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Line Noro
Line Noro (22 February 1900 – 4 November 1985) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Hayward p.172 During the 1930s she played glamorous, often exotic, women in films such as ''Pépé le Moko''. Between 1945 and 1966 Noro was a member of the Comédie Française. She was married to the film director André Berthomieu. Selected filmography * ''The Divine Voyage'' (1929) * ''Montmartre (1931 film), Montmartre'' (1931) * ''A Man's Neck (film), La Tête d'un homme'' (1933) * ''Little Jacques (1934 film), Little Jacques'' (1934) * ''At the End of the World (1934 film), At the End of the World'' (1934) * ''Last Hour (1934 film), Last Hour'' (1934) * ''Justin de Marseille'' (1935) * ''The Flame (1936 film), The Flame'' (1936) * ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937) * ''Widow's Island'' (1937) * ''J'accuse! (1938 film), J'accuse!'' (1938) * ''Ramuntcho (1938 film), Ramuntcho'' (1938) * ''Street Without Joy (film), Street Without Joy'' (1938) * ''The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940 film), Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houdelaincourt
Houdelaincourt () is a Communes of France, commune in the Meuse (department), Meuse Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Meuse department References Communes of Meuse (department) {{Meuse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Widow's Island
''Widow's Island'' (French: ''L'île des veuves'') is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Claude Heymann and starring Pierre Renoir, Marcelle Chantal and Aimé Clariond.Bessy & Chirat p.135 A separate British version of the story ''A Romance in Flanders'' was also produced, with Chantal appearing in both versions. Synopsis In the First World War during the Battle of Widow's Island on the Western Front, a soldier of the British Army Richard Trent is left wounded by his comrade Ralph Berry and is presumed dead. The two men had been competing for the love of Yvonne, who marries Berry. Many years later the couple return for a commemoration of the battle and Yvonne encounters a battlefield tour guide who strongly resembles her former fiancée Trent. Cast * Pierre Renoir as Ralph Berry * Marcelle Chantal as Yvonne Berry * Aimé Clariond as Richard Trent * Georges Prieur as Sanders * Line Noro as Madame Vandemaere * Raymond Cordy as Le chauffeur * Gabriel Farguette as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Village (film)
''The Lost Village'' (French: ''Le village perdu'') is a 1947 French crime drama film directed by Christian Stengel and starring Gaby Morlay, Alfred Adam and Line Noro.Rège p.940 It is based on a novel by Gilbert Dupé. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ... Lucien Aguettand. Synopsis The villagers of Haute-Savoie live in terror following a series of suspicious deaths. Cast References Bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1947 films 1947 crime drama films French crime drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Christian Stengel French black-and-white films 1940s French films Films scored by Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pastoral Symphony (film)
''Pastoral Symphony'' (French: ''La Symphonie pastorale'') is a 1946 French drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Michèle Morgan, Pierre Blanchar and Jean Desailly.Crisp p.122 The film is based on the novella ''La Symphonie Pastorale'' by André Gide and adapted to the screen by Jean Aurenche.It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris with sets designed by the art director René Renoux. Location shooting took place around Rossinière in Switzerland. The film's score was by Georges Auric. At the 1946 Cannes Film Festival, it won the ''Grand Prix'' (equivalent of the Palme d'Or) and the Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Actress award for Michèle Morgan. It was the film chosen to be shown at the opening gala of the Cameo cinema in Edinburgh, Scotland, in March 1949, and a rare surviving print with English subtitles was shown there again in 2009 to celebrate the film's 60th anniversary, courtesy of the BFI. Plot summary The pastor of a mountain village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jericho (1946 Film)
''Jericho'' is a 1946 French war film directed by Henri Calef based on Operation Jericho.Rège p.186 It was shot at the Epinay Studios of Eclair in Paris. Synopsis During the Second World War the Royal Air Force and the French Resistance take part in a joint operation known as "Jericho" to free fifty civilians being held as hostages by the occupying German Army in Amiens. Cast * Nadine Alari as Alice Noblet * Roland Armontel as Muscat * Jean Brochard as Michaud * André Carnège as L'aumônier allemand * Jacques Charon as Le comte Jacques de Saint-Leu * Paul Demange as André Morget * Yves Deniaud as Robert Detaille * Paul Faivre * Guy Favières as Le maire * Gabrielle Fontan as Madame Michaud * René Génin as Camille Duroc * Albert Glado * Jacques Henley * Maxime Joal * Pierre Larquey as Béquille * Albert Michel as Le correspondent qui vient de Hollande * Henri Nassiet as Le commandant Munchhausen * Reggie Nalder * Line Noro as Rosa Duroc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl With Grey Eyes
''Girl with Green Eyes'' (French: ''La fille aux yeux gris'') is a 1945 French drama film directed by Jean Faurez and starring Fernand Ledoux, Paul Bernard and Claude Génia. It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. It recorded admissions in France of 1,796,910. at Box Office Story Synopsis In a small mountain village, a number of past secrets emerge to threaten the harmony of the moment. Meanwhile a love affair takes place between Catherine and a young .Cast *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Fiancée Des Ténèbres
