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Stanislas-André Steeman
Stanislas-Andre Steeman (Liège on 23 January 1908 – Menton on 15 December 1970) was a Belgian illustrator and French-language author. His family, originally of Flemish extraction, had long been settled in Liège. He wrote many mystery novels, some of which were adapted to the screen, such as '' The Murderer Lives at Number 21'' or '' Mystery in Shanghai''. Henri-Georges Clouzot's ''Quai des Orfèvres'' is based on his novel ''Légitime Défense''. Partial bibliography * '' The Six Dead Men'' (1931) * ' (1931) * ' (1932) * ' (1932) * ''L'Ennemi sans visage'' (1934) * ''L'assassin habite au 21'' (1939) * ' (1942) * '' Crimes à vendre'' (1951) * '' 18 Fantômes'' (1952) * '' Six hommes à tuer'' (1956) Filmography * '' The Riverside Murder'', directed by Albert Parker (1935, based on the novel '' The Six Dead Men'') * '' The Last of the Six'', directed by Georges Lacombe (1941, based on the novel ''The Six Dead Men'') * '' The Murderer Lives at Number 21'', directed by H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liège
Liège ( ; ; ; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands (Maastricht is about to the north) and with Germany (Aachen is about north-east). In Liège, the Meuse meets the river Ourthe. The city is part of the ''sillon industriel'', the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. It still is the principal economic and cultural centre of the region. The municipality consists of the following Deelgemeente, sub-municipalities: Angleur, Bressoux, Chênée, Glain, Grivegnée, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Liège proper, Rocourt, Liège, Rocourt, and Wandre. In November 2012, Liège had 198,280 inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,879 km2 (725 sq mi) and had a total population of 749,110 on 1 January 2008. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Lacombe (director)
Georges Lacombe (19 August 1902 – 14 April 1990) was a French film director. Filmography * '' La Zone'' (1928, short) * '' Boule de gomme'' (1931) * ''That Scoundrel Morin'' (1932) * '' A Telephone Call'' (1932) * '' The Invisible Woman'' (1933) * '' Un jour d'été'' (1933) * ''Youth'' (1934) * '' The Scandalous Couple'' (1935) * '' The Happy Road'' (1936) * '' The Heart Disposes'' (1936) * '' Café de Paris'' (1938) * '' Behind the Facade'' (1939) *'' Musicians of the Sky'' (1939) * '' Paris-New York'' (1940) * '' They Were Twelve Women'' (1940) * '' The Last of the Six'' (1941) * '' Montmartre-sur-Seine'' (1941) * '' The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock'' (1942) * '' Monsieur La Souris'' (1942) * '' The Stairs Without End'' (1943) * '' Florence Is Crazy'' (1944) * '' Land Without Stars'' (1946) * '' Martin Roumagnac'' (1946) * ''Convicted'' (1948) * '' Prelude to Glory'' (1950) * '' The Night Is My Kingdom'' (1951) * '' Les Sept Péchés capitaux'', segment ''Le Huitiè ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemmy Caution
Lemmy Caution is a fictional character created by British writer Peter Cheyney (1896–1951). Caution was first portrayed as a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent, and in later stories as a private detective. History Cheyney's first book with the character was published in 1936. When '' This Man Is Dangerous'' was released, Cheyney was working for the Metropolitan Police as a police reporter and crime investigator, but the novel's success enabled him to become a professional author. Cheyney wrote eleven Lemmy Caution novels between 1936 and 1946. The Lemmy Caution radio series was broadcast in the 1940s in Australia and New Zealand. Although Caution is an American character created by a British writer, he has yet to appear in an English-language film. However, he has appeared in around 15 European films, most of them French, from 1952 to 1991. In all but the first of these films, he was always played by the same actor, Eddie Constantine, who was indelibly associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Maigret
Jules Maigret (), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a '' commissaire'' ("commissioner") of the Paris ''Brigade Criminelle'' ('' Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres''), created by writer Georges Simenon. The character's full name is Jules Amédée François Maigret. Between 1931 and 1972, 75 novels and 28 short stories about Maigret were published, starting with ''Pietr-le-Letton'' (" The Strange Case of Peter the Lett") and concluding with ''Maigret et Monsieur Charles'' (" Maigret and Monsieur Charles"). The novels and stories have been translated into more than 50 languages. The Maigret stories have also received numerous film, television and radio adaptations. Penguin Books published new translations of 75 books in the series over as many months; the project was begun in November 2013 by translators David Bellos, Anthea Bell, and Ros Schwartz. Character Creation The character of Maigret was invented by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology Film
An anthology film (also known as an omnibus film or a portmanteau film) is a single film consisting of three or more shorter films, each complete in itself and distinguished from the other, though frequently tied together by a single theme, premise, or author. Sometimes each one is directed by a different director or written by a different author, or may even have been made at different times or in different countries. Anthology films are distinguished from " revue films" such as '' Paramount on Parade'' (1930)—which were common in Hollywood in the early decades of sound film, composite films, and compilation films. Anthology films are often mistaken with hyperlink cinema. Hyperlink cinema shows parts of many stories throughout a film, whereas anthology films show story segments of one at a time. Some mistaken examples include ''Pulp Fiction'' (1994) and '' Amores Perros'' (2000), distributing their storylines non-chronologically, separated by segments. Films *''Intolerance' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil (; born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International Film Festival, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, French Legion of Honor, Golden Globe Award, French National Academy of Cinema and Honorary Cesar awards. According to one obituary: For exactly 40 years, the prolific Verneuil made movies as mainstream and commercial as any to be found in America or Britain. In his best period – the 1950s and 1960s – he delivered films in the "tradition of quality" so despised by the Nouvelle Vague. Many of them proved excellent vehicles for old-timers Jean Gabin and Fernandel, and newcomers such as Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon. Life and career Early life Verneuil was born Ashot Malakian () to Armenian parents in Rodosto, East Thrace, Turkey. In 1924, when Ashot was a little child his family fled to Mars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full House (film)
