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Carrefour (film)
''Crossroads'' (French: ''Carrefour'') is a 1938 French mystery drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Charles Vanel, Jules Berry and Suzy Prim. It inspired two English-language remakes, the 1940 British film '' Dead Man's Shoes'' and Hollywood's ''Crossroads'' in 1942.Barton p.128 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne and Raymond Gabutti. Synopsis A wealthy industrialist is accused in court of being in reality a petty criminal who deserted from the French Army twenty years before during the First World War. Cast * Charles Vanel as Roger de Vétheuil * Jules Berry as Lucien Sarroux * Suzy Prim as Michèle Allain * Tania Fédor as Anna de Vétheuil * Marcelle Géniat as Mme. Pelletier * Jean Claudio as Paul de Vétheuil * Annie France as L'entraîneuse * Pierre Palau as Leduc - le 1er maître-chanteur * Marcel Melrac as Un gendarme * Paul Amiot as Le pr� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Bernhardt
Curtis Bernhardt (15 April 1899 – 22 February 1981) was a German film director born in Worms, Germany, under the name Kurt Bernhardt. Career He trained as an actor in Germany, and performed on the stage, before starting as a film director in 1924, with ''Nameless Heroes (film), Nameless Heroes''. Other films include ''A Stolen Life (1946 film), A Stolen Life'' (1946) and ''Sirocco (film), Sirocco'' (1951). Bernhardt made films in Germany from 1925 until 1933, when he was forced to flee the Third Reich — which briefly had him arrested — because he was Jews, Jewish. Bernhardt directed films in France and England before moving on to Cinema of the United States, Hollywood to work for Warner Brothers in 1940. He produced and directed his last Hollywood picture, ''Kisses for My President'' (1964), about the nation's first female Chief Executive starring Polly Bergen and Fred MacMurray. He is interred at Glendale, California, Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Man's Shoes (1940 Film)
''Dead Man's Shoes'' is a 1940 British mystery drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Leslie Banks, Joan Marion and Wilfrid Lawson. Plot A man has lost his memory and rises to a position of authority and respect. One day he is confronted by a man who claims to have been involved with him in the past. The film is considered an antecedent of British Film Noir.Spicer p.439 Cast * Leslie Banks as Roger de Vetheuil * Joan Marion as Viola de Vetheuil * Geoffrey Atkins as Paul de Vetheuil * Wilfrid Lawson as Lucien Sarrou * Judy Kelly as Michelle Allain * Nancy Price as Madame Pelletier * Walter Hudd as Gaston Alexandri * Peter Bull as Defence Counsel * Henry Oscar as President of the Court * Ludwig Stössel as Doctor Breithaut * Roddy McDowall as Boy Production Inspired by the 1938 French film ''Crossroads'', it was made by Associated British Picture Corporation at the company's Elstree Studios Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie France
Annie France (1915–2012) was a French film actress active during the 1930s and 1940s.Goble p.401 Selected filmography * ''White Cargo'' (1937) * ''Crossroads'' (1938) * '' Fort Dolorès'' (1939) * ''The Duraton Family'' (1939) * '' Bécassine'' (1940) * ''The Suitors Club'' (1941) * ''Moulin Rouge Moulin Rouge (, ; ) is a cabaret in Paris, on Boulevard de Clichy, at Place Blanche, the intersection of, and terminus of Rue Blanche. In 1889, the Moulin Rouge was co-founded by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the Olympia (Par ...'' (1941) * '' The Last Penny'' (1946) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1915 births 2012 deaths French film actresses Actresses from Paris {{France-film-actor-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Claudio
Jean Claudio (28 March 1927 – 11 January 1992) was a French actor. Biography He began his acting career in the cinema at the age of ten, playing the role of the Tsarevich, son of Tsar Nicolas II in The Imperial Tragedy. In 1938, at the age of eleven, he played Mathieu Sorgue in Les Disparus de Saint-Agil by Christian-Jaque. He entered the Paris Conservatory, where, at fourteen, he was given the role of Chérubin in Le Mariage de Figaro. He has since had an international career, particularly in the United States. He wrote a collection of poems, Les faux joies (published in 1950), as well as several novels: The Hot Season, Les Torts Reciprocals, Monsieur Damoclès and L'inconnu de Genève. Selected filmography * ''Rasputin'' (1938) - Le tsarevitch * ''The Postmaster's Daughter'' (1938) - Boy * ''Boys' School'' (1938) - Mathieu Sorgue * ''Crossroads'' (1938) - Paul de Vétheuil * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) - Un enfant * ''L'Enfer des anges'' (1941) - Le jeune Luci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelle Géniat
Marcelle Géniat (1881-1959) was a French film actress.Goble p. 121 She was born Eugénie Pauline Martin in St. Petersburg, Russia, to French parents. Partial filmography * ''Le retour du passé'' (1916) * ''L'imprévu'' (1917) - Hélène Ravenel * ''Serments'' (1931) - La baronne de Murnau * ''La fusée'' (1933) - Marie Girbal * ''Quelqu'un a tué...'' (1933) * ''Le billet de mille'' (1935) - La rôdeuse * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1935) - Madame Raskolnikov * '' The Mysteries of Paris'' (1935) - La Chouette * '' The Green Domino'' (1935) - Mme de Fallec * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) - Tante Sylvestre * ''They Were Five'' (1936) - La grand' mère * ''La joueuse d'orgue'' (1936) - Véronique * '' The Man of the Hour'' (1937) - Alphonsine Boulard - la mère d'Alfred * ''La Glu'' (1938) - Marie des Anges * '' The Strange Monsieur Victor'' (1938) - La mère de Victor * ''Satan's Paradise'' (1938) - La marquise d'Amaral * '' Crossroads'' (1938) - Mme. Pelletier * '' The Rebel'' (1938) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tania Fédor