''La Fiancée des ténèbres'' ("the fiancée of darkness") is a 1945 French film directed by Serge de Poligny and starring Pierre Richard-Willm and Jany Holt. It was one of a small number of films in the fantastique genre made during the German occupation of France. Although filmed in 1944, its completion was delayed by the Liberation and it was not shown until 1945. The film is set in the city of Carcassonne in south-west France. Synopsis Roland Samblanca, a pianist and composer, returns with his family to present-day Carcassonne, his native town, in search of inspiration for his music. Roaming through the old mediaeval town he encounters Sylvie, a mysterious young woman who was adopted as an orphaned child by M. Toulzac, a former teacher now confined to a wheelchair. Toulzac secretly maintains the cult of the Cathar or Albigensian religion, which was eradicated in Carcassonne by the Albigensian Crusade in the 13th century, and he sees in Sylvie someone predestined to redisco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Count Of Monte Cristo (1943 Film)
''The Count of Monte Cristo'' () is a 1943 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Robert Vernay with Ferruccio Cerio as the supervising director. Based on the classic 1844 novel '' Le Comte de Monte Cristo'' by Alexandre Dumas père, this two-part film stars Pierre Richard-Willm in the title role. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and the Cité Elgé in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Plot Edmond Dantès, first mate of a merchant ship returning from the Orient, having taken command of his ship after the death of the captain, docks at Elba to deliver a letter to Napoleon. As a result of this imprudence, committed to respect the will of his predecessor, he falls victim to a plot hatched by the sailor Caderousse, by the officer Fernand Mondego (later Count de Morcerf), in love with Mercédès, Dantès's fiancée, and by the magistrate Gérard de Villefort (who fears to be compromised by the ultra- Bonapartist activiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vautrin (film)
''Vautrin'' is a 1943 French historical drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Michel Simon, Madeleine Sologne and Georges Marchal. It is based on the novels featuring the character of Vautrin by Honoré de Balzac—'' Illusions perdues'', '' Père Goriot'' and '' Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes''—and is one of a number of adaptations of the author's works during the Occupation period.Neupert p.288 It was shot at the Cité Elgé studios in Paris and on location around Fontainebleau. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux René Renoux (1904–2000) was a French art director.Buache p.162 Selected filmography * ''The Pure Truth'' (1931) * ''Topaze (1933 French film), Topaze'' (1933) * ''Prince Jean (1934 film), Prince Jean'' (1934) * ''The Lady of the Camellias (193 .... Cast * Michel Simon as Jacques Collin dit Vautrin * Madeleine Sologne as Esther Gobseck * Georges Marchal as Lucien Chardon - marquis de Rubempré * Louis Sei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of Madame Clapain
''The Secret of Madame Clapain'' (French: ''Le secret de Madame Clapain'') is a 1943 French crime film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Raymond Rouleau, Line Noro and Michèle Alfa.Rège p.227 The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ... Serge Piménoff. Cast References Bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1943 films French crime films 1943 crime films 1940s French-language films Films directed by André Berthomieu French black-and-white films 1940s French films Films scored by Maurice Thiriet Films scored by Marceau Van Hoorebecke French-language crime films {{1940s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Snow On The Footsteps (1942 Film)
''The Snow on the Footsteps'' (French: ''La neige sur les pas'') is a 1942 French drama film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Pierre Blanchar, Michèle Alfa and Georges Lannes. It was based on the 1911 novel of the same title by Henry Bordeaux.Goble p.48 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. The novel had previously been adapted into the 1923 silent film '' The Snow on the Footsteps''. Cast * Pierre Blanchar as Marc Romanay * Michèle Alfa as Thérèse Romanay * Georges Lannes as André Norans * Josseline Gaël as Simone Norans * Line Noro as La gouvernante * Pauline Carton as La directrice de la pension de famille * Marcelle Praince as Madame Romanay mère * Gaston Jacquet as Monastier * Jean Toulout Jean Toulout (28 September 1887 – 23 October 1962) was a French film actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1911 and 1959. Selected filmography * '' La Digue'' (1911) * '' The Mask of Horror'' (1912) * '' The T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940 Film)
''The Well-Digger's Daughter'' () is a 1940 French romantic comedy drama film directed by Marcel Pagnol. Plot Patricia, a peasant, becomes pregnant by Jacques, a military pilot from a local family. As war breaks out, Jacques serves in World War II, but his family refuses to support his child and likewise, Patricia's father expels her from her home. Patricia stays with her aunt and gives birth to a boy. After Jacques is reported killed in the war, both families wish to meet their new grandchild. Jacques is not dead, however; he returns and Patricia agrees to marry him. Selected cast *Raimu as Pascal Amoretti *Fernandel as Félipe Rambert *Josette Day as Patricia Amoretti *Line Noro as Marie Mazel *Georges Grey as Jacques Mazel * Fernand Charpin as Monsieur Mazel *Milly Mathis as Nathalie * Clairette as Amanda Amoretti * Roberte Arnaud as Roberte Amoretti * Raymonde as Éléonore Amoretti Reception In the film's most famous scene, Patricia and Jacques' families and the rest of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |