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The Straw Lover
''The Straw Lover'' (French: ''L'Amant de paille'') is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gaby Sylvia and Alfred Adam. Louis de Funès plays a psychiatrist. The film based on Georges Feydeau's play "Le Dindon" (''The Turkey''). The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne. Cast * Jean-Pierre Aumont as Stanislas Michodier (Jimmy's friend) * Gaby Sylvia as Gisèle Sarrazin de Fontenoy (Gaston's wife) * Alfred Adam as Gaston Sarrazin de Fontenoy (Gisèle's husband) * André Versini as Jimmy (Gisèle's lover) * Louis de Funès as Bruno (the psychiatrist) * Félix Oudart as Mr Kervadec * Lucienne Granier as the lady in black * Odette Barancey as the concierge * Marcel Melrac as Mr Henri * Emile Genevois as the photographer * Gérard Buhr Gérard Buhr (8 May 19288 January 1988) was a French film and television actor. Selected filmography * ' (1950) * ''Quai de Grenelle'' (1950) - Petit rôle (uncredit ... [...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] |
Guy De Gastyne
Guy de Gastyne (1888–1972) was a French art director. He was the brother of the film director Marco de Gastyne.Andrew p.184 Selected filmography * ''Little Lise'' (1930) * ''Orange Blossom'' (1932) * '' Buridan's Donkey'' (1932) * ''Abduct Me'' (1932) * ''Once Upon a Time'' (1933) * '' Miquette'' (1934) * '' Rothchild'' (1934) * ''Samson'' (1936) * ''The Lie of Nina Petrovna'' (1937) * ''The Kiss of Fire'' (1937) * ''The Citadel of Silence'' (1937) * ''Rasputin'' (1938) * ''The Shanghai Drama'' (1938) * ''Whirlwind of Paris'' (1939) * '' The White Slave'' (1939) * ''The Acrobat'' (1941) * '' Strangers in the House'' (1942) * ''Cecile Is Dead'' (1944) * ''Majestic Hotel Cellars'' (1945) * '' As Long as I Live'' (1946) * ''Naughty Martine'' (1947) * '' Man About Town'' (1947) * '' After Love'' (1948) * '' The King'' (1949) * ''Blonde Blond (male) or blonde (female), also referred to as fair hair, is a hair color characterized by low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin. The r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Comedy Films
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Films Scored By Gérard Calvi
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] |
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] |
French Black-and-white Films
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s French-language 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] |
Gérard Buhr
Gérard Buhr (8 May 19288 January 1988) was a French film and television actor. Selected filmography * ' (1950) * ''Quai de Grenelle'' (1950) - Petit rôle (uncredited) * '' Beware of Blondes'' (1950) - Un journaliste (uncredited) * ''Monte Carlo Baby'' (1951) * ''The Straw Lover'' (1951) - Gaston's employées * ''Maître après Dieu'' (1951) - L'officier allemand * ''The passer-through-walls'' (1951) - (uncredited) * ''Paris Vice Squad'' (1951) - (uncredited) * ''Les Mémoires de la vache Yolande'' (1951) * '' Les Miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois'' (1951) - (uncredited) * ''Les Petites Cardinal'' (1951) * ''Shadow and Light'' (1951) - Le garçon de café (uncredited) * ' (1951) - Presder * ''Atoll K'' (1951) - Une sentinelle (uncredited) * ''The Cape of Hope'' (1951) * ''Nous irons à Monte Carlo'' (1951) * ''Jocelyn'' (1952) * ''Fanfan la Tulipe'' (1952) - Un soldat * ''Le Chemin de Damas'' (1952) * ''My Husband Is Marvelous'' (1952) * '' Follow That Man'' (1953) - Le jeune au f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odette Barancey
Odette may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Odette'' (play), an 1881 play by Victorien Sardou ** ''Odette'' (1916 film), an Italian silent drama film based on the Sardou play ** ''Odette'' (1928 film), a German silent drama film based on the Sardou play ** ''Odette'' (1934 film), an Italian drama film based on the Sardou play * ''Odette'' (1950 film), a British war film about Odette Sansom * Odette, heroine of Tchaikovsky's ballet ''Swan Lake'' * , an 1847 ballet by Jules Perrot * Odette, a character in Marcel Proust's ''Swann's Way'', volume 1 of ''In Search of Lost Time'' People * Odette (given name), people with the given name Odette * Odette (musician) (born 1997), British-born Australian musician * Odette Sansom (1912-1995) French Special Operations Executive agent * Edmond George Odette (1884–1939), Canadian politician * Mary Odette, stage name of Marie Odette Goimbault (1901–1987), French-born British actress * Terrance Odette, Canadian film director and scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucienne Granier
Lucienne Granier (29 November 1923 in Béziers – 30 October 2005 idem) was a French movie actress. Filmography * 1949: '' Jean de la Lune'' by Marcel Achard as Étiennette * 1949: ''Keep an Eye on Amelia'' by Claude Autant-Lara as Palmyre * 1951: '' Un amour de parapluie'', short film by Jean Laviron * 1951: ''The Straw Lover'' by Gilles Grangier as la dame en noir * 1953: ''The Secret of Helene Marimon'' by Henri Calef as Mme Delabarre * 1953: '' Royal Affairs in Versailles'' by Sacha Guitry as Mme de Senlis * 1955: ''Caroline and the Rebels'' by Jean Devaivre * 1956: ''If Paris Were Told to Us ''If Paris Were Told to Us'' (french: Si Paris nous était conté) is a 1956 French historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry. The admissions in France were 2,813,682 people.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048616/business Principal cas ...'' by Sacha Guitry as la provinciale External links * Lucienne Granier on ''lesgensducinema'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Granier, Lucienne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
