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The Marriages Of Mademoiselle Levy
''The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy'' (French: ''Les mariages de Mademoiselle Lévy'') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by André Hugon and starring Yvette Lebon, Charles Lamy and Pierre Mingand.Rège p.511 It is the fourth and final entry in a series of films beginning with ''Levy and Company'' in 1930. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier. Cast * Yvette Lebon as Minna Lévy * Charles Lamy as Salomon * Pierre Mingand as Pierre * André Burgère as Gaston Berheim * Délia Col as Françoise * Jean Wall as Serge Wolff * Armand Lurville as Jacob * Jules Moy as Isaac Cohen * Léon Belières as Moïse * Gaston Séverin Gaston is a masculine given name of French origin and a surname. The name "Gaston" may refer to: People First name *Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315) *Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343) *Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391) *Gaston I ... as Le comte de Rochemaille References Bibliography * Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Hugon
André Hugon (17 December 1886 – 22 August 1960) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards, particularly of the 1920s and into sound. Hugon was born in Algiers in 1886 which at the time was part of France. He directed some 90 films between 1913 and 1952. Selected filmography * '' Flower of Paris'' (1916) * '' The Gold Chignon'' (1916) * ''The Jackals'' (1917) * ''Anguish'' (1917) * ''Vertigo'' (1917) * ''Sharks'' (1917) * '' A Crime Has Been Committed'' (1919) * '' Mademoiselle Chiffon'' (1919) * '' Jacques Landauze'' (1920) * '' Worthless Woman'' (1921) * '' The Fugitive'' (1920) * '' The Black Diamond'' (1922) * ''The Two Pigeons'' (1922) * '' The Little Thing'' (1923) * ''La gitanilla'' (1924) * ''The Thruster'' (1924) * ''The Princess and the Clown'' (1924) * ''Yasmina'' (1927) * '' The Temple of Shadows'' (1927) * ''The Great Passion'' (1928) * ''The Three Masks'' (1929) * '' The Wedding March'' (192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lamy
Charles Lamy or M. Lamy (28 August 1857 – 15 June 1940) was the stage name of the French actor Charles Castarède.Martin, p. 214 Life and career Lamy was born in Lyon to a theatrical family. His younger brother Maurice became an actor. He began his stage career in 1874 in Saint-Etienne, at the Grand-Théâtre, which was directed by his father. After performing in Lyon (1875) and Marseille (1876–77) he spent two years at the Conservatoire de Lyon, while performing at the Théâtre des Célestins (1876-78). He began a career as a singer in Italy (1878–79), moving to Brussels (1879-80). He made his Paris debut at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens as Prince Fritellini in ''La Mascotte'' (December 1880). At the same theatre he created roles in other comic operas including ''Gillette de Narbonne'', ''Madame Boniface'', ''Joséphine'' and ''Coquelicot''. At the Théâtre de la Renaissance he created the role of Biju in Léon Vasseur's ''La Famille Vénus'', and at the Théâtr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s French-language Films
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1936 Comedy 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] |
1936 Films
The following is an overview of 1936 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1936 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 9 – Silent screen actor John Gilbert, perhaps best known for his appearances in films such as ''The Merry Widow'' and ''The Big Parade'', dies suddenly of a heart attack at his Bel Air home, aged 38. *February 15 – first Republic serial, ''Darkest Africa'', is released. *May 29 – Fritz Lang's first Hollywood film, '' Fury'', starring Spencer Tracy and Bruce Cabot, is released. *September 14 – Film producer Irving Thalberg, often referred by many as the "Boy Wonder of Hollywood", dies from pneumonia at his home in Santa Monica, aged 37. Academy Awards * Best Picture: ''The Great Ziegfeld'' – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer * Best Director: Frank Capra – ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' * Best Actor: Paul Muni – ''The St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Séverin
