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Gaby André
Gaby André (born Gabrielle Louise Mathilde Andreu; March 5, 1920 – August 27, 1972) was a French film actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ... known for her roles in films like "La vendetta di Ercole" (1960) and "Highway 301" (1950).Mitchell p.266 Partial filmography References Bibliography * Mitchell, Charles P. ''The Great Composers Portrayed on Film, 1913 through 2002''. McFarland, 2004. External links * 1920 births 1972 deaths People from Châlons-en-Champagne Actresses from Grand Est 20th-century French actresses French expatriate actresses in the United States {{france-film-actor-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Châlons-en-Champagne
Châlons-en-Champagne () is a city in the Grand Est region of France. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Marne (department), Marne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims. Formerly called Châlons-sur-Marne, the city was officially renamed in 1995. It should not be confused with the Burgundian town of Chalon-sur-Saône. History The city was a Gallic and later a Gallo-Roman settlement known in Latin as ''Catalaunum'', taking its name from the Catalauni, a Belgae, Belgic tribe dwelling in the region of modern Champagne (province), Champagne. Châlons is conjectured to be the site of several battles, including the Battle of Châlons (274), Battle of Châlons, fought in 274 between Roman Emperor Aurelian and Emperor Tetricus I of the Gallic Empire, and the 451 Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, which turned back the westward advance of Attila. The Hôtel de Ville, Châlons-en-Champagne, Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1776. Plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parade En Sept Nuits
''Parade en sept nuits'' () is a 1941 French film. Plot In a dog pound, one of the dog tells stories about his former life, including adventures in a circus. Production Production commenced in 1940 at Francoeur Studios in Paris, but was interrupted by the war. It resumed almost a year later in the city of Nice at the Victorine Studios. References External links''Parade en sept nuits''at IMDb IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ... 1941 films French anthology films Films about dogs French black-and-white films 1940s French-language films 1940s French films Films shot at Francoeur Studios Films shot at Victorine Studios Films scored by Louis Beydts Films with screenplays by Henri Jeanson Films directed by Marc Allégret {{1940s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goliath And The Dragon
''Goliath and the Dragon'' () is a 1960 sword-and-sandal film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Mark Forest and Broderick Crawford. The name of the main character was changed from Hercules to Emilius (known in the film as Goliath) for release in North America by American International Pictures to sell it as a sequel to their earlier ''Goliath and the Barbarians'' (1959). American International Pictures had announced plans to create a sequel to ''Goliath and the Barbarians'' called ''Goliath and the Dragon'' based on a script by Lou Rusoff for star Debra Paget, but the project fell through, so they bought the rights to an already-made Italian film called '' Revenge of Hercules'' and retitled it ''Goliath and the Dragon''. American International Pictures also added a Wah Ming Chang stop-motion animation sequence inserting a dragon sub-plot into the story. The dragon sequence is only in the Americanized English-dubbed print, not in the original Italian version. Plot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmic Monsters
''The Strange World of Planet X'' (U.S. title: ''Cosmic Monsters'') is an independently made 1958 British second feature ('B') science fiction horror film directed by Gilbert Gunn and starring Forrest Tucker and Gaby André. It was adapted by Paul Ryder and Joe Ambor from the 1957 Rene Ray novel of the same name, produced by George Maynard and John Bash and distributed in the UK in February, 1958Warren, Bill (1986). ''Keep Watching The Skies Volume 2''. McFarland & Co., Inc. . Page 736 by Eros Films. It was released in the US on July 7, 1958 by Distributors Corporation of America as a double feature with ''The Crawling Eye'', also starring Tucker. A made-for-TV serial, adapted by Rene Ray in 1956, had aired previously in the UK and was the basis for the feature film. A monomaniacal scientist creates ultra-sensitive, disruptive magnetic fields, which have unexpected side effects, while also attracting unidentified flying objects from outer space. Strange things begin to hap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatella (film)
''Donatella'' is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival Elsa Martinelli won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. Plot Donatella is a simple and honest Roman girl, daughter of a bookbinder and girlfriend of Guido, a gas station owner. One day she finds a woman's handbag containing valuables and documents, and decides to return it to her owner, a wealthy American lady who offers Donatella a job as a secretary as a reward: she has to manage the lady's villa during her absences, a job that does not require any particular commitment and allows Donatella to live for a while in the high society, unknown to her. Donatella casually meets Maurizio, a rich, elegant and well-educated young man, and ends up falling in love. When Maurizio discovers the humble origins of Donatella, he thinks that she has deceived him; but then he is convinced of Donatella's good faith, and thanks also to Guido's honesty, who acknowledges that he is not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verdi, The King Of Melody
''Giuseppe Verdi'', released theatrically in the US as ''The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi'' and on video as ''Verdi, the King of Melody'', is a 1953 Italian biographical musical melodrama film starring Pierre Cressoy and directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It is based on adult life events of the composer Giuseppe Verdi. The film was a commercial success, grossing over 957 million lire at the Italian box office.Gianni Rondolino. ''Catalogo Bolaffi del cinema italiano 1945/1955''. Bolaffi, 1967. Cast *Pierre Cressoy as Giuseppe Verdi * Anna Maria Ferrero as Margherita Barezzi * Gaby André as Giuseppina Strepponi * Irene Genna as Violetta * Laura Gore as Berberina Strepponi * Camillo Pilotto as Antonio Barezzi * Emilio Cigoli as Gaetano Donizetti * Loris Gizzi as Gioachino Rossini * Mario Del Monaco as Francesco Tamagno *Tito Gobbi as Domenico Ronconi *Aldo Bufi Landi as Alexandre Dumas, fils *Guido Celano as Victor Hugo * Franca Dominici as Rossini's Wife * Mario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Angel Of Sin
