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L'Épervier
''L'Épervier'' (''The Sparrowhawk''), is a French drama film from 1933, directed and written by Marcel L'Herbier, starring Charles Boyer and Natalie Paley. The film was based on a play by Francis de Croisset. at the ''Films de France'' It was also known in the USA under the title ''Les Amoureux''. Cast * : Comte Georges de Dasetta * Natalie Paley : Marina (as Nathalie Paley) * : Madame de Tierrache * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis De Croisset
Francis de Croisset (; born Franz Wiener, 28 January 1877 – 8 November 1937) was a Belgian-born French playwright and opera librettist. Early life Born as Franz Wiener, he was educated in Brussels on 28 January 1877 into a prominent Jewish-Belgian family that was distinguished in diplomacy and the army. His parents were Alexandre Jacques Wiener and Eugenie Bertha ( née Straus) Wiener. After moving to France, where he spent most of his life, he had his name changed by Presidential decree. At age 17, he rebelled against his parents' wishes that he take up a military career, and ran away to Paris. In 1901, his play ''Chérubin'' was produced at the Comédie-Française where Cécile Sorel (later the Comtesse de Ségur) made her debut in it. Jules Massenet set ''Chérubin'' to music and, in 1905, Mary Garden sang its première at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Career He was a lawyer by profession, but de Croisset gradually devoted more and more time to the theatre, "until play writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier (; 23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked on cultural programmes for French television. He also fulfilled many administrative roles in the French film industry, and he was the founder and the first President of the French film school Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). Early life Marcel L'Herbier was born in Paris on 23 April 1888 into a professional and intellectual family, and as he grew up he demonstrated a multi-talented disposition for sports, dancing, debating and the arts. He attended a Marist school and then the Lycée Voltaire, followed by the École des Hautes Études Sociales in Paris. He worked hard at his education and by 1910 he had obtained his ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Richard-Willm
Pierre Richard-Willm (3 November 1895 – 12 April 1983) was a French stage and film actor during the 1930s and 1940s."Pierre Richard-Willm" aCiné-Ressources Retrieved 1 November 2020. Biography Pierre Richard-Willm (originally Alexandre-Pierre Richard) was born in south-western France in the city of Bayonne. He was brought up at first in Barcelona and then, after the death of his mother Elisabeth-Fanny Willm, in Paris. In 1916 he joined the army, and fought during World War I. After the war he became a sculptor, and in 1921 he started playing bit roles on stage. In 1924 he took part of in the sculpturing art competition of the Games of the VIII Olympiad, making a group of sculptures on rugby and skating. In 1925 he was chosen by Ida Rubinstein to appear with her in a stage production of ''La Dame aux camélias'' at the Odéon in Paris, and other leading roles at that theatre followed."Pierre Richard-Willm" i''Encyclopædia Universalis'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian-Gérard
Christian Gérard Mazas (4 October 1903 – 27 July 1984), known as Christian-Gérard,Sometimes spelt without hyphen. was a French stage and film actor as well as theater director. Theatre Comedian * 1932 : ' by Jacques Deval, directed by Jacques Baumer, Théâtre Saint-Georges * 1934 : ''Les Temps difficiles'' by Édouard Bourdet, Théâtre de la Michodière * 1934 : ' by Sacha Guitry, directed by the author, théâtre de la Madeleine * 1935 : ''Les Joies du Capitole'' operette by Jacques Bousquet, Albert Willemetz, music Raoul Moretti, théâtre de la Madeleine * 1936 : ''Christian'' by Yvan Noé, Théâtre des Variétés * 1937 : ''Bureau central des idées'' by Alfred Gehri, directed by Louis Tunc, théâtre de la Michodière * 1945 : ''Le Fleuve étincelant'' by Charles Morgan, directed by , théâtre Pigalle * 1946 : ''Charivari Courteline'' after Georges Courteline, directed by Jean Mercure, théâtre des Ambassadeurs * 1948 : ''La Ligne de chance'' by Albert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Landry
Landry Fernand Charles Marrier de Lagatinerie (16 October 1912 – 18 September 1999), known professionally as Gérard Landry, was an Argentinian actor. He began acting in 1932 with his first movie ''Mirages de Paris'', acted for over fifty years and has been in over ninety films. Landry also starred in ''Les Trottoirs de Bangkok'' (''The Sidewalks of Bangkok''), a film from French director Jean Rollin. Life Landry married twice. His first wife was actress Jacqueline Porel (1918-2012), they had a son, actor Marc Porel, but the marriage ended in divorce. His second wife was Janine Darcey (1917–1993). Gérard Landry died 18 September 1999 in Nice, France Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ..., aged 86. Filmography References External links * {{DEF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viviane Romance
Viviane Romance (born Pauline Ronacher Ortmanns; 4 July 1912 – 25 September 1991) was a French actress. Viviane Romance was born in Roubaix, France. She began her career as a dancer at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and was elected Miss Paris of 1930 before she made her film debut in 1931 with a cameo role in ''La Chienne.'' Romance caused a small scandal winning Miss Paris because she had a child. She appeared in several films over the next few years before making a strong impression in '' La belle équipe'' (1936). From this time to the late 1950s she was regarded as one of France's leading cinematic actresses and played dozens of femme fatales, fallen women (with hearts of gold) and vamps. Her acting roles after 1956 were few, and she retired in 1974. Romance was offered, and rejected, a Hollywood film contract in the 1930s. She preferred to make films in her native France. However, she also resided for many years in Italy where she made several Italian language films. She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loni Nest
