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Fanny (play)
''Fanny'' is a 1931 play by the French writer Marcel Pagnol. It is the sequel to the 1929 play '' Marius'' and the second part in Pagnol's Marseilles trilogy. Adaptations The work has been adapted to the screen numerous times including a 1932 French version directed by Marc Allégret and adapted by Pagnol himself, a 1933 Italian version, the 1934 German film ''The Black Whale'' and the 1938 American film '' Port of Seven Seas'' directed by James Whale. In 1954 it was turned into a stage musical '' Fanny'' which was itself adapted into a film '' Fanny'' in 1961. In 2013 Daniel Auteuil directed a remake '' Fanny'' of the original film. Cast recording An audio cast recording of select scenes, with minor rewritings, was made at the studios Pelouze in Paris on 2 and 14 December 1933 for the French subsidiary of Columbia Records by the main cast (Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis, Raimu, Fernand Charpin, Paul Dullac, Henri Vilbert), except for M. Brun, who was played by , who had repla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Pagnol
Marcel Paul Pagnol (, also ; ; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the . Pagnol is generally regarded as one of France's greatest 20th-century writers and is notable for the fact that he excelled in almost every medium—memoir, novel, drama and film. Early life Pagnol was born on 28 February 1895 in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône department, in southern France near Marseille, the eldest son of schoolteacher Joseph Pagnol and seamstress Augustine Lansot.Castans (1987), pp. 363–368 He was secretly baptised at the Église Saint-Charles in Marseilles. Marcel Pagnol grew up in Marseille with his younger brothers Paul and René, and younger sister Germaine. School years In July 1904, the family rented the ''Bastide Neuve'', – a house in the sleepy Provençal village of La Treille – for the summer holidays, the first of many spent in the hilly countryside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cast Recording
A cast recording is a recording of a stage Musical theatre, musical that is intended to document the songs as they were performed in the show and experienced by the audience. An original cast recording or OCR, as the name implies, features the voices of the show's original cast. A cast recording featuring the first cast to perform a musical in a particular venue is known, for example, as an "original Broadway theatre, Broadway cast recording" (OBCR) or an "original West End theatre, London cast recording" (OLCR). Cast recordings are (usually) studio recordings rather than live recordings. The recorded song lyrics and orchestrations are nonetheless identical (or very similar) to those of the songs as performed in the theatre. Like any studio performance, the recording is an idealized rendering, without audible audience reaction. History The British were the first to create cast recordings, and they were also the first to create original London cast recordings of shows that had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plays By Marcel Pagnol
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1931 Plays
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Bibliothèque Nationale De France
The (; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites, ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository of all that is published in France. Some of its extensive collections, including books and manuscripts but also precious objects and artworks, are on display at the BnF Museum (formerly known as the ) on the Richelieu site. The National Library of France is a public establishment under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture. Its mission is to constitute collections, especially the copies of works published in France that must, by law, be deposited there, conserve them, and make them available to the public. It produces a reference catalogue, cooperates with other national and international establishments, as well as participates in research programs. History The National Library of France traces its origin to the royal library founded at the Louvre Palace by Charles V in 1368. Charles had received a collection o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Disc
The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. It employs the Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) standard and was capable of holding of uncompressed stereo audio. First released in Japan in October 1982, the CD was the second optical disc format to reach the market, following the larger LaserDisc (LD). In later years, the technology was adapted for computer data storage as CD-ROM and subsequently expanded into various writable and multimedia formats. , over 200 billion CDs (including audio CDs, CD-ROMs, and CD-Rs) had been sold worldwide. Standard CDs have a diameter of and typically hold up to 74 minutes of audio or approximately of data. This was later regularly extended to 80 minutes or by reducing the spacing between data tracks, with some discs unofficially reaching up to 99 minutes or which falls outside established specifications. Smaller variants, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Vilbert
Henri Vilbert (; 6 April 1904 – 20 April 1997) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films from 1921 to 1982. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vilbert, Henri 1904 births 1997 deaths 20th-century French male actors French male film actors French male television actors Male actors from Marseille Volpi Cup for Best Actor winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dullac
Paul may refer to: People * Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people * Paul (surname), a list of people * Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament * Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo Paul & Paula * Paul Stookey, one-third of the folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary * Billy Paul, stage name of American soul singer Paul Williams (1934–2016) * Vinnie Paul, drummer for American Metal band Pantera * Paul Avril, pseudonym of Édouard-Henri Avril (1849–1928), French painter and commercial artist * Paul, pen name under which Walter Scott wrote ''Paul's letters to his Kinsfolk'' in 1816 * Jean Paul, pen name of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763–1825), German Romantic writer Places *Paul, Cornwall, a village in the civil parish of Penzance, United Kingdom *Paul (civil parish), Cornwall, United Kingdom *Paul, Alabama, United States, an unincorporated community *Paul, Idaho, United States, a city *Paul, Nebraska, United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernand Charpin
Fernand Charpin (30 May 1887 – 6 November 1944) was a French actor. He is known for his role as Honoré Panisse in Marcel Pagnol's Marseille trilogy, beginning with '' Marius'' in 1931. Selected filmography * '' Marius'' (1931) * '' Fanny'' (1932) * ''Court Waltzes'' (1933) * '' Chotard and Company'' (1933) * ''The Barber of Seville'' (1933) * ''Paprika'' (1933) * '' Sapho'' (1934) * ''Tartarin of Tarascon'' (1934) * '' Three Sailors'' (1934) * '' The Path to Happiness'' (1934) * '' Beautiful Days'' (1935) * ''Honeymoon'' (1935) * '' Happy Arenas'' (1935) * '' César'' (1936) * '' Michel Strogoff'' (1936) * ''They Were Five'' (1936) * ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937) * ''Balthazar'' (1937) * ''Ignace'' (1937) * ''The Lady from Vittel'' (1937) * '' The Dark Angels'' (1937) * ''The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937) * '' The Baker's Wife'' (1938) * '' Troubled Heart'' (1938) * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) * '' In the Sun of Marseille'' (1938) * '' The Rebel'' (1938) * '' The Two Schemers'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimu
Jules Auguste Muraire (18 December 1883 – 20 September 1946), whose stage name was Raimu, was a French actor. He is most famous for playing César in the 'Marseilles trilogy' ('' Marius'', '' Fanny'' and '' César''). Life and career Born in Toulon in the Var department, Muraire made his stage debut there in 1899. After coming to the attention of the great music hall star Félix Mayol who was also from Toulon, in 1908 he was given a chance to work as a secondary act in the Paris theatre scene. He worked primarily in comedy. In 1916, writer/director Sacha Guitry gave him significant parts in productions at the Folies Bergère and other major venues. In addition to his appearances on stage, Raimu also developed a successful career in films, sometimes under the name ''Jules Raimu''. He starred in the premiere of André Messager's operetta '' Coups de roulis'' in 1928. The following year, already a leading actor, he gained wide acclaim for his starring role in the stage produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orane Demazis
Orane Demazis (4 September 1894 – 25 December 1991) was a French actress. Biography Born Henriette Marie Louise Burgart in Oran (department), Oran, French Algeria, in a family of Alsatian origin, Demazis entered the CNSAD, Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique in 1919. She formed her stage name after her birthplace of Oran and the name of Mazis, another nearby town. Upon graduating in 1922, she joined the Théâtre de l'Atelier cast directed by Charles Dullin. Between 1922 and 1926, she starred in ''Carmosine'' by Alfred de Musset, ''L'Occasion'' by Prosper Mérimée, ''Chacun sa vérité'' by Pirandello, ''Petite Lumière et l'Ourse'' and ''Huon de Bordeaux'' by Alexandre Arnoux, ''Voulez-vous jouer avec moâ'' by Marcel Achard. Her encounter with Marcel Pagnol in 1923 marked a turning point in her career, he created some of her most famous roles and in 1933 they had a son, :fr:Famille Pagnol, Jean-Pierre Burgart. In 1926, he hired her to act in his play ''J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay (; 4 April 1897 – 9 January 1975) was a French stage and film actor. Biography Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach, he was encouraged by his uncle, actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film. He joined the company at what later was the Théatre de Paris, only to shortly after at the Conservatoire, becoming a pensionnaire of the Comédie-Française in early 1915, returning to it after three years of military service in the French Army in 1919.Obituary: Pierre Fresnay. The Times, 11 January 1975. Before his departure from the Comédie-Française in 1926 Fresnay had played 80 parts in Paris, excelling especially in the works of Alfred de Musset. After playing small roles, in 1915 he was engaged as a pensionnaire without taking an audition at the Comédie-Française, moving up to Mario in '' Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard'' and the title role in '' Britannicus''. After the armistice he appeared as Clitandre in '' Les Femmes savantes'', as well as other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
