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Entrée Des Artistes
''The Curtain Rises'' () is a 1938 French crime film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Louis Jouvet, Claude Dauphin (actor), Claude Dauphin and Odette Joyeux.Andrew p.144 It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacques Krauss and Alexandre Trauner. Cast * Louis Jouvet as Le professeur Lambertin * Claude Dauphin (actor), Claude Dauphin as François Polti * Odette Joyeux as Coecilia * Janine Darcey as Isabelle * André Brunot as Monsieur Grenaison * Madeleine Lambert as Élisabeth * Roger Blin as Dominique * Noël Roquevert as Pignolet * Julien Carette as Lurette * Marcel Dalio as le juge d'instruction * Bernard Blier as Pescani * Yves Brainville as Sylvestre * André Roussin as Giflard * Robert Pizani as Jérome Bibliography * Dudley Andrew. ''Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film''. Princeton University Press, 1995. References External links * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Allégret
Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director. Biography Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer in Paris, but while accompanying his lover André Gide on a trip in 1927 to the French Equatorial Africa, Congo in Africa, he recorded the trip on film,Marc Allégret Encyclopaedia Britannica after which he chose to pursue a career in the motion picture industry. He is credited with helping develop the careers of Simone Simon, Michèle Morgan, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Danièle Delorme, Odette Joyeux, Jeanne Moreau, Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raimu, Gérard Philipe, Louis Jourdan, and Roger Vadim. Allégret collaborated on the famous Dada Marcel Duchamp short film ''Anemic Cinema'' in 1926 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janine Darcey
Janine Darcey (14 January 1917 – 1 October 1993) was a French film actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1936 and 1993. Partial filmography * ''La tendre ennemie'' (1936) - La cousine (uncredited) * '' Forty Little Mothers'' (1936) * '' The Assault'' (1936) - La bonne * ''La loupiote'' (1937) - Une entraîneuse * ''Trois artilleurs au pensionnat'' (1937) * ''Franco de port'' (1937) * ''Yoshiwara'' (1937) - Une geisha (uncredited) * ''Double crime sur la ligne Maginot'' (1937) * ''Soeurs d'armes'' (1937) * '' Orage'' (1938) - La serveuse (uncredited) * ''Trois artilleurs en vadrouille'' (1938) * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) - Camille * '' The Most Beautiful Girl in the World'' (1938) - Une midinette * '' The Shanghai Drama'' (1938) - Une élève de l'institution (uncredited) * '' The Curtain Rises'' (1938) - Isabelle * ''Je chante'' (1938) - Denise * ''Remontons les Champs-Élysées'' (1938) - Une biche (uncredited) * ''Entente cordiale'' (1939) - Sylvia Clayton * '' Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Crime Films
Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Farida of Egypt, Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge (Niagara Falls), Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. General Werner von Fritsch is forced to resign as Commander of Chief of the German Army following accusations of homosexuality, and replaced by General Walther von Brauchitsch. Foreign Minister Baron Konstantin von Neurath is dismi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Crime Films
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1938 Films
The year 1938 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1938 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January – MGM announces that Judy Garland will be cast in the role of Dorothy Gale in the upcoming '' The Wizard of Oz'' film. Ray Bolger is cast as the Tin Woodman and Buddy Ebsen as the Scarecrow. At Bolger's insistence, the roles are switched between the two actors. On July 25, MGM announces Bert Lahr has been cast as the Cowardly Lion. *January 21 – Pioneering French film director Georges Méliès, best remembered for groundbreaking films like ''A Trip to the Moon'' and '' The Impossible Voyage'', dies in Paris, aged 76. *February 4 – Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', the first-ever full-length animated feature film, is released nationally in the United States, less than two months after its premiere in Los Angeles. The film is a huge box office success, and briefly hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pizani
Robert Pizani (26 April 1896 – 17 June 1965) was a French stage and film actor whose 45-year career encompassed leading roles in numerous plays, revues and operettas as well as dozens of films. In operetta Pizani's roles in operetta and musical theatre include: *''Amants légitimes'' by Fernand Mallet (1924) Théâtre de l'Étoile, as Le Comte de Puyssec (world premiere) *'' Monsieur Beaucaire'' by André Messager (1925) Théâtre Marigny, as Nash (French premiere) *''Pouche'' by Henri Hirschmann (1925) Théâtre de l'Étoile, as Alfred (world premiere) *''La Teresina'' by Oscar Straus (1928) Théâtre des Folies-Wagram, as Prince Borghese (premiere of French version) *'' Tip-Toes'' by George Gershwin (1929) Théâtre des Folies-Wagram, as Oncle Puff (French premiere) *'' Brummell'' by Reynaldo Hahn (1931) Théâtre des Folies-Wagram, as Beau Brummell (world premiere) *''Les Petites Cardinal'' by Arthur Honegger and Jacques Ibert (1938) Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, as Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Roussin
