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Death No Longer Awaits
''Death No Longer Awaits'' (French: ''Le mort ne reçoit plus'') is a 1944 French crime film directed by Jean Tarride and starring Jules Berry, Jacqueline Gauthier and Gérard Landry.Hayward p.241 It was shot at the Saint-Laurent-du-Var Studios and Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. Synopsis The relatives of Jérôme Armandy gather at his château in Provence to hear the reading of his will, with the prospect of an inheritance of seventeen million francs hidden away on the property. Several unexpected events occur to the guests including a murder and the dramatic reappearance of the supposedly dead Jérôme. Cast * Jules Berry as Jérôme Armandy * Jacqueline Gauthier as Jeanne Dumont * Gérard Landry as Claude Desbordes * Jacques Louvigny as Firmin * Thérèse Dorny as Mademoiselle Verdelier * Félix Oudart as Alexandre * Madeleine Suffel as Madame Marchal * Jacques Tarride as Le juge Armandy * Georges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Tarride
Jean Tarride (1901–1980) was a French actor and film director. He was the brother of the actor Jacques Tarride. Selected filmography Director * ' (1931) * ' (1932) * ''The Yellow Dog (1932 film), The Yellow Dog'' (1932) * ''Étienne (film), Étienne'' (1933) * ''The Voyage of Mr. Perrichon'' (1934) * ''Skylark (1934 film), Skylark'' (1934) * ''Tovaritch (film), Tovaritch'' (1935) * ''Death No Longer Awaits'' (1944) Bibliography * Conway, Kelley. ''Chanteuse in the City: The Realist Singer in French Film''. University of California Press, 2004. * Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1901 births 1980 deaths Film directors from Paris {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Franc
The franc (; , ; currency sign, sign: F or Fr), also commonly distinguished as the (FF), was a currency of France. Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money. It was reintroduced (in French livre, decimal form) in 1795. After two centuries of inflation, it was Redenomination, redenominated in 1960, with each (NF) being worth 100 old francs. The NF designation was continued for a few years before the currency returned to being simply the franc. Many French residents, though, continued to quote prices of especially expensive items in terms of the old franc (equivalent to the new centime), up to and even after the introduction of the euro (for coins and banknotes) in 2002. The French franc was a commonly held international reserve currency of reference in the 19th and 20th centuries. Between 1998 and 2002, the conversion of francs to euros was carried out at a rate of 6.55957 franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s French-language Films
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1944 Crime Films
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French Crime Films
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1944 Films
The year 1944 in film involved some significant events, including the wholesome, award-winning '' Going My Way'' plus popular murder mysteries such as '' Double Indemnity'', '' Gaslight'' and '' Laura''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1944 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *March 16 – MGM's supernatural romantic drama '' A Guy Named Joe'', starring Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne, opens in Los Angeles. *May 3 – The musical comedy drama '' Going My Way'', directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald, premieres in New York City. It opens in Los Angeles on August 16. The highest-grossing picture of the year, it goes on to win a total of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for McCary, Best Actor for Crosby and Best Original Song for " Swinging on a Star". *May 13 – Dale Evans appears in her first film with future husband, Roy Rogers – '' Cowboy and the Senorita''. *Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Signoret
Simone Signoret (; born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French actress. She received various accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, a César Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, in addition to nominations for two Golden Globe Awards. Early life Signoret was born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker in Wiesbaden, Germany, to Georgette (née Signoret) and André Kaminker. She was the eldest of three children, with two younger brothers. Her father, a pioneering interpreter who worked in the League of Nations, was a French-born army officer from an assimilated and middle-class Polish-Jewish and Hungarian-Jewish family, who brought the family to Neuilly-sur-Seine on the outskirts of Paris. Her mother, Georgette, from whom she acquired her stage name, was a French Catholic. Signoret grew up in Paris in an intellectual atmosphere and studied English, German and Latin. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janine Merrey