Tania Fédor (3 November 1905 – 1 December 1985) was a French actress who played a number of leading roles during the 1930s and early 1940s in films such as ''Fantômas'' (1932).Hardy p.125 She later settled in Canada where she worked on French language productions. Selected filmography * '' The Little Cafe'' (1931) * '' Passport 13.444'' (1931) * '' When Love Is Over'' (1931) * ''Fantômas Fantômas () is a fictional character created by French writers Marcel Allain (1885–1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874–1914). One of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction, Fantômas was created in 1911 and appeared ...'' (1932) * '' Kiss Me'' (1932) * '' La mille et deuxième nuit'' (1933) * '' Little One'' (1935) * '' The Queen and the Cardinal'' (1935) * '' The Men Without Names'' (1937) * '' Southern Bar'' (1938) * '' Crossroads'' (1938) * '' Strangers in the House'' (1942) * '' The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock'' (1942) * '' Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First World War
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in European theatre of World War I, Europe and the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Middle East, as well as in parts of African theatre of World War I, Africa and the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I, Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench warfare; the widespread use of Artillery of World War I, artillery, machine guns, and Chemical weapons in World War I, chemical weapons (gas); and the introductions of Tanks in World War I, tanks and Aviation in World War I, aircraft. World War I was one of the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated World War I casualties, 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Gabutti
Raymond Gabutti (1908–1985) was a French art director.Turk p.439 Selected filmography * '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) * '' Durand Jewellers'' (1938) * '' Storm Over Asia'' (1938) * ''Crossroads'' (1938) * '' Private Life'' (1942) * '' Mermoz'' (1943) * ''Children of Paradise'' (1945) * '' The Seventh Door'' (1947) * ''The Great Maguet'' (1947) *''Judicial Error'' (1948) * '' Emile the African'' (1949) * '' Fantomas Against Fantomas'' (1949) * ''Thirst of Men'' (1950) * '' Captain Ardant'' (1951) * ''Endless Horizons'' (1953) * ''The Lovers of Marianne'' (1953) * ''Royal Affairs in Versailles'' (1954) * '' I'll Get Back to Kandara'' (1956) * ''Anyone Can Kill Me ''Anyone Can Kill Me'' (French: ''Tous peuvent me tuer'', Italian: ''Tutti possono uccidermi'') is a 1957 French-Italian crime film, crime drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring François Périer, Peter van Eyck and Anouk Aimée.Bock & B ...'' (1957) * '' Life Together'' (1958) * '' Leontine'' (1968) * '' A Golden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean D'Eaubonne
Jean d'Eaubonne (March 8, 1903 – July 30, 1971) was a French art director. He received an Oscar nomination in 1951 for his work on Max Ophüls's '' La Ronde'''. Selected filmography * '' Azaïs'' (1931) * '' Coquecigrole'' (1931) * '' Make a Living'' (1931) * '' The Polish Jew'' (1931) * '' Love and Luck'' (1932) * '' Miss Helyett'' (1933) * ''Mannequins'' (1933) * '' Coralie and Company'' (1934) * '' The Queen of Biarritz'' (1934) * '' The Ideal Woman'' (1934) * '' Little Jacques'' (1934) * '' Beautiful Days'' (1935) * ''Bux the Clown'' (1935) * ''The Green Jacket'' (1937) * '' The Girl in the Taxi'' (1937) * ''The Men Without Names'' (1937) * '' A Picnic on the Grass'' (1937) * ''Crossroads'' (1938) * '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) * '' People Who Travel'' (1938) * '' The Train for Venice'' (1938) * '' Star Without Light'' (1946) * '' Devil and the Angel'' (1946) * '' Dilemma of Two Angels'' (1948) * ''I Like Only You'' (1949) * '' Lady Paname'' (1950) * '' Just Me'' (1950) * '' La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style(s) to use, and when to use motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the collective imagination while resolving conflicting agendas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Location Shooting
Location shooting is the shooting of a film or television production in a real-world setting rather than a sound stage or backlot. The location may be interior or exterior. When filmmaking professionals refer to shooting "on location", they are usually referring to a "practical location", which is any location that already exists in the real world. The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for example, scenes in the film ''The Interpreter (2005 film), The Interpreter'' were set and shot inside the Headquarters of the United Nations, United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan), or it may stand in for a different locale (the films ''Amadeus (film), Amadeus'' and ''The Illusionist (2006 film), The Illusionist'' were primarily set in Vienna, but were filmed in Prague). Location shooting includes any practical location which resembles the location of a scene in the script; for example, students in the USC School of Cinematic Arts, film school of the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
