The Comédie-Wagram is a former entertainment venue located at 4 bis rue de l'Étoile in the

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and now destroyed. The inauguration took place on 28 May 1926 under the name Œil de Paris as a review

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. A cinema theater in 1929–1930, the place turned into theatre and became the théâtre de 10 francs in 1933 before returning to cinema in 1937 under its first name. After the

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, the place passed into the hands of Raymond Chamby and

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 J ...

who renamed it Comédie-Wagram. The venue briefly bore the name Foly-Étoile in 1959 and disappeared in 1964 during a major urban operation between the rue de l'Étoile and the avenue des Ternes. Maxime Fabert, Marc Camoletti,

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and many other French comedians performed there.

Productions

* 1948: ''Interdit au public'' by Roger Dornès and

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(2 May) * 1950: ''Le Don d’Adèle'' by

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and

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(21 January) * 1953: ''Le Collier de jade'' by

Jean Sarment Jean Sarment, real name Jean Bellemère, (13 January 1897 – 29 March 1976) was a French film and stage actor and a writer. He was nominated :Administrators of the Comédie-Française, administrator of the Comédie-Française in July 1944 altho ...

(27 January) * 1954: ''La Machine à coudre'' by

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and Claude Accursi (September) * 1955: ''La femme sera toujours la femme, revue nue...cléaire'' by Jean Marsan, music by

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(May) * 1956: ''Monsieur Masure'' by (12 May) * 1956: ''Ce diable d'ange'' by

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and Charles Michel (28 November) * 1956: ''Ce soir je dîne chez moi'' by Clare Kummer, adaptation by Michel Veber (1896-1965) (29 September) * 1958: ''Bonne Anna'' by Marc Camoletti * 1959: ''Mon ange'' by Solange Terac (February) * 1960: ''La Petite Vague'' by Geoffrey Thomas, adaptation by Andrée Méry (French creation, 4 February) * 1961: ''Remue-ménage'' by Pierre Leloir (21 October) * 1962: ''Teresa-Angelica'' by Valentino Bompiani, adaptation by Pierre Sabatier (French creation, 6 June) * ''La Quadrature du cercle'' by

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* ''La Farfada'' by

Jean-Pierre Aumont Jean-Pierre Aumont (born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons; 5 January 1911 – 30 January 2001) was a French film and theatre actor. He was a matinée idol and a leading man during the 1930s, but his burgeoning career was interrupted by the Second ...

* ''Zoé'' by Jean Marsan

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