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L'Homme Qui Cherche La Vérité
''The Man Who Seeks the Truth'' (French: ''L'homme qui cherche la vérité'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Alexander Esway and starring Raimu, Yvette Lebon and André Alerme.Rège p.368 It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Henri Ménessier. In 1945 it was loosely remade in Hollywood as '' Bring on the Girls'' starring Veronica Lake. Synopsis In order to discover what his friends, family and colleagues really think about him Jean Vernet, a banker, feigns deafness so he can overhear conversations. He is shocked to discover that his previously happy existence is built on lies. Amongst them is the fact that his long-standing mistress Jacqueline is now the lover of his own godson Within Christianity, a godparent or sponsor is someone who bears witness to a child's baptism (christening) and later is willing to help in their catechesis, as well as their lifelong spiritual formation. In both religious and civi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Esway
Alexander Esway (20 January 1895 – 23 August 1947) was a Hungarian-born film director, screenwriter, and producer. Life and career Esway was born Sándor Ezry in Budapest. In the late 1920s and early 1930s he worked as a director and screenwriter, first in Germany and then in the UK. He began working primarily in France from 1933, although he also continued to work in the UK where he set up a short-lived production company, Atlantic Film Productions, in 1935. The company's only production was ''Thunder in the City'', starring Edward G. Robinson. During World War II, he worked in Hollywood on Allied propaganda films, most notably, ''The Cross of Lorraine''. After the war, he returned to France where he made his last two films: the two-part war film ''Le Bataillon du ciel'', based on the book of the same name by Joseph Kessel, and ''L'Idole (film), L'Idole'', starring Yves Montand. Esway died in St. Tropez at the age of 52.Cinémathèque Française"Alexandre Esway: Carrière/Filmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of The United States
The cinema of the United States, primarily associated with major film studios collectively referred to as Hollywood, has significantly influenced the global film industry since the early 20th century. Classical Hollywood cinema, a filmmaking style developed in the 1910s, continues to shape many American films today. While French filmmakers Auguste and Louis Lumière are often credited with modern cinema's origins, American filmmaking quickly rose to global dominance. As of 2017, more than 600 English-language films were released annually in the U.S., making it the fourth-largest producer of films, trailing only India, Japan, and China. Although the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand also produce English-language films, they are not directly part of the Hollywood system. Due to this global reach, Hollywood is frequently regarded as a transnational cinema with some films released in multiple language versions, such as Spanish and French. Contemporary Hollyw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Amato
Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), Welsh poet * Jean Nicolas (1913–1978), French international football player * Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1799–1848), English antiquary * Paul Nicolas (1899–1959), French international football player * Robert Nicolas (1595–1667), English politician Nicolás * Adolfo Nicolás (1936–2020), Superior General of the Society of Jesus * Eduardo Nicolás (born 1972), Spanish former professional tennis player Other uses * Nicolas (wine retailer), a French chain of wine retailers * ''Le Petit Nicolas'', a series of children's books by René Goscinny See also * San Nicolás (other) * Nicholas (other) * Nicola (other) * Nikola Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek '' Nikolaos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Dehelly
Suzanne Dehelly (1896–1968) was a French film actress.Greco p.189 Selected filmography * '' Graziella'' (1926) - Graziella * '' A Hole in the Wall'' (1930) - La couturière * ''La prison en folie'' (1931) - Cléo d'Argyl * ''Tout s'arrange'' (1931) - Micheline * ''Mon amant l'assassin'' (1932) - Simone Bondizi * ''Une nuit de folies'' (1934) - Suzanne * ''Les bleus de la marine'' (1934) - Elyane * '' The Crisis is Over'' (1934) - Olga * ''Un soir de bombe'' (1935) - Emma * ''La mariée du régiment'' (1936) * ''La petite dame du wagon-lit'' (1936) - Eudoxie * ''La brigade en jupons'' (1936) - Frédérique * ''Prête-moi ta femme'' (1936) - Angèle * ''La reine des resquilleuses'' (1937) - Victorine * ''Arsene Lupin, Detective'' (1937) - L'amie d'Olga (uncredited) * ''Cinderella'' (1937) - Virginie * ''Mon deputé et sa femme'' (1937) - La princesse * ''Monsieur Bégonia'' (1937) - Aurélie Merchant * ''Chipée'' (1938) - Mme Point * ''Titin des Martigues'' (1938) - Totoche * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Tissier
Jean Tissier (1896–1973) was a French stage, film and television actor.Goble p.440 A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career. He was married to the actress Georgette Tissier. Selected filmography * '' A Rare Bird'' (1935) * '' The Mascot'' (1935) * '' The Slipper Episode'' (1935) * '' Return to Paradise'' (1935) * '' The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * '' Nitchevo'' (1936) * '' The Great Refrain'' (1936) * '' The Bureaucrats'' (1936) * '' The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937) * '' Boulot the Aviator'' (1937) * '' Blanchette'' (1937) * '' Sarati the Terrible'' (1937) * '' Hercule'' (1938) * '' The Two Schemers'' (1938) * '' Crossroads'' (1938) * '' Alert in the Mediterranean'' (1938) * ''I Was an Adventuress'' (1938) * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) * '' Whirlwind of Paris'' (1939) * '' Case of Conscience'' (1939) * ''Latin Quarter'' (1939) * '' Night in December'' (1940) * ''False Alarm'' (1940) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * '' Romance of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle Dorziat
