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Georges Marchal
Georges Marchal (10 January 1920 – 28 November 1997) was a French actor. Born Georges Louis Lucot in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, the strikingly handsome Marchal was discovered in the early-1940s by director Jean Grémillon. By the early 1950s, he had become one of the top male stars of French cinema, second only, perhaps, to actor Jean Marais. He was also a favorite leading man of filmmaker Luis Buñuel, appearing in the director's films '' La voie lactée'', '' Belle de jour'', '' Cela s'appelle l'aurore'', and '' La mort en ce jardin''. In 1951, Marchal married French actress Dany Robin and together they were a popular couple, playing in the movies ''La Passagère'' (1949), ''La Voyageuse inattendue'', ''Le plus joli péché du monde'', ''Jupiter'' directed by Gilles Grangier (1952), and ''Quand sonnera midi'' directed by Edmond T. Gréville (1958). On television, Marchal played Claude Jade's father in the TV-series '' The Island of Thirty Coffins'', and appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marchal Harcourt 1948
Marchal is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * André Marchal (1894–1980), French organist and teacher *Arlette Marchal (1902–1984), French film actress *Élie Marchal (1839–1923), Belgian botanist and mycologist *Henri Marchal (1876–1970), French archaeologist *Georges Marchal (1920–1997), French actor * Gilles Marchal (1944–2013), French songwriter and singer *Jules Marchal (1924–2003), Belgian diplomat and historian * Luc Marchal (born 1943), Belgian military officer * Marcel Marchal (1913–1993), French footballer *Maurice Marchal (another name for Morvan Marchal, below) *Morvan Marchal (1900–1963), Breton-French architect and nationalist *Olivier Marchal Olivier Marchal (born 14 November 1958) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, and a former policeman. In 2005, he was nominated for three César Awards (César Award for Best Director, Best Director, César Award for Best Film, Best Film a ... (born 1958), French film director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Bost
Pierre Bost (5 September 1901 – 6 December 1975) was a French screenwriter, novelist, and journalist. Primarily a novelist until the 1940s, he was known mainly as a screenwriter after 1945, often collaborating with Jean Aurenche. In his 1954 article ''Une Certaine Tendance du Cinéma Français'' ("A Certain Trend of French Cinema"), François Truffaut attacked the current state of French films, singling out certain screenwriters and producers. The screenwriting team of Bost and Aurenche were criticized for their style of literary adaptations in particular, which Truffaut considered old-fashioned. The journalist Jacques-Laurent Bost was Pierre Bost's brother. Selected filmography * '' The Mondesir Heir'' (1940) * ''The Man Who Played with Fire ''The Man Who Played with Fire'' (French: ''L'homme qui joue avec le feu'') is a 1942 French romantic drama film directed by Jean de Limur and starring Ginette Leclerc, Jacqueline Laurent and Aimé Clariond. Rège p.643 The film's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean De Limur
Jean de Limur (13 November 1887, Vouhé, Charente-Maritime – 5 June 1976, Paris) was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. His works include ''La Garçonne (1936 film), La Garçonne'' (1936) and ''The Letter (1929 film), The Letter'' (1929). A French army officer and a designer, he first came to the United States with his parents, Count and Countess de Limur in September 1920; their destination was Burlingame, California, where lived Jean's brother André (who married Ethel, daughter of William Henry Crocker). Selected filmography * ''The Arab (1924 film), The Arab'' (1924) actor * ''Human Desires'' (1924) * ''The Legion of the Condemned'' (1928) co-screenplay * ''The Letter (1929 film), The Letter'' (1929) director * ''Jealousy (1929 film), Jealousy'' (1929) director * ''My Childish Father (1930 film), My Childish Father'' (1930) * ''Monsieur the Duke'' (1931) * ''Paprika (1933 French film), Paprika'' (1933) director * ''L'Auberge du Petit-Dragon'' (1935) * ''The Sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Played With Fire
''The Man Who Played with Fire'' (French: ''L'homme qui joue avec le feu'') is a 1942 French romantic drama film directed by Jean de Limur and starring Ginette Leclerc, Jacqueline Laurent and Aimé Clariond. Rège p.643 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-Jules Garnier. Synopsis A well-meaning wealthy man Monsieur Desert decides to try and cure men and woman of heartaches in love. He establishes a retreat for them in the grounds of a country estate and with the assistance of his grandson Bernard attempts to watch over them to cure them of love. However, things do not go according to plan. Cast * Ginette Leclerc as Clara * Jacqueline Laurent as Mireille * Aimé Clariond as Monsieur Desert * Georges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernand Ledoux
Fernand Ledoux (born Jacques Joseph Félix Fernand Ledoux, 24 January 1897, Tirlemont – 21 September 1993, Villerville) was a French film and theatre actor of Belgian origin. He studied with Raphaël Duflos at the CNSAD, and began his career with small roles at the Comédie-Française. He appeared in close to eighty films, with his best remembered role being the stationmaster Roubaud in Jean Renoir's ''La Bête humaine'' (1938), but he remained primarily a theatrical actor for the duration of his career. Married to Fernande Thabuy, with whom he had four children, Ledoux was an amateur painter, and lived for many years at Pennedepie in Normandy. Later he moved to Villerville, where he died and where he is buried. Selected filmography * ''L'homme à la barbiche'' (1933) * ' (1934) as Flick * ''L'homme des Folies Bergère'' (1935) as François * ''Mayerling'' (1936) as Philippe de Cobourg * ''Taras Bulba'' (1936) as Tovkatch * '' The Beloved Vagabond'' (1936) as Majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Tual
