Ève Francis

	Ève Francis Ève Francis (born Eva Louise François; 24 August 1886 – 6 December 1980) was a French actress and film-maker. She was born in Belgium but spent most of her career in France. She became closely associated with the writer Paul Claudel, and in 1918 she married the critic and film-maker Louis Delluc (six years before he died). Career Ève Francis was born Eva Louise François at Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in Belgium. After completing her secondary education in Belgium, she embarked on a career as an actress and began working in the theatre in Paris in 1913. In 1914 she was introduced to the author Paul Claudel who chose her for the leading role in the first Paris production of his play '' L'Otage''. Although only a few performances were given, the play was well received in literary and artistic circles and her reputation was established. Her long-lasting association with Claudel was at times personal as well as artistic, and in later years she described him as the most extraordina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Louis Delluc Louis Delluc (; 14 October 1890 – 22 March 1924) was an Impressionist French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Biography Delluc was born in Cadouin in 1890. His family moved to Paris in 1903. After graduating from the university, he became a literary critic. On the end of the First World War, he married the French actress Ève Francis (born in Belgium), who acted in six of his seven films. In 1917, Delluc began his career in film criticism. He went on to edit ''Le Journal du Ciné-club'' and ''Cinéa'', established film societies, and directed seven films. He was one of the early Impressionist filmmakers, along with Abel Gance, Germaine Dulac, Marcel L'Herbier, and Jean Epstein. His films are notable for their focus on ordinary events and the natural setting rather than on adventures and antics. Many of his early film writings for French newspapers were collected in the volume ''Cinéma et Cie'' (1919). He also wrote one of the first books on Charlie Chaplin (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1918 In Film The year 1918 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events January 27 – Tarzan makes his film debut in ''Tarzan of the Apes''. March 10 – Warner Bros. release their first produced picture, ''My Four Years in Germany''. July – The animated ''The Sinking of the Lusitania'' is one of the first examples of animation being used for something other than comedy. Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the Motion Picture Patents Company disbands. Louis B. Mayer arrives in Los Angeles and forms Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation. 28 mm safety standard film, designed by Alexander Victor, becomes one of the earliest film formats to use "safety film" bases in order to safeguard the amateur market against nitrate fires. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top six 1918 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Notable films released in 1918 Argentina '' Buenos Aires tenebroso'', directed by Juan Glize ''En un día de gloria'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1937 In Film The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * March 26 – London Films abandons production of '' I, Claudius'' two weeks after its female lead, Merle Oberon, is injured in a car crash. * April 16 – Laurel and Hardy comedy '' Way Out West'' premieres in the US. * May 7 – Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical comedy ''Shall We Dance'' premieres in the US. * May 11 – Drama '' Captains Courageous'', starring Spencer Tracy, premieres in New York, going into general release on June 25. * June 7 – Jean Harlow, one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the decade, dies aged 26 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles. The official cause of death is listed as cerebral edema, a complication of kidney failure. * June 11 – Marx Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Women's Club (1936 Film) Woman's Club or Women's Club may refer to: List of women's clubs Woman's club movement in the United States Woman's club movement in the United States General Federation of Women's Clubs Film * Women's Club (1936 film), ''Women's Club'' (1936 film), or ''Club de femmes'', a French film * Women's Club (1956 film), ''Women's Club'' (1956 film), or ''Club de femmes'', a French-Italian drama film See also Woman's Club House (other) Women-only space {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1936 In Film The following is an overview of 1936 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1936 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events January 9 – Silent screen actor John Gilbert, perhaps best known for his appearances in films such as '' The Merry Widow'' and '' The Big Parade'', dies suddenly of a heart attack at his Bel Air home, aged 38. February 15 – The first Republic serial, '' Darkest Africa'', is released. May 29 – Fritz Lang's first Hollywood film, '' Fury'', starring Spencer Tracy and Bruce Cabot, is released. September 14 – Film producer Irving Thalberg, often referred by many as the "Boy Wonder of Hollywood", dies from pneumonia at his home in Santa Monica, aged 37. Academy Awards * Best Picture: '' The Great Ziegfeld'' – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer * Best Director: Frank Capra – '' Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' * Best Actor: Paul Muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Antoinette Sabrier ''Antoinette Sabrier'' is a 1927 French silent drama film directed by Germaine Dulac and starring Ève Francis, Gabriel Gabrio and Jean Toulout. The film's art direction was by Louis Nalpas. Cast * Ève Francis as Antoinette Sabrier * Gabriel Gabrio as Germain Sabrier * Jean Toulout as Jamagne * Yvette Armel as Hélène Doreuil * Paul Guidé as Roger Dangenne * Paul Menant as Chartrain * Paul Cervières as Gaston Doreuil * Ashida Ashida (written: 芦田) is a Japanese surname. People with the name include: Ashida Nobumori, (died 1575), holder of Mitake Castle , Japanese politician who served as the 47th Prime Minister of Japan , Japanese fashion designer , Japanese chi ... as Le danseur * Lou Davy References Bibliography * Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1927 films 1927 drama films 1920s French films 1920s French-language films Films directed by Germaine Dul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1926 In Film The following is an overview of 1926 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1926 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events February – The oldest surviving animated feature film is released in the Weimar Republic, directed by Lotte Reiniger. It is called '' The Adventures of Prince Achmed'' (''Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed''). August 5 – Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, '' Don Juan''. The Vitaphone system uses multiple rpm gramophone records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back music and sound effects synchronized with film. August 23 – Rudolph Valentino, whose film '' The Son of the Sheik'' was currently playing, dies at the age of 31 in New York. Riots occur at the funeral parlor as thousands of people try to see his body. October 7 – Warner Brothers release the second Vitaphon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Heart Of An Actress ''Heart of an Actress'' (French: ''Âme d'artiste'') is a 1924 French silent drama film directed by Germaine Dulac and starring Iván Petrovich, Nicolas Koline and Mabel Poulton. Poulton had almost been cast in Abel Gance's ''Napoleon'', but after being turned down she appeared in this film before returning to Britain.Macnab p.51 Cast * Iván Petrovich as Herbert Campbell, le poète * Nicolas Koline as Le souffleur Morris, père adoptif d'Helen * Mabel Poulton as Helen Taylor * Yvette Andréyor as Mrs. Campbell, femme du poète * Henry Houry as Lord Stamford * Jeanne Bérangère as La belle-mère * Félix Barre as Vendeur * Gina Manès as L'Actrice * Charles Vanel * Lou Davy * Ève Francis Ève Francis (born Eva Louise François; 24 August 1886 – 6 December 1980) was a French actress and film-maker. She was born in Belgium but spent most of her career in France. She became closely associated with the writer Paul Claudel, and ... * Gaston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1924 In Film This is an overview of 1924 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1924 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events January 10 – CBC Distributions corp. is renamed and incorporated as Columbia Pictures. D. W. Griffith, co-founder of United Artists, leaves the company. April 17 – Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gains control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) November 15 – In Los Angeles, director Thomas H. Ince, Thomas Ince ("The Father of the Western") meets publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst to work out a deal. When Ince dies a few days later, reportedly of a myocardial infarction, heart attack, rumors soon surface that he was murdered by Hearst. Loews Theatres acquires the 4,000 seat Capitol Theatre (New York City), Capitol Theatre in New York City be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1922 In Film This is an overview of 1922 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten films released in 1922 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events * June 11 – United States première of Robert J. Flaherty's '' Nanook of the North'', the first commercially successful feature length documentary film. * November 26 – '' The Toll of the Sea'', starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor ('' The Gulf Between'' was the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed). Notable films released in 1922 United States unless stated A ''At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern'' (lost), directed by Lloyd Ingraham, based on the 1905 novel by Myrtle Reed B '' The Bachelor Daddy'' (lost), directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Thomas Meighan '' The Beautiful and Damned'' (lost), directed by William A. Seiter, starring Marie Prevost '' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Eldorado (1921 Film) ''El Dorado'' is a French silent film directed in 1921 by Marcel L'Herbier. The film was notable for integrating a number of technical innovations into its narrative of a "cinematic melodrama". It achieved considerable success on its release, as a ground-breaking film that was distinctively French at a time when the cinema was felt to be dominated by American productions. Background In his previous five films Marcel L'Herbier had explored a variety of photographic and narrative techniques in the fast-developing medium of film, and in 1921 he wanted to draw them together in the context of a story which would have a broad appeal for the public. He was also eager to film in the landscapes of Spain which had long been an inspiration for him, especially as filtered through the writings of Maurice Barrès. He submitted an original scenario for a melodrama called ''El Dorado'', set in Andalusia, to his producer Léon Gaumont, and rather to his surprise it was immediately accepted. L'H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1921 In Film This is an overview of 1921 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top nine films released in 1921 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events January 21 – The silent comedy drama '' The Kid'', written by, produced by, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin (in his Tramp character) – his first full-length film as a director – and featuring Jackie Coogan, is released in the United States. It is the year's second-highest-grossing film. March 6 – The silent epic war film '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'', adapted for the screen by June Mathis, is released in the United States. It is the year's highest-grossing film (and the sixth-best-grossing silent film of all time), propels Rudolph Valentino to stardom and inspires a tango craze and a fashion for gaucho pants. July 1 – The silent crime docudrama '' Yan Ruisheng'' is the first full-length feature film made in China to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	