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Yvonne Yma
Yvonne Yma (1887–1959) was a French stage and film actress.Phillips p.212 Selected filmography * '' Take Care of Amelie'' (1932) * '' A Father Without Knowing It'' (1932) * ''Student's Hotel'' (1932) * ''The Barber of Seville'' (1933) * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * '' Bach the Detective'' (1936) * ''Excursion Train'' (1936) * ''Wells in Flames'' (1937) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * ''Return at Dawn'' (1938) * ''Girls in Distress'' (1939) * ''Immediate Call'' (1939) * '' The White Slave'' (1939) * '' Metropolitan'' (1939) * '' Thunder Over Paris'' (1940) * '' Miquette'' (1940) * ''The Queen's Necklace ''The Queen's Necklace'' is a novel by Alexandre Dumas that was published in 1849 and 1850 (immediately following the French Revolution of 1848). It is loosely based on the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, an episode involving fraud and royal scan ...'' (1946) * '' Special Mission'' (1946) * '' The Captain'' (1946) * '' La Marie du port'' (1950) * '' The Dream of Andalusia ... [...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] |
Metropolitan (1939 Film)
''Metropolitan'' (French: ''Métropolitain'') is a 1939 French thriller film directed by Maurice Cam and starring Albert Préjean, Ginette Leclerc and André Brulé. The film was remade in Britain the following year as ''A Window in London'' with the setting moved to the London Underground.Hodgson p.37 Synopsis While travelling on the Paris Métro, a man spots what looks like a murder being committed. Cast * Albert Préjean as Pierre * Ginette Leclerc as Viviane * André Brulé as Zoltini * Anne Laurens as Suzanne * Albert Duvaleix * Maxime Fabert * Pierre Sergeol * Paul Demange * Georgette Tissier * Yvonne Yma Yvonne Yma (1887–1959) was a French stage and film actress.Phillips p.212 Selected filmography * '' Take Care of Amelie'' (1932) * '' A Father Without Knowing It'' (1932) * ''Student's Hotel'' (1932) * ''The Barber of Seville'' (1933) * ''The Br ... References Bibliography * Hodgson, Michael. ''Patricia Roc''. Author House, 2013. External links * 1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Stage Actresses
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1959 Deaths
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 Islands, Maldive archipelago (Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) United Suvadive Republic, 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 Kinshasa, Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 Births
Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. ** British emigrant ship ''Kapunda'' sinks after a collision off the coast of Brazil, killing 303 with only 16 survivors. * January 21 ** The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed in the United States. ** Brisbane receives a one-day rainfall of (a record for any Australian capital city). * January 24 – Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat the Italians. * January 28 ** In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are wide and thick. ** Construction work begins on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. * February 2 – The first Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. * February 4 – The Interstate Commerce Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lottery Of Happiness
''The Lottery of Happiness'' (French: ''La loterie du bonheur'') is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Jean Gehret and starring Yves Deniaud (actor), Yves Deniaud, Suzanne Dehelly and Annette Poivre.Krautz p.77 Cast References Bibliography * Alfred Krautz. ''International directory of cinematographers, set- and costume designers in film, Volume 4''. Saur, 1984. External links * 1953 films French comedy films 1950s French-language films French black-and-white films 1953 comedy films Films directed by Jean Gehret 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Slave (1953 Film)
''The Slave'' (french: L'esclave, it, Schiavitù) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Yves Ciampi and starring Daniel Gélin, Eleonora Rossi Drago and Barbara Laage Barbara Laage (30 July 1920 – 21 May 1988) was a French film actress who flourished in the 1950s. After fleeing Paris with her family during the German occupation in World War II, Laage returned to the city after the war and commenced her acti ....Rège p.222 Plot summary Cast Citations General bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * * 1953 films French drama films Italian drama films 1953 drama films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Yves Ciampi Films about heroin addiction French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films 1950s French films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Women (1952 Film)
