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The Indestructible (film)
''The Indestructible'' (French: ''L'increvable'') is a 1959 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Darry Cowl, Line Renaud and Michel Galabru.Goble p.811 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Giordani. Cast * Darry Cowl as Hippolyte * Line Renaud as Liliane Robustal * Michel Galabru as Augustin Robustal * René Havard as Loulou * Patricia Karim as L'aviatrice * Robert Rollis as L'agent d'assurances * Lucien Raimbourg as Mr. Boudoux * Roland Armontel as Pivois * Francis Blanche as Francis Blanchard * François Marié * Jacques Mancier * Tania Miller * Gisèle André * Jack Ary Jack Ary (1919–1974) was a French film and television actor.Arnaud p.278 Selected filmography * '' My Wife Is Formidable'' (1951) - Un pensionnaire de l'hôtel (uncredited) * '' Massacre in Lace'' (1952) - Un danseur (uncredited) * ''Monsieur ... References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Boyer (director)
Jean Boyer (26 June 1901 – 10 March 1965) was a French film director and songwriter. He was born in Paris. Selected songs * 1930: "Un regardé", in ''Flagrant délit'' (Hanns Schwarz, 1930, music by F. Hollaender) * 1931: "Les Gars de la marine", in '' Le Capitaine Craddock'' (music by W. R. Heyman) * 1932: "Totor t'as tort" (music by René Mercier) - "Un homme" - "L'amour est un mystère" - "Maintenant, je sais ce que c'est" - "Quand ça m'prend" (music by Michel Levine) * 1934: "C’est peu de chose" (music by R. Ervan) * 1936: "Y'a toujours un passage à niveau" (music by Georges Van Parys) * 1939: " Comme de bien entendu" - "Ça c'est passé un dimanche" - "Mimile" - "Ça fait d'excellents Français" (music by Georges Van Parys) * 1945: " Pour me rendre à mon bureau" (words and music) * 1950: "La Pagaïa" and "Je cherche un cœur" (music by Henri Betti) Filmography Director * ''Calais-Dover'' (1931) * ''La Pouponnière'' (1932) * ''Monsieur, Madame and Bibi'' (1932) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Havard
René Havard (20 December 1923 – 7 December 1987) was a French film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1946 and 1985. He was born and died in Paris, France. Selected filmography * ''That's Not the Way to Die'' (1946) - L'assistant * ''La bataille du feu'' (1949) * '' Follow That Man'' (1953) - Un inspecteur * '' Le Guérisseur'' (1953) - Un interne * ''The Unfrocked One'' (1954) - Un officier * ''Quay of Blondes'' (1954) * ''The Sheep Has Five Legs'' (1954) - Le liftier * '' Poisson d'avril'' (1954) - L'examinateur * ''Marchandes d'illusions'' (1954) - Le souteneur * ''Huis clos'' (1954) - Un soldat * ''Interdit de séjour'' (1955) * ''The Babes Make the Law'' (1955) - Calamart * ''Série noire'' (1955) - Rinaldo * ''Stopover in Orly'' (1955) - André * ''Sophie and the Crime'' (1955) - Tony * ''Gueule d'ange'' (1955) - Caniche * ''Les indiscrètes'' (1956) - Maurice * ''The Babes in the Secret Service'' (1956) - Calamar / Sébastien / Le clochard * ''Bob le flambeur'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive archipelago (Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
1959 Films
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with '' Ben-Hur'' winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, ''Plunderers of Painted Flats''. *January 29 – Walt Disney's ''Sleeping Beauty'' premieres, their most expensive film to date and the first animated film to be shot in Super Technirama 70. It initially ends up losing money for the studio due to its high production costs. However, it would eventually gain a cult following and is now considered one of Disney's great classics. *April 30 – François Truffaut's ''The 400 Blows'' opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave. * June 4 – The Three Stooges release their 190th and last short film, ''Sappy Bull Fighters''. * June 7 – A contract between Paramount and Jerry Lewis Productions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Ary
Jack Ary (1919–1974) was a French film and television actor.Arnaud p.278 Selected filmography * ''My Wife Is Formidable'' (1951) - Un pensionnaire de l'hôtel (uncredited) * ''Massacre in Lace'' (1952) - Un danseur (uncredited) * ''Monsieur Leguignon Lampiste'' (1952) - Un habitant du quartier (uncredited) * ''Allô... je t'aime'' (1952) * ''La Putain respectueuse'' (1952) - Un routier (uncredited) * ''La danseuse nue'' (1952) * ''Crazy for Love'' (1952) - Un journaliste (uncredited) * ''A Hundred Francs a Second'' (1952) - Un cheminot en grève (uncredited) * ''Le dernier Robin des Bois'' (1952) - (uncredited) * ''Le témoin de minuit'' (1953) * ''The Long Teeth'' (1953) - Le chauffeur de M. Wamter (uncredited) * ''Wonderful Mentality'' (1953) - Un gendarme * ''Le gang des pianos à bretelles'' (1953) * ''Au diable la vertu'' (1953) - Le gendarme de garde * ''The Tour of the Grand Dukes'' (1953) - Un homme au 'Balajo' (uncredited) * ''La môme vert-de-gris'' (1953) - Un homme d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisèle André
