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The Prettiest Sin In The World
''The Prettiest Sin in the World'' (French: ''Le plus joli péché du monde'') is a 1951 French romantic comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Georges Marchal, Dany Robin and Marthe Mercadier. Rège p.462 The film's sets were designed by the art director Emile Alex. Cast * Georges Marchal as Jacques Lebreton * Dany Robin as Zoé * Marthe Mercadier as Liliane * Bernard Lajarrige as Bébert / Albert Pignol * Ginette Baudin as Christine de Villard-Beauperthuis * Albert Duvaleix as M. Durozoir * Rivers Cadet as Le maire * Edmond Ardisson as Victor * Harry-Max as Le patron * Colette Régis as Mme Lebreton * Noël Roquevert as Georges Lebreton * Gabrielle Roanne as La mère de Christine * Yves-Marie Maurin as Le petit Popaul * Alexandre Rignault as Grasdu * 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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Grangier
Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film '' Archimède le clochard'' was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival, where Jean Gabin won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. He had the most number of successful films at the French box office between 1945 and 2001 with 42 of his films having admissions of 500,000 or more, more than any other. Selected filmography *''Trente et Quarante'' (1945) * ''The Black Cavalier'' (1945) *''Lessons in Conduct'' (1946) * '' Rendezvous in Paris'' (1947) * '' Woman Without a Past'' (1948) * ''The Straw Lover'' (1951) * ''L'Amour, Madame'' (1952) * ''Faites-moi confiance'' (1954) * '' Poisson d'avril'' (1954) * ''Gas-Oil'' (1955) * ''Spring, Autumn and Love'' (1955) * '' Blood to the Head'' (1956) * ''Le rouge est mis'' (1957) * ''Three Days to Live'' (1957) * ' (1958) * '' Le désordre et la nuit' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Cadet
Rivers Cadet (1 March 1892 – 1 November 1968) was a French actor. Cadet was born Jean Maurice Large in Paris. He was the brother of Fernand Rivers. Selected filmography * '' Maurin of the Moors'' (1932) * '' The Ironmaster'' (1933) * '' Three Sailors'' (1934) * ''Good Luck'' (1935) * '' The Two Boys'' (1936) * ''Street Singer'' (1938) * ''Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938) * ''Golden Venus'' (1938) * '' Berlingot and Company'' (1939) * ''Behind the Facade'' (1939) * ''Louise'' (1939) * ''Sing Anyway'' (1940) * ''Paris-New York'' (1940) * ''Monsieur Hector'' (1940) * ''Notre-Dame de la Mouise'' (1941) * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) * '' Les Enfants du Paradis'' (1945) * ''The Woman I Murdered'' (1948) * '' The Red Angel'' (1949) * ''Adémaï au poteau-frontière'' (1950) * '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' (1950) * ''The Night Is My Kingdom'' (1951) * '' The Sleepwalker'' (1951) * '' Topaze'' (1951) * '' The Road to Damascus'' (1952) * ''The Lottery of Happiness'' (1953) * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Gilles Grangier
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 sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s French-language Films
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1951 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] |
1951 Films
The year 1951 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films United States The top ten 1951 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows: International The highest-grossing 1951 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1951. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1951. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases. Events * February 15 – new management takes over at United Artists with Arthur B. Krim, Robert Benjamin and Matty Fox now in charge. * April – French magazine '' Cahiers du cinéma'' is first published. * July 26 – Walt Disney's '' Alice in Wonderland'' premieres; while a disappointment at first and hardly released in theaters, it would later become one of the biggest cult classics in the ani ... [...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] |
Alexandre Rignault
Alexandre Rignault (14 February 1901 – 2 April 1985) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1931 and 1985. Selected filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rignault, Alexandre 1901 births 1985 deaths Male actors from Paris 20th-century French male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle Roanne
Gabrielle may refer to: * Gabrielle (given name), a French female given name derived from Gabriel Film and television * ''Gabrielle'' (1954 film), a Swedish film directed by Hasse Ekman * ''Gabrielle'' (2005 film), a French film directed by Patrice Chéreau * ''Gabrielle'' (2013 film), a Canadian film directed by Louise Archambault * Gabrielle (''Xena: Warrior Princess''), a character in the television series ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' * ''Gabrielle'' (TV series), a daytime talk show Music * Gabrielle (singer) (born 1969), English singer ** ''Gabrielle'' (album), her self-titled second album * "Gabrielle", song by Hootenanny Singers, 1964 * "Gabrielle" (Johnny Hallyday song), 1976 * Gabrielle Leithaug (born 1985), Norwegian X Factor contestant and singer known as Gabrielle * "Gabrielle", a 1980 single by The Nips * "Gabrielle", a 2020 single by Brett Eldredge * "Gabrielle", a song from the album ''Nymphetamine'' by Cradle of Filth * "Gabrielle", a song from the album ''Lov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noël Roquevert
Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married to stage and film actress Paulette Noizeux. He died in Douarnenez, France, aged 80. Partial filmography * '' Miarka'' (1937) * ''Barnabé'' (1938) * ''Three Waltzes'' (1938) * '' Thérèse Martin'' (1939) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1939) * ''Paris-New York'' (1940) * ''Sing Anyway'' (1940) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * '' The Trump Card'' (1942) * ''La Main du diable'' (1943) * ''Le Corbeau'' (1943) * '' Pierre and Jean'' (1943) * ''The Last Penny'' (1946) * ''The Sea Rose'' (1946) * ''Song of the Clouds'' (1946) * '' The Lost Village'' (1947) * '' Destiny Has Fun'' (1947) * ''Antoine and Antoinette'' (1947) * '' Dernier refuge'' (1947) * '' Croisière pour l'inconnu'' (1948) * ''Return to Life'' (1949) * '' Cage of Girls'' (1949) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
