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Maurice Desvallières
Ernest George Maurice Lefebvre-Desvallières (3 October 1857 – 23 March 1926) was a 19th–20th-century French playwright. Maurice was the brother of George Desvallières, son of Emile Lefebvre Desvallières and Marie Legouvé (daughter and granddaughter of academicians Ernest Legouvé and Gabriel-Marie Legouvé). He studied at lycée Condorcet. He wrote several theatre plays in collaboration with Georges Feydeau.Pronko, pp. 205–209 Works *1879: ''Le premier bal'' *1879: ''Amis d'enfance'' *1881: ''On demande un ministre !'' *1884: ''Prête-moi ta femme !'' *1888: ''Les Fiancés de Loches'' *1889: ''L'Affaire Édouard'' *1890: ''C'est une femme du monde !'' *1890: ''Le Mariage de Barillon'', three-act comédie en vaudeville *1894: '' Le Ruban'' *1894: ''L'Hôtel du libre échange'' *1901: ''Le truc de Séraphin'' *1906: ''Le Fils à papa'' (adapted into ''Die keusche Susanne'', 1910, and '' The Girl in the Taxi'', 1912) *1920: ''Seine-Port et ses vieilles maisons' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Desvallières
George Desvallières (1861–1950) was a French painter. A native of Paris, Desvallières was a great-grandson of academician Gabriel-Marie Legouvé, and received a religious upbringing. He studied at the Académie Julian(fgallica.bnf.fr, Larousse mensuel illustré : revue encyclopédique universelle, 1929/ref> with Tony Robert-Fleury and with Jules Valadon at the École des Beaux-Arts. He painted portraits at first, but a relationship with Gustave Moreau turned him towards an interest in mythology and religion. Desvallières became acquainted with ancient art during a trip to Italy in 1890, and upon his return began working in the style with which he was most associated, combining dark subjects and violent color with a dramatic conception of religion. He took as his subjects numerous symbolist characters, such as Narcissus (in 1901), Orpheus (1902), and ''The Marche Towards the Ideal'' (1903); he also served as one of the founders of the Salon d'Automne. In 1919 he founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Allégret
Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director. Biography Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer in Paris, but while accompanying his lover André Gide on a trip in 1927 to the Congo in Africa, he recorded the trip on film,Marc Allégret Encyclopaedia Britannica after which he chose to pursue a career in the industry. He is credited with helping develop the careers of Simone Simon, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century French Dramatists And Playwrights
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the large S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Data
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Peter Glenville
Peter Glenville (born Peter Patrick Brabazon Browne; 28 October 19133 June 1996) was an English film and stage actor and director. Biography Born in Hampstead, London, into a theatrical family, Glenville was the son of Shaun Glenville (born John Browne, 1884–1968), an Irish-born comedian, and Dorothy Ward, both pantomime performers. He attended Stonyhurst College and then studied law at Christ Church, Oxford. He was president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society, and performed in many roles for them. Career Glenville appeared as an actor in the UK, where he also started directing. Between 1934 and 1947, he appeared in various leading roles "ranging from Tony Pirelli in Edgar Wallace's gangster drama ''On the Spot'' and Stephen Cass in Mary Hayley Bell's horror thriller ''Duet for Two Hands'' to Romeo, Prince Hal and an intense Hamlet in a production which he also directed for the Old Vic company in Liverpool..." Glenville's directorial debut on Broadway was Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Paradiso (film)
''Hotel Paradiso'' is a 1966 British comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Panavision. It was directed by Peter Glenville and based on the play '' L'Hôtel du libre échange'' by Maurice Desvallières and Georges Feydeau. The film allowed Alec Guinness to reprise the role he had played in the London West End theatre production of Hotel Paradiso, which opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, Drury Lane, London. on 2 May 1956. Guinness played alongside Martita Hunt (Angelique), Irene Worth (Marcelle), Frank Pettingell (Cot), Kenneth Williams (Maxime) and Billie Whitelaw (Victoire). Douglas Byng also reprised his part from the stage play.Winter Garden Theatre Programme, printed by Henry Good & Son London (02/05/1956) Plot Playwright Monsieur Feydeau is staying in the Parisian Hotel Paradiso. He needs to write a new play, but has writer's block. He takes the opportunity to observe his fellow guests: Monsieur Boniface, henpecked by his domineering wife, and Marcelle, the beaut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasse Ekman