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Gisele or Gisèle may refer to: Persons * Gisele (given name) * Gisele, mononym of Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen See also * Giselle (other) '' Giselle'' is a ballet. Giselle may also refer to: * ''Giselle'' (film), a film based on the ballet * Giselle (given name), a given name and list of people with the name * Giselle (Japanese singer), member of Aespa * Giselle Rosselli (b. 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tania Miller (actress)
Tania Miller (born August 28, 1969, in Foam Lake, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian conductor. She is currently Music Director Emerita of the Victoria Symphony following her retirement as music director, a post she had held since 2003. Prior to that, she was Assistant Conductor (2000–03) and then Associate Conductor (2003–04) of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. At the time of her appointment to the Victoria Symphony, Miller was 33 years old, and was the youngest conductor of a major Canadian orchestra. She was also the first woman appointed to lead such an orchestra. She was named Interim Principal Conductor of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, following the death of music director Bramwell Tovey, in 2022. Previous positions she has held include conductor and artistic director of Michigan Opera Works (Ann Arbor), conductor of Opera McGill (Montréal), conductor of the ERGO contemporary chamber ensemble, and assistant conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival (Carmel), 1997– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Mancier
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over one hundred identified noble families related to the surname by the Nobility & Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Origins The origin of this surname ultimately originates from the Latin, Jacobus which belongs to an unknown progenitor. Jacobus comes from the Hebrew name, Yaakov, which translates as "one who follows" or "to follow after". Ancient history A French knight returning from the Crusades in the Holy Lands probably adopted the surname from "Saint Jacques" (or "James the Greater"). James the Greater was one of Jesus' Twelve Apostles, and is believed to be the first martyred apostle. Being endowed with this surname was an honor at the time and it is likely that the Church allowed it because of acts during the Crusades. Indeed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Marié
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King of France and King consort of Scots (), known as the husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher *François Aubry (other), several people *François Baby (other), several people * François Beauchemin (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Duck *François Blanc (1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos *François Boucher (other), several people *François Caron (other), several people * François Cevert (1944–1973), French racing driver * François Chau (born 1959), Cambodian American actor * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Blanche
François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Blanche was born in an artistic family, mainly of stage actors—including his father Louis Blanche—and his uncle, Emmanuel Blanche, who was a painter. He completed his secondary schooling at fourteen, the youngest in France to do so at the time. Career In the 1940s and 1950s, Blanche was part of Robert Dhéry's theatrical company '' Les Branquignols'', with whom he played in the film ''Ah! Les belles bacchantes'', starring Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset (Dhéry's then-wife), and Louis de Funès; directed by Jean Loubignac in 1954. Blanche teamed up with Pierre Dac to form a comic duo best remembered for '' Le Sâr Rabindranath Duval'', a sketch about a phony and nonsensical Indian clairvoyant and guru (1957). They also created a popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Armontel
Roland Armontel (21 December 1901 – 15 March 1980) was a French actor. Born Auguste Louis Magnin in Vimoutiers, Orne, France, he died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''Fun in the Barracks'' (1932) * ''Let's Touch Wood'' (1933) * ''Les Misérables'' (1934) * ''Women's Prison'' (1938) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''Miss Bonaparte'' (1942) * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) * ''The Idiot'' (1946) * ''Jericho'' (1946) * ''The Royalists'' (1947) * '' The Three Cousins'' (1947) * ''The Revenge of Baccarat'' (1948) * '' Eternal Conflict'' (1948) * ''Emile the African'' (1949) * ''The Lovers of Verona'' (1949) * ''The Martyr of Bougival'' (1949) * '' The Red Angel'' (1949) * ''The Dancer of Marrakesh'' (1949) * '' Without Trumpet or Drum'' (1950) * ''Clara de Montargis'' (1951) * ''The Beautiful Image'' (1951) * ''Monsieur Leguignon, Signalman'' (1952) * ''The Adventures of Mandrin'' (1952) * ''The Fighting Drummer'' (1953) * ''The Blonde Gypsy'' (1953) * '' Double or Quits'' (1953) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
