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Vendetta In Camargue
''Vendetta in Camargue'' (French: ''Vendetta en Camargue'') is a 1950 French comedy drama film directed by Jean Devaivre and starring Jean Pâqui, Jean Tissier and Brigitte Auber.Bessy & Chirat p.597 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Hubert. It was shot on location in Saint-Gilles-du-Gard. Synopsis A young woman inheritants a bull-breeding farm in the Camargue region of Southern France but faces problems both from her resentful male workforce and by a series of thefts of cattle and horses from the estate. Cast * Jean Pâqui as Frédé * Jean Tissier as Hurchart * Brigitte Auber as Huguette * Thomy Bourdelle as Krebs * Jacques Dufilho as Zacramir * Rosy Varte as Conchita * Daniel Sorano as Daniel Tiersot * Mady Berry Mady Berry (14 October 1887 – 18 January 1965) was a French stage and film actress.Waldman p.146 Selected filmography * ''Gloria'' (1931) * '' All That's Not Worth Love'' (1931) * '' Moon Over Morocco'' (1931) * '' The Girl and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Devaivre
Jean Devaivre (1912–2004) was a French film director and screenwriter.Rège p.319 Additionally, he worked as a dubbing director, preparing foreign-language films for release in France. The film '' Safe Conduct'' (''Laissez-passer'', 2002) directed by Bertrand Tavernier is based on Devaivre's activities in the French film industry during the wartime Occupation of France. His brother Louis Devaivre was a film editor. Selected filmography * '' Shop Girls of Paris'' (1943) * '' The Farm of Seven Sins'' (1949) * '' Fugitive from Montreal'' (1950) * '' Vendetta in Camargue'' (1950) * ''My Wife, My Cow and Me'' (1952) * '' Alarm in Morocco'' (1953) * '' A Caprice of Darling Caroline'' (1953) * ''Caroline and the Rebels ''Caroline and the Rebels'' (french: Le Fils de Caroline chérie) is a 1955 French historical adventure film directed by Jean Devaivre and starring Jean-Claude Pascal, Sophie Desmarets and Brigitte Bardot. It is loosely part of the ''Caroli ...'' (1955) Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern France
Southern France, also known as the South of France or colloquially in French as , is a defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin,Louis Papy, ''Le midi atlantique'', Atlas et géographie de la France moderne, Flammarion, Paris, 1984. Spain, the Mediterranean Sea and Italy. It includes southern Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the west, Occitanie in the centre, the southern parts of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the northeast, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the southeast, as well as the island of Corsica in the southeast. Southern France is generally included into Southern Europe because of its association with the Mediterranean Sea. The term derives from ('middle') and ('day') in Old French, comparable to the term to indicate southern Italy, which is a synonym for south in Romanian, or which is a synonym for the south direction in Spanish. The time of midday was synonymous with south because in France, as in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Jean Devaivre
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s French-language Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Comedy Films
French comedy films are comedy films produced in France. Comedy is the most popular French genre in cinema. Comic films began to appear in significant numbers during the era of silent films, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humour of many of these silent films relied on slapstick and burlesque. Characteristics of French comedy films French comedy films are very often social comedies, which differs largely from American comedies."La comédie française se différencie ..par son aspect social, une lutte des classes généralement absente des comédies américaines." . Social comedy Culture shock, in several French comedies, oftentimes contain several 'clichés', which include: * Religion – ''The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob'' in the 1970s, and ''Serial (Bad) Weddings'' in the 2010s * Social background – ''Life Is a Long Quiet River'' in the 1980s, and '' The Intouchables'' in the 2010s * Difference of life between two places – '' Welcome to the Land of ch'tis'' in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Comedy Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Films
The year 1950 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1950 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 13 – Three weeks after its world premiere at the Paramount and Rivoli theatres in New York City, Cecil B. DeMille's '' Samson and Delilah'' opens in Los Angeles. The film is a massive commercial success and wins the awards for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design at the 23rd Academy Awards. * February 15 – Walt Disney Studios' animated film '' Cinderella'' debuts. The film is the most successful the studio has made since '' Dumbo'', and saves the studio from four million dollars in debt. * July 19 – Walt Disney Studios' first completely live-action film '' Treasure Island'' debuts. Awards Top ten money making stars Notable films released in 1950 US unless stated # *'' 47 morto che parla'', starring Totò – (Italy) *'' 711 Ocean Drive'', starring Edmond O'Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mady Berry
Mady Berry (14 October 1887 – 18 January 1965) was a French stage and film actress.Waldman p.146 Selected filmography * ''Gloria'' (1931) * '' All That's Not Worth Love'' (1931) * '' Moon Over Morocco'' (1931) * '' The Girl and the Boy'' (1931) * '' The Polish Jew'' (1931) * ''Durand Versus Durand'' (1931) * '' Amourous Adventure'' (1932) * '' Fun in the Barracks'' (1932) * '' Our Lord's Vineyard'' (1932) * '' Children of Montmartre'' (1933) * '' The Scandal'' (1934) * ''The Typist Gets Married'' (1934) * ''The Dying Land'' (1936) * ''Girls of Paris'' (1936) * '' The Flame'' (1936) * '' The Citadel of Silence'' (1937) * ''Arsene Lupin, Detective'' (1937) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1937) * ''White Cargo'' (1937) * '' Rasputin'' (1938) * '' The Puritan'' (1938) * '' The Mayor's Dilemma'' (1939) * '' Immediate Call'' (1939) * '' Personal Column'' (1939) * '' There's No Tomorrow'' (1939) * '' Radio Surprises'' (1940) * ''Twilight'' (1944) * '' Star Without Light'' (1946) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Sorano
Daniel Sorano (1920–1962) was a French stage and film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ....Goble p.398 Filmography References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1920 births 1962 deaths French male film actors Male actors from Toulouse {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosy Varte
Rosy Varte (22 November 1923 – 14 January 2012) was a French actress of Armenian descent. She made more than 100 film and television appearances during her career. She starred in the 1972 film ''The Bar at the Crossing'', which was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival. She was a voice actress in the cartoon Western movies, '' Daisy Town'' (1971, as "Lulu Carabine") and ''La Ballade des Dalton'' (1978, as "Miss Worthlesspenny"). Life and career Born Nevarte Manouelian in Istanbul, Turkey, she emigrated to France at an early age. She appeared in comedies. From 1985 to 1993, she had the title role (Maguy Boissier) in 333 episodes of the hit TV series ''Maguy''. In 2007, she won the ''7 d'Or'' award for Best Actress for playing Maguy Boissier. Death She died 14 January 2012 at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 88, following a battle with bronchitis, which degenerated into a lung infection, according to her widower, director Pierre Badel. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Dufilho
Jacques Dufilho (19 February 1914 – 28 August 2005) was a French actor. He was born at Bègles (Gironde) and he died at Ponsampère (Gers). Life and career Dufilho appeared in 65 French productions. Moreover, he was frequently seen in Italian films. In 1978 he received a César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ''Le Crabe-tambour'' and in 1980 another one for his role in '' Un mauvais fils''. The actor was also known as a collector of Bugatti vintage car A vintage car is, in the most general sense, an old automobile, and in the narrower senses of car enthusiasts and collectors, it is a car from the period of 1919 to 1930. Such enthusiasts have categorization schemes for ages of cars that enf ...s. Selected filmography References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dufilho, Jacques 1914 births 2005 deaths French male film actors People from Bègles Best Supporting Actor César Award winners 20th-century French male actors 21st-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomy Bourdelle
Thomy Charles Bourdelle (20 April 1891 – 27 June 1972) was a French actor. Bourdelle was born in Paris and died in Toulon, Var, France. Selected filmography *'' Roger la Honte'' (1922) * '' Surcouf'' (1925) * '' Jocaste'' (1925) * ''Jean Chouan'' (1926) * ''The Martyrdom of Saint Maxence'' (1928) * '' Verdun: Visions of History'' (1928) * '' Yvette'' (1928) * ''The Divine Voyage'' (1929) * '' Under the Roofs of Paris'' (1930) * '' The Rebel'' (1931) * ''The Devil's Holiday'' (1931) * ''Danton'' (1932) * '' Fifty Fathoms Deep '' (1932) * '' Transit Camp'' (1932) * ''Fantômas'' (1932) * ''The Three Musketeers'' (1932) * '' Le testament du Dr. Mabuse'' (1933) * '' The Star of Valencia'' (1933) * ''Bastille Day'' (1933) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1934) * ''The Man with a Broken Ear'' (1934) * ''Maria Chapdelaine'' (1934) * ''The Call of Silence'' (1936) * '' Seven Sinners'' (1936) * ''Arsene Lupin, Detective'' (1937) * '' The Men Without Names'' (1937) * ''Adrienne Lecouvre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
