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Gaby Basset
Gaby Basset (29 March 1902 – 7 October 2001) was a French film actress.Goble p.37 Selected filmography * '' Everybody Wins'' (1930) – Simone * ''The Malay Dagger'' (1931) – Maggy * '' Departure'' (1931) – Carmen * ''Par habitude'' (1932) – Madame Roussel * ''Mannequins'' (1933) – Rose * ''Pour être aimé'' (1933) * ''Le coq du régiment'' (1933) * ''Les deux 'Monsieur' de Madame'' (1933) – Léonie * ''Le gros lot'' (1933) * '' The Fakir of the Grand Hotel'' (1934) – Titi * ''La châtelaine du Liban'' (1934) – Maroussia * '' Prince Jean'' (1934) – Fernande * ''Un tour de cochon'' (1934) * ''Justin de Marseille'' (1935) – Mado (uncredited) * ''La vierge du rocher'' (1935) – La petite Anna * ''Le tampon du colonel'' (1935) * ''La rosière des Halles'' (1935) – Françoise * ''Fanfare of Love'' (1935) – Poupette * ''Un soir de bombe'' (1935) – Lily * ''La coqueluche de ces dames'' (1935) * ''La mariée du régiment'' (1936) * ''Sacré Léonce'' (1936) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varennes-Saint-Sauveur
Varennes-Saint-Sauveur is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Sevron flows northward through the middle of the commune, then flows into the Solnan, which forms part of the commune's north-eastern border. The Sâne Morte forms most of the commune's western border. Varennes-Saint-Sauveur is part of la Bresse louhannaise. This commune offers a territory of forests and of farming where agricultural activities are the raising of milk cows and of the Bresse chickens. La departmental highway 996 passes through Varennes from north to south. Bodies of water The Sevron River to Varennes, not far from the town. Several rivers run through the commune: the Sâne Morte (especially to the eastern edge of Varennes), the Sevron and the Solnan (bordering Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux then Frontenaud). It is at Varennes that the Sevron flows into the Solnan. History Up until the French Revolution, Varennes-Saint- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Hole In The Wall (1950 Film)
''A Hole in the Wall'' (French: ''Un trou dans le mur'') is a 1950 French comedy film directed by Émile Couzinet and starring André Alerme, Marguerite Pierry and Raymond Galle. It is based on a play by Yves Mirande which had previously been made into a 1930 film of the same title.Goble p.328 Cast * André Alerme as Campignac * Marguerite Pierry as Artémise Corbin * Raymond Galle as André de Kerdrec * Jacqueline Dor as Lucie * Nina Myral as La concierge * Gaby Basset as La cliente * François Joux as Anatole * Palau Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean. The Republic of Palau consists of approximately 340 islands and is the western part of the Caroline Islands ... as L'antiquaire * Claudette Falco as La secrétaire References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Of May (1958 Film)
First of May may refer to: * May 1, the first day of May * International Workers' Day, aka Labor Day, chosen by an organization of socialist and communist political parties * First of May, a village and municipality in Entre Ríos Province of Argentina * A reference to May Day in the context of a fertility or Spring holiday * First of May Bookshop, an Edinburgh bookshop that sold LGBT books in the late 1970s - early 1980s * ''First of May'' (1958 film), a French comedy film * ''The First of May'' (1998 film), an American independent film * ''First of May'' (2015 film), Taiwanese film * "First of May" (Bee Gees song), a 1969 song by the Bee Gees * "First of May", a 2003 song by Jonathan Coulton from the album ''Smoking Monkey'' * "First of May", poem by Langston Hughes * ''First of May'', subtitle of Symphony No. 3 by Dmitri Shostakovich * ''First of May'', A novice performer or worker in their first season. Shows usually play the season's opening spot on the first of May, so th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maigret Sets A Trap (film)
''Maigret Sets a Trap'' () is a 1958 French-Italian crime film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot and Olivier Hussenot. It is an adaptation of the novel '' Maigret Sets a Trap'' by Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his fictional detective Jules Maigret. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. Plot Maigret hunts a serial killer in Paris who stabs women in the evening streets and taunts the police with their failure to catch him. Cast * Jean Gabin as Jules Maigret * Annie Girardot as Yvonne Maurin * Olivier Hussenot as Lagrume * Jeanne Boitel as Louise Maigret * Lucienne Bogaert as Mme Veuve Adèle Maurin * Jean Debucourt as Camille Guimard * Guy Decomble as Mazet * Paulette Dubost as Mauricette Barberot * Jacques Hilling as Le médecin légiste * Hubert de Lapparent as Le juge Coméliau * Jean Desailly as Marcel Maurin * Gérard Séty as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaking Of Murder
''Speaking of Murder'' is a 1957 French crime film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin. The original French title is ''Le rouge est mis'', which means "the red light is on". The screenplay is based on a novel by Auguste Le Breton. Plot Louis Bertain (Gabin) is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his accomplices are careful to keep up a civic veneer by day, indulging in criminal activities only when "the red light is on" at night. This status quo is upset when one of the gang members becomes convinced that Louis' younger brother is a police informer. Cast * Jean Gabin as Louis Bertain / Louis le Blond * Paul Frankeur as Frédo * Marcel Bozzuffi as Pierre (as Marcel Bozzufi) * Albert Dinan as L'inspecteur Pluvier (as Dinan) * Antonin Berval as Zé (as Berval) * Thomy Bourdelle as Le catcheur * Serge Lecointe as Bébert * Jean-Pierre Mocky as Pierre * Jo Peignot as Mimile (as Georges Peignot) * Lucien Raimbourg as Jo * Gabriel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadlier Than The Male (1956 Film)
