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Jean-Max Rivière
Jean-Max (1895–1970) was a French film actor.Goble p.106 Selected filmography * ''The Prosecutor Hallers'' (1930) * '' Le cap perdu'' (1931) * '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931) * ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931) * '' Suzanne'' (1932) * ''Once Upon a Time'' (1933) * '' Sapho'' (1934) * '' Pension Mimosas'' (1935) * '' Koenigsmark'' (1935) * '' Second Bureau'' (1935) * ''Les yeux noirs'' (1935) * '' Port Arthur'' (1936) * '' Nitchevo'' (1936) * ''A Man to Kill'' (1937) * ''Men of Prey'' (1937) * '' J'accuse!'' (1938) * ''The Woman Thief'' (1938) * ''I Was an Adventuress'' (1938) * '' Facing Destiny'' (1940) * '' Last Adventure'' (1942) * '' Criminal Brigade'' (1947) * ''The Adventurers of the Air'' (1950) * ''The New Masters'' (1950) * ''Children of Love ''Children of Love'' (French: ''Les enfants de l'amour'') is a 1953 French drama film directed by Léonide Moguy and starring Etchika Choureau, Joëlle Bernard and Lise Bourdin. The film's sets were designed by the art director ... [...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] |
A Man To Kill
''A Man to Kill'' (French: ''L'Homme à abattre'') is a 1937 French spy thriller film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Jean Murat, Jules Berry and Viviane Romance. It was based on a novel of the same title by Charles Robert-Dumas.Goble p.800 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It was the third in a series of four films, followed by '' Captain Benoît'' in 1938. Cast * Jean Murat as Le capitaine Benoît * Jules Berry as Le commissaire Raucourt * Roger Karl as Le commissaire Werter * Viviane Romance as Hilda * Raymond Aimos as Vic * Bernard Lancret as Stéphane Gietzinger * Madeleine Robinson as Andrée Ruval * Pierre Magnier as Le colonel Guéraud * Georges Prieur as Le général von Raugwitz * Jean-Max Jean-Max (1895–1970) was a French film actor.Goble p.106 Selected filmography * ''The Prosecutor Hallers'' (1930) * ''Le cap perdu'' (1931) * ''The Unknown Singer (1931 film), The Unknown Singer'' (1931) * ''The Darling of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 14,621 are killed and 30,000 injured. * January 15 – After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under Philip Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon, ending the Nigerian Civil War. February * February 1 – The Benavídez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina (a rear-end collision) kills 236. * February 10 – An avalanche at Val-d'Isère, France, kills 41 tourists. * February 11 – ''Ohsumi (satellite), Ohsumi'', Japan's first satellite, is launched on a Lambda-4 rocket. * February 22 – Guyana becomes a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. * February – Multi-business Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Virgin Group is founded as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890s Births
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 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 * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka ''On the Elements According to Hippocrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
More Whiskey For Callaghan
''More Whiskey for Callaghan'' (French: ''Plus de whisky pour Callaghan'') is a 1955 French thriller film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Tony Wright, Magali Vendeuil and Robert Berri. It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel ''It Couldn't Matter Less'' by British writer Peter Cheyney featuring the private detective Slim Callaghan.Goble p.82 It was the second film featuring English actor Wright as Callaghan following '' Your Turn, Callaghan''. Premise Slim Callaghan investigates the theft of documents from a British laboratory. This leads him to the Côte d’Azurwhere he decides to infiltrate a network of aristocratic spies. Cast * Tony Wright as Slim Callaghan * Magali Vendeuil as Doria Varette * Robert Berri as Comte Haragos * Jean-Max as Commodore Schoubersky * Diana Bel as Irania Trasmonti * Mario David as Amédée * Joé Davray as Inspecteur Vadet * Michel Etcheverry as Prof. Ephraim Ponticollo * Manuéla De Ségovia as La Montalban * Christiane Barry as Comt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Love
''Children of Love'' (French: ''Les enfants de l'amour'') is a 1953 French drama film directed by Léonide Moguy and starring Etchika Choureau, Joëlle Bernard and Lise Bourdin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rino Mondellini. Synopsis In a maternity hospital, the social worker Hélène Lambert and Doctor Baurain attempt to help a group of new, single mothers cope with the dilemmas of raising their children or giving them up for adoption. Cast * Etchika Choureau as Anne-Marie et Geneviève * Joëlle Bernard as Dolly * Lise Bourdin as Hélène Lambert * Jean-Claude Pascal as Doctor Baurain * Jean-Max as President Martichou * Maryse Martin as Madeleine * Dominique Page as Liliane * Jean-Pierre Jaubert as Roger Dubois * Mylène Demongeot as Nicole * Nadine Tallier as Lulu * Janine Darcey as A future mother * Marcelle Arnold as A woman who want to adopt a children * Robert Vattier as Albert * Raymond Cordy as The policier * Paul Aza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Masters
''The New Masters'' (French: ''Les nouveaux maîtres'') is a 1950 French comedy film directed by Paul Nivoix and starring Albert Préjean, Hélène Perdrière and Raymond Bussières.Ford p.144 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hugues Laurent. It was adapted by the director from his own stage play. Synopsis When the industrialist Durand is targeted and ruined by a speculator who covets his wife Yvonne .Their château is left in the hands of the servants Victor and Marie who are the new masters and secretly conspire with the speculator. Matters are resolved when the old master of the place, the Marquis d'Aubenton gains control of the place once more thanks to a marriage to a wealthy American heiress. He not employs Durand and his wife as the new managers of the estate. Cast * Albert Préjean as Étienne Durand * Hélène Perdrière as Yvonne Durand * Raymond Bussières as Victor Tricoudard * Annette Poivre as Marie * Guy Rapp as Padrovitch * Martine de Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventurers Of The Air
''The Adventurers of the Air'' (French: ''Les aventuriers de l'air'') is a 1950 French crime adventure film directed by René Jayet and starring Ginette Leclerc, Elina Labourdette and Yves Furet. https://www.unifrance.org/film/4718/les-aventuriers-de-l-air The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Roman. Synopsis A pilot and former Second World War hero signs a contract agreeing to carry cargo for a gang of criminals. Cast * Ginette Leclerc as Béatrice Webb * Elina Labourdette as Gisèle Lesieur * Yves Furet as Pierre Lagarde * Jean Murat as Portal * Jean-Max as Christiani * Antonin Berval as Docquois * Dorette Ardenne as Odette * Michel Lemoine as Traîne-savates * Nicolas Amato as Le chauffeur * Lucien Callamand as Le Guérec * Raymond Galle Raymond Galle (1913–2003) was a French stage actor, stage and film actor.Klossner p.49 Selected filmography * ''His Highness Love'' (1931) * ''The Dream (1931 film), The Dream'' (1931) * ''Coqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criminal Brigade (1947 Film)
''Criminal Brigade'' (French: ''Brigade criminelle'') is a 1947 French thriller film directed by and starring Gilbert Gil. The cast also included Gisèle Préville, Jean Davy and Maurice Teynac.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.47 It was made at the Photosonor Studios in Courbevoie on the outskirts of Paris. The film's set were designed by the art director Nordès Bartau. Synopsis Enemy agents attempt to gain control of information about a secret defence system. Commissioner Chabrier attempts to stop them before they can pass the information to their embassy. Cast * Jean-Louis Allibert as Inspecteur * Ellen Bernsen as Myriam * Michel Bouquet as Le tueur * Raymond Cordy as Mérignac * Jean Davy as Commissaire Chabrier * Jacques Dufilho as Lucien * Gilbert Gil as Michel Perrin * Daniel Ivernel as Jean-Jacques * Jean-Max Jean-Max (1895–1970) was a French film actor.Goble p.106 Selected filmography * ''The Prosecutor Hallers'' (1930) * ''Le cap perdu'' (1931) * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Adventure (film)
''Last Adventure'' (French: ''Dernière aventure'') is a 1942 French comedy film directed by Robert Péguy and starring Annie Ducaux, Jean-Max and André Alerme. Rège p.802 The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Cast * Annie Ducaux as Georgina Courzan * Jean-Max as Le comte de Larzac * André Alerme as Charmeuil * Léon Belières as L'abbé Jocasse * Blanchette Brunoy as Jeanne Aubrin * Pierre Dux as Jean Bernard * Germaine Laugier as Colette * Louis Blanche * Madeleine Brosy * Aline Carola * Jean Coquelin Jean Coquelin (1865–1944) was a French film actor, film and stage actor and the son of Benoît-Constant Coquelin. Filmography Bibliography * Finkielman, Jorge. ''The Film Industry in Argentina: an Illustrated Cultural History''. McFarland & C ... * Henri de Livry * Paul Entéric * Gustave Gallet * Paul Lluís * Dorothée Luss * Yvonne Scheffer * Robert Servais References Bibliography * Bessy, Maur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facing Destiny
''Facing Destiny'' (French: ''Face au destin'') is a 1940 French spy drama film directed by Henri Fescourt and starring Jules Berry, George Rigaud and Josseline Gaël. It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Charles Robert-Dumas.Goble p.139 The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin. It was produced and distributed during the Phoney War period. Synopsis Jean Lambert takes some money from a cash register to pay off the debts that his fiancée Madeleine has incurred at the fashion house where she works. He is caught and sent to prison for two years. Feeling herself abandoned by him, Madeleine enters into a loveless marriage with a count who is secretly a German spy. On his release, Jean enlists in the Foreign Legion and encounters Madeleine again in Marrakesh in French Morocco. Cast * Jules Berry as Claude Davenay * George Rigaud as Jean Lambert * Josseline Gaël as L'amie de Claude * Gaby Sylvia as Madeleine Clairvoix * Jean-Max as Franz Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Was An Adventuress (1938 Film)
''I Was an Adventuress'' (French: ''J'étais une aventurière'') is a 1938 French comedy drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Edwige Feuillère, Jean Murat and Jean-Max. It was remade in 1940 as an American film of the same title. It was part of a growing trend of English-language remakes of major French films.Crisp p.326 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Léon Barsacq and Jean Perrier. Main cast * Edwige Feuillère as Véra Vronsky * Jean Murat as Pierre Glorin * Jean-Max as Désormeaux * Guillaume de Sax as Le marquis Koréani * Félix Oudart as Rutherford * Milly Mathis as Une paysanne * André Numès Fils as Le cousin Édouard * Christian Argentin as Van Kongen * Mona Goya as Une jeune femme * Louis Vonelly as Texter * Jean Tissier as Paulo * Marguerite Moreno Marguerite Moreno (born Lucie Marie Marguerite Monceau; 15 September 1871, Paris - 14 July 1948, Touzac, Lot) was a French stage and film actress. On 12 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
