". Early years It was as an actor, in 1916 at the Théâtre de l'Odéon under the direction of André Antoine, that Duvivier's career began. In 1918 he moved on to Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont, as a writer and assistant of, amongst others, André Antoine, Louis Feuillade and Marcel L'Herbier. In 1919 he directed his first film. In the 1920s several of his films had a religious concern: ''Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes'', ''The Abbot Constantine (1925 film), L'abbé Constantin'' and ''La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marguerite Deval
Marguerite Deval (19 September 1866 – 18 December 1955) was a French singer and actress. Born Marguerite Hippolyte Juliette Brulfer, she was a comedian, opera chanteuse, and actress of stage and film. She was born in Strasbourg and died in Paris. In 1931 she took the role of Lady Eversharp at the premiere of Reynaldo Hahn's operetta, '' Brummell''."Brummell" ''Encyclopédie multimedia de la comédie musicale en France'' website , accessed 25 June 2018 See also *Selected filmography * '''' (1932) * '' |
Germaine Michel
Germaine Michel (7 November 1892 – 9 January 1976) was a French stage and film actress. She was born in Paris and died in Clichy-la-Garenne. Selected filmography * '' The Wandering Beast'' (1932) * '' Cognasse'' (1932) * '' Paprika'' (1933) * '' On the Streets'' (1933) * '' 600,000 Francs a Month'' (1933) * '' Rothchild'' (1934) * '' Tovaritch'' (1935) * '' Mercadet'' (1936) * '' The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1939) * '' As Long as I Live'' (1946) * '' Special Mission'' (1946) * ''Pastoral Symphony'' (1946) * ''To the Eyes of Memory'' (1948) * ''The Cupid Club'' (1949) * ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' (1949) * '' At the Grand Balcony'' (1949) * ''Three Telegrams'' (1950) * ''Gas-Oil'' (1955) * ''Maigret Sets a Trap ''Maigret Sets a Trap'' (French: ''Maigret tend un piège'') is a 1955 detective novel by the Belgian novelist Georges Simenon featuring his fictional character Jules Maigret. Plot Maigret sets a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Jeanne Fusier-Gir (1885–1973) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress. She was married to the painter Charles Gir, and was the mother of the film director François Gir.Rège p. 442 Selected filmography * ''The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (film), The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1929) * ''The Man in Evening Clothes'' (1931) * ''Luck (1931 film), Luck'' (1931) * ''The Devil's Holiday (French-language film), The Devil's Holiday'' (1931) * ''When Do You Commit Suicide? (1931 film), When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) * ''Beauty Spot (film), Beauty Spot'' (1932) * ''Aces of the Turf'' (1932) * ''The Champion Cook'' (1932) * ''The Fish Woman'' (1932) * ''The Midnight Prince'' (1934) * ''Return to Paradise (1935 film), Return to Paradise'' (1935) * ''The Decoy (1935 film), The Decoy'' (1935) * ''Divine (1935 film), Divine'' (1935) * ''Marinella (film), Marinella'' (1936) * ''A Hen on a Wall'' (1936) * ''Excursion Train (film), Excursion Train'' (1936) * ''The Citadel of Sile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernand Fabre
Fernand Fabre (1899–1987) was a French stage, television and film actor.Goble p.49 Selected filmography * ''The Queen's Necklace'' (1929) * '' The Indictment'' (1931) * ''Luck'' (1931) * ''The Weaker Sex'' (1933) * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) * '' A Man Has Been Stolen'' (1934) * '' Light Cavalry'' (1935) * '' The Mysterious Lady'' (1936) * '' The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * '' My Little Marquise'' (1938) * '' Nights of Princes'' (1938) * '' Colonel Chabert'' (1943) * ''The Stairs Without End'' (1943) * ''The Last Metro'' (1945) * '' Special Mission'' (1946) * '' After Love'' (1948) * ''Bluebeard "Bluebeard" (french: Barbe bleue, ) is a French folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in '' Histoires ou contes du temps passé''. The tale tells the s ...'' (1951) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renée Devillers
Renée Devillers (1902–2000) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.328 Selected filmography * ''The Sweetness of Loving'' (1930) * '' The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * '' J'accuse!'' (1938) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1946) * '' Monelle'' (1948) * '' The Last Vacation'' (1948) * '' The Lame Devil'' (1948) * '' Cartouche, King of Paris'' (1950) * '' The Call of Destiny'' (1953) * ''Mam'zelle Nitouche ''Mam'zelle Nitouche'' is a vaudeville-opérette in three acts by Hervé. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Albert Millaud. This story of a respectable musician, transforming himself into a songwriter at night, is partly inspired by the lif ...'' (1954) * '' Thérèse Desqueyroux'' (1962) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1902 births 2000 deaths French stage actresses French film actresses Actresses from Paris 20th-century French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Deguyse
Simone Deguyse (1910-1985) was a French stage and film actress. Kermabonp p.240 On stage she appeared in a number of operettas and comedies. Selected filmography * ''The Fortune'' (1931) * '' Buridan's Donkey'' (1932) * ''Orange Blossom'' (1932) * '' I Have an Idea'' (1934) * '' Your Smile'' (1934) * ''La jeune fille d'une nuit'' (1934) * ''Une femme chipée'' (1934 * '' The Imberger Mystery'' (1935) * ''The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * ''False Identity Identity theft occurs when someone uses another person's personal identifying information, like their name, identifying number, or credit card number, without their permission, to commit fraud or other crimes. The term ''identity theft'' was co ...'' (1947) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Kermabon, Jacques. ''Pathé: premier empire du cinéma''. Centre Georges Pompidou, 1994. * Lartigue, Jacques-Henri. ''Les Femmes Aux Cigarettes''. Viking P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Barbier-Krauss
Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populous city in the U.S., the seventh most populous city in the South, and the second most populous city in the Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida. The city is the cultural, economic, and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area, whose 2020 population of 2,660,329 ranked 22nd in the U.S. Metrolina is part of a sixteen-county market region or combined statistical area with a 2020 census-estimated population of 2,846,550. Between 2004 and 2014, Charlotte was ranked as the country's fastest-growing metro area, with 888,000 new residents. Based on U.S. Census data from 2005 to 2015, Charlotte tops the U.S. in millennial population growth. It is the third-fastest-growing major city in the United States. Residents are referred t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Sergeol
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation of Aramaic כיפא (''Kefa),'' the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as Saint Peter. Pierre is also found as a surname. People with the given name * Abbé Pierre, Henri Marie Joseph Grouès (1912–2007), French Catholic priest who founded the Emmaus Movement * Monsieur Pierre, Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (c. 1890–1963), French ballroom dancer and dance teacher * Pierre (footballer), Lucas Pierre Santos Oliveira (born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Pierre, Baron of Beauvau (c. 1380–1453) * Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre (1845–1919) * Pierre, marquis de Fayet (died 1737), French naval commander and Governor General of Saint-Domingue * Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895–1964), father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pizani
Robert Pizani (26 April 1896 – 17 June 1965) was a French stage and film actor whose 45-year career encompassed leading roles in numerous plays, revues and operettas as well as dozens of films. In operetta Pizani's roles in operetta and musical theatre include: *''Amants légitimes'' by Fernand Mallet (1924) Théâtre de l'Étoile, as Le Comte de Puyssec (world premiere) *'' Monsieur Beaucaire'' by André Messager (1925) Théâtre Marigny, as Nash (French premiere) *''Pouche'' by Henri Hirschmann (1925) Théâtre de l'Étoile, as Alfred (world premiere) *''La Teresina'' by Oscar Straus (1928) Théâtre des Folies-Wagram, as Prince Borghese (premiere of French version) *''Tip-Toes'' by George Gershwin (1929) Théâtre des Folies-Wagram, as Oncle Puff (French premiere) *'' Brummell'' by Reynaldo Hahn (1931) Théâtre des Folies-Wagram, as Beau Brummell (world premiere) *''Les Petites Cardinal'' by Arthur Honegger and Jacques Ibert (1938) Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, as Le Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelle Praince
Marcelle Praince (9 June 1882 – 26 October 1969) was a French actress. Praince was born Célestine Cardi in Vigeois, Corrèze, France and died in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines. Selected filmography * '' Should We Wed Them?'' (1932) * ''The Red Robe'' (1933) * '' Sapho'' (1934) * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) * '' Parisian Life'' (1936) * ''The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * ''White Cargo'' (1937) * '' Entence Cordiale'' (1939) * ''The Fatted Calf'' (1939) * ''A Cage of Nightingales'' (1945) * '' Father Goriot'' (1945) * ''Captain Blomet'' (1947) * '' The Three Cousins'' (1947) * '' The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain'' (1947) * ''Dilemma of Two Angels'' (1948) * ''The Cupid Club'' (1949) * ''Doctor Laennec'' (1949) * ''The Girl from Maxim's'' (1950) * '' Darling Caroline'' (1951) * ''Two Pennies Worth of Violets'' (1951) * '' Matrimonial Agency'' (1952) * ''Madame du Barry'' (1954) * ''Chaque jour a son secret ''Chaque jour a son secret'' ( en, Every Day Has Its Secret) is a French t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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