Hasse Ekman (born Hans Gösta Ekman; 10September 191515February 2004) was a Swedish director, actor, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Biography Hasse Ekman is probably Sweden's most successful and critically acclaimed film director from the period after Sjöström and Stiller and prior to Ingmar Bergman, peaking between the mid-1940s and 1950. He was greatly influenced by filmmaker Orson Welles and also by episodic-films. His most successful film as a director is often said to be the 1950 film ''Flicka och hyacinter'' (Girl with Hyacinths), a crime/mystery drama about a young woman committing suicide by hanging herself in her apartment. His 1957 film ''Summer Place Wanted'' was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Hasse Ekman is part of the prominent "Ekman acting family" in Sweden: He was the son of Swedish star actor Gösta Ekman (senior) and father of actor Gösta Ekman (junior), actor Stefan Ekman and stage/film director Mikael Ekman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Äktenskapsbrottaren
''Äktenskapsbrottaren'' ( eng, Marriage wrestler) is a 1964 Swedish comedy film directed by Hasse Ekman. The film is based on Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallières play '' L'Hôtel du libre échange'' from 1894. Cast *Gunnar Björnstrand as Emil Fäger, photographer * Siv Ericks as Agnes Fäger, Emils wife * Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt as Hjalmar Korpulin *Birgitta Andersson as Isabella Korpulin, Hjalmars wife * Sven Lindberg as Pettersson-Rask, habitual offender * Anna Sundqvist as Svea, Fägers maid *Gösta Ekman as Sixten, Korpulins nephew, studio assistant *Stig Grybe as Bror Victorin *Olof Thunberg as Commissioner Vilja *Sune Mangs as Paavo, right-hand man at Hotel Eros *John Melin as Purén, hotel manager and porter *Sigge Fürst as conductor *Nils Eklund as Klemming, javelin-man *Sonja Karlsson as Tilda, Victorins daughter * Desirée Edlund as Hilda, Victorins daughter *Birgitta Svensson as Milda, Victorins daughter *Lis Nilheim as Vilda, Victorins daughter *Bellan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis César Amadori
Luis César Amadori (28 May 1902 in Pescara, Abruzzi, Italy – 5 June 1977 in Buenos Aires) was an Italian - Argentine film director and screenwriter and one of the most influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. He directed over 60 films between 1936 and 1967, writing the scripts to over 50 pictures. He directed films such as ''Apasionadamente'' ( 1944), the critically acclaimed '' Albéniz'' (1947) and '' Alma fuerte'' (1949). Filmography *'' New Port'' (1936) * ''El pobre Pérez'' (1937) * '' El canillita y la dama'' (1938) * '' Meastro Levita'' (1938) *'' Honeysuckle'' (1938) * '' Palabra de honor'' (1939) * '' Caminito de Gloria'' (1939) * '' El Haragán de la familia'' (1940) *'' Educating NinÃ'' (1940) * ''Napoleón'' (1941) *'' The Song of the Suburbs'' (1941) *'' Girls Orchestra'' (1941) * '' Soñar no cuesta nada'' (1941) * ''El tercer beso'' (1942) * '' El profesor Cero'' (1942) * ''Bajó un ángel del cielo'' (1942) * ''La mentirosa' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benito Perojo
Benito Perojo González (Madrid, 14 June 1894 – Madrid, 11 November 1974) was a successful Spanish film director and film producer. Biography Son of José Perojo Figueras (1850–1908), a journalist and politician of Cuban origin, by his wife, Ana Cortina Fuentes (1871–1954). On 18 July 1966 he was honoured by the Caballero Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito Civil. He died in Madrid on 11 November 1974 aged 80 and he was survived by his daughter Carmen Perojo Carreras. Selected filmography Director * ''Malvaloca'' (1926) * '' Restless Hearts'' (1928) * ''La bodega'' (1929) * '' The Charm of Seville'' (1931) * '' Fog'' (1932) * ''The Man Who Laughed at Love'' (1933) * ''World Crisis'' (1934) * ''Paloma Fair'' (1935) * ''Bound for Cairo'' (1935) * ''The Barber of Seville'' (1938) *'' Mariquilla Terremoto'' (1938) *'' Suspiros de España'' (1938) *''La última Falla'' (1940) * ''The Reluctant Hero'' (1941) * ''Goyescas'' (1942) * '' La Casta Susana'' (1944) * '' Seven Wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Casta Susana
''La Casta Susana'' is a 1944 Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish ( masculine) or ( feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines ... film released on October 11 of that year. It is based on the operetta '' Die keusche Susanne''. External links * 1944 films 1944 musical films Argentine musical films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Benito Perojo Argentine black-and-white films Films based on operettas 1940s Argentine films {{musical-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
