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Vanda Gréville
Vanda Gréville (born Wanda MacEwan; 10 January 190826 December 1997) was a British film actress who mainly appeared in French productions.Driskell p.84 She was the wife of the Anglo-French director Edmond T. Gréville. Selected filmography * '' A Gentleman of Paris'' (1931) * '' Le Bal'' (1931) * ''Le Million'' (1931) * '' The Train of Suicides'' (1931) * ''Ebb Tide'' (1932) * '' A Gentleman of the Ring'' (1932) * '' Gold in the Street'' (1934) * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) * ''Threats'' (1940) * ''The Suitors Club ''The Suitors Club'' (French: ''Le club des soupirants'') is a 1941 French comedy film directed by Maurice Gleize and starring Fernandel, Louise Carletti and Annie France. The film was produced by the German-backed company Continental Films ...'' (1941) * '' A Woman in the Night'' (1943) References Bibliography * Jonathan Driskell. ''The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom and the Modern Woman in 1930s France''. I.B.Tauris, 2015. External links * 1908 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Gentleman Of The Ring (1932 Film)
''A Gentleman of the Ring'' (French: ''Chouchou poids plume'') is a 1932 French sports film directed by Robert Bibal and starring Geo Laby, Vanda Gréville and Gaston Dubosc.Crisp p.393 It is a remake of the 1926 silent film '' A Gentleman of the Ring''. Cast * Arcy-Hennery * Colette Broïdo as Moineau * Jean-Henri Chambois * Pierre Darteuil as M. Lormeau * Marthe Derminy as Mme Lormeau * Gaston Dubosc as Le comte Brodelet de Surville * Vanda Gréville as Diana * Maurice Holtzer * Geo Laby as Chouchou * Louis Lorsy * Germaine Noizet * André Numès Fils as Philibert * Georges Papin * Jacques Pills * Charles Redgie as Whipple * Georges Tabet * Jacques Tarride as Le marquis * Paul Villé Paul may refer to: People * Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people * Paul (surname), a list of people * Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament * Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo P ... Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Film Actresses
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1997 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 Births
This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time. Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean and is the 46th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 130. * January 13 – A fire breaks out at the Rhoads Opera House in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killing 171 people. * January 15 – Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first race inclusive sorority is founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. * January 24 – Robert Baden-Powell's '' Scouting for Boys'' begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement. February * February 1 – Lisbon Regicide: Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman In The Night
''A Woman in the Night'' (French: ''Une femme dans la nuit'') is a 1943 French drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant and Claude Dauphin.Rège p.469 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Douarinou. Synopsis Denise, a member of a travelling theatre troupe, flees from her ill-tempered husband. She tries to begin a new life working as a nurse. Cast * Viviane Romance as Denise Lorin * Georges Flamant as Armand Leroy * Claude Dauphin as François Rousseau * Henri Guisol as Gustave * Marion Malville as Nicole Serin-Ledoux * Andrex as Le charbonnier * Pierre Stéphen as Campolli * Lysiane Rey as Lucie Février * Édouard Delmont as Le père Rousseau * Yves Deniaud as Maxime * Jacqueline Hervé as L'ouvreuse * Jane Marken as Madame Béghin * Robert Moor as Le baron Hochecorne * Marcelle Naudia as Madame Serin-Ledoux * Gaston Orbal as La Douleur * Félix Oudart as Monsieur Serin-Ledoux * G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Suitors Club
''The Suitors Club'' (French: ''Le club des soupirants'') is a 1941 French comedy film directed by Maurice Gleize and starring Fernandel, Louise Carletti and Annie France. The film was produced by the German-backed company Continental Films. It was shot at the Marseille Studios and on location around Nice in the Unoccupied Zone.Leteux p.214 The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. Plot Having run up heavy debts, a group of young men are persuaded by their creditor to court the wealthy heiress Daisy's hand in marriage. They are given intensive training in the arts of wooing. Amongst them is Antoine a butterfly collector who is more interested in Daisy's cousin Edith. In fact Edith turns out to have the money, while Daisy finds genuine romance with Maxime. Cast * Fernandel as Antoine Valoisir * Louise Carletti as Daisy Cabarus * Annie France as Édith * Colette Darfeuil as Paméla Cabarus * Saturnin Fabre as Cabarus * Andrex as Maxime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Threats (film)
