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René Barberis
René Barberis (11 March 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a French screenwriter and film director.Bentley p.52 Selected filmography Director * ''Colette the Unwanted'' (1927) * ''The Vein'' (1928) * ''The Unknown Dancer'' (1929) * ''Temptation (1929 film), Temptation'' (1929) * ''The Wonderful Day (1929 film), The Wonderful Day'' (1929) * ''A Hole in the Wall (1930 film), A Hole in the Wall'' (1930) * ''Casanova (1934 film), Casanova'' (1934) * ''Ramuntcho (1938 film), Ramuntcho'' (1938) Screenwriter * ''A Lucky Man'' (1930) References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008. External links * 1886 births 1959 deaths French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters French film directors People from Nice 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nice, France
Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionDemographia: World Urban Areas , Demographia.com, April 2016 on an area of . Located on the French Riviera, the southeastern coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the French Alps, Nice is the second-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast and second-largest city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region after Marseille. Nice is approximately from the principality of Monaco and from the France–Italy border, French–Italian border. Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, Nice's airport serves as a gateway to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramuntcho (1938 Film)
''Ramuntcho'' is a 1938 French drama film directed by René Barberis and starring Paul Cambo, Louis Jouvet and Madeleine Ozeray.Rège p.51 It is based on Pierre Loti's 1897 novel of the same title. It was shot at the Studios de la Seine in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Lourié. Synopsis In the French Basque Country, smuggler Ramuntcho is engaged to the attractive Gracieuse, despite the fierce opposition of her family. He goes away to do his military service in Indochina and returns to discover that she has now entered a convent. Cast * Paul Cambo as Ramuntcho * Louis Jouvet as Itchoua * Madeleine Ozeray as Gracieuse * Line Noro as Franchita * Allamon as Fiorentino * Françoise Rosay as Dolorès Detcharry * Jean Brochard as Boulinguet * Nino Constantini as Le brigadier * Blanche Denège as La bonne mère * Paul Dutourrier as Un contrebandier * Jacques Erwin as Arrochkoa * Gabrielle Fontan as Pilar Doyamboru * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Film Directors
French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), a 2008 film * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a type of military jacket or tunic * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French (catheter scale), a unit of measurement * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French Revolution (other) * French River (other), several rivers and other places * Frenching (other) Frenching may refer to: * Frenching (automobile), recessing or mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Male Screenwriters
French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), a 2008 film * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a type of military jacket or tunic * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French (catheter scale), a unit of measurement * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French Revolution (other) * French River (other), several rivers and other places * Frenching (other) Frenching may refer to: * Frenching (automobile), recessing or mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the vicinity of Earth's Moon, where it was intended to crash-land, but instead becomes the first spacecraft to go into heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. ** The southernmost island of the Maldives archipelago, Addu Atoll, declares its independence from the Kingdom of the Maldives, initiating the United Suvadive Republic. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Kinshasa, Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 – The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 Births
Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella '' Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). February * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, London. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Lucky Man
''A Lucky Man'' (Spanish: ''Un hombre de suerte'') is a 1930 American comedy film directed by Benito Perojo and starring Roberto Rey, María Luz Callejo and Valentín Parera. It is a Spanish-language film made for the Hollywood company Paramount Pictures at their Joinville Studios in Paris. Separate versions were also made in French and Swedish. The French version is known as '' A Hole in the Wall''. It is now considered a lost film. Cast * Roberto Rey as Luciano Barbosa / Lucas Gómez *María Luz Callejo as Urbana * Valentín Parera as Castrenese * as Doña Bermuda * Carlos San Martín as Don Digno Lesaca *Joaquín Carrasco as El jardinero *Amelia Muñoz as Isidra * Helena D'Algy as Salomé *Rosita Díaz Gimeno Rosita Díaz Gimeno (September 13, 1908 – August 23, 1986) was a Spanish stage and film actress from Madrid. Stage actress Díaz Gimeno was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Madrid. She trained in theater at the conservatory .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casanova (1934 Film)
''Casanova'' is a 1934 French historical comedy drama film directed by René Barberis and starring Ivan Mozzhukhin, Jeanne Boitel and Madeleine Ozeray.Rège p.51 The film's sets and costumes were designed by the art director Boris Bilinsky. It is loosely inspired by the life of Giacomo Casanova. Synopsis The mid-eighteenth century. Casanova leaves his native Venice for Grenoble in France. There he has a fling with the attractive Anne Roman. Sometime later in Paris, he thwarts the plot of Madame Pompadour against Anne who has become Louis XV's new lover. Cast * Ivan Mozzhukhin as Casanova * Jeanne Boitel as Anne Roman, Baronne de Meilly-Coulonge * Madeleine Ozeray as Angelica * Marcelle Denya as La Pompadour * Colette Darfeuil as La Corticelli * Marguerite Moreno as Madame Morin * Saturnin Fabre as M. Binetti * Pierre Larquey as Pogomas * Émile Drain as Mgr de Bernis * Pierre Moreno as Castelbougnac * Henry Laverne as Leduc * Leda Ginelly as Mme Binetti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television commercials, video games, and the growing area of online web series. Terminology In the silent era, screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist, and screen playwright.Maras, Steven. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice'', Wallflower Press, 2009, pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown, and argues that they could not be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "Film scenario, scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a contra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Hole In The Wall (1930 Film)
''A Hole in the Wall'' (French: ''Un trou dans le mur'') is a 1930 French comedy film directed by René Barberis and starring Jean Murat, Dolly Davis and Marguerite Moreno. It was made at the Joinville Studios near Paris by the French subsidiary of the American company Paramount Pictures.Bentley p.52 Separate Spanish and Swedish-language versions were made, the Spanish known as ''A Lucky Man'' and directed by Benito Perojo. It was based on a play by Yves Mirande which was remade as a 1950 film of the same title. Cast * Jean Murat as André de Kerdrec * Dolly Davis as Lucie * Marguerite Moreno as Arthémise * Léon Belières Léon Belières (1880–1952) was a French film actor.Goble p.202 Selected filmography * ''Figaro (film), Figaro'' (1929) * ''Levy and Company'' (1930) * ''A Hole in the Wall (1930 film), A Hole in the Wall'' (1930) * ''The Road Is Fine'' (1930) ... as Le comte de Corbin * Pierre Brasseu as Anatole * Suzanne Dehelly as La couturière * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wonderful Day (1929 Film)
''The Wonderful Day'' (French: ''La merveilleuse journée'') is a 1929 French silent comedy film directed by René Barberis René Barberis (11 March 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a French screenwriter and film director.Bentley p.52 Selected filmography Director * ''Colette the Unwanted'' (1927) * ''The Vein'' (1928) * ''The Unknown Dancer'' (1929) * ''Temptation (1929 ... and starring Dolly Davis, André Roanne and Renée Passeur.Rège p.51 It was remade as the sound film '' The Wonderful Day'' in 1932. Cast * Dolly Davis as Gladys - une infirmière * André Roanne as Blaise - un préparateur en pharmacie * Renée Passeur as L'inconnue * Sylvio De Pedrelli as Le milliardaire Felloux * Marcel Lesieur as Le docteur Gébus * Reine Derns as Léocadie * Stella Dargis * Léon Larive as Le pharmacien Pinède * Pierre Delmonde * Albert Mafer as Le capitaine * Jane Dolys * Jane Pierson References Bibliography * Philippe Rège. ''Encyclopedia of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
