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Rouletabille
Joseph Rouletabille () is a fictional character created by Gaston Leroux, a French writer and journalist. Rouletabille is a journalist and amateur sleuth featured in several novels and other works, often presented as a more capable thinker than the police. ''Rouletabille'' (literally ''roule ta bille'', or "Roll your marble") is French slang for "Globetrotter", one who has been around the world and seen it all. The meaning was later expanded to that of a cool-headed, unfazeable, or nonchalant person. Overview In the first novel, ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'', Rouletabille solves an attempted murder in a locked room mystery. The book reveals that Rouletabille is the nickname of 18-year-old journalist Joseph Josephin, who was raised in a religious orphanage in Eu, a small town near Fécamp. In the novel Rouletabille meets Ballmeyer, an international criminal of great repute and many identities (a character possibly inspired by fictional Arsène Lupin). As Jean Roussel, Bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 186815 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel '' The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1909), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. His 1907 novel '' The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries. Life and career Leroux was born in Paris in 1868, the illegitimate child of Marie Bidaut and Dominique Leroux, who married a month after his birth. He claimed an illustrious pedigree, including descent from William II of England (in French, Guillaume le Roux, son of William the Conqueror), and social connections such as having been the official playmate of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris at the College d'Eu in Normany. After studying as a lawyer in Caen, he worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mystery Of The Yellow Room
''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' (in French ''Le mystère de la chambre jaune'') is a mystery novel written by French author Gaston Leroux. One of the first locked-room mystery novels, it was first published serially in France in the periodical '' L'Illustration'' from September 1907 to November 1907, then in its own right in 1908. It is the first novel starring fictional reporter Joseph Rouletabille and concerns a complex, and seemingly impossible, crime in which the criminal appears to disappear from a locked room. Leroux provides the reader with detailed, precise diagrams and floorplans illustrating the crime scene. The story provides an intellectual challenge to the reader. The novel finds its continuation in the 1908 novel ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'', wherein a number of the characters familiar from this story reappear. Plot summary Reporter and amateur sleuth Joseph Rouletabille is sent to investigate a criminal case at the Château du Glandier and takes al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crime Of Rouletabille
''The Crime of Rouletabille'' (French: ''Le Crime de Rouletabille'') is a 1921 mystery novel by the French writer Gaston Leroux.Kelleghan p.401 It is the sixth in his series of novels featuring the fictional detective Joseph Rouletabille, that began with ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' and ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' ( it, Il profumo della signora in nero) is a 1974 giallo-horror film directed by Francesco Barilli. The film had nothing to do with the similarly-titled novel by Gaston Leroux. Plot Silvia ( Mimsy Farmer) is ...''. Synopsis Rouletabille is falsely accused of murdering a professor and his wife. References Bibliography * Fiona Kelleghan. ''100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Baynard H. Kendrick''. Salem Press, 2001. 1921 French novels French mystery novels Novels by Gaston Leroux {{1920s-mystery-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rouletabille At Krupp's
''Rouletabille at Krupp's'' (French: ''Rouletabille chez Krupp'') is a 1917 French thriller novel by the French writer Gaston Leroux.Goulet p.267 It is the fifth in his series of novels featuring the fictional detective Joseph Rouletabille. Synopsis During the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ..., Rouletabille is sent behind enemy lines to investigate the whereabouts of a French scientist who has been kidnapped and forced to work on a new super weapon for the German Empire at the Krupp armaments factory. References Bibliography * Andrea Goulet. ''Legacies of the Rue Morgue: Science, Space, and Crime Fiction in France''. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. 1917 French novels French mystery novels Novels by Gaston Leroux {{1910s-thrille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of The Night
''The Secret of the Night'' or ''Rouletabille and the Tsar'' (French: ''Rouletabille chez le Tsar'') is a 1913 mystery novel by the French writer Gaston Leroux. It is the third in his series of novels featuring the fictional detective Joseph Rouletabille, following on from ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' and ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black''.Kelleghan p.401 Unlike its two predecessors it has never been made into a film. However, there was a television adaptation produced in 1966. Synopsis In 1905, Joseph Rouletabille is employed by Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Polan ... to watch over one of his Generals whose life has been threatened by revolutionaries. References Bibliography * Fiona Kelleghan. ''100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mystery Of The Yellow Room (1919 Film)
''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' is a 1919 American crime drama film made by the Mayflower Photoplay Company and distributed through Realart Pictures Corporation. Émile Chautard served as a producer. ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room'' (in French ''Le mystère de la chambre jaune'') was originally a novel by Gaston Leroux, one of the first locked room mystery novels. It was first published in France in the periodical ''L'Illustration'' from September 1907 to November 1907, then in its own right as a book in 1908. The film, which itself is a remake of Chautard's "Le Mystère de la chambre jaune" (1913), was remade in 1930, 1949 and in 2003. Plot Mathilde Strangerson (Terry), whose father is a renowned French scientist, is heard to utter a piercing scream while supposedly alone in her room. Her father and other rush to the scene and find a room so securely locked and barred that no one could have entered or made their escape. She receives medical care while detectives are calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Stableford
Brian Michael Stableford (born 25 July 1948) is a British academic, critic and science fiction writer who has published more than 70 novels. His earlier books were published under the name Brian M. Stableford, but more recent ones have dropped the middle initial and appeared under the name Brian Stableford. He has also used the pseudonym Brian Craig for a couple of very early works, and again for a few more recent works. The pseudonym derives from the first names of himself and of a school friend from the 1960s, Craig A. Mackintosh, with whom he jointly published some very early work. Biography Born in Shipley, Yorkshire, Stableford graduated with a degree in biology from the University of York in 1969 before going on to do postgraduate research in biology and later in sociology. In 1979 he received a PhD with a doctoral thesis on ''The Sociology of Science Fiction''. Until 1988, he worked as a lecturer in sociology at the University of Reading. Since then he has been a full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Gold
''Flying Gold'' (Hungarian: ''Repülő arany'') is a 1932 Cinema of Hungary, Hungarian crime film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Steven Geray, Gyula Kabos and Lajos Gárday. A shipment of gold being flown from Paris to Budapest is robbed in mid-air. A French-language version ' was also released.Paris p.75 Cast * Steven Geray - Bálint György, az Esti Hírek újságírója * Gyula Kabos - Cadar, francia riporter * Lajos Gárday - Bandita * Emmi Buttykay - Bálint ismerõse * László Dezsõffy - Szállodai detektív * Lajos Gellért - Hubner * Sándor Góth - Báthory, rendõrtanácsos * Gyula Justh (actor), Gyula Justh - Portás * Gyözö Kabók - Parasztember * László Keleti - Kínai péklegény * Gábor Kertész * Zoltán Makláry - Tisztviselõ * Zoltán Pethö - Pilóta * Blanca Valery - Sonja Grygorine * Éva Vass - Báthory lánya References Bibliography * Paris, Michael. ''From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel De Gravone
Gabriel de Gravone (; 1887–1972) was a French stage actor.Abel p.321 He acted in forty films during the silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ..., as well as directing one which he also starred in. Selected filmography * '' La Roue'' (1923) * '' Mimi Pinson'' (1924) * '' The Fiery Cavalcade'' (1925) * '' Michel Strogoff'' (1926) References Bibliography * Abel, Richard. ''The Ciné Goes to Town: French Cinema, 1896-1914''. University of California Press, 1994. External links * 1887 births 1972 deaths French male stage actors French male film actors French male silent film actors People from Ajaccio {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marc Lofficier
Jean-Marc Lofficier (; born June 22, 1954) is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comics and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife, Randy Lofficier (born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 3, 1953), and the reason why credits sometimes read "R.J.M. Lofficier", after the initials of both spouses. Biography Jean-Marc Lofficier was born in Toulon, France, in 1954. The son of a serviceman, he moved several times during his formative years, spending "a goodly part of my childhood in Bordeaux, and my teenage years in Fontainebleau."Christian Cawley"Jean-Marc Lofficier Interview" for Kasterborous, March 13, 2005. Retrieved December 29, 2008 A budding writer from an early age, Lofficier also "drew my own little comic strips when I was 13, 14, and began being published in French 'zines at 16." Recalling in 2005 that "writing wasn't deemed a respectable, economically sound way of making a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Lofficier
Jean-Marc Lofficier (; born June 22, 1954) is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comics and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife, Randy Lofficier (born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 3, 1953), and the reason why credits sometimes read "R.J.M. Lofficier", after the initials of both spouses. Biography Jean-Marc Lofficier was born in Toulon, France, in 1954. The son of a serviceman, he moved several times during his formative years, spending "a goodly part of my childhood in Bordeaux, and my teenage years in Fontainebleau."Christian Cawley"Jean-Marc Lofficier Interview" for Kasterborous, March 13, 2005. Retrieved December 29, 2008 A budding writer from an early age, Lofficier also "drew my own little comic strips when I was 13, 14, and began being published in French 'zines at 16." Recalling in 2005 that "writing wasn't deemed a respectable, economically sound way of making a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfume Of The Lady In Black (novel)
''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (French: ''Le parfum de la dame en noir'') is a 1908 mystery novel by the French writer Gaston Leroux. It is the second in the series of books featuring the fictional detective Joseph Rouletabille, preceded by ''The Mystery of the Yellow Room''.Hall p.9 Adaptations The novel has been adapted into film on several occasions including * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1914) * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1931) * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1949) * '' Il profumo della signora in nero'' (1974) * ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' ( it, Il profumo della signora in nero) is a 1974 giallo-horror film directed by Francesco Barilli. The film had nothing to do with the similarly-titled novel by Gaston Leroux. Plot Silvia ( Mimsy Farmer) is ...'' (2005) References Bibliography * Hall, Ann C. ''Phantom Variations: The Adaptations of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera, 1925 to the Prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
