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René Colas
René Colas (26 July 190116 October 1984) was a French cinematographer whose parents collaborated with Georges Méliès at the time of his birth. Filmography * 1926 in film, 1926 : ''The Nude Woman (1926 film), The Nude Woman'' by Léonce Perret * 1928 in film, 1928 : ''The Orchid Dancer'' by Léonce Perret * 1928 : ''Morgane la sirène'' by Léonce Perret * 1930 in film, 1930 : ''L'Escale (film), L'Escale'' by Jean Gourguet * 1930 : ''L'Arlésienne (1930 film), L'Arlésienne'' by Jacques de Baroncelli * 1930 : ''My Childish Father (1930 film), My Childish Father'' by Jean de Limur * 1930 : ''Levy and Company'' by André Hugon * 1930 : ''La Femme et le Rossignol'' by André Hugon * 1932 in film, 1932 : ''Paris-Méditerranée'' by Joe May * 1932 : ''Fun in the Barracks'' by Maurice Tourneur * 1933 in film, 1933 : ''Toto (1933 film), Toto'' de Jacques Tourneur * 1933 : ''Charlemagne (film), Charlemagne'' by Pierre Colombier * 1933 : ''Knock (1933 film), Knock'' by Roger Goupil ... [...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] |
My Childish Father (1930 Film)
''My Childish Father'' (French: ''Mon gosse de père'') is a 1930 French drama film directed by Jean de Limur and starring Adolphe Menjou, Roger Tréville and Alice Cocéa. It is based on the 1925 play of the same title by Léopold Marchand which was later remade in 1953 as '' My Childish Father''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It was one of twelve sound films produced by Pathé-Natan that year following the conversion from silent film. A separate English-Language version ''The Parisian'' was produced, also starring Menjou.Crafton p.420 Cast * Adolphe Menjou as Jérome * Roger Tréville as Gerard * Charles Redgie as Stanley * Alice Cocéa as Yvonne * Olga Valéry as Mado * Renee Savoye as Secretary * Pauline Carton as The Concierge * André Marnay as Le petit sale * André Volbert as Julien * Marcello Spada * Nicole de Rouves * Odette Barencey * Fanny Clair * Meg Lemonnier Marguerite Gabrielle Lemonnier (née ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Colombier
Pierre Colombier (1896–1958) was a French screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Director * ''Paris in Five Days'' (1926) * ''The Marriage of Rosine'' (1926) * ''Dolly (film), Dolly'' (1929) * ''His Best Client'' (1932) * ''One Night's Song'' (1933) * ''Charlemagne (film), Charlemagne'' (1933) * ''Theodore and Company (film), Theodore and Company'' (1933) * ''School for Coquettes (1935 film), School for Coquettes'' (1935) * ''Charley's Aunt (1936 film), Charley's Aunt'' (1936) * ''The King (1936 film), The King'' (1936) * ''The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937) * ''Balthazar (1937 film), Balthazar'' (1937) * ''Ignace (film), Ignace'' (1937) * ''The Kings of Sport'' (1937) * ''The Tamer'' (1938) * ''Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938) * ''Latin Quarter (1939 film), Latin Quarter'' (1939) References External links * 1896 births 1958 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters People from Compiègne 20th-century French mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlemagne (film)
''Charlemagne'' is a 1933 French comedy drama film directed by Pierre Colombier and starring Raimu, Léon Belières and Marie Glory. Oscherwitz & Higgins p.361 A group of upper-class passengers on a ship are saved by a stoker who takes them to an island, where he soon rises to be their monarch. The film is based on the 1902 play ''The Admirable Crichton'' by J. M. Barrie. Synopsis An arrogant baron, his mistress and several others are stranded on a desert island during a shipwreck. The crew member Charlemagne grows tired of the aristocrat's behaviour and, being by far the most capable, declares himself ruler of the island. This situation lasts until the castaways are at last rescued by another vessel. Cast * Raimu as le matelot Charlemagne * Marie Glory as Rose Val * Léon Bélières as le docteur * Jean Dax as le baron * Gaston Jacquet as le directeur * Lucien Baroux as l'auteur * Christian-Gérard as Bardac * Auguste Mouriès as le capitaine * Pierre Piérade Pier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toto (1933 Film)
''Toto'' is a 1933 French comedy film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Albert Préjean, Renée Saint-Cyr and Félix Oudart.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.387 It was shot at Pathé's Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. Cast * Albert Préjean as Toto * Renée Saint-Cyr as Ginette * Robert Goupil as Carotte * Félix Oudart as L'agent * Jim Gérald as Bruno * Mercédès Brare as Concurente Miss Occasion * Gabrielle Fontan as La logeuse * Édouard Francomme as Un prisonnier * Anthony Gildès Anthony Gildès (13 August 1856 – 6 October 1941) was a French actor. Anthony Gildès was born Anatole Gleizes in Metz, France. He died in Paris at age 85. Selected filmography * '' The Zone of Death'' (1917) * '' The Torture of Silence'' (191 ... as Le président du jury * Pierre Juvenet as Le présentateur du concours * Ginette Leclerc as La petite femme References Bibliography * Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 In Film
The following is an overview of 1933 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1933 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading news events of the year in North America. * Motion picture industry goes under National Recovery Administration code. * Receivers appointed for Paramount Publix, RKO and Fox Theatres. * Film industry takes eight week salary cut. * Sirovich bill for sweeping probe of film industry is defeated. * John D. Hertz withdraws as Paramount Publix finance chairman and Adolph Zukor appoints George J. Schaefer as general manager. * Sidney Kent effects financial reorganization of Fox Film Corp., averting receivership, and company shows first profit since 1930. * Ruling of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware creates "open market" for sound equipment. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Tourneur