Janine Merrey was a French film actress.Goble p.124 She appeared in more than thirty films. Selected filmography * ''Love Songs'' (1930) * ''The Regiment's Champion'' (1932) * '' If You Wish It'' (1932) * '' A Father Without Knowing It'' (1932) * ''The Uncle from Peking'' (1934) * '' One Night's Secret'' (1934) * ''Honeymoon'' (1935) * '' Little One'' (1935) * '' Durand Jewellers'' (1938) * '' Princess Tarakanova'' (1938) * ''His Uncle from Normandy'' (1939) * ''Death No Longer Awaits ''Death No Longer Awaits'' (French: ''Le mort ne reçoit plus'') is a 1944 French crime film directed by Jean Tarride and starring Jules Berry, Jacqueline Gauthier and Gérard Landry.Hayward p.241 It was shot at the Saint-Laurent-du-Var Studios ...'' (1944) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * Year of birth missing Year of death missing People from Bois-Colombes Actresses from Île-de-Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Aimos
Raymond Aimos (4 February 1889 – 22 August 1944) was a French film actor.Capua p.127 He was shot and killed as a FFI combatant during the liberation of Paris. Selected filmography * '' Accused, Stand Up!'' (1930) * ''Under the Roofs of Paris'' (1930) * '' Wooden Crosses'' (1932) * '' No Women'' (1932) * ''Aces of the Turf'' (1932) * ''The Regiment's Champion'' (1932) * '' The Star of Valencia'' (1933) * ''Bastille Day'' (1933) * ''Night in May'' (1934) * '' At the End of the World'' (1934) * '' The Last Billionaire'' (1934) * ''Les yeux noirs'' (1935) * '' The Decoy'' (1935) * '' Justin de Marseille'' (1935) * '' Lovers and Thieves'' (1935) * '' The Crew'' (1935) * '' The Terrible Lovers'' (1936) * '' The Great Refrain'' (1936) * '' Under Western Eyes'' (1936) * '' The Mutiny of the Elsinore'' (1936) * '' La belle équipe'' (1936) * '' The Volga Boatman'' (1936) * ''Mayerling'' (1936) * '' The Man of the Hour'' (1937) * ''A Man to Kill'' (1937) * '' Madelon's Daughter'' (1937) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Lannes
Georges Lannes (27 October 1895 – 8 July 1983) was a French film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during his career including '' André Cornélis'' (1927).Goble p.50 Selected filmography * '' The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922) * '' Little Jacques'' (1923) * '' The Abbot Constantine'' (1925) * '' André Cornélis'' (1927) * '' The Queen's Necklace'' (1929) * ''The Citadel of Silence'' (1937) * '' S.O.S. Sahara'' (1938) * '' Alexis, Gentleman Chauffeur'' (1938) * '' Beautiful Star'' (1938) * '' The Gutter'' (1938) * ''Extenuating Circumstances'' (1939) * ''There's No Tomorrow'' (1939) * '' The Emigrant'' (1940) * '' Narcisse'' (1940) * '' The Murderer is Afraid at Night'' (1942) * '' The Crossroads'' (1942) * '' The Snow on the Footsteps'' (1942) * '' Don't Shout It from the Rooftops'' (1943) * ''Death No Longer Awaits'' (1944) * '' The Sea Rose'' (1946) * ''That's Not the Way to Die'' (1946) * '' The Fugitive'' (1947) * '' Danger of Death'' (1947) * '' The Barton Myste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Tarride
Jacques Tarride (10 March 1903 – 5 October 1994) was a French actor. Biography He was born in the 8th arrondissement of Paris and died in La Loupe, Eure-et-Loir. He was the son of the actor Abel Tarride and the brother of the director Jean Tarride. Partial filmography * ''Amour... amour...'' (1932) - Bob * '' A Gentleman of the Ring'' (1932) - Le marquis * ''The Man with a Broken Ear'' (1934) - Léon Renaud * ''Notre-Dame d'amour'' (1936) * ''Je chante'' (1938) - Le patron du café (uncredited) * '' Immediate Call'' (1939) - Le secrétaire * ''Sacred Woods'' (1939) * ''Cristobal's Gold'' (1940) - Le médecin * '' Strange Suzy'' (1941) * '' The Murderer is Afraid at Night'' (1942) - Joseph * ''Promise to a Stranger'' (1942) - Le bijoutier * ''Feu sacré'' (1942) * '' The Crossroads'' (1942) - Julien * ''A Woman in the Night'' (1943) - Un comédien * ''Départ à zéro'' (1943) - Malicart * ''Death No Longer Awaits'' (1944) - Le juge Armandy * ''Manon, a 326'' (1945) * ''La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Suffel
Madeleine Suffel (1899–1974) was a French film and stage actress.Palmer & Michael p.274 She played supporting roles in a number of films from the early 1930s onwards. Selected filmography * '' A Rare Bird'' (1935) * '' School for Coquettes'' (1935) * '' Good Luck'' (1935) * '' The Scandalous Couple'' (1935) * ''Martha'' (1936) * '' The Great Refrain'' (1936) * '' Counsel for Romance'' (1936) * '' Under Western Eyes'' (1936) * ''Taras Bulba'' (1936) * '' Ignace'' (1937) * ''Gibraltar'' (1938) * '' The Train for Venice'' (1938) * ''Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938) * '' Whirlwind of Paris'' (1939) * '' Miquette'' (1940) * '' Monsieur Hector'' (1940) * ''Serenade'' (1940) * '' Colonel Pontcarral'' (1942) * '' The Stairs Without End'' (1943) * '' Monsieur des Lourdines'' (1943) * '' Goodbye Leonard'' (1943) * ''Death No Longer Awaits'' (1944) * '' My First Love'' (1945) * ''The Last Metro'' (1945) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1946) * '' The Murderer is Not Guilty'' (1946) * '' Christine Gets M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
