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Suzanne Desprès
Suzanne Desprès (16 December 1875 – 1 July 1951), born Joséphine-Charlotte Bonvalet, was a French actress on stage and screen. Along with Sarah Bernhardt, she was one of the French actresses who played Hamlet before World War I. Early life and education Desprès was born at Verdun, Meuse, the daughter of a mechanic. She worked as a shop girl in her youth. She trained at the Paris Conservatoire, where in 1897 she obtained the first prize for comedy, and the second for tragedy. Career Desprès married Lugné-Poe, the actor-manager, who founded a new school of modern drama as the Théâtre de l'Œuvre. She played Hilda in ''The Master Builder'' "with vigour and passion" with Lugné-Poe company in 1895, and an "admirable" Nora in ''A Doll's House'' in 1904. She played at the Gymnase and at the Porte Saint-Martin, and in 1902 made her debut at the Comédie-Française, appearing in ''Phèdre'' and other important parts. She toured Germany in 1907. Édouard Vuillard painte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verdun
Verdun ( , ; ; ; official name before 1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city in the Meuse (department), Meuse departments of France, department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department. In 843, the Treaty of Verdun, which divided the Carolingian Empire into three kingdoms—considered the foundation of Germany and France—was signed there. An episcopal principality of the Holy Roman Empire since the 10th century, Verdun was subjugated by France in 1552, during the "Voyage to Austrasia". Along with the other free cities of the Empire, Metz and Toul, it formed the province of the Three Bishoprics, which was attached to the Kingdom of France in 1648 by the Treaty of Münster (1648), Treaty of Münster. Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital of the department is Bar-le-Duc, which is slightly smaller than Verdun. It is well known for giving Battle of Verdun, its name to the longest battle in modern history in the World War I, Fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Mirror
The ''Daily Mirror'' is a British national daily Tabloid journalism, tabloid newspaper. Founded in 1903, it is part of Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), which is owned by parent company Reach plc. From 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its Masthead (British publishing), masthead was simply ''The Mirror''. It had an average daily print circulation of 716,923 in December 2016, dropping to 587,803 the following year. Its Sunday sister paper is the ''Sunday Mirror''. Unlike other major British tabloids such as ''The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun'' and the ''Daily Mail'', the ''Mirror'' has no separate Scottish edition; this function is performed by the ''Daily Record (Scotland), Daily Record'' and the ''Sunday Mail (Scotland), Sunday Mail'', which incorporate certain stories from the ''Mirror'' that are of Scottish significance. The ''Mirror'' publishes an Irish edition, the ''Irish Mirror''. Originally pitched to the middle-class reader, it was converted into a worki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Deaths
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 11 – In the U.S., a top secret report is delivered to U.S. President Truman by his National Security Resources Board, urging Truman to expand the Korean War by launching "a global offensive against communism" with sustained bombing of Red China and diplomatic moves to establish "moral justification" for a U.S. nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The report will not not be declassified until 1978. * January 15 – In a criminal court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1875 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the year (Third Class is renamed Second Class in 1956). * January 5 – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated as the home of the Paris Opera. * January 12 – Guangxu Emperor, Guangxu becomes the 11th Qing dynasty Emperor of China at the age of 3. He succeeds his cousin, the Tongzhi Emperor, who had no sons of his own. * January 14 – The newly proclaimed King Alfonso XII of Spain (Queen Isabella II's son) arrives in Spain to restore the monarchy during the Third Carlist War. * January 24 – Camille Saint-Saëns' orchestral ''Danse macabre (Saint-Saëns), Danse macabre'' receives its première. February * February 3 – Third Carlist War: Battle of Lácar – Carlist commander Torcuat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pretty Miller Girl
''The Pretty Miller Girl'' (French: ''La Belle Meunière'') is a 1949 French musical film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Tino Rossi, Jacqueline Pagnol and Raoul Marco. It is part of the tradition of operetta films. The title is a reference to Schubert's song cycle '' Die schöne Müllerin''. Synopsis Composer Franz Schubert goes to the countryside to find inspiration.La Belle Meunière '''', He meets a girl, Brigitte, near a windmill. However, the local lord wants her as his lover. Distraught, Schubert leaves and writes some new music to get over it. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise (1939 Film)
''Louise'' is a 1939 French musical film directed by Abel Gance. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Described as "wonderfully atmospheric", the film is based on the opera of the same name by Gustave Charpentier. Charpentier remained on the set throughout the filming and personally coached Grace Moore, who played the title role. Both Georges Thill, who played Julien and André Pernet who played Louise's father, were famous exponents of those roles on the opera stage and had recorded them in 1935. The orchestra was directed by Louis Beydts. Cast * Grace Moore as Louise * Georges Thill as Julien * André Pernet as Le père de Louise * Suzanne Desprès as La mère de Louise * Robert Le Vigan as Gaston * Ginette Leclerc as Lucienne * Edmond Beauchamp as Le philosophe (as Beauchamp) * Jacqueline Gauthier as Alphonsine * Rivers Cadet * Pauline Carton Pauline Carton (; 4 July 1884 – 17 June 1974) was a French film actress. She appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman Thief