''Threats'' (French: ''Menaces'') is a 1940 French drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Mireille Balin, John Loder, Ginette Leclerc and Erich von Stroheim. Gréville began production on the film shortly after the Munich Agreement of September 1938.Neupert p.278 It was shot at the François 1er Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Jaquelux. Synopsis In the late 1930s, a number of refugees from various European countries are living in the same hotel in the Latin Quarter of Paris. The caring Denise is sympathetic to their plight, particularly that of Professor Hoffman who is in exile from his family and homeland. The more frivolous Ginette, meanwhile, uses the hotel for rendezvous with her lover, Dick Stone, an Englishman living abroad to avoid potential military service. The prospect of the impending Second World War plays an increasing role on the various characters. Cast * Mireille Balin as Denise * John Loder as Dick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Garçonne (1936 Film)
''La Garçonne'' (''The Bachelor Girl'' or ''The Flapper'') is a 1936 French black-and-white film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Victor Margueritte. It was directed by Jean de Limur and starred Marie Bell (in the title role), Arletty and Edith Piaf. Plot The eponymous ''garçonne'' or flapper is Monique Lerbier, an emancipated French woman who leaves home to escape a marriage of convenience to a man she does not love which her parents have forced on her. She then falls into all sorts of carnal temptations and artificial pleasures previously unknown to her. These include her being seduced into a lesbian love affair by a chanteuse character (played by Edith Piaf), ensuring the film became a succès de scandale. Another actress in the film, Arletty, said of it: Cast * Marie Bell : Monique Lerbier * Arletty : Niquette * Henri Rollan : Régis Boisselot * Maurice Escande : Lucien Vigneret * Jaque Catelain : Georges Blanchet * Pierre Etchepare : Plombino * Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold In The Street
''Gold in the Street'' (French: ''L'Or dans la rue'' ) is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Curtis Bernhardt, written by Henry Koster and Henri Decoin, and starring Danielle Darrieux.The A to Z of French Cinema p.119 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. Plot Albert bets his friend Pierre he can seduce the first woman that Pierre might pick. The working girl Gaby happens to be the chosen. When Albert gets to know her he falls in love with her. At the same time he attempts to make a fortune by participating in a swindle about alleged "synthetic gold". But at the very day when the scheme ought to be accomplished, everything goes terribly awry and he is debunked. After that he has scarcely enough money left to buy a ticket to the United States for himself and his fiancée Gaby. Cast * Albert Préjean as Albert Perret * Danielle Darrieux as Gaby * Raymond Cordy as Pierre * Pierre Larquey Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebb Tide (1932 Film)
''Ebb Tide'' is a 1932 British drama film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring Dorothy Bouchier, Joan Barry, George Barraud, and Merle Oberon. It was shot at Elstree Studios and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Holmes Paul. It was produced and distributed by the British branch of Paramount Pictures as a quota quickie. It was based on the novel ''God Gave Me Twenty Cents'' by Dixie Willson, which had previously been made into a 1926 American silent film of the same title. Plot A sailor falls in love with a woman he meets at the dockside, but is deeply conflicted because his former lover is in prison. Cast * Dorothy Bouchier as Cassie * Joan Barry as Mary * George Barraud as Steve * Vanda Gréville as Millie * Alexander Field as Barney * Annie Esmond as Landlady * Merle Oberon Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 191123 November 1979) was a British actress. She began her acting career in British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It shares Anglo-Scottish border, a land border with Scotland to the north and England–Wales border, another land border with Wales to the west, and is otherwise surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the population was 56,490,048. London is both List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, the largest city and the Capital city, capital. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic. It takes its name from the Angles (tribe), Angles, a Germanic peoples, Germanic tribe who settled du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
