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St. Val's Mystery
''St. Val's Mystery'' (original: ) is a 1945 French comedy film starring Fernandel directed by René Le Hénaff, Shot during the winter of 1944–1945 in the Boulogne Studios, this was the Fernandel's first film following the liberation of Paris. The film's original release title is ''Le mystère Saint-Val'', and it was released in the United States in 1945 under the English title of ''St. Val's Mystery''. It was then released in Denmark on 23 October 1950 as ''Det mystiske slot'' and in Portugal on 1 June 1954 as ''Fernandel, Polícia Amador''. Plot An insurance-office clerk Désiré Le Sec (Fernandel) dreams of being a great detective. The clerk's uncle (Marcel Carpentier) is his boss at that agency, and sends Désiré out on a frivolous mission to Saint-Val Castle, where the master of places has been found dead through mysterious circumstances. Désiré uncovers a real life murder and becomes mixed up with the murder case, ending up spending a night in the forbidding and sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Le Hénaff
René Le Hénaff (24 April 1901 – 5 January 2005) was a French film editor and director. As a film editor he collaborated with directors Marcel Carné, René Clair, and Géza von Radványi among others. His three films with Carné in the late 1930s — '' Port of Shadows'', '' Hôtel du Nord'', and ''Le Jour Se Lève'' — are widely admired examples of poetic realism. He also directed films from 1935 to 1950. Perhaps the best-known is '' Colonel Chabert'' (1943), which was a film adaptation of a famous novella by Honoré de Balzac. Le Hénaff retired from filmmaking in 1968. Selected filmography Editor * '' The Shark'' (1930) * ''Sous les toits de Paris (Under the Roofs of Paris)'' (1930) * ''À Nous la Liberté'' (1931) * '' Madame Makes Her Exit'' (1932) * ''Bastille Day'' (1933) * ''Le Scandal ( The Scandal)'' (1934) * ''Samson'' (1936) * ''Le Quai des brumes ( Port of Shadows)'' (1938) * '' Hôtel du Nord'' (1938) * ''Le Jour Se Lève'' (1939) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberation Of Paris
The liberation of Paris () was a battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. Paris had been occupied by Nazi Germany since the signing of the Armistice of 22 June 1940, after which the ''Wehrmacht'' occupied northern and western France. The liberation began when the French Forces of the Interior—the military structure of the French Resistance—staged an uprising against the German garrison upon the approach of the US Third Army, led by General George S. Patton. On the night of 24 August, elements of General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque's 2nd French Armored Division made their way into Paris and arrived at the Hôtel de Ville shortly before midnight. The next morning, 25 August, the bulk of the 2nd Armored Division and US 4th Infantry Division and other allied units entered the city. Dietrich von Choltitz, commander of the German garrison and the military governor of Paris, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Films
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'', 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'', an historical epic which is one of the last Nazi Germany propaganda pieces, in war-torn Berlin. Given its cast of 187,000 (including serving military perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Comedy Films
1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year Nazi concentration camps, concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events World War II will be abbreviated as “WWII” January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Soviets. * January 9 – WWII: American and Australian troops land at Lingayen Gulf on western coast of the largest Philippine island of Luzon, occupied by Japan since 1942. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Comedy Films
French comedy films are comedy films produced in France. Comedy is the most popular French genre in cinema. Comic films began in significant numbers during the era of silent films, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humour of many of these silent films relied on slapstick and burlesque. Characteristics of French comedy films French comedy films are very often social comedies, which differs largely from American comedies."La comédie française se différencie ..par son aspect social, une lutte des classes généralement absente des comédies américaines." . Social comedy Culture shock, in several French comedies, oftentimes contain several 'clichés', which include: * Religion – '' The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob'' in the 1970s, and '' Serial (Bad) Weddings'' in the 2010s * Social background – '' Life Is a Long Quiet River'' in the 1980s, and '' The Intouchables'' in the 2010s * Difference of life between two places – '' Welcome to the Land of ch'tis'' in the 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Then There Were None
''And Then There Were None'' is a mystery fiction, mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, who described it as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1939, as ''Ten Little Niggers'', after an 1869 Minstrel show, minstrel song that serves as a major plot element. The US edition was released in January 1940 with the title ''And Then There Were None'', taken from the last five words of the song. Successive American reprints and adaptations use that title, though American Pocket Books paperbacks used the title ''Ten Little Indians'' between 1964 and 1986. UK editions continued to use the original title until 1985. The book is the world's best-selling mystery, and with over 100 million copies sold is one of the List of best-selling books, best-selling books of all time. The novel has been listed as the seventh best-selling title (any language, including reference works) of all time. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxime Fabert