''Full House'' (French: ''Brelan d'as'') is a 1952 French mystery crime film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Michel Simon, Raymond Rouleau, John Van Dreelen, Arlette Merry and Nathalie Nattier. Oscherwitz & Higgins p.385 It consists of three separate episodes, each featuring a popular detective character: Jules Maigret, Monsieur Wens and Lemmy Caution. It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris and on location in the city and around Hamburg. 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 ... René Moulaert. Cast Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur * Michel Simon as Le commissaire Jules Maigret * Claire Olivier as Madame Maigret * Marguerite Garcya as La mère de Justin * Alexandre Rignault as L'ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Leboursier
Raymond Leboursier (22 May 1917 – 26 July 1987) was a French film editor, film director, actor, and screenwriter. Filmography Actor * 1930: ''Le Réquisitoire'' (first title of the film: ''Homicide'') by Dimitri Buchowetzki * 1931: ''The Devil's Holiday (French-language film), The Devil's Holiday'' by Alberto Cavalcanti: Monk McConnell * 1931: ''À mi-chemin du ciel'' by Alberto Cavalcanti * 1932: ' by Fred Ellis (director), Fred Ellis and Max Neufeld * 1934: ' by Serge de Poligny * 1934: ''Château de rêve'' by Géza von Bolváry and Henri-Georges Clouzot Director * 1942: ' * 1945: ''Nais (film), Naïs'', directed with Marcel Pagnol * 1949: ''Death Threat (film), Death Threat'' * 1949: ' * 1951: ''La vie est un jeu'' * 1952: ' * 1959: ''Henri Gagnon organiste'' * 1960: ''Le Prix de la science'' (short film) * 1961: ''Dubois et fils'' (documentary), codirected with Bernard Devlin * 1969: ' Assistant director * 1948: ''Les Parents terribles (1948 film), Les Parents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ferret (film)
''The Ferret'' (French: ''Le furet'') is a 1950 French crime film directed by Raymond Leboursier and starring Jany Holt, Colette Darfeuil and Pierre Renoir. It was based on a novel by Stanislas-André Steeman.Goble p.440 It features the character of Inspector Wens, who had appeared in several other films including ''The Murderer Lives at Number 21''. Location shooting took place around Paris including the city's Orly Airport. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon. Synopsis A mysterious figure signing himself "The Ferret" keeps sending letters to the police, tipping them off about murders that are to be committed around Paris. Among those caught up in the police manhunt is a fraudulent clairvoyant. Main cast * Jany Holt as Cécile * Colette Darfeuil as Louise Heller * Pierre Renoir as Le docteur Darvel-Juste * Jacques Baumer as Commissaire Hyacinthe * Jean-Jacques Delbo as Ludovic * Pierre Larquey as Monsieur Thiais * Jean Tissier as Monsieur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Hugo Christensen
Carlos Hugo Christensen (15 December 1914 in Santiago del Estero – 30 November 1999 in Rio de Janeiro) was an Argentina, Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, an iconic figure of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, classical era of Argentine cinema. He was of Danes, Danish descent through his paternal side. Christensen directed fifty-four feature films some of which are considered masterpieces of what is known as the Argentine golden era of cinema. ''Si Muero antes de despertar'' (''If I Should Die Before I Wake'') and ''No abras nunca esa puerta'' (''Never Open That Door''), were part of a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2016. In both films, known for their exquisite cinematography, Christensen was assisted by the renowned director of photography Pablo Tabernero.Buscando a Tabernero, Busacando a Tabernero (Film 2020) dir. Eduardo Montes-Bradley. The documentary film provides details on the professional relationship between Carlos Hug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Muerte Camina En La Lluvia
''La muerte camina en la lluvia'' (English: ''The death walks in the rain'') is a 1948 Argentine suspense film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen and based upon the novel ''L'assassin habite au 21'' written by Stanislas-André Steeman. It premiered on September 7, 1948. In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 35th position. Plot A series of seven mysterious murders frightens Buenos Aires, all the crimes are committed during rainy days. Cast In alphabetical order * Pablo Acciardi ... Merlín * Alfredo Alaria ... Joven en la prueba de magia * Alberto Barcel ... Policía * Guillermo Battaglia ... Boris Andreieff * Angel Boffa ... Barquinazo * Juan Corona ... Lamas * Margarita Corona ... Valeria Duval * Eduardo Cuitiño ... Lima * Roberto Escalada Roberto Escalada born Aldo Roberto Leggero (4 July 1914 – 5 December 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Murdered Model
''The Murdered Model'' (French: ''Le mannequin assassiné'') is a 1948 French-Belgian comedy crime film directed by Pierre de Hérain and starring Blanchette Brunoy, Gilbert Gil and Julien Carette.Goble p. 440 It is based on the 1932 novel ''The Murdered Model'' by Stanislas-André Steeman. It was shot at the Buttes-Chaumont Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. It marked the screen debut of Anne Vernon who went on to star in French and British films. Synopsis A mannequin stolen from the a shop window is found stabbed to death. It bears a curious resemblance to a man who was killed a year before. Cast * Blanchette Brunoy as Laure * Gilbert Gil as Armand * Julien Carette as Léonisse * Daniel Gélin as Léopold * Jean-Roger Caussimon as Jérôme * Anne Vernon as Irène * Jacques Castelot as Emile * Jacques Sevrannes as Gilbert * Robert Balpo as Le chef de train * Geneviève Callix as Rose * André Gabriello as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