''Three Women'' (french: Trois femmes) is a 1952 French film directed by André Michel. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The films consists of three segments which were adapted from three short stories by Guy de Maupassant each centered on a woman. The titles and respective lead actors of the segments are: * '' Boitelle'' with Moune de Rivel as the female lead character Zora, and Jacques Duby as the title character. * '' Mouche'' with Catherine Erard as the title character, and Marcelle Arnold, Jacques Fabbri, Pierre Olaf, Raymond Pellegrin, Marcel Mouloudji * '' L'Héritage'' with Agnès Delahaie as Coralie, and René Lefèvre, Michel Bouquet, Pierre Palau, Bernard Noël, Jean Ozenne, Jean Mercure Cast * Marcelle Arnold * Michel Bouquet as M. Lesable (segment "L'Héritage") * Betty Daussmond * Agnès Delahaie as Coralie Cachelin (segment "L'Héritage") * Blanche Denège * Moune de Rivel (fr) as Zora (segment "Boitelle") * Jacques Duby as Antoine B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dream Of Andalusia
''The Dream of Andalusia'' (Spanish: ''El sueño de Andalucía'') is a 1951 French-Spanish musical film directed by Luis Lucia and starring Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla and Arlette Poirier.Mira p.280 A separate French film version ''Andalusia'' was also made. Plot Luis Mariano is Juanito, an itinerant botijero full of good humor who likes to sing and bullfighting. Carmen Sevilla is Dolores, the daughter of the owner of an inn who is fond of dancing. To prevent everything from being too excessive, the clever ending tells us that we are in a movie within a movie. Cast * Luis Mariano as Juanito Var * Carmen Sevilla as Dolores * Arlette Poirier as Fanny Miller * Perrette Souplex as Pilar * Liliane Bert as Greta * Andrée Moreau as Doña Augustias * José Nieto as Vicente * Enrique Guitart as Rodríguez Valiente * Fernando Sancho * Léon Berton as The secretary * Jean Berton as The chief of police * Janine Zorelli * Alexandre Rignault as Pancho * Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Marie Du Port
''La Marie du port'' (Marie of the Port) is a 1950 French romantic drama film directed by Marcel Carné. The screenplay was written by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes and Jacques Prévert, based on a novel by Georges Simenon. The music score is by Joseph Kosma and the cinematography by Henri Alekan. It was filmed on location in Cherbourg, Normandy, France. Plot Henri, owner of a busy brasserie and cinema in Cherbourg, takes the easy-going Odile who lives with him to the funeral of her father in Port-en-Bessin. The two are bored with each other. He waits for her in a café where he is taken with a new waitress called Marie, unaware that she is Odile's tough little sister. He buys an old trawler in Port-en-Bessin, which he visits often to oversee its restoration and to pursue Marie. She has a young admirer called Marcel who gets drunk and is knocked down by Henri's car. Henri takes the lad to his apartment in Cherbourg, where Odile can look after him. One day the provocative Marie tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captain (1946 Film)
''The Captain'' (French: ''Le capitan'') is a 1946 French historical adventure film directed by Robert Vernay and starring Pierre Renoir, Claude Génia, and Jean Pâqui.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.412 It was based on a novel by Michel Zévaco. The film's sets were designed by René Renoux. It is a swashbuckler set in the reign of Louis XIII Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown .... Cast References Bibliography * Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1946 films 1940s historical adventure films French historical adventure films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Robert Vernay Films set in Paris Films set in the 1610s French black-and-white films Cultural depictions of Louis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Mission (1946 Film)
''Special Mission'' (French: ''Mission spéciale'') is a 1946 French thriller film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Jany Holt, Pierre Renoir and Jean Davy.Siehlohr p.62 The film's art direction was by Claude Bouxin. It was released in two parts. Cast * Jany Holt as Emmy de Welder - une espionne au service des Allemands * Pierre Renoir as Landberg alias Moravetz - le chef du réseau d'espionnage allemand * Jean Davy as Le commissaire Chabrier - un policier de la Surveillance du Territoire * Odette Barencey as Une concierge * Camille Bert * Roger Bontemps * Yves Brainville as Le gestionnaire * André Carnège as Le contrôleur général * Gregori Chmara * Raymond Cordy as Mérignac - un policier de l'équipe de Chabrier * Marcel Delaître as Le colonel Kleider * Maurice Devienne * Jacques Dubois * Ky Duyen as Chang - un agent de liaison japonais * France Ellys * Fernand Fabre * Guy Favières * Geno Ferny * Georges Flateau * Louis Florencie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
