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André Daven
André Daven (1900–1981) was a French film producer, actor and film director, director. In the mid-1920s he was the artistic director of the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris when Josephine Baker was hired to appear there.Nichols p.123 During the German occupation of France during the Second World War he went to the United States where he produced four films. He was married to the actress Danièle Parola. Selected filmography Actor * ''La Femme de nulle part'' (1922) * ''Don Juan et Faust'' (1922) * ''The Courier of Lyon (1923 film), The Courier of Lyon'' (1923) * ''Monsieur Beaucaire (1924 film), Monsieur Beaucaire'' (1924) Producer or director * ''Baccara (film), Baccara'' (1933) * ''Adventure in Paris'' (1936) * ''Under Western Eyes (1936 film), Under Western Eyes'' (1936) * ''Gribouille (film), Gribouille'' (1937) * ''Orage (film), Orage'' (1938) * ''Tonight We Raid Calais'' (1943) * ''Paris After Dark'' (1943) * ''Home in Indiana'' (1944) * ''Nob Hill (film), Nob Hill'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf De Maré
Rolf de Maré (9 May 1888 – 28 April 1964), sometimes called Rolf de Mare, was a Sweden, Swedish art collector and leader of the Ballets Suédois in Paris in 1920–25. In 1931 he founded the world's first research center and museum for dance in Paris. Biography Rolf de Maré was born in Stockholm in 1888 as the son of diplomat Henrik de Maré and sculptor Ellen Roosval von Hallwyl. In 1912 he made friends with Post-Impressionist painter Nils von Dardel who was not particularly well off, but imaginative and talented, while de Maré was enthusiastic and had money. In 1918, through Dardel, de Maré met Jean Börlin and de Maré became lover and protector of the Swedish dancer. De Maré created in 1920 the Ballets Suédois at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris of which Börlin was first dancer and choreographer. In the autumn of 1924 Giorgio de Chirico curated the scenography and costumes for Pirandello's La Giara. Börlin died in 1930 and in 1931, de Maré founded Arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baccara (film)
''Baccara'' is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Yves Mirande. The film's music was composed by Jean Lenoir. Cast * Marcelle Chantal * Lucien Baroux * Jules Berry * Marcel André * Paul Clerget * Léon Arvel * Emile Saulieu * Claude Marty * Jean Gobet * Pierre Piérade * Pierre Sarda * Michel Serrault Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films. Life and career His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's '' Les ... References External links * 1935 films 1930s French-language films French crime comedy films 1930s crime comedy films French black-and-white films 1935 comedy films Films directed by Yves Mirande 1930s French films Films scored by Jean Lenoir French-language crime comedy films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1900 Births
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2100. Summary Political and military The year 1900 was the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Two days into the new year, the U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy regarding China, advocating for equal access for all nations to the Chinese market. The Galveston hurricane would become the deadliest natural disaster in United States history, killing between 6,000 and 12,000 people, mostly in and near Galveston, Texas, as well as leaving 10,000 people homeless, destroying 7,000 buildings of all kinds in Galveston. As of 2025, it remains the fourth deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. An ongoing Boxer Rebellion in China escalates with multiple attacks by the Boxers on Chines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Night (1958 Film)
''That Night'' (French: ''Cette nuit là...'') is a 1958 French crime drama film directed by Maurice Cazeneuve and starring Mylène Demongeot, Maurice Ronet and Jean Servais. It is an adaptation of the 1957 novel ''Un silence de mort'' by Michel Lebrun. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Chalvet. Cast * Mylène Demongeot as Sylvie Mallet * Maurice Ronet as Jean Mallet * Jean Servais as André Reverdy * Françoise Prévost as La secrétaire * Jean Lara as L'inspecteur Toussaint * Hubert Noël as Gérald Martin * Florence Arnaud as La femme à la lampe * Gilbert Edard as François * Yves Arcanel as Le dessinateur * Marc Doelnitz as Le boute en train * Henri Maïk as Le photographe * Jacques Dhéry as Le correcteur * Françoise Brion as Jeanne d'Arc * Claude Bolling as himself Reception Frédéric Bonnaud Frédéric Bonnaud (born 27 June 1967) is the head of the Cinémathèque française and a French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gates Of Paris (film)
''Porte des Lilas'' (English: ''Gate of Lilacs'') is a 1957 French-Italian crime drama film directed by René Clair, based on René Fallet's novel ''La Grande ceinture''. The film is known as both ''Gates of Lilacs'' and ''The Gates of Paris'', but was released under the latter title in the United States.According to Ronald Bergan and Robyn Karney in the ''Bloomsbury Foreign Film Guide'' (London: Bloomsbury, 1988, p. 224) and Melissa E. Biggs (''French Films, 1945–1993'', Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1996, p. 221) the film has these two alternate English titles. The English title used on the original British release is unclear. Plot Pierre Barbier is a convicted criminal accused of murder and wanted by the police. Hungry and sick, he finds refuge with a kind-hearted boy known as "The Artist." His unexpected arrival disrupts the lives of three inhabitants of the working-class neighborhood of Porte des Lilas in eastern Paris. First, there's the Artist, who struggles with the presence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grand Maneuver
''The Grand Maneuver'' () is a 1955 French comedy-drama romance film written and directed by René Clair, and starring Michèle Morgan and Gérard Philipe. It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland as ''Summer Manoeuvres'', and in the United States under the title ''The Grand Maneuver''. It is a romantic comedy-drama set in a French provincial town just before World War I, and it was René Clair's first film to be made in colour. Plot Armand de la Verne, a lieutenant in the French cavalry and a notorious seducer, undertakes a bet that he will "obtain the favours" of a woman selected secretly by lot, before his company departs for its summer manoeuvres in a month's time. His target turns out to be Marie-Louise Rivière, a Parisian divorcée who runs a milliner's shop, and who is also being courted by the serious and respectable Victor Duverger. Marie Louise's growing attraction towards Armand is tempered by her discoveries about his reputation, while Armand's calculated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Of My Youth