Maurice Félix Thomas (; 2 February 1876 – 4 August 1961), known as Maurice Tourneur (), was a French film director and screenwriter. Life Born Maurice Félix Thomas in the Épinettes district (17th arrondissement of Paris), his father was a wholesaler. As a young man, Maurice Thomas first trained as a graphic designer and a magazine illustrator but was soon drawn to the theater. In 1904, he married the actress Fernande Petit. They had a son, Jacques Tourneur, Jacques (1904–1977), who would follow his father into the film industry, establishing his own reputation as a director of American films in the 1940s and 1950s. Using the stage name Maurice Tourneur, he began his show business career performing in secondary roles on stage and eventually toured England and South America as part of the theater company for the great star Gabrielle Réjane. Drawn to the new art of filmmaking, in 1911 he began working as an assistant director for the Eclair (camera), Éclair company. A quick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fun In The Barracks
''Fun in the Barracks'' (French: ''Les Gaîtés de l'escadron '' or ''Les Gaietés de l'escadron'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Raimu, Jean Gabin and Fernandel. It was based on a play by Georges Courteline and Edouard Nores. Tourneur was remaking the story, having previously filmed a silent version in 1913. The film was one of the most expensive made by Tourneur and was a popular commercial hit.Waldman p.146 Synopsis The film is set in 1885. It focuses on a group of troops, a mix of regulars and reservists, and their different responses to the daily military routines. A crisis emerges when a General pays a visit while two deserters are still absent. Cast * Raimu as Le capitaine Hurluret * Jean Gabin as Fricot * Fernandel as Vanderague * René Donnio as Laplote * Charles Camus as Adjudant Flick * Pierre Labry as Potiron * Frédéric Munié as Lieutenant Mousseret * Lucien Nat as Maréchal des Logis chef Barnot * Pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe May
Joe May (born Joseph Otto Mandl; 7 November 1880 – 29 April 1954) was an Austrian film director and film producer and one of the pioneers of Cinema of Germany, German cinema. Biography After studying in Berlin and a variety of odd jobs, he began his career as a stage director of operettas in Hamburg. In 1902 he had married the actress Mia May (born Hermine Pfleger) and took his stage name from hers. Career Continental-Kunstfilm As Joe May, he made ten films for Continental-Kunstfilm GmbH in Berlin; the first, ''In der Tiefe des Schachtes (In the Depths of the Pit)'' was released in November 1912, followed by ''Vorglühen des Balkanbrandes (The Balkan Traitors)'' (starring Ernst Reicher). In the spring of 1914 May directed the first three of the 'Stuart Webbs' films, a popular series in which Reicher played a gentleman detective modelled on Sherlock Holmes: ''Die geheimnisvolle Villa (The Black Triangle)''; ''Der Mann im Keller (The Man in the Cellar)''; and ''Der Spuk im Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris-Méditerranée
''Companion Wanted'' (French: ''Paris-Méditerranée'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Joe May and starring Jean Murat, Annabella and José Noguéro.Driskell p.208 A separate German version '' Two in a Car'' was made, also directed by May. Cast * Jean Murat as Lord Kingdale * Annabella as Solange Pascaud * José Noguéro as Antonio Mirasol * Louis Florencie as Benoit * Frédéric Duvallès as Anatole Biscotte * Pierre Finaly as L'aubergiste * Henri Richard * Émile Riandreys * Georges Tréville * Charles Dechamps * Louis Lorsy as Hotel Receptionist * Christiane Tourneur * Gaby Morlay * Louis Verneuil Louis Jacques Marie Collin du Bocage (14 May 1893 – 3 November 1952), better known by the pen name Louis Verneuil, was a French playwright, screenwriter, and actor. Biography Born in Paris, Verneuil wrote approximately sixty plays and was b ... References Bibliography * Jonathan Driskell. ''The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 In Film
The following is an overview of 1932 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1932 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading headline events of the year. * Sidney Kent leaves Paramount Pictures and joins Fox Film. * Merlin H Aylesworth succeeds Hiram S Brown as president of RKO. * Jesse L. Lasky leaves Paramount and becomes an independent producer for Fox. * Sam Katz leaves Paramount. * James R Grainger leaves Fox and is succeeded by John D Clark, formerly of Paramount. * Paramount Publix, Publix and Fox decentralization of cinemas. * New industry program, including standard exhibition contract along lines of 5-5-5, proposed by Motion Picture Theater Owners of America and Allied. * Joe Brandt retires from Columbia Pictures, joins World-Wide, and later resigns again. * Two Radio City Music H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Femme Et Le Rossignol
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson *''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 *The La's, an English rock band *L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer *Yung L.A., a rapper *Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 *"La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River *''La'', a Les Gordon album Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings *La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) *''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper *La7, an Italian television channel *LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