Maxime Fabert, real name Robert Émile Jaillon, (7 November 1898 – 1 October 1978) was a French stage and film actor. Maxime Fabert managed the Theater of the Comédie-Wagram from 1946 to 1962. Filmography * 1932 : '' The Nude Woman'' by Jean-Paul Paulin as Tabourot * 1933 : ''Une vie perdue'' by Raymond Rouleau * 1935 : ''Les yeux noirs'' by Victor Tourjansky as a guest * 1937 : '' The Red Dancer'' by Jean-Paul Paulin * 1937 : '' Double Crime in the Maginot Line'' by Félix Gandera as Gunsmith * 1937 : '' Police mondaine'' by Michel Bernheim and Christian Chamborant * 1937 : '' Tamara'' by Félix Gandera and Jean Delannoy as Padiloff * 1938 : '' L'Ange que j'ai vendu'' by Michel Bernheim * 1938 : '' Barnabé'' by Alexander Esway * 1938 : '' Métropolitain'' by Maurice Cam * 1938 : '' Trois artilleurs à l'opéra'' by André Chotin * 1941 : '' Ce n'est pas moi'' by Jacques de Baroncelli * 1941 : ''Moulin Rouge'' by André Hugon as le commissaire * 1942 : ''Fever'' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germaine Kerjean
Germaine Kerjean (1893–1975) was a French stage and film actress.Crisp p.306 She spent a decade with the Comédie-Française. In films she frequently played character role A character actor is an actor known for playing unusual, eccentric, or interesting characters in supporting roles, rather than leading ones.28 April 2013, The New York Acting SchoolTen Best Character Actors of All Time Retrieved 7 August 2014 ...s. Filmography References Bibliography * Crisp, Colin. ''French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 2, 1940-1958''. Indiana University Press, 2015. External links * 1893 births French film actresses French stage actresses French television actresses Actresses from Le Havre 1975 deaths 20th-century French actresses {{france-film-actor-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlette Guttinguer
Arlette () is a French femmine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Arlette or Herleva (), the mother of William the Conqueror * Arlette Alcock (born 1958), Métis-Canadian folk musician * Arlette Ben Hamo (born 1930), French former track and field athlete * Arlette Broil (1922–1989), known as Bessie Griffin, American gospel singer * Marie-Arlette Carlotti (born 1952), French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-east of France * Arlette Chabot (born 1951), prominent French journalist and political commentator * Arlette Contreras (born 1990), Peruvian lawyer and activist * Arlette Conzemius (born 1956), Luxembourgish ambassador * Arlette Cousture (born 1948), Canadian writer * Arlette Dagnon Vignikin (born 1951), ambassador of Benin * Arlette Dorgère (1880–1965), French actress, dancer and singer * Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre (1935–2016), French translator and editor * Arlette Faidiga (1938–2023), Italian swimmer * Arlette Farge ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Demange (actor)
Paul Demange (; 12 April 1901 – 28 November 1983) was a French film actor who had roles in over 200 films from 1933 to 1977. Selected filmography *'' Bach the Detective'' (1936) * '' Marinella'' (1936) * '' The Lover of Madame Vidal'' (1936) * '' Excursion Train'' (1936) * '' The Flame'' (1936) *'' The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) * '' Clodoche'' (1938) * '' The City of Lights'' (1938) * '' A Foolish Maiden'' (1938) * '' His Uncle from Normandy'' (1939) * '' Deputy Eusèbe'' (1939) * '' Whirlwind of Paris'' (1939) * '' Threats'' (1940) * '' The Last of the Six'' (1941) * '' The Master Valet'' (1941) * '' The Black Diamond'' (1941) * '' Mademoiselle Swing'' (1942) * '' The Guardian Angel'' (1942) * '' The Woman I Loved Most'' (1942) * ''Malaria Malaria is a Mosquito-borne disease, mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates and ''Anopheles'' mosquitoes. Human malaria causes Signs and symptoms, symptoms that typically include fever, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Renoir
Pierre Renoir (; March 21, 1885 – March 11, 1952) was a French stage and film actor. He was the son of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and elder brother of the film director Jean Renoir. He is also noted for being the first actor to play Georges Simenon's character Inspector Jules Maigret in '' Night at the Crossroads'', directed by his brother. Life and career Pierre Renoir was born on March 21, 1885, in Paris, at 18 rue Houdon, about a hundred meters from place Pigalle, to painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Aline Charigot. He was married to actress Véra Sergine from 1914 to 1925. For his best remembered role, as Jėricho the ragman in ''Children of Paradise'' (''Les Enfants du Paradis'', 1945), he was cast at short notice to replace the collaborator Robert Le Vigan; Jėricho's scenes had to be reshot after Le Vigan fled. Renoir was briefly the director of the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris, taking over after the death of Louis Jouvet in 1951. Pierr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