Gaston is a masculine given name of French origin and a surname. The name "Gaston" may refer to: People First name * Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315) *Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343) * Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391) *Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422–1472) *Gaston I, Viscount of Béarn (died circa 980) *Gaston II, Viscount of Béarn (circa 951 – 1012) *Gaston III, Viscount of Béarn (died on or before 1045) *Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn (died 1131) *Gaston V, Viscount of Béarn (died 1170) *Gaston VI, Viscount of Béarn (1173–1214) *Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn (1225–1290) *Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana (1444–1470) * Gaston, Count of Marsan (1721–1743) *Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608–1660), French nobleman * Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962), French philosopher *Gaston Balande (1880–1971), French painter and illustrator * Gaston Browne (born 1967), Antiguan politician and Prime Minister *Gaston Caperton (born 1940), American politician * Gaston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Belières
Léon Belières (1880–1952) was a French film actor.Goble p.202 Selected filmography * '' Figaro'' (1929) * '' Levy and Company'' (1930) * '' A Hole in the Wall'' (1930) * '' The Road Is Fine'' (1930) * ''Atlantis'' (1930) * ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' (1930) * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1931) * '' Max and His Mother-in-Law'' (1931) * '' The Levy Department Stores'' (1932) * ''To the Polls, Citizens'' (1932) * '' The Ironmaster'' (1933) * '' The Abbot Constantine'' (1933) * ''Charlemagne'' (1933) * '' The Queen of Biarritz'' (1934) * '' Topaze'' (1936) * ''The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy'' (1936) * '' Heartbeat'' (1938) * ''Monsieur Brotonneau'' (1939) * '' Three from St Cyr'' (1939) * '' Miquette'' (1940) * '' The Midnight Sun'' (1943) * ''Millionaires for One Day ''Millionaires for One Day'' (French: ''Millionnaires d'un jour'') is a 1949 French comedy film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Gaby Morlay, Jean Brochard and Ginette Leclerc. It was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Moy
Jules Moy (1862–1938) was a French stage and film actor.Tanitch p.271 Selected filmography * ''The Vein'' (1928) * '' Cagliostro'' (1929) * '' Mistigri'' (1931) * ''The Man at Midnight'' (1931) * ''Let's Touch Wood'' (1933) *''Bach the Detective ''Bach the Detective'' (French: ''Bach détective'') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by René Pujol and starring Bach, Ginette Leclerc and Paul Bernard.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.242 The film's sets were designed by the art director Emile Du ...'' (1936) * '' The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy'' (1936) References Bibliography * Robert Tanitch. ''Oscar Wilde on Stage and Screen''. Methuen, 1999. External links * 1862 births 1938 deaths French male film actors French male silent film actors 20th-century French male actors French male stage actors Male actors from Paris {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand Lurville
Armand refer to: People * Armand (name), list of people with this name *Armand (photographer) (1901–1963), Armenian photographer *Armand (singer) (1946–2015), Dutch protest singer *Sean Armand (born 1991), American basketball player *Armand, duc d'Aiguillon (1750–1800), French noble *Armand of Kersaint (1742–1793), French sailor and politician Places *Saint-Armand, Quebec, Canada *Armand-e Olya, Iran *Armand-e Sofla, Iran *Armand Rural District, Iran * St. Armand, New York *St. Armand's Key in Florida *Armand-Jude River, a river in Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada See also *Arman (other) * Arman (name) * Armand Commission, first commission of the European Atomic Energy Community * Armand de Brignac, champagne brand produced by Champagne Cattier *Armand's Legion, Continental Army military unit *St Armand (other) St-Armand, St. Armand, Saint Armand, or ''variation'', may refer to: People * Saint Herman (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Wall
Jean Wall (1900–1959) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p. 306 He also directed two films. Partial filmography * ''La vagabonde'' (1932) - Le peintre Adolphe Taillandy * ''Chair ardente'' (1932) - Florent * ''The Beautiful Sailor'' (1932) - Valentin * ''Mariage à responsabilité limitée'' (1934) - Georges Lambert - l'amant * '' We Are Not Children'' (1934) - Roger, l'ami * ''L'ange gardien'' (1934) - L'imprésario * '' Mauvaise Graine'' (1934) - Le zèbre * ''Amants et voleurs'' (1935) - Gabriel * '' The First Offence'' (1936) - The Zebra * ''The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy'' (1936) - Serge Wolff * '' 27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) - Furet * '' Compliments of Mister Flow'' (1936) - Pierre * ''Trois... six... neuf'' (1937) - Fernand * '' Woman of Malacca'' (1937) - Le major Carter * ''Durand bijoutier'' (1938) - Tichmeyer * ''La Loi du Nord'' (1939) - L'avocat général * '' Alone in the Night'' (1945) - Marcheau * '' Blind Desire'' (1945) - Robert Ancelot * ''The Temptat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