''The Angel of Sin'' () is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Leonardo De Mitri and Vittorio Carpignano and starring Roldano Lupi, Gaby André and Luigi Tosi.Chiti & Poppi p.417 The film's sets were designed by the art director Arrigo Equini. Cast * Roldano Lupi as Conte * Gaby André as Elena * Luigi Tosi as Bruno * Maria Grazia Francia as Annetta * Umberto Spadaro as Scarpone * André Le Gall as Tore * Mario Mazza (actor), Mario Mazza as Don Fabio * Violetta Gragnani as Maria Rosa * Guglielmo Ferro as Lunardo - padre di Bruno * Renato Lupi as L'amministratore * Anna Parisi as La Perpetua * Riccardo Ferri (actor), Riccardo Ferri as Grippa - marito di Maria Rosa * Daniele Danielli as Medico References Bibliography * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. External links * 1952 films Italian drama films 1952 drama films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Leonardo De Mit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilt Is Not Mine
''Guilt Is Not Mine'' or ''Unjust Condemnation'' (, ) is a 1952 French-Italian melodrama film co-written and directed by Giuseppe Masini and starring Rossano Brazzi, Gaby André and Elvy Lissiak. Plot We are in Maremma. A physician, doctor who devotes himself to scientific research falls in love with Anna, the daughter of a chemist, who does not approve of the relationship. He is thus courted by other women, among which Barbara proves to be the most enterprising: meanwhile Anna gets engaged and the young doctor begins to suffer. When a malaria epidemic breaks out, the scientist is accused of not thinking about healing the locals to continue scientific experiments, undergoes a trial and ends up in prison. Cast * Rossano Brazzi as Carlo Rocchi * Gaby André as Anna Valli * Sergio Tofano as Prof. Valli * Elvy Lissiak as Barbara Soldani * Umberto Sacripante as Dante * Mino Doro as Archeologo * Fedele Gentile as Ferri * Ubaldo Lay as Andrea * Amedeo Trilli as Sindaco * Gianna Seg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Glove
''The Green Glove'' (aka ''The White Road'') is a 1952 French-American international co-production film noir directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Glenn Ford, Geraldine Brooks, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and George Macready. Plot The film opens with a teaser showing the end of the story. The priest of St. Elzear hears the church bells ringing, which (a narrator tells us) weren't supposed to ring until the Gauntlet of St. Elzear, the "green glove" that was the object of pilgrimages by the "the sick, the maimed and the faithful" had been returned. He runs to the church, doesn't see the gauntlet in its place, then runs up the bell tower, on the level just below the bells finding a dead man. At the top, the bells are ringing but no one is ringing them. He runs back down and this time the gauntlet is in its rightful place. Villagers join him in the church and he and others go back to the dead man. Wondering who he is, he finds a jacket with a designer tag from Los Angeles and conclude he's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sleepwalker (1951 Film)
''The Sleepwalker'' (French: ''Boniface somnambule'') is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Maurice Labro and starring Fernandel, Andrex and Gaby André.Vincendeau p.153 The film was shot at the Cité Elgé studios in Paris with sets designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. It is a sequel to the 1949 film '' The Heroic Monsieur Boniface''. Cast * Fernandel as Victor Boniface * Andrex as Charlie, le chef des gangsters * Gaby André as Stella Gazzini, la vedette à Tabarin * André Roanne as Louis, le voleur du briquet * Raoul Marco as Le directeur des magasins * Louis de Funès as Anatole, le mari soupçonneux * Julien Maffre as Victor, le lampiste * André Numès Fils as Jules, le valet de chambre du Grand Hôtel * Rivers Cadet as Jean * Michel Ardan as Un gangster * Mathilde Casadesus as Mademoiselle Thomas * Yves Deniaud as René, un gangster * Simone Silva as Louise * Nadine Tallier Nadine de Rothschild (née Nadine Nelly Jeannette Lhopitalier; born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highway 301 (film)
''Highway 301'' is an American 1950 film noir written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, and starring Steve Cochran, Virginia Grey, Gaby André and Edmon Ryan. Plot A gang of career criminals, modeled on the real life Tri-State Gang, are terrorizing and robbing banks and payrolls in North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. George, the gang's leader, is a cold killer who does not distinguish between armed guards and any of the group's molls that cross him. The film starts with comments from then-governors of North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland about how crime doesn't pay. By the film's end, all five of the gang members are either caught or killed. As for the molls, one dies from a bullet (courtesy of the gang's leader), a second is shot and lies in a coma before recovering, and a third is arrested while impersonating a reporter during an attempt to aid the gang. Cast * Steve Cochran as George Legenza * Virginia Grey as Mary Simms * Gaby André as Lee * Edmon Ryan as Detective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Please Believe Me
''Please Believe Me'' is a 1949 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, and starring Deborah Kerr, Robert Walker, Mark Stevens and Peter Lawford. Plot Alison Kirbe is a young London girl who has just found out she has inherited a Texas ranch from an old soldier she had befriended during World War II. Mistakenly assuming she is now the owner of a small empire, she crosses the Atlantic Ocean by ship. On her way, she meets Terence Keath, a fellow passenger heavily in debt to casino owner Lucky Reilly. To pay off his debts, he attempts to marry rich and starts to seduce Alison, as he thinks she is a wealthy heiress. Another person who is attracted to Alison is Jeremy Taylor, a millionaire bachelor who is accompanied by his attorney Matthew Kinston. The following days she enjoys the attention she is receiving from Terence, Jeremy and Matthew, but rejects them all. She feels most attracted to Matthew, but he mistakenly confronts her for being part of a scheme. Trying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
