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Service Entrance (1954 Film)
''Service Entrance'' (French: ''Escalier de service'') is a 1954 French comedy drama film directed and written by Carlo Rim and starring Etchika Choureau, Danielle Darrieux and Robert Lamoureux. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and at the Louvre Museum. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. Synopsis Walking alone and looking desperate, young Marie-Lou ( Etchika Choureau) is taken in hand by Léo, a street photographer and his squatter friends. They all want to know what happened to her, so to satisfy their curiosity, Marie-Lou starts recounting her unfortunate experiences as a housemaid. On account of adverse circumstances, she tells them, she lost all of the jobs she had in five different families. To crown it all, the young man she has fallen in love with, a brilliant artist, is in prison. Cast * Etchika Choureau as Marie-Lou * Danielle Darrieux as Béatrice Berthier * Robert Lamoureux as François Berthier * Sophie Desmaret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Rim
Carlo Rim (19 December 1902 – 3 December 1989) was a French film screenwriter, producer and director. Born Jean Marius Richard, he made an anagram of his initials (RJM - treating I and J as the same letter) for his pseudonym, adding "Carlo" a popular Italian name in France at the time. Filmography As screenwriter * 1934 : '' Zouzou'' directed by Marc Allégret * 1935 : ' directed by Maurice Tourneur * 1935 : '' Gaspard de Besse'' directed by André Hugon * 1936 : '' Le Mort en fuite'' directed by André Berthomieu * 1936 : '' Tarass Boulba'' directed by Alexis Granowsky * 1936 : '' Vingt-sept rue de la Paix'' directed by Richard Pottier * 1936 : '' L'Homme à abattre'' directed by Léon Mathot * 1936 : '' Blanchette'' directed by Pierre Caron * 1937 : '' Hercule'' directed by Alexander Eswayco-producer * 1937 : '' The Secrets of the Red Sea'' directed by Richard Pottier * 1937 : '' Êtes-vous jalouse ?'' directed by Henri Chomette * 1937 : ' directed by Victor Tourjansky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Piménoff
Serge Piménoff (1895–1960) was a Russian-born French art director. He designed the sets for the 1958 film ''Les Misérables''.Hayward p.232 Selected filmography * '' Nights of Princes'' (1930) * '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931) * '' Sailor's Song'' (1932) * '' King of the Hotel'' (1932) * ''Variety'' (1935) * '' Nitchevo'' (1936) * '' The Volga Boatman'' (1936) * ''The Alibi'' (1937) * '' Street of Shadows'' (1937) * '' Return at Dawn'' (1938) * ''Savage Brigade'' (1939) * ''The Pavilion Burns'' (1941) * '' The Benefactor'' (1942) * '' The London Man'' (1943) * ''Panic (Panique)'' (1946) * ''Without Leaving an Address'' (1951) * '' Napoleon Road'' (1953) * '' Service Entrance'' (1954) * ''The Case of Doctor Laurent'' (1957) * ''Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héléna Manson
Elena Eugenia Manson (18 August 1898 – 15 September 1994) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1925 and 1989. Selected filmography * ''La vocation d'André Carel'' (1925) – L'amoureuse de Cardan * '' The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) – Hélène Vauquier * ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1931) – Fénia * '' The Indictment'' (1931) – Annette Evans * ''Monsieur le duc'' (1931) – La secrétaire * '' Kameradschaft'' (1931) – Rose, la femme du mineur blessé * '' Narcotics'' (1932) – L'infirmière (uncredited) * ''Le cas du docteur Brenner'' (1933) – L'infirmière * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) – Héloïse Bovary * ''Fedora'' (1934) – La femme de chambre * ''Coralie et Cie'' (1934) – L'infirmière * ''Un train dans la nuit'' (1934) – La folle * ''Pension Mimosas'' (1935) – La petite rentière * '' Helene'' (1936) – Valérie * ''À Venise, une nuit'' (1937) – Julie * '' Rail Pirates'' (1938) – Madame Teysseire * ''Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marthe Mercadier
