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The Bureaucrats (film)
''The Bureaucrat(s)'' may refer to: * ''The Bureaucrats'' (1936 film), a French film * ''The Bureaucrats'' (1959 film), a film by Henri Diamant-Berger and Charles Van Enger *''The Bureaucrats'' (Les employés The Government Clerks, 1841) unfinished work by Honore de Balzac * '' Officialdom Unmasked'' ("The Bureaucrats: A Revelation"), a Chinese novel * ''The Bureaucrat'', a 1944 novelette by Malcolm Jameson * The Bureaucrat, Inc., a 2004 acquisition by Logistics Management Institute See also * Bureaucrat {{DEFAULTSORT:Bureaucrats, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bureaucrats (1936 Film)
''The Bureaucrats'' (French: ''Messieurs les ronds de cuir'') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Yves Mirande and starring Lucien Baroux, Pierre Larquey and Gabriel Signoret.Andrews p.355 It was remade as 1959 film of the same title. Plot The film, which is a satire of government bureaucracy, is about public servants who spend so much time sitting in their office chairs that they need to order special cushions for their buttocks. The premise is referenced in the original French title ''Messieurs les ronds de cuir'', which translates into ''Men with the leather circles'', alludes to. Cast * Lucien Baroux as Lahrier * Pierre Larquey as Le conservateur * Gabriel Signoret as M. Soupe * Saturnin Fabre as Le tondu * Roger Duchesne as Chavarax * Jean Tissier as Nègre * Josette Day as Mme Chavarax * Arletty as La belle-soeur de la hourmerie * Armand Lurville as La Hourmerie * Georges Bever as Ovide * André Numès Fils as Sainthomme * Betty Spel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bureaucrats (1959 Film)
''The Bureaucrats'' (French: ''Messieurs les ronds de cuir'') is a 1959 French comedy film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and starring Noël-Noël, Philippe Clay and Jean Richard.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.143 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's art direction was by Roger Briaucourt. It is a remake of the 1936 film of the same title, with both based on a novel by Georges Courteline. Partial cast * Noël-Noël as M. de la Hourmerie * Philippe Clay as Letondu * Jean Richard as Boudin * Jacques Grello as Chavarax * Paul Demange as Ovide * Bernard Lavalette as Van Der Hogen * Lucien Baroux as Le père Soupe * Pierre Brasseur as M. Nègre * Pierre Doris as Léonce * Jean Poiret as René Lahrier * Micheline Dax as Gaby * Mathilde Casadesus as Mme Nègre * Robert Burnier as Rodolphe Salis * Madeleine Suffel as Mme de La Hourmerie * Hubert Deschamps as Le curé dans le train * Jean Parédès Jean Parédès (1914–1998) wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Officialdom Unmasked
''Officialdom Unmasked'' (), is a late-Qing Chinese novel by Li Baojia (Li Boyuan). The theme of the work is the disintegration of the late Qing dynasty civil service bureaucracy as it is deteriorating.Holoch, p. 77. The novel was translated to English in 2002 in an abridged format by Yang Ti-liang, T. L. Yang and published by Hong Kong University Press. Donald Holoch, author of "A Novel of Setting: ''The Bureaucrats''", wrote that the novel is very long with a "bewildering" amount of content, and therefore he argues that discussing the novel is difficult. ''Officialdom Unmasked'' has over 600,000 Chinese characters. It has over 800 dramatis personæ and many episodes. Holoch wrote that the work "integrates the decline of the state, the status of women, the bureaucratic personality, the role of imperialism, and the commercialization of human relations."Doar, p. 200 Title The title can be translated literally as ''Official circles: a revelation''.,Holoch, p. 76. or variously as "A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Jameson
Malcolm Routh Jameson (December 21, 1891 – April 16, 1945), commonly known as Malcolm Jameson, was an American science fiction author. An officer in the US Navy, he was active in American pulp magazines during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. His writing career began when complications of throat cancer limited his activity. According to John W. Campbell Jr., Jameson "had much to do with the development of modern .1945naval ordnance." Jameson's first published fiction appeared in ''Astounding Science Fiction'' in 1938. His story "Doubled and Redoubled" may be the earliest work of fiction to feature a time loop. His stories of Solar System exploration about "Bullard of the Space Patrol" were posthumously collected in 1951 and won the Boys Clubs of America Award; reviewing that collection, Boucher and McComas praised Bullard as "the most successfully drawn series character in modern science fiction." P. Schuyler Miller wrote that Jameson drew on his own naval experience ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logistics Management Institute
The Logistics Management Institute (more commonly referred to as LMI) is a consulting firm. Established as a private, not-for-profit organization in 1961, LMI is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, near McLean, in the Greater Washington, D.C. area, with satellite offices located throughout the United States. History In September, 1961, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara sent a memorandum to President John F. Kennedy, recommending the creation of an independent organization that could provide logistics management services and related research to the federal government. With Kennedy's support, the Logistics Management Institute (LMI) was founded three weeks later on October 3, 1961. Initially based out of an office in The Pentagon; LMI consisted of fewer than a dozen employees at its formation. During the following year, LMI grew considerably, more than doubling its staff and relocating to a new office. Despite congressional interest in de-funding the organization during the earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