Eleonore "Loni" Arnault ( Nest, 4 August 1915 – 2 October 1990), known professionally by her maiden name of Loni Nest, was a German actress. Born in Berlin, she was a child star of German silent films in the 1920s. She was filmed for the first time at the age of four weeks. Life and film career After more than 40 movies, she ended her movie career in 1928 at the age of 13. In 1933 she played in one last movie in France. Her whereabouts after 1933 remained unknown for several decades, but it was eventually discovered that she died at the age of 75 on 2 October 1990 in the French town Nice. In 2014, the website Forever Missed published an obituary that ostensibly revealed that Nest had died in Hawaii in 2014 at the age of 98. It also described details of Nest's life after she left Germany and moved to America. Various websites including the Internet Movie Database quickly adopted this information. It was soon discovered, however, that both the time and location of her death as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Georges Auriol
Jean George Auriol (January 8, 1907 – April 2, 1950) was a French film critic and screenwriter. He was the founder of the film magazine ''La Revue du cinéma''. Biography Jean George Auriol (born Jean-Georges Huyot; his name is sometimes written as Jean-Georges Auriol) was the son of the French poet, artist, and type-designer George Auriol. In December 1928 Auriol published the first issue of a magazine called ''Du cinéma'' which, after being adopted by the publisher Gallimard, became ''La Revue du cinéma''. It ran for a total of 29 issues until December 1931, and it established a reputation for intellectual seriousness and the quality of its contributors, who included Jacques Brunius, Louis Chavance, and Jean-Paul Le Chanois. Auriol established a structure for each issue (a major article, a selection of studies, film reviews and news items) which became a model for other journals.Lucien Logette, "Jean George Auriol ou l'Oublié majuscule", i''La Lettre du syndicat français ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Marais
Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), known professionally as Jean Marais (), was a French actor, film director, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer and photographer. He performed in over 100 films and was the muse and lover of acclaimed director Jean Cocteau. In 1996, he was awarded the French Legion of Honor for his contributions to French Cinema. Early life A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais was a son of Alfred Emmanuel Victor Paul Villain-Marais and his wife, the former Aline Marie Louise Vassord.Trambouze, ClaudeJean Marais : Un Homme aux milles ''PORTRAIT'' (in French). Retrieved 11 July 2015. Career Early films Marais' first role was an uncredited bit in '' Song of the Streets'' (1933) and he was in '' Etienne'' (1933). Filmmaker Marcel L'Herbier put him in '' The Sparrowhawk'' (1933) with Charles Boyer; '' The Scandal'' (1934), with Gaby Morlay; ''Happiness'' (1934) again with Boyer, '' The Venturer'' (1934) wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Toulout
Jean Toulout (28 September 1887 – 23 October 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1911 and 1959. Selected filmography * ''La Digue'' (1911) * '' The Mask of Horror'' (1912) * '' The Tenth Symphony'' (1918) * '' La Fête espagnole'' (1920) * '' Jacques Landauze'' (1920) * '' Mathias Sandorf'' (1921) * '' The Black Diamond'' (1922) * '' Au Secours!'' (1924) * '' Princess Masha'' (1927) * '' Antoinette Sabrier'' (1927) * '' Beyond the Street'' (1929) * '' Monte Cristo'' (1929) * '' The Three Masks'' (1929) * '' Tenderness'' (1930) * ''Levy and Company'' (1930) * '' Nights of Princes'' (1930) * '' Moritz Makes his Fortune'' (1931) * ''Southern Cross'' (1932) * '' L'Épervier'' (1933) * ''The Queen of Biarritz'' (1934) * ''Moscow Nights'' (1934) * ''Stradivarius'' (1935) * ''Mercadet'' (1936) * ''Nuits de feu'' (1937) * '' Miarka'' (1937) * ''The Red Dancer'' (1937) * '' Arlette and Love'' (1943) * ''Doctor Laennec'' (1949) * ''The Secret of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Grossmith Jr
George Grossmith Jr. (11 May 1874 – 6 June 1935) was an English actor, theatre producer and Actor-manager, manager, director, playwright and songwriter, best remembered for his work in and with Edwardian musical comedies. Grossmith was also an important innovator in bringing "cabaret" and "revues" to the London stage. Born in London, he took his first role on the musical stage at the age of 18 in ''Haste to the Wedding'' (1892), a West End theatre, West End collaboration between his famous George Grossmith, songwriter and actor father and W. S. Gilbert. Grossmith soon became an audience favourite playing "dude" roles. Early appearances in musicals included George Edwardes's hit ''A Gaiety Girl'' in 1893, and ''Go-Bang'' and ''The Shop Girl'' in 1894. In 1895, Grossmith left the musical stage, instead appearing in straight comedies, but after a few years he returned to performing in musicals and Victorian burlesques. Early in the new century, he had a string of successes in mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marguerite Templey
Marguerite Templey (1880–1944) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.113 Selected filmography * '' The Beautiful Adventure'' (1932) * '' L'Épervier'' (1933) * ''Night in May'' (1934) * '' The Secret of Woronzeff'' (1935) * ''The New Testament'' (1936) * '' A Woman of No Importance'' (1937) * ''Counsel for Romance'' (1938) * ''Rasputin'' (1938) * ''Quadrille The quadrille is a dance that was fashionable in late 18th- and 19th-century Europe and its colonies. The quadrille consists of a chain of four to six '' contredanses''. Latterly the quadrille was frequently danced to a medley of opera melodie ...'' (1938) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1880 births 1944 deaths French film actresses French stage actresses Actors from Nantes {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