Gabrielle Dorziat (25 January 1880 – 30 November 1979) was a French stage and film actress. Dorziat was a fashion trend setter in Paris and helped popularize the designs of Coco Chanel. The Théâtre Gabrielle-Dorziat in Épernay, France is named for her. Biography She was born in 1880. Dorziat made her stage début in 1898 at the Royal Park Theatre in Brussels. She moved to Paris and appeared in Alfred Capus' ''La Bourse ou la vie'' (1900), but it was her performance as Thérèse Herbault in ''Chaîne anglaise'' (1906) that brought her to public attention. She became known for her off-stage life as well, becoming romantically involved with actors Lucien Guitry and Louis Jouvet. She had close friendships with Jean Cocteau, Jean Giraudoux, Coco Chanel, Paul Bourget and Henri Bernstein. During World War I Dorziat left France to tour the United States where she raised money for war refugees. After the war she toured Canada, South America and the rest of Europe. In 1921 Dorziat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Mercanton
Jean Mercanton (20 May 1920 – 4 November 1947) was a French film actor.Goble p.106 Mercanton began his career as a child actor, making his film debut in the year of his birth. Selected filmography * ''Miarka (1920 film), Miarka'' (1920) * ''The Two Boys (1924 film), The Two Boys'' (1924) * ''Cinders (1926 film), Cinders'' (1926) * ''The Maid at the Palace'' (1927) * ''Croquette (film), Croquette'' (1927) * ''The Passenger (1928 film), The Passenger'' (1928) * ''Venus (1929 film), Venus'' (1929) * ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''Princess, At Your Orders!'' (1931) * ''Narcotics (film), Narcotics'' (1932) * ''Monsieur Albert'' (1932) * ''He Is Charming'' (1932) * ''Captain Benoit'' (1938) * ''The Little Thing (1938 film), The Little Thing'' (1938) * ''Three from St Cyr'' (1939) * ''The Phantom Carriage (1939 film), The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) * ''Lucrèce (film), Lucrèce'' (1943) * ''The Ménard Collection'' (1944) * ''Destitute Mary'' (1945) * ''Distress (1946 film) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Delubac
Jacqueline Delubac (1907–1997) was a French stage and film actress.Williams. p. 158. She was married to actor, director and writer Sacha Guitry and appeared in a number of his productions on both stage and screen. Selected filmography * '' Chérie'' (1930) * '' Let's Get Married'' (1931) * '' Topaze'' (1933) * ''Good Luck'' (1935) * ''Confessions of a Cheat'' (1936) * ''Let's Make a Dream'' (1936) * ''The New Testament'' (1936) * ''The Pearls of the Crown'' (1937) * '' Désiré'' (1937) * ''Quadrille'' (1938) * '' Girls in Distress'' (1939) * ''Hangman's Noose'' (1940) * '' La Comédie du bonheur'' (''The Comedy of Happiness'') (1940) * '' The Man Who Seeks the Truth'' (1940) * ''Volpone'' (1941) * ''Fever'' (1942) * '' My First Love'' (1945) * '' The Ferret'' (1950) See also * List of French actors References Bibliography * Williams, Alan. ''Film and Nationalism''. Rutgers University Press Rutgers University Press (RUP) is a nonprofit academic publishing house, operatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godson
Within Christianity, a godparent or sponsor is someone who bears witness to a child's baptism (christening) and later is willing to help in their catechesis, as well as their lifelong spiritual formation. In both religious and civil views, a godparent tends to be an individual chosen by the parents to take an interest in the child's upbringing and personal development, and to offer mentorship. A male godparent is a godfather, and a female godparent is a godmother. The child is a godchild (i.e., godson for boys and goddaughter for girls). Christianity Origins and history As early as the 2nd century AD, infant baptism had begun to gain acceptance among Christians for the spiritual purification and social initiation of infants. Normally, these sponsors were the birth parents of a child, as emphasized in 408 by St. Augustine who suggested that the sponsors could be other individuals in exceptional circumstances. Within a century, the ''Corpus Juris Civilis'' indicates that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mistress (lover)
A mistress or kept woman is a woman who is in a relatively long-term sexual and romantic relationship with someone who is married to a different person. Description A mistress is usually in a long-term good relationship with a person who is married to someone else and is often referred to as "the other woman". Generally, the relationship is stable and at least semi-permanent, but the couple do not live together openly. The relationship is often, but not always, secret. There is often also the implication that the mistress is sometimes "kept"i.e., her lover is paying all or some of her living expenses. Historically the term "mistress" denoted a "kept woman", who was maintained in a comfortable, or even lavish, lifestyle by a wealthy man so that she would be available for his sexual pleasure. Such a woman could move between the roles of a mistress and a courtesan depending on her situation and environment. Whereas the word "lover" was used when the illicit female partner was ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deafness
Deafness has varying definitions in cultural and medical contexts. In medical contexts, the meaning of deafness is hearing loss that precludes a person from understanding spoken language, an audiological condition. In this context it is written with a lower case ''d''. It later came to be used in a cultural context to refer to those who primarily communicate with a deafness aid or through sign language regardless of hearing ability, often capitalized as ''Deaf'' and referred to as "big D Deaf" in speech and sign. The two definitions overlap but are not identical, as hearing loss includes cases that are not severe enough to impact spoken language comprehension, while cultural Deafness includes hearing people who use sign language, such as children of deaf adults. Medical context In a medical context, deafness is defined as a degree of hearing difficulties such that a person is unable to understand speech, even in the presence of amplification. In profound deafness, eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