Ève Francis Ève Francis (born Eva Louise François; 24 August 1886 – 6 December 1980) was a French actress and film-maker. She was born in Belgium but spent most of her career in France. She became closely associated with the writer Paul Claudel, and in 1918 she married the critic and film-maker Louis Delluc (six years before he died). Career Ève Francis was born Eva Louise François at Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in Belgium. After completing her secondary education in Belgium, she embarked on a career as an actress and began working in the theatre in Paris in 1913. In 1914 she was introduced to the author Paul Claudel who chose her for the leading role in the first Paris production of his play '' L'Otage''. Although only a few performances were given, the play was well received in literary and artistic circles and her reputation was established. Her long-lasting association with Claudel was at times personal as well as artistic, and in later years she described him as the most extraordina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Louis Delluc Louis Delluc (; 14 October 1890 – 22 March 1924) was an Impressionist French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Biography Delluc was born in Cadouin in 1890. His family moved to Paris in 1903. After graduating from the university, he became a literary critic. On the end of the First World War, he married the French actress Ève Francis (born in Belgium), who acted in six of his seven films. In 1917, Delluc began his career in film criticism. He went on to edit ''Le Journal du Ciné-club'' and ''Cinéa'', established film societies, and directed seven films. He was one of the early Impressionist filmmakers, along with Abel Gance, Germaine Dulac, Marcel L'Herbier, and Jean Epstein. His films are notable for their focus on ordinary events and the natural setting rather than on adventures and antics. Many of his early film writings for French newspapers were collected in the volume ''Cinéma et Cie'' (1919). He also wrote one of the first books on Charlie Chaplin (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1918 In Film The year 1918 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events January 27 – Tarzan makes his film debut in ''Tarzan of the Apes''. March 10 – Warner Bros. release their first produced picture, ''My Four Years in Germany''. July – The animated ''The Sinking of the Lusitania'' is one of the first examples of animation being used for something other than comedy. Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the Motion Picture Patents Company disbands. Louis B. Mayer arrives in Los Angeles and forms Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation. 28 mm safety standard film, designed by Alexander Victor, becomes one of the earliest film formats to use "safety film" bases in order to safeguard the amateur market against nitrate fires. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top six 1918 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Notable films released in 1918 Argentina '' Buenos Aires tenebroso'', directed by Juan Glize ''En un día de gloria'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1937 In Film The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * March 26 – London Films abandons production of '' I, Claudius'' two weeks after its female lead, Merle Oberon, is injured in a car crash. * April 16 – Laurel and Hardy comedy '' Way Out West'' premieres in the US. * May 7 – Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical comedy ''Shall We Dance'' premieres in the US. * May 11 – Drama '' Captains Courageous'', starring Spencer Tracy, premieres in New York, going into general release on June 25. * June 7 – Jean Harlow, one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the decade, dies aged 26 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles. The official cause of death is listed as cerebral edema, a complication of kidney failure. * June 11 – Marx Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Women's Club (1936 Film) Woman's Club or Women's Club may refer to: List of women's clubs Woman's club movement in the United States Woman's club movement in the United States General Federation of Women's Clubs Film * Women's Club (1936 film), ''Women's Club'' (1936 film), or ''Club de femmes'', a French film * Women's Club (1956 film), ''Women's Club'' (1956 film), or ''Club de femmes'', a French-Italian drama film See also Woman's Club House (other) Women-only space {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1936 In Film The following is an overview of 1936 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1936 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events January 9 – Silent screen actor John Gilbert, perhaps best known for his appearances in films such as '' The Merry Widow'' and '' The Big Parade'', dies suddenly of a heart attack at his Bel Air home, aged 38. February 15 – The first Republic serial, '' Darkest Africa'', is released. May 29 – Fritz Lang's first Hollywood film, '' Fury'', starring Spencer Tracy and Bruce Cabot, is released. September 14 – Film producer Irving Thalberg, often referred by many as the "Boy Wonder of Hollywood", dies from pneumonia at his home in Santa Monica, aged 37. Academy Awards * Best Picture: '' The Great Ziegfeld'' – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer * Best Director: Frank Capra – '' Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' * Best Actor: Paul Muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Antoinette Sabrier ''Antoinette Sabrier'' is a 1927 French silent drama film directed by Germaine Dulac and starring Ève Francis, Gabriel Gabrio and Jean Toulout. The film's art direction was by Louis Nalpas. Cast * Ève Francis as Antoinette Sabrier * Gabriel Gabrio as Germain Sabrier * Jean Toulout as Jamagne * Yvette Armel as Hélène Doreuil * Paul Guidé as Roger Dangenne * Paul Menant as Chartrain * Paul Cervières as Gaston Doreuil * Ashida Ashida (written: 芦田) is a Japanese surname. People with the name include: Ashida Nobumori, (died 1575), holder of Mitake Castle , Japanese politician who served as the 47th Prime Minister of