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The Darling Of Paris (1931 Film)
''The Darling of Paris'' (French: ''Paris Béguin'') is a 1931 French drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Jane Marnac, Jean Gabin and Jean-Max. It was one of the first films to portray Gabin in his characteristic 1930s setting of pessimistic working class locations.Higbee & Leahy p.248 Cast * Jane Marnac as Jane Diamond * Jean Gabin as Bob * Jean-Max as Dédé * Charles Lamy as L'auteur * Pierre Finaly as Le producteur * Saturnin Fabre as Hector * Rachel Bérendt as Gaby * Fernandel Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born near Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, an Occitan t ... as Ficelle * Pierre Mayer as Beausourire * Violaine Barry as Simone References Bibliography * Higbee, Will & Leahy, Sarah. '' Studies in French Cinema: UK Perspectives, 1985-2010''. Intellect Books, 2011. External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusto Genina
Augusto Genina (28 January 1892 – 18 September 1957) was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director. Biography Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the ''Il Mondo'' Magazine, under advise of Aldo de Benedetti switches to movies for the "Film d'Arte Italiana", that produces his first film "La moglie di sua eccellenza". In 1929 Genina moved to France to direct Louise Brooks in sonorized film ''Miss Europe''. He studied sound techniques and worked in France and Germany in same but alternate languages film versions which were filmed simultaneously, before his return to Italy. He won Venice Film Festival Mussolini's cup for Best Italian Film twice, in 1936 by ''Lo squadrone bianco'' and in 1940 by ''The Siege of the Alcazar'', both Fascist propaganda films. In 1953, he filmed '' Three Forbidden Stories'', another version of the real accident depicted by Giuseppe De Santis one year before in ''Rome 11 o'clock'' (''Roma ore 11''). F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |