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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] |
Marcel Pagnol
Marcel Paul Pagnol (; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionable than it once was, Pagnol is still generally regarded as one of France's greatest 20th-century writers and is notable for the fact that he excelled in almost every medium—memoir, novel, drama and film. Early life Pagnol was born on 28 February 1895 in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône department, in southern France near Marseille, the eldest son of schoolteacher Joseph Pagnol and seamstress Augustine Lansot.Castans (1987), pp. 363–368 Marcel Pagnol grew up in Marseille with his younger brothers Paul and René, and younger sister Germaine. School years In July 1904, the family rented the ''Bastide Neuve'', – a house in the sleepy Provençal village of La Treille – for the summer holidays, the first of many spent in the hilly countryside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Castelot
Jacques Castelot (born Jacques Marie Paul Éloi Storms) (11 July 1914 – 25 August 1989) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1938 and 1982. His brother was the writer André Castelot and their father was the Symbolist painter Maurice Chabas. From 1940 to 1945 he was married to actress and theater director Héléna Bossis (pseudonym of Henriette Berthe Blanche Berriau). Selected filmography * ''La Marseillaise'' (1938) * ''Love Cavalcade'' (1939) - Un danseur (uncredited) * '' Strange Inheritance'' (1943) - Jean Plantel * '' Monsieur des Lourdines'' (1943) - Le prince Stimov * ''La Malibran'' (1944) - Lamartine * ''The Island of Love'' (1944) - L'ami de Xénia * ''Children of Paradise'' (1945) - Georges * ''Pamela'' (1945) - Le prince de Carency * ''Pour une nuit d'amour'' (1947) - Le comte de Vétheuil * ''Captain Blomet'' (1947) - Rodolphe * ''Route sans issue'' (1948) - Larsac * ''The Murdered Model'' (1948) - Emile * ''Les Condamnés'' ... [...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] |
Gaumont Film Company Films
Gaumont may refer to: * Gaumont (surname) *Gaumont River, France, alias at Lafage-sur-Sombre Companies * Gaumont Film Company (founded 1895), a French company in film production and distribution ** Gaumont International Television, an American television division of the above * Gaumont-British (independent 1922), a former film production company, active during 1898-1938 * Gaumont Buena Vista International, a joint film distribution of Gaumont and Buena Vista International Live performance and theatre venues * Gaumont Cinema, a former theatre in Southend, UK, built by Bertie Crewe * Gaumont Haymarket, a cinema in London, UK 1937–1959 * Gaumont State Cinema, an Art Deco theatre in Kilburn district, London, UK * Gaumont-Palace, a cinema in Paris open from 1907 to 1973 * , a cinema in Buenos Aires * Bradford Odeon, formerly the Gaumont, a theatre in Bradford, UK * Hammersmith Apollo, formerely the Gaumont Palace, a performance venue in London * Mayflower Theatre Mayflower Theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Films Based On Plays
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1950s French-language Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Marcel Pagnol
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Works By Marcel Pagnol
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Films
The year 1951 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films United States The top ten 1951 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows: International The highest-grossing 1951 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1951. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1951. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases. Events * February 15 – new management takes over at United Artists with Arthur B. Krim, Robert Benjamin and Matty Fox now in charge. * April – French magazine '' Cahiers du cinéma'' is first published. * July 26 – Walt Disney's '' Alice in Wonderland'' premieres; while a disappointment at first and hardly released in theaters, it would later become one of the biggest cult classics in the ani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Morel (actor)
Jacques Morel (29 May 1922 in Paris – 9 April 2008 in Paris) was a French film and television actor. He was, perhaps, best known as the French language voice of the cartoon character, Obelix, in the animated adaptation of the comic book, Asterix. Jacques Morel died in Paris, France, on 9 April 2008, at the age of 85. Partial filmography * ''L'aventure est au coin de la rue'' (1944) - L'homme mystérieuse * '' Alone in the Night'' (1945) - Melor * ''Toute la famille était là'' (1948) - Villediou * ''Between Eleven and Midnight'' (1949) - Bouture * ''Au p'tit zouave'' (1950) - Félix Lambert * ''Voyage à trois'' (1950) - Maurice * ''The Girl from Maxim's'' (1950) - Le docteur Petypon * ''L'homme de joie'' (1951) - Edouard Jolivet * '' Les joueurs'' (1951, TV Movie) * '' Topaze'' (1951) - Régis Castel-Vernac * ''Victor'' (1951) - Jacques Genoust * '' Le Dindon'' (1951) - Vatelin * ''La poison'' (1951) - (voice) * ''Au fil des ondes'' (1951) - Himself * ''We Are All Murder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77. Selected filmography * ''Patrie'' (1914) * ''Monsieur le directeur'' (1925) * '' Alone'' (1931) - Le comandant * ''Tout s'arrange'' (1931) - Un ami de M. Ribadet * ''American Love'' (1931) - Le maître d'hôtel à la barbiche (uncredited) * ''Le disparu de l'ascenseur'' (1932) - Michaud - le secrétaire * ''Prisonnier de mon coeur'' (1932) * ''Vive la classe'' (1932) - L'adjudant * ''The Miracle Child'' (1932) - Durieux père * ''Le chien jaune'' (1932) - (uncredited) * '' Topaze'' (1933) - Tamise * ''Once Upon a Time'' (1933) - Redno * ''Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine'' (1933) - Le tambour de ville * ' (1933) - Bouzin * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) - Hippolyte * ''Mariage à responsabilité limitée'' (1934) - Georges Lambert - le mari * ''We Are Not Children'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Cadet
Rivers Cadet (1 March 1892 – 1 November 1968) was a French actor. Cadet was born Jean Maurice Large in Paris. He was the brother of Fernand Rivers. Selected filmography * '' Maurin of the Moors'' (1932) * '' The Ironmaster'' (1933) * '' Three Sailors'' (1934) * ''Good Luck'' (1935) * '' The Two Boys'' (1936) * ''Street Singer'' (1938) * ''Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938) * ''Golden Venus'' (1938) * '' Berlingot and Company'' (1939) * ''Behind the Facade'' (1939) * ''Louise'' (1939) * ''Sing Anyway'' (1940) * ''Paris-New York'' (1940) * ''Monsieur Hector'' (1940) * ''Notre-Dame de la Mouise'' (1941) * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) * '' Les Enfants du Paradis'' (1945) * ''The Woman I Murdered'' (1948) * '' The Red Angel'' (1949) * ''Adémaï au poteau-frontière'' (1950) * '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' (1950) * ''The Night Is My Kingdom'' (1951) * '' The Sleepwalker'' (1951) * '' Topaze'' (1951) * '' The Road to Damascus'' (1952) * ''The Lottery of Happiness'' (1953) * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