''Marianne of My Youth'' (French: ''Marianne de ma jeunesse'', German: ''Marianne'') is a 1955 French–West German romantic drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Marianne Hold, Horst Buchholz and Pierre Vaneck.McCann p.174 It was released in separate French language and German language versions. It is based on a 1932 novel ''Schmerzliches Arkadien'' by Peter von Mendelssohn. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location at Hohenschwangau Castle and at Schloss Fuschl in Salzburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Willy Schatz. Marcel Ophüls was the assistant director on the production. Plot summary Cast * Marianne Hold as Marianne * Horst Buchholz as Vincent Loringer (German version) * Pierre Vaneck as Vincent Loringer (French version) * Gil Vidal as Manfred (French version) * Udo Vioff as Manfred (German version) * Jean Yonnel as Der Freiherr * Friedrich Domin Friedrich Domin (15 May 1902 &nda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nob Hill (film)
''Nob Hill'' is a 1945 Technicolor film about a Barbary Coast, San Francisco, United States saloon keeper, starring George Raft and Joan Bennett. Part musical and part drama, the movie was directed by Henry Hathaway. It remains one of Raft's lesser known movies even though it was a big success, in part because it was a musical. Plot Sally Templeton sings at Tony Angelo's popular turn-of-the-century nightclub in San Francisco, which is called the Gold Coast. She is also in love with Tony. One day, a young girl, Katie Flanagan, just off the boat from Ireland, arrives looking for her uncle. Informed that he has died, Katie is about to be sent back by Tony on the next ship until Sally persuades him to let the girl stay a while. Tony falls for Nob Hill socialite Harriet Carruthers and agrees to support her brother, Lash, who is a candidate for district attorney. Business acquaintances are upset because Lash might shut down clubs like theirs if elected DA. Sally objects to the atten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home In Indiana
''Home in Indiana'' is a 1944 Technicolor film directed by Henry Hathaway. The film, starring Walter Brennan, Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain, June Haver and Charlotte Greenwood, is based on the novel ''The Phantom Filly'' by George Agnew Chamberlain (1879–1966). The film was remade in 1957 as '' April Love''. The movie was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Cinematography, Color. Plot Having just been sent away to live with his uncle and aunt in Indiana, teenager Sparke Thornton ( Lon McCallister) has a penchant for trouble. At first, he is not satisfied with the arrangement, and continues to express his rebellious behavior. Already on his first day, he plans on running away, but crossing a harness racing track convinces him to stay in Indiana. The owner, Godaw Boole (Charles Dingle) welcomes Sparke, and introduces him to Char Bruce (Jeanne Crain), a tomboyish girl who loves to race horses. A servant (George Reed) informs him that his uncle Thunder Bolt (Walter Bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris After Dark
''Paris After Dark'' is a 1943 American war drama film directed by Léonide Moguy and starring George Sanders, Philip Dorn and Brenda Marshall. It portrays the activities of the French resistance in occupied Paris during World War II. The portrayal of the resistance was modeled on the Communist-led Front National, possibly due to the influence of screenwriter Harold Buchman who was known for his left-wing views.Dick p.148-49 The film's sets were designed by art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...s James Basevi and John Ewing. Plot French underground activists are secretly printing and distributing leaflets against the Nazis. Many of them work at a factory which is producing German tanks. They are encouraging covert acts of sabotage in the factory. A fact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonight We Raid Calais
''Tonight We Raid Calais'' is a 1943 American film directed by John Brahm and starring John Sutton, Lee J. Cobb, and Annabella. Plot Geoffrey Carter ( John Sutton), a young British commando officer, is sent into Nazi-occupied France as a one-man raid to help the RAF destroying a munitions factory with help from a patriotic farmer, M. Bonnard ( Lee J. Cobb). Carter is selected because of his ability to speak French fluently. After landing in France, Carter makes contact with Bonnard at his farm. Bonnard’s daughter Odette (Annabella) hates the British and Germans equally since her brother was killed in Oran. She is concerned that harbouring a commando puts the family in danger. Bonnard invents an idea to tell the people in the village that Carter is his missing son, Pierre, who has returned from fighting for the German army. Bonnard gathers the local farmers in the village to tell them about Carter's plan to set their crops alight in the fields that surround the munitions fact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orage (film)
''Orage'' is a 1938 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret. The screenplay was written by Marcel Achard and , based on the play ''Le Venin'' by Henri Bernstein. The film stars Charles Boyer and Michèle Morgan in one of her first roles. Robert Manuel attributes the film's success to its ensemble cast. It tells the story of the mistress of an engineer who has a pregnant wife. Cast *Charles Boyer as André Pascaud *Michèle Morgan as Françoise Massart * Lisette Lanvin as Gisèle Pascaud * Robert Manuel as Gilbert *Jean-Louis Barrault as The African Production Boyer, an immense star at the time, was reportedly extremely cold toward Morgan as he was displeased to share the lead roles with a debutante. " With a better actress than Michèle Morgan, Boyer believed it could be a powerful drama.", according to John Baxter's biography of the actor. Reception The film was described as a "popular melodrama". References External links''Orage''at the British Film Ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