Roland Tual (10 November 1902 – 29 August 1956) was a French director and producer. First married to Colette Jéramec, the daughter of a rich Parisian industrialist, Tual then married the producer and director Denise Piazza, also known under the name Denise Tual. Very close to surrealists, he was a friend of the painter André Masson in the 1920s. He had financial interests in the daily ''Le Monde''.Bernard Morlino, ''Emmanuel Berl. Les tribulations d'un pacifiste'', Paris, La Manufacture, 1990, (p. 125). Filmography ;Unit production manager *1932: ''Fantômas'' by Pál Fejös *1938: ''Mollenard'' by Robert Siodmak *1938: ''La bête humaine'' by Jean Renoir *1939: ''La Loi du nord'' by Jacques Feyder *1941: ''Remorques'' by Jean Grémillon *1945: '' Espoir'' by André Malraux and based on the work by Malraux ;Producer *1941: ''The Pavilion Burns'' by Jacques de Baroncelli *1942: ''Love Letters'' by Claude Autant-Lara *1945: '' L'Espoir'' by André Malraux and B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Lit à Colonnes
''Le Lit à colonnes'' () is a French drama film from 1942, directed by Roland Tual, written by Charles Spaak, starring Fernand Ledoux and Jean Marais. The scenario was based on a novel of Louise de Vilmorin. In Finland the film was distributed under the title "Ristikon sävel" (realisation 7 February 1947). Cast * Fernand Ledoux: Porey-Cave * Michèle Alfa: Aline * Odette Joyeux: Marie-Dorée * Jean Marais: Rémi Bonvent * Jean Tissier: Jacquot * Pierre Larquey: Ten-Fingers * Mila Parély: Yada * Georges Marchal: Olivier de Verrières * Emmy Lynn: the Countess of Verrières * Valentine Tessier: Madame Porey-Cave * Jacqueline Champi: Marguerite de Verrières * Huguette Donga Huguette is a feminine French given name. Notable people with the name include: * Huguette Bello (born 1950), politician from Reunion * Huguette Béolet (1919–unknown), French table tennis player * Huguette Bouchardeau (born 1935), French politic ...: Elise * Georges Cadix: Little Maurice Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Jourdan
Louis Jourdan (born Louis Robert Gendre; 19 June 1921 – 14 February 2015) was a French film and television actor. He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's '' The Paradine Case'' (1947), '' Letter from an Unknown Woman'' (1948), '' Gigi'' (1958), '' The Best of Everything'' (1959), '' The V.I.P.s'' (1963) and ''Octopussy'' (1983). He played Dracula in the 1977 BBC television production ''Count Dracula''. Early life Jourdan was born Louis Robert Gendre in Marseille, France, in 1921, one of three sons of Yvonne (née Jourdan) and Henry Gendre, a hotel owner.Louis Jourdan profile FilmReference.com; accessed June 5, 2014. He was educated in France, Turkey, and the UK, and studied acting at the École Dramatique. While there, he began acting on the professional stage, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (; 1 May 1917 – 17 October 2017) was a French actress of stage, television and film, as well as a singer and dancer. Beginning in 1931, she appeared in more than 110 films. She was one of France's great movie stars and her eight-decade career was among the longest in film history. Life and career Darrieux was born in Bordeaux, France, during World War I, the daughter of Marie-Louise (Witkowski) and Jean Darrieux, a medical doctor who was serving in the French Army. Her mother was born in Algeria. Her father died when she was seven years old. Raised in Paris, she studied the cello at the Conservatoire de Musique. At 14, she won a part in the musical film '' Le Bal'' (1931). Her beauty combined with her singing and dancing ability led to numerous other offers; the film ''Mayerling'' (1936) brought her to prominence. In 1935, Darrieux married director/screenwriter Henri Decoin, who encouraged her to try Hollywood. She signed a seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Decoin
Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 m freestyle. He competed in the Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle, 400 m freestyle at the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the Water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics, water polo tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Biography During World War I, Decoin served as a pilot. After that he worked as a sports journalist for ''L'Équipe, L'Auto'', ''L'Intransigeant'' and ''Paris-Soir''. In 1926 he published his first book, influenced by Dadaism, the experimental and prize-winning ''Quinze Combats'' (''Fifteen Rounds''), in which a boxing match is seen subjectively by a boxer, and in 1933 directed his first film, ''Les requins du pétrole'' (''The Oil Sharks''). He was known for tackling many genres; with adaptation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier Rendez-vous
''Premier rendez-vous'' (US title: ''Her First Affair'') is a 1941 French comedy film starring Danielle Darrieux. It was directed by Henri Decoin, who co-wrote the screenplay with Michel Duran. During the German occupation, the film was made by Continental Films at Paris Studios Cinéma. Plot An orphan girl corresponds with a lonely college professor. In the end, she falls in love with his nephew. Cast * Danielle Darrieux : Micheline * Louis Jourdan : Pierre * Fernand Ledoux : Nicolas Rougemont * Jean Tissier : Roland * Gabrielle Dorziat : La directrice de l'orphelinat * Sophie Desmarets : Henriette * Rosine Luguet : Angèle * Suzanne Dehelly : Christophine * Jean Parédès : De Vatremont * Georges Mauloy : Le directeur * Daniel Gélin : Chauveau-Laplace * Georges Marchal : De Vaugelas * Annette Poivre : Une pensionnaire * Simone Valère : Une pensionnaire * Jacques Charon : Un collégien * Jacques Dacqmine : Un collégien * Marcel Maupi * Jean Négroni * Robert R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