''Voici le temps des assassins'' (French for "This is the time for murderers") is a 1956 French crime film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin and Danièle Delorme. The title is a line of ''Matinée d'ivresse'' - part of '' Illuminations'' by Arthur Rimbaud. The film was released as ''Deadlier Than the Male'' in the United States and as ''Twelve Hours to Live'' in the UK. It is a dark tale of a young and pretty femme fatale who ruins the life of a man and kills his best friend. Plot In Les Halles, in the heart of Paris, the long-divorced André Chatelin, an honest and respected man who runs a successful restaurant, is visited by an unknown young woman. She says she is Catherine, the daughter of his ex-wife Gabrielle, who has died leaving her homeless and penniless. André gives her a room and a job, but she soon starts abusing his kindness. She sows discord between André and his young friend Gérard, a medical student who is like a son to him. And she starts stealin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gas-Oil
''Gas-Oil'' is a 1955 French crime drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Gaby Basset and Ginette Leclerc. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location at a variety of places. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It was one of a number of films portraying tough truck drivers made in the wake of the success of the 1953 film ''The Wages of Fear''. It was the first of many films in which Gabin appeared in written by his fellow Parisian Michel Audiard.Harriss p.174 Synopsis While driving home one night after meeting his girlfriend, trucker Jean Chape encounters a dead body lying in the road. He reports it the police but they suspect that he is responsible. Cast * Jean Gabin as Jean Chape * Jeanne Moreau as Alice * Gaby Basset as Camille Serin * Ginette Leclerc as Mme Scoppo * Simone Berthier as Annie, une serveuse * Charles Bouillaud as Le gendarme dactylographe * Marcel Bozzuffi as Pier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House On The Waterfront
''House on the Waterfront'' (French: ''Port du désir'') is a 1955 French drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Jean Gabin, Andrée Debar and Henri Vidal.Block p.49 It was made at the Billancourt Studios with some location filming in Marseilles. The film's sets were designed by Lucien Aguettand. Although completed in 1954, it wasn't released until the following year. Synopsis In Marseilles Captain Lequévic is ordered to refloat a ship that has sunk in the entrance to the harbor. However its owner, a man mixed up in smuggling and other illegal activities, is desperate to prevent him from doing so. Partial cast * Jean Gabin as Le commandant Lequévic * Andrée Debar Andrée Debar (5 May 1920 – 24 January 1999) was a French actress and Film producer, producer of stage and screen.Hayward p.464 She was married to the right-wing French politician and film producer Roger Duchet. Selected filmography * ''Jud ... as Martine * Henri Vidal as Michel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Seven Little Sins
''My Seven Little Sins'' (, ), released in UK as ''I Had Seven Daughters'', is a 1954 French-Italian comedy film co-written and directed by Jean Boyer and starring Maurice Chevalier and Delia Scala. It is based on a comedy play of Aldo De Benedetti, previously adapted by Nunzio Malasomma in the film '' We Were Seven Sisters''. Plot Cast *Maurice Chevalier Maurice Auguste Chevalier (; 12 September 1888 – 1 January 1972) was a French singer, actor, and entertainer. He is best known for his signature songs, including " Livin' In The Sunlight", " Valentine", " Louise", " Mimi", and " Thank Heaven f ... as Count André de Courvallon * Delia Scala as Luisella * Colette Ripert as Linda * Maria Frau as Lolita * Annick Tanguy as Nadine * Luciana Paluzzi as Pat * Maria-Luisa Da Silva as Blachette * Gaby Basset as Maria * Paolo Stoppa as Antonio * Fred Pasquali as Professor Gorbiggi References External links * 1954 films 1954 comedy films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi
''Touchez pas au grisbi'' (, French for "Don't touch the loot"), released as ''Honour Among Thieves'' in the United Kingdom and ''Grisbi'' in the United States, is a 1954 French-Italian crime film starring Jean Gabin. Based on a novel by Albert Simonin, it was directed by Jacques Becker and produced by Robert Dorfmann, with a soundtrack by Jean Wiener. René Dary, Paul Frankeur, Jeanne Moreau, and Lino Ventura, making his film debut, appear in principal support. The film was screened in competition at the 1954 Venice Film Festival, where Gabin won a best actor award. It is the first installment of the so-called "Max le Menteur trilogy", which are all based on novels by Simonin, but feature different characters, and followed by the more comic '' Le cave se rebiffe'' and '' Les tontons flingueurs''. Plot Max, a successful middle-aged Parisian gangster, has dinner at Madame Bouche's restaurant, his hangout, with his longtime crime partner Riton. Riton has brought his girlfr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Of Paris
A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional uteruses are capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause. More generally, sex differentiation of the female fetus is governed by the lack of a present, or functioning, '' SRY'' gene on either one of the respective sex chromosomes. Female anatomy is distinguished from male anatomy by the female reproductive system, which includes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva. An adult woman generally has a wider pelvis, broader hips, and larger breasts than an adult man. These characteristics facilitate childbirth and breastfeeding. Women typically have less facial and other body hair, have a higher body fat composition, and are on average shorter and less muscular than men. Throughout human history, tradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Their Last Night
''Their Last Night'' (French: ''Leur dernière nuit'') is a 1953 French crime drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Gabin, Madeleine Robinson and Robert Dalban.Harriss p.196 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq. Synopsis Madeleine, a young teacher from the provinces, arrives in Paris and encounters Pierre Ruffin a seemingly respectable librarian who lives at the same lodging as her in Montmartre. However he comes in one night wounded by a bullet and admits to her that he leads a double life as a gangster. After killing one of his accomplices who has betrayed him, the police net closes in on him. He returns to spend one final night of love with Madeleine before fleeing to Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
