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Frank Villard
Frank Villard (24 March 1917 – 19 September 1980) was a French film actor.Goble p.121 He was born François Drouineau in Saint-Jean-d'Angély. Selected filmography * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) - Un homme (uncredited) * ''Cartacalha, reine des gitans'' (1942) * ''Feu sacré'' (1942) - Jean Delmas * ''Box of Dreams (film), Box of Dreams'' (1945) - Jean * ''The Faceless Enemy'' (1946) - Inspecteur Wens / Inspector Wens * ''The Marriage of Ramuntcho'' (1947) - Georges Baermann * ''The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain'' (1947) - Ancelin * ''False Identity (1947 film), False Identity'' (1947) - L'inspecteur Rolle * ''The Cavalier of Croix-Mort'' (1948) - François d'Anthar * ''Memories Are Not for Sale'' (1948) - Jean * ''The Red Signal (film), The Red Signal'' (1949) - Ing. Nicolas Riedel * ''Gigi (1949 film), Gigi'' (1949) - Gaston * ''Vient de paraître'' (1949) - Maréchal * ''Manèges'' (1950) - François * ''Minne (film), Minne'' (1950) - Antoine * ''Shot at Dawn (film), Shot at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Saint-Jean-d'Angély (; Saintongeais dialect, Saintongeais: ''Sént-Jhan-d'Anjhéli'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department in southwestern France. The commune has its historical origins in the Abbey of Saint-Jean-d'Angély. Royal abbey Founded in the ninth century to house a relic of Saint John the Baptist, and rebuilt in the 14th, 17th and 18th centuries because of repeated destruction, then later abandoned, the Abbey is now a listed building. It remains the most remarkable piece of architecture of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, a town which has kept all its medieval charm. Situated on the Way of St. James, pilgrim route that led to Santiago de CompostelaThe route is registered by the UNESCO as part of the "World Heritage of Humanity" the edifice still constitutes a major stopping-off point towards Santiago de Compostela. Since 1989, the Royal Abbey has housed the Centre of European Culture, which has breathed new life into the Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manèges
''Manèges'' is a French film directed by Yves Allégret and released in 1950. The film stars Simone Signoret (married at the time to Allégret, although the marriage came to an end soon after), Bernard Blier and Jane Marken. It is shot in black-and-white in film noir style, with extensive use of flashback and the voiceover of characters' unspoken thoughts. ''Manèges'' is noted for the exceptionally harsh and cynical manner in which Allégret delineates the characters of his two female leads, and has been accused of being misogynistic in tone. It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Auguste Capelier and Alexandre Trauner. The film was released in English-speaking markets under various titles, including ''The Wanton'', ''The Cheat'' and ''The Riding School''. Plot Robert (Bernard Blier), a riding school owner, and his wife Dora (Simone Signoret) have a seemingly happy marriage until Dora is critically injured in a road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilty? (1956 Film)
''Guilty?'' (also known as ''By Whose Hand'' and ''Je Plaide Non Coupable'') is a 1956 British film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Leslie Perrins, Hugh Morton and Andre Mikhelson. It was written by Maurice J. Wilson based on the 1951 novel '' Death Has Deep Roots'' by Michael Gilbert. Plot Former French Resistance heroine Vicki Martin is on trial at the Old Bailey for murdering her ex-lover. Solicitor and amateur detective Nap Rumbold is convinced that she is innocent, and investigates. He unmasks a gang of counterfeiters, and saves Vicki's life. Cast * Leslie Perrins as Poynter * Hugh Morton as Rumbold Senior * Andre Mikhelson as Santos * Raf De La Torre as 'doctor' * Felix Clement as Maitre Gimelet * Margo Lion as Madame Gimelet * Lupovici as Valdi * Michael Anthony as Julian Welles * John Justin as Nap Rumbold * Barbara Laage as Jacqueline Delbois * Donald Wolfit as judge * Stephen Murray as Summers * Norman Wooland as Pelton * Frank Villard as Pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls Of Today (1955 Film)
''Girls of Today'' () is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Marisa Allasio. Plot Peppino Bardellotti, a widower, lives in Milan from his modest job as a sales representative. He has four daughters, three of whom are of marriageable age, followed by his sister-in-law Matilde, who incites them to settle down by marrying a wealthy man, and two of the girls, Sofia and Tilde, following these exhortations initiate relationships with two wealthy men, or supposedly so. Anna, the third daughter, on the other hand, is engaged to Sandro, a simple airline employee who, because of his meager income and his more modern ideas about the role of women, is not well received by the family. But the dreams of affluence pursued by the two girls shatter against a bitter reality. Sofia is deluded by her fiancé Mongardi, who first promises to marry her but then abandons her by yielding to the economic blackmail of her father, a wealthy industrialist opposed to marriage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huis Clos (1954 Film)
''No Exit'' (French: ''Huis-clos'') is a 1954 French drama film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Arletty, Gaby Sylvia and Franck Villard. It was adapted by Pierre Laroche and Jean-Paul Sartre from Sartre's stage play, Cast * Arletty as Inès Serrano, a lesbian * Gaby Sylvia as Estelle Rigaud, a murderer * Franck Villard as Joseph Garcin, a good-for-nothing * Yves Deniaud as le garçon d'étage (the Valet) * Nicole Courcel as Olga, Estelle's best friend * Danièle Delorme as Florence, the lover of Inès * Jean Debucourt as the general * Jacques Chabassol as Pierre, a young man besotted with Estelle * Arlette Thomas as Mme Garcin, Joseph's wife * Louis de Funès (uncredited) See also *''No Exit ''No Exit'' (, ) is a 1944 existentialist French play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The play was first performed at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in May 1944. The play centers around a depiction of the afterlife in which three deceased characters a ...'' (1962) Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of Helene Marimon