Marthe Mercadier (23 October 1928 – 15 September 2021) was a French actress. Filmography Awards * In 1974, she was named Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. * In 1989, she won the ''Molière Award'' of the Best Comic Show. * In 2007, she was named Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. Other In 2011, she participated in '' Danse avec les stars'' (French version of ''Dancing with the Stars'') and in the Balajo's anniversary, the famous night-club rue de Lappe in Paris. In April 2014, her daughter Véronique announced her mother's Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As .... Dancing with the Stars She was one of the contestants during the First season of Danse avec les stars. With her partner Grégoire Lyonnet, she finished in the 6th position. She part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andréa Parisy
Andréa Parisy (sometimes credited as Andrée Parizy; 4 December 1935 – 27 April 2014), was a French film actress. Born Andrée Marcelle Henriette Parisy in Levallois-Perret, she was best known for her roles in films such as ''Le Petit Baigneur'' and '' Bébés à gogo''; she also appeared in the 1968 film ''Mayerling'', in which she played Princess Stéphanie of Belgium. Death She died on 27 April 2014, aged 78, from undisclosed causes. Selected filmography * '''' (1953) - Amie d ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Cassot
Marc Cassot (1923–2016) was a French film and television actor. Ince p.161 He was also a prominent voice actor, dubbing foreign films for release in France. Selected filmography * '' Night Warning'' (1946) * ''Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean'' (1947) * '' A Certain Mister'' (1950) * '' The Love of a Woman'' (1953) * '' Service Entrance'' (1954) * ''The Big Flag'' (1954) * '' The Game of Truth'' (1961) * ''Love Me Strangely'' (1971) * ''Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ide ...'' (2006) References Bibliography *Cowie, Peter & Elley, Derek . ''World Filmography: 1967''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1977. * Ince, Kate. ''Georges Franju''. Manchester University Press, 2019. External links * 1923 births 2016 deaths People from Paris French male fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis De Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in film and over 100 on stage. His acting style is remembered for its high-energy performance and his wide range of facial expressions and tics. A considerable part of his best-known acting was directed by Jean Girault. One of the most famous French actors of all time, Louis de Funès also enjoys widespread international recognition. In addition to his immense fame in the French-speaking world, he is also still a household name in many other parts of the world, including German-speaking countries, the former Soviet Union, former Eastern Bloc, Italy, Spain, Greece, Albania, ex-Yugoslavia, as well as Turkey, Iran, Israel, and Mauritius. Despite his international fame, Louis de Funès remains almost unknown in the English-speaking world. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junie Astor
Rolande Jeanne Risterucci (1911–1967), better known as Junie Astor, was a French actress. Selected filmography * ''Stradivarius'' (1935) * ''The Lower Depths'' (1936) * ''Women's Club'' (1936) * ''Excursion Train'' (1936) * ''27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) * '' Culprit'' (1937) * ''Adrienne Lecouvreur'' (1938) * ''Entente cordiale'' (1939) * ''Latin Quarter'' (1939) * ''The Carnival of Venice'' (1939) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (1945) * ''Secret Cargo'' (1947) * '' Du Guesclin'' (1949) * ''A Certain Mister'' (1950) * ''The Beautiful Image'' (1951) * '' Guilty?'' (1951) * '' Service Entrance'' (1954) * ''Mademoiselle Strip-tease'' (1957) * '' Isabelle Is Afraid of Men'' (1957) * ''Interpol Against X'' (1960) * ''Business'' (1960) * ''The Man from Interpol ''Man from Interpol'' is a 1960 TV series produced by The Danzigers. The NBC series was filmed in England and the music was scored by jazz musician Tony Crombie. Prem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Adam
Alfred Roger Adam (4 April 1908 – 7 May 1982) was a French stage and film character actor, who usually played weak or villainous roles. Selected filmography *'' Speedway'' (1929) - Doctor (uncredited) *'' La Kermesse Héroïque'' (1935) - Josef Van Meulen, le boucher *'' Au service du Tsar'' (1936) - Ossip *''Life Dances On'' (1937) - Fred *'' People Who Travel'' (1938) - Le médecin (uncredited) *''La Glu'' (1938) - Raoul *'' Je chante...'' (1938) - Alfred *'' La Famille Duraton'' (1939) - Le docteur *'' Sur le Plancher des Vaches'' (1940) - Le journaliste (uncredited) *''Le briseur de chaînes'' (1941) - Guillaume *''La femme que j'ai le plus aimée'' (1942) - Charles, le fondé de pouvoir *''Croisières sidérales'' (1942) - Le décorateur (uncredited) * ''At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) - Ferdinand - le chauffeur de Palureau *''Port d'attache'' (1943) - Bertrand *''Farandole'' (1945) - Le marlou *''Boule de Suif'' (1945) - Cornudet *''La Vie de Bohème'' (1945m) - Alexandr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mischa Auer
Mischa Auer (born Mikhail Semyonovich Unkovsky (Михаил Семёнович Унковский; 17 November 1905 – 5 March 1967) was a Russian-born American actor who moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He first appeared in film in 1928. Auer had a long career playing in many of the era's best known films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1936 for his performance in the screwball comedy ''My Man Godfrey'', which led to further zany comedy roles. He later moved into television and acted in films again in France and Italy well into the 1960s. Early life Auer was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. His name is usually seen as Mischa Ounskowsky, Mischa being the German transliteration of Misha (the diminutive form of Mikhail), and Ounskowsky being the French transliteration of his surname. Auer's father was a Russian naval officer whose own mother was the daughter of Hungarian-born violinist Leopold Auer Auer's mother was Nadine Pelikan. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturnin Fabre
Saturnin Fabre (4 April 1884 – 4 October 1961) was a French film actor. Selected filmography * ''La rafale'' (1920) - comte de Bréchebel * ''Mademoiselle de La Seiglière'' (1921) * '' The Road Is Fine'' (1930) - Le professeur Pique * ''Love Songs'' (1930) - M, Crispin * ''My Cousin from Warsaw'' (1931) - Saint-Hilaire * ''Atout cœur'' (1931) - Lefol * '' The Darling of Paris'' (1931) - Hector * '' The Improvised Son'' (1932) - M. Brassart * '' The Premature Father'' (1933) - Le père Puma * ''Son autre amour'' (1934) - Monsieur Léopard - le directeur * ''Casanova'' (1934) - M. Binetti * ''Les deux canards'' (1934) - Le baron de Saint-Amour * ''L'enfant du carnaval'' (1934) - Hubert * ''On a trouvé une femme nue'' (1934) - Le marquis de la Ferronière * ''Mam'zelle Spahi'' (1934) - Le colonel du 32ème de Spahis * ''L'hôtel du libre échange'' (1934) - Mathieu * ''Le roman d'un jeune homme pauvre'' (1936) - Bévellan * ''Excursion Train'' (1936) - M. Bring * '' A Hen o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Richard (actor)
Jean Richard (18 April 1921 – 12 December 2001) was a French actor, comedian, and circus entrepreneur. He is best remembered for his role as Georges Simenon's ''Maigret'' in the eponymous French television series, which he played for more than twenty years, and for his circus activities. Richard was born in Bessines, Deux-Sevres. In the 1970s–1980s, he owned and managed three major circuses, two theme parks near Paris, La Mer de Sable and La Vallée des Peaux-Rouges, and a private zoo in his property of Ermenonville, Oise. He died on 12 December 2001 in Senlis, aged 80. Filmography *1947: '' Six heures à perdre'' (directed by Alex Joffé Jean Lévitte) – Le sergent de ville *1949: '' Mission à Tanger'' (directed by André Hunebelle) – Le président *1949: '' I Like Only You'' – Un passager de l'avion *1950: '' Le Roi Pandore'' (directed by André Berthomieu) – Quichenette *1950: ''Adémaï au poteau-frontière'' (directed by Paul Colline) *1951: '' The King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