Japan , Japanese fashion designer , Japanese chi ... as Le danseur * Lou Davy References Bibliography * Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1927 films 1927 drama films 1920s French films 1920s French-language films Films directed by Germaine Dul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1926 In Film The following is an overview of 1926 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1926 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events February – The oldest surviving animated feature film is released in the Weimar Republic, directed by Lotte Reiniger. It is called '' The Adventures of Prince Achmed'' (''Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed''). August 5 – Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, '' Don Juan''. The Vitaphone system uses multiple rpm gramophone records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back music and sound effects synchronized with film. August 23 – Rudolph Valentino, whose film '' The Son of the Sheik'' was currently playing, dies at the age of 31 in New York. Riots occur at the funeral parlor as thousands of people try to see his body. October 7 – Warner Brothers release the second Vitaphon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Heart Of An Actress ''Heart of an Actress'' (French: ''Âme d'artiste'') is a 1924 French silent drama film directed by Germaine Dulac and starring Iván Petrovich, Nicolas Koline and Mabel Poulton. Poulton had almost been cast in Abel Gance's ''Napoleon'', but after being turned down she appeared in this film before returning to Britain.Macnab p.51 Cast * Iván Petrovich as Herbert Campbell, le poète * Nicolas Koline as Le souffleur Morris, père adoptif d'Helen * Mabel Poulton as Helen Taylor * Yvette Andréyor as Mrs. Campbell, femme du poète * Henry Houry as Lord Stamford * Jeanne Bérangère as La belle-mère * Félix Barre as Vendeur * Gina Manès as L'Actrice * Charles Vanel * Lou Davy * Ève Francis Ève Francis (born Eva Louise François; 24 August 1886 – 6 December 1980) was a French actress and film-maker. She was born in Belgium but spent most of her career in France. She became closely associated with the writer Paul Claudel, and ... * Gaston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1924 In Film This is an overview of 1924 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1924 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events January 10 – CBC Distributions corp. is renamed and incorporated as Columbia Pictures. D. W. Griffith, co-founder of United Artists, leaves the company. April 17 – Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gains control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) November 15 – In Los Angeles, director Thomas H. Ince, Thomas Ince ("The Father of the Western") meets publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst to work out a deal. When Ince dies a few days later, reportedly of a myocardial infarction, heart attack, rumors soon surface that he was murdered by Hearst. Loews Theatres acquires the 4,000 seat Capitol Theatre (New York City), Capitol Theatre in New York City be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1922 In Film This is an overview of 1922 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten films released in 1922 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events * June 11 – United States première of Robert J. Flaherty's '' Nanook of the North'', the first commercially successful feature length documentary film. * November 26 – '' The Toll of the Sea'', starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor ('' The Gulf Between'' was the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed). Notable films released in 1922 United States unless stated A ''At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern'' (lost), directed by Lloyd Ingraham, based on the 1905 novel by Myrtle Reed B '' The Bachelor Daddy'' (lost), directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Thomas Meighan '' The Beautiful and Damned'' (lost), directed by William A. Seiter, starring Marie Prevost '' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Eldorado (1921 Film) ''El Dorado'' is a French silent film directed in 1921 by Marcel L'Herbier. The film was notable for integrating a number of technical innovations into its narrative of a "cinematic melodrama". It achieved considerable success on its release, as a ground-breaking film that was distinctively French at a time when the cinema was felt to be dominated by American productions. Background In his previous five films Marcel L'Herbier had explored a variety of photographic and narrative techniques in the fast-developing medium of film, and in 1921 he wanted to draw them together in the context of a story which would have a broad appeal for the public. He was also eager to film in the landscapes of Spain which had long been an inspiration for him, especially as filtered through the writings of Maurice Barrès. He submitted an original scenario for a melodrama called ''El Dorado'', set in Andalusia, to his producer Léon Gaumont, and rather to his surprise it was immediately accepted. L'H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1921 In Film This is an overview of 1921 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top nine films released in 1921 by U.S. gross are as follows: Events January 21 – The silent comedy drama '' The Kid'', written by, produced by, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin (in his Tramp character) – his first full-length film as a director – and featuring Jackie Coogan, is released in the United States. It is the year's second-highest-grossing film. March 6 – The silent epic war film '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'', adapted for the screen by June Mathis, is released in the United States. It is the year's highest-grossing film (and the sixth-best-grossing silent film of all time), propels Rudolph Valentino to stardom and inspires a tango craze and a fashion for gaucho pants. July 1 – The silent crime docudrama '' Yan Ruisheng'' is the first full-length feature film made in China to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]