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The Girl In The Taxi (1937 Film)
''The Girl in the Taxi'' is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Frances Day, Henri Garat and Lawrence Grossmith. It was based on the stage musical '' The Girl in the Taxi'' and was part of a trend of operetta films produced during the decade. It was shot at Ealing Studios in London.Wood p.95 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. A separate French-language version ''Chaste Susanne'' was shot at the same time by Berthomieu, with Henri Garat being the only actor to appear in both versions. Synopsis In Paris the head of a purity league is in fact leading a far from model lifestyle. Cast * Frances Day as Suzanne Pommarel * Henri Garat as René Boislurette * Lawrence Grossmith as Baron des Aubrais * Jean Gillie as Jacqueline * Mackenzie Ward as Hubert * John Deverell as Emile Pomarel * Helen Haye as Delphine * Ben Field as Dominique * Albert Whelan Albert Whelan (born Albert Waxman; 5 May 1875 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Berthomieu
André Berthomieu (16 February 1903 – 10 April 1960) was a French screenwriter and film director. He was married to the actress Line Noro. Selected filmography Director * '' Not So Stupid'' (1928) * '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1929) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1929) * ''My Friend Victor'' (1931) * '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' (1933) * ' (1934) * '' The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1936) * '' The Flame'' (1936) * ''The Lover of Madame Vidal'' (1936) * ''Death on the Run'' (1936) * '' Chaste Susanne'' (1937) * ''The Girl in the Taxi'' (1937) * ''The Train for Venice'' (1938) * ''The Woman of Monte Carlo'' (1938) * '' The Angel of the Night'' (1944) * '' Resistance'' (1945) * '' My First Love'' (1945) * '' Not So Stupid'' (1946) * '' Gringalet'' (1946) * ''The Heart on the Sleeve'' (1948) * ''The Chocolate Girl'' (1950) * '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' (1950) * ''His Father's Portrait'' (1953) * ''Wonderful Mentality'' (1953) * ''The Last Robin Hood'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film and it is derived from the classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1930s, comedy films took another swing, as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, puts much more focus on individual stars, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity. In '' The Screenwriters Taxonomy'' (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story. Therefore the labels "drama" and "comedy" are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Whelan
Albert Whelan (born Albert Waxman; 5 May 1875 – 19 February 1961) was an Australian popular singer and entertainer, who was prominent in English music halls during the first half of the 20th century. Biography The son of an immigrant Polish Jewish pawnbroker, Whelan was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1875 (as was his fellow music-hall performer Florrie Forde). He worked as an accountant and mechanic before moving with a friend in 1898 to the goldfields at Coolgardie, Western Australia, where the pair entertained the prospectors and miners by singing and dancing. After returning to Melbourne, he appeared on local variety bills. He emigrated to Britain in 1901, making his debut in a novelty dance act at the Empire, Leicester Square, and later appearing in the musical '' The Belle of New York''. He rapidly honed his act, and settled on a style which would vary little over his career. Immaculately dressed in bow-tie, hat, coat, scarf, tails, and gloves, he sang, danced and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Field
Ben Field (1876–1939) was a British actor. Partial filmography * ''Les cloches de Corneville'' (1917) - Iolo * ''The Face at the Window'' (1920) - Peter Pottlebury * ''The Bachelor's Club'' (1921) - Peter Parker * '' Little Miss Nobody'' (1923) - Potter * ''Venetian Lovers'' (1925) - William P. Bradshaw * ''A South Sea Bubble'' (1928) - Isinglass * '' The Man Who Changed His Name'' (1928) - Sir Ralph Whitcombe * '' The Silver King'' (1929) - Coombes * ''Escape'' (1930) - Captain * ''Caste'' (1930) - Albert Eccles * '' Sally in Our Alley'' (1931) - Sam Bilson * '' Michael and Mary'' (1931) - Tullivant * ''Murder on the Second Floor'' (1932) - Mr. Armitage * '' Service for Ladies'' (1932) - Breslmeyer * ''Jack's the Boy'' (1932) - Mr. Bobday * ''When London Sleeps'' (1932) - Lamberti * ''The Good Companions'' (1933) - Mr. Droke * '' Loyalties'' (1933) - Gilman * '' Mrs. Dane's Defence'' (1933) - Mr. Bulsom-Porter * '' The Man from Toronto'' (1933) - Jonathan * '' Little Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Haye