''The Woman Thief'' (French: ''Le voleur de femmes'') is a 1938 French-Italian drama film directed by Abel Gance and starring Jules Berry, Annie Ducaux and Suzanne Desprès Suzanne Desprès (16 December 1875 – 1 July 1951), born Joséphine-Charlotte Bonvalet, was a French actress on stage and screen. Along with Sarah Bernhardt, she was one of the French actresses who played Hamlet before World War I. Early lif ....Burke p.216 It was made at the Pisorno Studios in Tirrenia. The film's sets were designed by Jacques Colombier. Cast References Bibliography * Frank Burke. ''A Companion to Italian Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2017. External links * 1938 drama films French drama films Italian drama films 1938 films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Abel Gance 1930s Italian-language films French multilingual films French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films Italian multilingual films 1938 multilingual films 1930s French f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boissière (film)
''Boissière'' is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Fernand Rivers and starring Andrée Spinelly, Pierre Renoir and Suzanne Desprès. It is an adaptation of the 1935 novel of the same title by Pierre Benoit.Goble p.36 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. Cast * Andrée Spinelly as Adlone Hébert * Pierre Renoir as Le général baron von Hubner * Suzanne Desprès as Catherine Vandehove * Lucien Nat as Jean Le Barois * Pauline Carton Pauline Carton (; 4 July 1884 – 17 June 1974) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 190 films between 1907 and 1974. Filmography * ''La fille du Boche'' (1915) * '' Blanchette'' (1921) * ''La femme de nulle part'' (1922) * ''C ... as Estelle * Andrée Ducret as Madame Le Barois * Augustine Prieur as Françoise Faget * Paulette Élambert as La petite Lucile * Ducellier as La mère Thérèse * Marie Marcilly as Une vieille femme * Jean Yonnel as Hector Le Barois * Serge Grave as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolves Between Them
''Wolves Between Them'' (French: ''Les loups entre eux'') is a 1936 French spy thriller film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Roger Duchesne, Jules Berry and Renée Saint-Cyr.Crisp p.322 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It is a sequel to the 1935 film '' Second Bureau''. Two further entries in the series '' A Man to Kill'' (1937) and '' Captain Benoît'' (1938) were released. The film was remade as the 1939 British release '' Secret Journey''. Synopsis A design for a new French gas mask has been stolen from Paris by a German spy. Captain Benoît of the Deuxième Bureau is sent to Nazi-ruled Berlin to try and recover it. Cast * Roger Duchesne as Le capitaine Benoît * Jules Berry as Le commissaire Raucourt * Renée Saint-Cyr as Nicole Servigne * Suzanne Desprès as Gertrude Weygelmann * Pierre Renoir as Gottfried Welter * Gina Manès as Gina * Laure Diana as Natacha * Foun-Sen as La domestique de Benoît * Jean Debucourt a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crew (1935 Film)
''The Crew'' (French: ''L'Équipage'') is a 1935 French war drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Annabella, Charles Vanel, Jean Murat and Jean-Pierre Aumont. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location at an airfield in Mourmelon-le-Petit. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Aguettand and Lucien Carré. It is also known by the alternative title ''Flight Into Darkness''. The film is based on the 1923 novel of the same title by Joseph Kessel, which had previously been made into a 1928 French silent film '' The Crew''. Litvak remade his own film as '' The Woman I Love'' for his first Hollywood production in 1937.Goble p.258 Synopsis In 1918 during the First World War, a French pilot has an affair with a married woman without realising that she is the wife of one of his colleagues from his new squadron. Cast * Annabella as Hélène / Denise * Charles Vanel as Le lieutenant Maury * Jean Murat as Le capitaine Thélis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Chapdelaine (1934 Film)
''Maria Chapdelaine'' is a 1934 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Madeleine Renaud, Jean Gabin and Jean-Pierre Aumont. It is an adaptation of the 1913 novel of the same title by Louis Hémon set in rural Quebec about a young woman who becomes involved with a farmer, trapper and an immigrant drifter from Paris. The story was adapted again for a 1950 film directed by Marc Allégret. Cast * Madeleine Renaud as Maria Chapdelaine * Jean Gabin as François Paradis * Jean-Pierre Aumont as Lorenzo Surprenant * Suzanne Desprès as Laura Chapdelaine * Gaby Triquet as Alma-Rose Chapdelaine * Maximilienne as Azelma Larouche * André Bacqué as Samuel Chapdelaine * Alexandre Rignault as Eutrope Gagnon * Daniel Mendaille as Le curé * Robert Le Vigan as Tit-Sèbe, le rebouteux * Thomy Bourdelle as Esdras Chapdelaine * Edmond Van Daële as Le docteur * Émile Genevois as Tit-Bé Chapdelaine * Fred Barry as Nazaire Larouche * Pierre Laurel as E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bread Peddler (1923 Film)
''The Bread Peddler'' (French:''La porteuse de pain'') is a 1923 French silent drama film directed by René Le Somptier and starring Suzanne Desprès, Gabriel Signoret and Geneviève Félix.Goble p.913 It is based on Xavier de Montépin's novel of the same title. Cast * Suzanne Desprès as Jeanne Fortier * Gabriel Signoret as Ovide Soliveau * Geneviève Félix as Lucie Fortier * Germaine Rouer as Mary Hartman * Henri Baudin as Jacques Garraud * Jacques Guilhène as Lucien Labroue * René Koval as Cri-Cri * Ernest Maupain as L'abbé Laugier * Jacques Faure as Etienne Castel * Pierre Almette as Georges Darrier * Lucien Bataille * Sylviane de Castillo as La bonne du curé * Charles Dechamps Charles Dechamps (13 September 1882 – 25 September 1959) was a French stage and film actor. He married the comedian Fernande Albany on 19 November 1925. He died in 1959, and was buried at cimetière du Père-Lachaise. Filmography * 1909: ... * Louis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
