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Denis D'Inès
Denis d'Inès, real name Joseph-Victor-Octave Denis, (1 September 1885 - 25 October 1968) was a French actor and theatre director for some Play (theatre), plays. He entered the Comédie-Française in 1914, was a Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française, sociétaire from 1920 to 1953, and Administrators of the Comédie-Française, General administrator by intérim in 1945. Filmography *1910 in film, 1910: ''Hop-Frog (film), Hop-Frog'' (by Henri Desfontaines) *1910: ''Le Scarabée d'or (film), Le Scarabée d'or'' (by Henri Desfontaines) *1911 in film, 1911: ''Falstaff (1911 film), Falstaff'' (Short, by Henri Desfontaines) *1911: ''Olivier Cromwell (1911 film), Olivier Cromwell'' (Short, by Henri Desfontaines) *1911: ''La Mégère apprivoisée'' (by Henri Desfontaines) *1911: ''Le Roman de la momie (film), Le Roman de la momie'' (by Henri Desfontaines) *1913 in film, 1913: ''Shylock'' (by Henri Desfontaines) *1938 in film, 1938: ''Rasputin (1938 film), La Tragédie impériale'' (by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasputin (1938 Film)
''Rasputin'' ( French: ''La Tragédie impériale'') is a 1938 French historical film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Harry Baur, Marcelle Chantal and Pierre Richard-Willm.Kennedy-Karpat p.204 It depicts the rise and fall of the Russian mystic Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, the advisor to the Romanov royal family. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the 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 ... Guy de Gastyne. Cast References Bibliography * Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. ''Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s''. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013. External links * 1937 films 1930s historical drama films French historical drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 In Film
The year 1948 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1948 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * May 3 – The Supreme Court of the United States decide in ''United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.'' holding that the practice of block booking and ownership of theater chains by film studios constituted anti-competitive and monopolistic trade practices. * Laurence Olivier's ''Hamlet'' becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture. Awards Top ten money making stars Notable films released in 1948 United States unless stated # *'' 3 Godfathers'', directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne A *''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello *'' Act of Violence'', starring Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh *'' Adventures of Don Juan'', starring Errol Flynn *''Albuquerque'', starring Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton *'' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian-Jaque
Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953), ''Madame du Barry (1954 film), Madame du Barry'' (1954), and ''Nana (1955 film), Nana'' (1955). In 1961 he married Laurence Christo Christian-Jaque's 1946 film ''A Lover's Return'' was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. He won the Best Director award at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival for his popular swashbuckler ''Fanfan la Tulipe''. At the 2nd Berlin International Film Festival, he won the Silver Bear award for the same film. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Christian-Jaque began his motion picture career in the 1920s as an art director and production designer. By the early 1930s, he had moved into screenwriting and directing. He continued working into the mid-1980s, though from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boule De Suif (film)
Boule may refer to: Ball games * Boules, a collective term for games involving players throwing balls at a smaller target ball ** Pétanque, a common variety originating in France and sometimes loosely called "boules" in English ** Boule Lyonnaise, another boules game of French origin ** Boule Bretonne, a boules game from Brittany * Boule (gambling game), a game similar to roulette People * Boule (community), an Akan people in Côte d'Ivoire, Africa * Auguste-Louis-Désiré Boulé (1799–1865), French playwright * Marcellin Boule (1861–1942), French palaeontologist Politics * Boule (ancient Greece), a citizens' council appointed to run daily affairs of a city * Hellenic Parliament, transliterated as Vouli or Boule from Greek Science and geography * Boule (crystal), an ingot of synthetically produced crystal * Boule (gene), an alias for the gene BOLL, responsible for sperm production in animals * , one of the Northern Continental Ranges in the Canadian Rocky Mountains Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 In Film
The year 1945 in film involved some significant events. With 1945 being the last year of World War II, the many films released this year had themes of patriotism, sacrifices, and peace. In the United States, there were more than eighteen thousand movie theatres operating in 1945, a figure that grew by a third from a decade earlier. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1945 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 26 – The film ''National Velvet (film), National Velvet'', starring Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp and Anne Revere, is released nationally in the United States. The film is an instant critical and commercial success, propelling 12-year-old Taylor to stardom and earning Revere the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. * January 30 – Restricted release of ''Kolberg (film), Kolberg'', an historical epic which is one of the last Nazi Germany propaganda pieces, in war-torn Berlin. Given its cast of 187, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacha Guitry
Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre (aesthetic), boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and followed his father into the theatrical profession. He became known for his stage performances, particularly in boulevardier roles. He was also a prolific playwright, writing 115 plays throughout his career. He was married five times, always to rising actresses whose careers he furthered. Probably his best-known wife was Yvonne Printemps to whom he was married between 1919 and 1932. Guitry's plays range from historical dramas to contemporary light comedies. Some have incidental music by composers including André Messager and Reynaldo Hahn. When silent films became popular Guitry avoided them, finding the lack of spoken dialogue fatal to dramatic impact. From the 1930s to the end of his life he enthusiastically embr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Malibran
Maria Felicia Malibran (; 24 March 1808 – 23 September 1836) was a Spanish singer who commonly sang both contralto and soprano parts, and was one of the best-known opera singers of the 19th century. Malibran was known for her stormy personality and dramatic intensity, becoming a legendary figure after her death in Manchester, England, at age 28. Contemporary accounts of her voice describe its range, power and flexibility as extraordinary. Early life María Felicitas García Sitches was born into a famous Spanish musical family in Paris. Her mother was Joaquina Sitches, an actress and operatic singer. Her father Manuel García was a celebrated tenor much admired by Rossini, having created the role of Count Almaviva in his ''The Barber of Seville''. García was also a composer and an influential vocal instructor, and he was her first voice teacher. He was described as inflexible and tyrannical; the lessons he gave his daughter became constant quarrels between two powerful egos. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 In Film
The year 1944 in film involved some significant events, including the wholesome, award-winning '' Going My Way'' plus popular murder mysteries such as ''Double Indemnity'', '' Gaslight'' and '' Laura''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1944 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *March 16 – MGM's supernatural romantic drama '' A Guy Named Joe'', starring Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne, opens in Los Angeles. *May 3 – The musical comedy drama '' Going My Way'', directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald, premieres in New York City. It opens in Los Angeles on August 16. The highest-grossing picture of the year, it goes on to win a total of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for McCary, Best Actor for Crosby and Best Original Song for " Swinging on a Star". *May 13 – Dale Evans appears in her first film with future husband, Roy Rogers – '' Cowboy and the Senorita''. *July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Dréville
Jean Dréville (20 September 1906 – 5 March 1997) was a French film director. He directed more than 40 films between 1928 and 1969. Selected filmography * (1928) * '' A Man of Gold'' (1934) * '' The Chess Player'' (1938) * '' White Nights in Saint Petersburg'' (1938) * '' His Uncle from Normandy'' (1939) * '' President Haudecoeur'' (1940) * '' Annette and the Blonde Woman'' (1942) * '' Business Is Business'' (1942) * '' A Cage of Nightingales'' (1945) * '' The Visitor'' (1946) * '' The Spice of Life'' (1948) * '' Return to Life'' (1949) * '' The Girl with the Whip'' (1952) * '' The Secret of the Mountain Lake'' (1952) * '' Endless Horizons'' (1953) * '' Queen Margot'' (1954) * '' Stopover in Orly'' (1955) * '' The Suspects'' (1957) * '' A Dog, a Mouse, and a Sputnik'' (1958) * '' Nights of Farewell'' (1965) * ''The Last of the Mohicans ''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is an 1826 historical romance novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It is the second book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savage Brigade
''Savage Brigade'' (French: ''La Brigade sauvage'') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Véra Korène, Charles Vanel and Florence Marly. The film was completed by Jean Dréville. accessed 26 November 2013. The film's sets were designed by the Serge Piménoff. Synopsis A Russian general's wife is killed by a jealous mistress at the apartment of a lieutenant. The general provokes a duel with the junior officer, but with the approach of the 1914 war the duel is deferred as both officers are needed ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 In Film
The year 1939 in film is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten films nominated for Best Picture at the 12th Academy Awards (which honored the best in film for 1939)—''Dark Victory'', ''Gone with the Wind'', ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'', '' Love Affair'', ''Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'', ''Ninotchka'', ''Of Mice and Men'', ''Stagecoach'', ''The Wizard of Oz'', and ''Wuthering Heights''—range in genre and are considered classics. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1939 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events Film historians often rate 1939 as "the greatest year in the history of Hollywood". Hollywood studios were at the height of their Golden Age, producing a number of exceptional motion pictures, many of which became honored as all-time classic films. * February 15 – John Ford's Western film ''Stagecoach'' starring John Wayne premieres in New York City and Los Angeles. * March 31 – Release of the 20th Centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