Helen Haye (born Helen Hay, 28 August 1874 – 1 September 1957) was a British stage and film actress. New York Times. 3 September 1957 Stage Hay began acting on the stage in 1898 and debuted in London in 1911 as Gertrude in ''''. In 1927, she starred in 's '''' at the . In 1950, she was in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Deverell
John Deverell (30 May 1880 in London, England – 2 March 1965 in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England) was a British actor. Selected filmography * ''John Forrest Finds Himself'' (1920) – The Hon. Vere Blair * '' Children of Chance'' (1930) – Harold *Alibi (1931) – Lord Halliford *A Night in Montmartre (1932) – cast member * '' Monte Carlo Madness'' (1932) – Consul * ''Above Rubies'' (1932) – Lord Middlehurst *The Path of Glory (1934) – Paul * '' The King of Paris'' (1934) – Bertrand *''The Divine Spark'' (1935) – the King *'' Marry the Girl'' (1935) – Judge *''They Didn't Know'' (1936) – Lord Budmarsh *Get off My Foot (1936) – cast memberBecause of Love(original title-''Everything in Life)'' (1936) – John * ''The Girl in the Taxi'' (1937) – Emile Pomerell *The Street Singer (1937) – James the butler *''Incident in Shanghai'' (1938) – Weepie *I've Got a Horse (1938) – JudgeLarry the Lamb(1947 TV Movie) – The Inventor * The Calendar (1948) – rectorTh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackenzie Ward
Mackenzie Ward (20 February 1903 – January 1976) was a British stage and film actor. Filmography Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985 . References External links * * 1903 births 1976 deaths English male film actors English male stage actors People from Eastbourne 20th-century English male actors British expatriate male actors in the United States {{british-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Gillie
A ''femme fatale'' ( or ; ), sometimes called a maneater or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, deadly traps. She is an archetype of literature and art. Her ability to enchant, entice and hypnotize her victim with a spell was in the earliest stories seen as verging on supernatural; hence, the femme fatale today is still often described as having a power akin to an enchantress, seductress, witch, having power over men. Femmes fatales are typically villainous, or at least morally ambiguous, and always associated with a sense of mystification, and unease.Mary Ann Doane, ''Femme Fatales'' (1991) pp. 1–2 The term originates from the French phrase ''femme fatale'', which means 'deadly woman' or 'lethal woman'. A femme fatale tries to achieve her hidden purpose by using feminine wiles such as beauty, charm, or sexual allure. In many cases, her attitude towards sexuality is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaste Susanne (1937 Film)
''Chaste Susanne'' (French: ''La chaste Suzanne'') is a 1937 French-British comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Raimu, Meg Lemonnier and Henri Garat.Oscherwitz& Higgins p.361 It is an adaptation of the 1912 operetta ''Chaste Susanne'' by Jean Gilbert, itself based on an earlier play by Antony Mars and Maurice Desvallières. It was made when the 1930s booms in operetta films was at its height. Made at Ealing Studios in London, it was the French-language version of the British film '' The Girl in the Taxi''. Henri Garat was the only actor to appear in both productions. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. Synopsis In Paris an academy dedicated to promoting virtue awards its annual prize, but accidentally gives it to the wrong woman named Suzanne. The recipient is in fact a dancer who performs at the Moulin Rouge and is conducting an affair with the potential son-in-law of Monsieur des Aubrays, the head of the academy. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean D'Eaubonne
Jean d'Eaubonne (March 8, 1903 – July 30, 1971) was a French art director. He received an Oscar nomination in 1951 for his work on Max Ophüls's ''La Ronde''. Selected filmography * '' The Polish Jew'' (1931) * '' Love and Luck'' (1932) * '' Miss Helyett'' (1933) * ''The Queen of Biarritz'' (1934) * '' Little Jacques'' (1934) * ''The Green Jacket'' (1937) * ''The Girl in the Taxi'' (1937) * ''The Men Without Names'' (1937) * ''Crossroads'' (1938) * ''Three Waltzes'' (1938) * '' People Who Travel'' (1938) * ''The Train for Venice'' (1938) * '' Star Without Light'' (1946) * ''Devil and the Angel'' (1946) * ''Dilemma of Two Angels'' (1948) * ''I Like Only You'' (1949) * ''Lady Paname'' (1950) * ''La Ronde'' (1950) * ''This Man Is Dangerous'' (1953) * ''Marianne of My Youth'' (1955) * '' The Affair of the Poisons'' (1955) * ''The Lovers of Lisbon'' (1955) * ''The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful'' (1956) * ''Paris, Palace Hotel'' (1956) * ''A Kiss for a Killer'' (1957) * ''Nina'' (1959) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it visual communication, communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style (visual arts), style(s) to use, and when to use motion graphic design, motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