André Roussin, (22 January 1911 – 3 November 1987), was a French playwright. Born in Marseille, he was elected to the Académie française on 12 April 1973. Biography Early life and education Born on 119 rue Paradis in Marseille, he was raised in Saint-Barnabé in a family belonging to the upper-middle class of Marseille: his father, Joseph-André Honoré Louis Roussin (1877-1932), was an insurer, his mother, Félicité-Louise-Suzanne Gardair (1884-1976), was one of six daughters of a powerful Marseille industrialist who inspired the works ''Le Tombeau d'Achille'' and ''La Sainte Famille''. His father encouraged him to study law after his baccalauréat even though he knew that that did not fit with his son's aspirations; 'My son has a dual ambition; to be the worst in class and to become Napoleon. As to the first ambition I think that he won't have any issue, as to the second, I'm not sure I'll live to see his coronation'. Interested in the arts (he painted and had play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Brainville
Yves Brainville (; 8 March 1914 – 16 November 1993) was a French film and television actor.Hayward p.245 Selected filmography * ''Entrée des artistes'' (1938) - Sylvestre * '' Final Accord'' (1938) - Chenal - l'ami de Georges * ''Entente cordiale'' (1939) - Un journaliste * ''Le monde en armes'' (1939) * '' Musicians of the Sky'' (1940) - (uncredited) * '' Special Mission'' (1946) - Le gestionnaire * ''La Maison sous la mer'' (1947) - Un mineur (uncredited) * ''Vertigo'' (1947) - Un assistant *''Judicial Error'' (1948) - Jacques Heurteaux * '' The Wolf'' (1949) - Le docteur Maillet * ''Cartouche, King of Paris'' (1950) - Le comte de Horn * '' The Seven Deadly Sins'' (1952) - Le commandant (segment "Orgueil, L' / Pride") (uncredited) * '' The Slave'' (1953) - Dr. Vienne * '' Act of Love'' (1953) - (uncredited) * ''Hungarian Rhapsody'' (1954) - Dingelstedt * '' At the Order of the Czar'' (1954) - d'Ingelstedt * '' The Big Flag'' (1954) - Un lieutenant * '' A Double Life'' (1954) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier (; 11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French character actor. Life and career Blier was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute, was posted at the time. His rotund features and premature baldness allowed him to often play cuckolded husbands in his early career. He is notable for being one of France's most versatile and sought-after character actors, performing interchangeably in comedies and dramas. His complete filmography includes 175 titles. He often appeared in Italian films too, particularly in the last decade of his life. He was awarded an Honorary César (the French Oscar Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People and fictional and mythical characters * Oscar (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters named Oscar, Óscar or Oskar * Oscar (footballer, born 1954), Brazilian footballer ...) in 1989, 24 days before he died. Personal life Blier was born in Buenos Aires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Dalio
Marcel Dalio (born Marcel Benoit Blauschild; 23 November 1899 in Paris – 18 November 1983) was a French movie actor. He had major roles in two films directed by Jean Renoir, '' La Grande Illusion'' (1937) and '' The Rules of the Game'' (1939). Life and career Early life in France Dalio was born Marcel Benoit Blauschild in Paris to Romanian-Jewish immigrant parents. He trained at the Paris Conservatoire and performed in revues from 1920. Dalio appeared in stage plays from the 1920s and acted in French films in the 1930s. His first big film success was in Julien Duvivier's '' Pépé le Moko'' (1937). He followed them with two films for Jean Renoir, '' La Grande Illusion'' (1937) and '' The Rules of the Game'' (''La Règle du jeu'', 1939). After divorcing his first wife, Jany Holt, he married the young actress Madeleine Lebeau in 1939. Wartime exile In June 1940, Dalio and Lebeau left Paris ahead of the invading German army and reached Lisbon. They are presumed to have rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Carette
Julien Henri Carette (23 December 1897 – 20 July 1966) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1964. Selected filmography * '' American Love'' (1931) - Lepape * ''Seul'' (1932) - Michel * '' Fun in the Barracks'' (1932) - Un cavalier (uncredited) * '' Passionately'' (1932) - Auguste * '' L'affaire est dans le sac'' (1932) - Clovis * ''Baby'' (1933) - Pat * ''La pouponnière'' (1933) - Le domestique * ''Je te confie ma femme'' (1933) - Nicou * '' The Empress and I'' (1933) - Le médecin-major * '' Goodbye, Beautiful Days'' (1933) - Fred * ''Gonzague'' (1933) * '' George and Georgette'' (1934) - Georges * '' My Heart Is Calling You'' (1934) - Coq * ''Le greluchon délicat'' (1934) - Emile * ''Un petit trou pas cher'' (1934) * ''Le billet de mille'' (1935) - Un inspecteur * ''Turandot'' (1935) * '' Ferdinand the Roisterer'' (1935) - Farjol * ''Gangster malgré lui'' (1935) * ''L'heureuse aventure'' (1935) - Labaume * '' Wedding Night'' (1935) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noël Roquevert
Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married to stage and film actress Paulette Noizeux. He died in Douarnenez, France, aged 80. Partial filmography * '' Miarka'' (1937) * '' Marthe Richard'' (1937) * '' Barnabé'' (1938) * '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) * '' The Mayor's Dilemma'' (1939) * '' Thérèse Martin'' (1939) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1939) * '' Paris-New York'' (1940) * '' Sing Anyway'' (1940) * ''Moulin Rouge'' (1941) * '' The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock'' (1942) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * '' The Trump Card'' (1942) * ''La Main du diable'' (1943) * '' Le Corbeau'' (1943) * '' Picpus'' (1943) * '' Pierre and Jean'' (1943) * '' The Last Penny'' (1946) * '' The Sea Rose'' (1946) * '' The Grand Hotel Affair'' (1946) * '' Song of the Clouds'' (1946) * '' The Lost V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