''The Secret of Helene Marimon'' (French: ''Le Secret d'Hélène Marimon'') is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by Henri Calef and starring Isa Miranda, Franck Villard and Carla Del Poggio.Caldiron & Hochkofler p.144 The scenario was based on the novel of J. B. Cherrier "Les cahiers du conseiller Marimon". The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. Cast * Isa Miranda as Hélène Marimon * Franck Villard as Jacques Taillandier * Carla Del Poggio as Dominique Marimon * Jean Debucourt as Camille Marimon * Noël Roquevert as uncle of Jacques * André Valmy as Thierry * Michel Roux as Leflou * André Versini as Mr Delabarre * Hella Lexington as Betty * Hubert Noël as a soldier * Albert Michel as a convalescent soldier * Jacques Dynam as Galdou * Lucienne Granier as Mrs Delabarre * Jeanne Provost as Mrs Ravan * Robert Seller as Colonel Brognot * Robert Allan * Louis de Funès as Mr. Rachoux, the gardener * Maurice Biraud * R.J. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice Of Silence (1953 Film)
''Voice of Silence'' (; ) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by G. W. Pabst, written by Giuseppe Berto, starring Aldo Fabrizi and Jean Marais.Rentschler p.285 The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome, Italy. Plot A group of people, to try to make sense of their existence, retreats to a convent because each has problems considered insurmountable: a war veteran who is given up for dead returns from captivity in a sensational way and once home he finds his wife married and happy with another man; a partisan, during a war action, causes the death of three people; a votive candle dealer is too selfish to practice his trade. Then a writer famous for his production of works for adults arrive at the convent through which, according to many detractors, he corrupts many young minds, and a young priest who, dismayed by such a tumult of souls, is seized by mistrust regarding his vocation. At the end of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shameless Sex
''The Shameless Sex'' (, also known as ''Wanda the Sinner'') is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Duilio Coletti. Plot Stefano, a naval officer for some time not operating on ships following a removal and therefore seconded to a Ministry, is warned that his wife Elena secretly transmits military designs and projects that he guarded to foreign powers. The wife is warned by an accomplice and prepares to leave: she greets her son in tears and begins to pack the bags. But the officer runs back: the woman locks herself inside the room and shoots herself two shots, killing herself. In order not to suffer painful repercussions, the truth about the fate of the mother is not revealed to the little child and the father, forced to remain silent in order not to reveal his intimate secrets, cannot reveal the true causes of the suicide; he is accused of uxoricide but, through the oratory ability of his lawyer, he is acquitted at the following trial for lack of evidence. But this acqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cape Of Hope
''The Cape of Hope'' () is a 1951 French-Italian crime film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Edwige Feuillère, Frank Villard and Jean Debucourt.Parish p.231 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios and on location at various place in the Department of Var. The film's sets were designed by the 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 supe ... Robert Gys. Cast References Bibliography * Parish, James Robert. ''Film Actors Guide: Western Europe''. Scarecrow Press, 1977. External links * 1951 films 1951 crime drama films 1950s heist films French crime drama films Italian crime drama films French heist films Italian heist films Film noir French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films French films based on plays Films shot at Bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savage Triangle
''Savage Triangle'' (French: ''Le garçon sauvage'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Madeleine Robinson, Frank Villard and Henri Vilbert.Goble p.363 The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. It was shot partly on location in Marseille where the film is set. Synopsis Simon, the twelve-year-old son of Marie, a prostitute, has been brought up in rural Provence in ignorance of his mother's life but now comes to live with her in Marseille. His initial idolisation of her is disillusioned when he discovers the truth, and he hates her lover Paul. Simon comes to dream of going away to sea, and spending time with the sympathetic Captain François. Cast * Madeleine Robinson as Marie * Frank Villard as Paul * Henri Vilbert as Capitaine François * Pierre-Michel Beck as Simon - le garcon sauvage * Nicolas Amato as Le complice * Henri Arius as Victor - le patron du café * Edmond Beauchamp as Gilles * Dora Doll as La blonde a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avalanche (1951 Film)
''Avalanche'' is a 1951 French drama film directed by Raymond Segard and written by Henri Decoin. starring Frank Villard, Gaby Sylvia and José de Almeyda.Rège p.292 Cast * Frank Villard Frank Villard (24 March 1917 – 19 September 1980) was a French film actor.Goble p.121 He was born François Drouineau in Saint-Jean-d'Angély. Selected filmography * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) - Un homme (uncredited) * ''Cartacalha, reine ... as Edouard Bouchard * Gaby Sylvia as Wanda Bouchard * José de Almeyda as Rémy Couttet * José Fabert * Julienne Paroli as Mme Coutet References Bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1951 films 1951 drama films French drama films 1950s French-language films French black-and-white films 1950s French films Films scored by Marcel Stern {{1950s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beautiful Image
''The Beautiful Image'' (French: ''La belle image'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Claude Heymann and starring Frank Villard, Françoise Christophe and Pierre Larquey.Frey p.78 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Hubert (art director), Robert Hubert. It was based on the La Belle Image (novel), 1941 novel of the same title by Marcel Aymé. Synopsis The face of a modest, quiet man unexpectedly changes one day into a handsome, vigorous one. He becomes a swaggering womaniser who none of his former acquaintances recognise. He even seduces his own wife in his new personae. Cast * Frank Villard as Raoul Cérusier / Roland Colbert * Françoise Christophe as Renée Cérusier * Pierre Larquey as L'oncle Antonin * Suzanne Flon as Lucienne Chenal * Robert Dalban as Julien Gauthier * Junie Astor as La Sarrazine * Olivier Hussenot as Le commissaire * Arlette Merry as La concierge * Gilberte Géniat as Annette, la bonne * Made Siamé as Mlle Lagor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |