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Topaze (1963 Film)
Topaze may refer to: * ''Topaze'' (play), a 1928 French play written by Marcel Pagnol, which spawned a number of film adaptations: ** ''Topaze'' (1933 American film), starring John Barrymore and Myrna Loy ** ''Topaze'' (1933 French film), featuring Louis Jouvet and Simone Héliard ** ''Topaze'' (1936 film), directed by Pagnol ** ''Topaze'' (1951 film), also directed by Pagnol ** ''Topaze'' (1966 film), an Australian television play adaptation **''Mr. Topaze'', a 1961 film starring Peter Sellers * HMS ''Topaze'', the name of four Royal Navy ships * French ship ''Topaze'', the name of nine ships of the French Navy *Topaze (rocket) Topaze is the designation of a French sounding rocket. The Topaze was developed by several French companies, notably Nord Aviation and Sud Aviation, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topaze (play)
''Topaze'' is a 1928 play in four acts by the French writer Marcel Pagnol. It tells the story of a modest school teacher who is fired for being too honest and decides to become a dishonest businessman. The play premiered on 9 October 1928 at the Théâtre des Variétés. It was performed on Broadway in 1930 with Frank Morgan in the title role. Summary Act 1 Topaze is a teacher at a boarding school, deeply in love with his fellow teacher Ernestine. Ernestine, the daughter of the school principal Mr. Muche, takes advantage of him, making him do her paperwork and watch her students, but Topaze naively takes this to be a mark of affection and asks his friend Tamise, another teacher, to quietly see if Mr. Muche would let Ernestine marry. In the meantime, a young woman named Suzy Courtois arrives; she is the aunt of a private student of Topaze and intends to enroll the child at the school, but she changes her mind after visiting. Topaze is asked to change the report card of a weal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topaze (1933 American Film)
''Topaze'' is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by D'Abbadie D'Arrast and starring John Barrymore and Myrna Loy. It was based on the 1928 French play of the same name by Marcel Pagnol. Another film version of ''Topaze'', this one made in the original French was also released that year, starring Louis Jouvet in the title role. Subsequently, Pagnol himself directed another film titled '' Topaze'' in 1936. Plot Prof. Auguste A. Topaze (John Barrymore), an honest, naive chemist and schoolteacher at the Stegg Academy in Paris, loses his job when he refuses to accede to a demand by the Baroness de La Tour-La Tour to alter the grades of her bratty son, Charlemagne. On the same day, Friday the 13th, Topaze calls on the Baron de La Tour-La Tour's mistress, Coco (Myrna Loy), who is looking for a tutor for her sister's son, Alphonse, and had gotten Topaze's name from La Tour. Upon meeting and listening to the sincere remarks of Topaze, the baron, head of the La Tour Chemical Works, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topaze (1933 French Film)
''Topaze'' is a 1933 French comedy film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Louis Jouvet, Simone Héliard and Marcel Vallée.Goble p.987 It is based on the 1928 play '' Topaze'' by Marcel Pagnol. The same year, an American version of the play '' Topaze'' was released, starring John Barrymore. In 1936, Pagnol himself remade the film in France. It was made at the Joinville Studios in Paris by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Synopsis An earnest schoolteacher who teaches his pupils that honesty is the best policy eventually changes his mind when confronted with the corruption of the business world. Cast * Louis Jouvet as Albert Topaze * Simone Héliard as Ernestine * Marcel Vallée as Muche * Jane Loury as Baronne Pitart Vergolles * Maurice Rémy as Roger de Tréville * Pierre Larquey as Tamise * Edwige Feuillère as Suzy Courtois * Camille Beuve as Le mâitre-chanteur *Henri Vilbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Jouvet
Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet (24 December 1887 – 16 August 1951) was a French actor, theatre director and filmmaker. Early life Jouvet was born in Crozon. He had a stutter as a young man and originally trained as a pharmacist. He received an advanced degree in pharmacy in 1913, though he never actually practiced, instead pursuing a career in theatre.:91 Career Jouvet was 'refused three times by the ''Conservatoire''' in Paris before being accepted to Jacques Copeau's Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier as a stage manager in 1913.:345 Copeau's training included a varied and demanding schedule, regular exercise for agility and stamina, and pressing his cast and crew to invent theatrical effects in a bare-bones space. It was there Jouvet developed his considerable stagecraft skills, particularly makeup and lighting (he developed a kind of accent light named the ''jouvet''). These years included a successful tour to the United States. While influential, Copeau's theater was never ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topaze (1936 Film)
''Topaze'' is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Alexandre Arnaudy, Sylvia Bataille and Pierre Asso.Goble p.987 It is based on the Pagnol's own 1928 play ''Topaze (play), Topaze''. A separate adaptation ''Topaze (1933 French film), Topaze'' had been directed by Louis J. Gasnier three years earlier. Cast * Arnaudy as Topaze * Sylvia Bataille as Ernestine Muche * Pierre Asso as Tamise * Jean Arbuleau as Roger de Berville * Léon Belières as Régis de Castel-Bénac * Henri Poupon as le vieillard * Alida Rouffe as la baronne de Pitart-Vergnolles * Délia Col as Suzy Courtois * Jean Castan as un élève * Paul Demange (1936 film), Paul Demange * Léon Brouzet as M. Muche * André Pollack References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1936 films French comedy films 1930s French-language films 1936 comedy films Films directed by Marcel Pagnol Films set in Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topaze (1951 Film)
''Topaze '' is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Fernandel, Hélène Perdrière and Marcel Vallée.Vincendeau p.74 It is based on Pagnol's own 1928 play of the same name, which has been adapted for the screen a number of times including a 1936 film directed by Pagnol. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. Cast * Fernandel as Albert Topaze * Hélène Perdrière as Suzy Courtois * Jacqueline Pagnol as Ernestine Muche * Marcel Vallée as M. Muche * Jacques Castelot as Roger Gaëtan de Bersac * Milly Mathis as La barone / The Baroness * Yvette Etiévant as La dactylo de Topaze / Topaze's typist * Robert Moor as Le vénérable vieillard * Rivers Cadet as L'agent de police * Marcel Loche as Un domestique * Pierre Larquey Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topaze (1966 Film)
"Topaze" is a 1966 Australian TV play based on the 1928 play by the French writer Marcel Pagnol. It aired on 6 April 1966 in Sydney, on 30 March 1966 in Melbourne, and on 27 April 1966 in Brisbane. Plot Topaze is a school master sacked for being too honest who, subsequently, becomes involved with thieves. Cast *Mark Albiston as Topaze *Fernande Glyn as Suzy *Allan Trevor as Castel-Benac *Patricia Kennedy as Baroness *Fay Kelton as Ernestine, daughter of the headmaster *Terry Norris Terry is a unisex given name, derived from French Thierry and Theodoric. It can also be used as a diminutive nickname for the names Teresa or Theresa (feminine) or Terence or Terrier (masculine). People Male * Terry Albritton (1955–2005), Ame ... as Tamise *Edward Howell as Journalist *Jack Allan as Muche *Robert Bogden as Roger *Peter Drake as Butler *Diana Wilson as Typist *Christie Clayton as Typist *Ron Hoenig as Pupil Production This was director Christopher Muir's first production back in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Topaze
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Topaze'', after the French word for the gemstone Topaz: * , a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the . She was handed over to the British in 1793 by French royalists, and was sold in 1814. * HMS ''Topaze'' (1814), a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the French frigate ''Étoile''. She was captured by ''Hebrus'' in 1814 and became a receiving ship in 1823. She was used as a target from 1850 and broken up in 1851. * , a wood screw frigate launched in 1858 and sold in 1884. * , a launched in 1903, and sold in 1921. There was also a naval trawler named . She was formerly the trawler ''Melbourne'' launched in 1935, and used for anti-submarine training during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Topaze
Nine ships of the French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ... have borne the name ''Topaze'', in honour of the gemstone Topaz: * , a 26-gun frigate, lead ship of her class * , a 32-gun * , a 44-gun frigate * , a 2-carronade * , a 6-gun schooner * , a 2-gun schooner * (1891), a 6-gun * (1910), an * , an auxiliary ship {{DEFAULTSORT:Topaze, French ship French Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topaze (rocket)
Topaze is the designation of a French sounding rocket. The Topaze was developed by several French companies, notably Nord Aviation and Sud Aviation, // ''Aviation Week & Space Technology'', January 7, 1963, v. 78, no. 1, p. 37. and built by SEREB (a of Nord and Sud, now known as ) and was the first guidable French sounding rocket. The Topaze was launched 14 times from the CIEES launch site in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
