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Louis Florencie
Louis Florencie (4 December 1896 – 4 December 1951) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1927 and 1951. Selected filmography * ''Companion Wanted'' (1932) * ''Beauty Spot'' (1932) * '' Suzanne'' (1932) * '' Night Shift'' (1932) * '' Clochard'' (1932) * ''Ciboulette'' (1933) * '' 600,000 Francs a Month'' (1933) * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) * ''Bach the Detective'' (1936) * ''Moutonnet'' (1936) * ''The Lover of Madame Vidal'' (1936) * '' Lady Killer'' (1937) * ''The House Opposite'' (1937) * ''Return at Dawn'' (1938) * ''Barnabé'' (1938) * ''There's No Tomorrow'' (1939) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1939) * ''Coral Reefs'' (1939) * '' Prince Charming'' (1942) * ''The Island of Love'' (1944) * ''The Last Metro'' (1945) * '' My First Love'' (1945) * '' Patrie'' (1946) *''Coincidences'' (1947) * '' Night Express'' (1948) * ''Return to Life'' (1949) * ''Two Loves ''Two Loves'' is a 1961 American drama film directed by Charles Walters and starr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
There's No Tomorrow (film)
''There's No Tomorrow'' (French: ''Sans lendemain'') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Edwige Feuillère, George Rigaud and Daniel Lecourtois.Williams p.211 A number of those employed on the film were exiles from Nazi Germany. It premiered in Algiers in December 1939 before going on general release across France in March 1940. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Douy and Eugène Lourié. Synopsis In order to support her young son, a woman becomes a dancer in a striptease cabaret act. Cast * Edwige Feuillère as Evelyn (Babs) Morin * George Rigaud as Dr. Georges Brandon * Daniel Lecourtois as Dr. Armand Péreux * Mady Berry as Mme. Midu, concierge * Michel François as Pierre, Evelyn's son * Georges Lannes as Paul Mazuraud * André Gabriello as Mario * Pauline Carton as La bonne Ernestine * Paul Azaïs as Henri * Jacques Erwin as Hermann * Louis Florencie as Drunk client * Geo Forster a sUn danseur * Jane Marken as Mm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Deaths
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel '' Journey Through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation (later known as X-rays). * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 17 – Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British redcoats enter the Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 18 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent, England, is fined 1 shilling for speeding at (exceeding the contemporary speed limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Loves (1949 Film)
''Two Loves'' (French: ''Deux amours'') is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Tino Rossi, Simone Valère and Édouard Delmont.Powrie & Cadalanu p.114 The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. Cast * Tino Rossi as Sylvain Vincent / Désiré Vincent * Simone Valère as Antoinette * Édouard Delmont as M. Vincent * Sylvie as Mme Vincent * André Gabriello as Caldebrousse * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Poucette Caldebrousse * André Brunot as Nestor, directeur du cirque * Louis Florencie as Le maire * Henri Arius as Un client * Christiane Barry as Carmen * José Casa as Un client * Edith Cora as Anaïs * Camille Guérini as Le régisseur * Mag-Avril as Une commère * Marcel Maupi Marcel Maupi, stage name of Marcel Louis Alexandre Barberin or Maupi, (6 November 1881, Marseille – 4 January 1949, Antibes) was a French actor. Selected filmography * ''Dance Hall'' (1931) * '' Marius'' (1931) * ''Fanny'' (1932) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return To Life
''Return to Life'' (french: Retour à la vie) is a 1949 French drama portmanteau film in five parts directed by Georges Lampin, André Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jean Dréville (who directed the last two parts). It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Paul Azaïs as the captain * Bernard Blier as Gaston * Jean Brochard as the Hotel tender * Léonce Corne as Virolet * Janine Darcey as Mary * Max Elloy as the old barman * Louis Florencie as the chief of police * Paul Frankeur as the maire * Jacques Hilling as a soldier * Louis Jouvet as Jean Girard * Léon Larive as Jules, the guard * Héléna Manson as Simone * Marie-France Plumer as Aunt Berth * Noël-Noël as René * Jeanne Pérez as the mother * François Périer as Antoine * Serge Reggiani as Louis, the husband of the young German * Patricia Roc as Lieutenant Evelyne * Noël Roquevert as the commander * Maurice Schutz Maurice Schutz (4 August 1866 – 22 March 1955) was a French film actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Express (film)
''Night Express'' (French: ''Rapide de nuit'') is a 1948 French crime drama film directed by Marcel Blistène and starring Roger Pigaut, Sophie Desmarets and Paul Demange.Bessy & Chirat p.463 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. Synopsis A woman tricks an apparently naïve young man into carrying a suitcase full of stolen goods into a railway station. The young man substitutes the case for another, however, to avoid being an accomplice. Cast * Roger Pigaut as Robert * Sophie Desmarets as Simone * Paul Demange as M. Grand * Jean Brochard as L'inspecteur Verdier * Jane Marken as Mme Louis * Maurice Teynac as Georges Sommer * Michel Ardan as Un des deux complices * Paul Azaïs as Un inspecteur * Hélène Dassonville as La caissière * Louis Florencie as Le garçon * Gabrielle Fontan as La mère aux chats * Jean Gaven as Un des deux complices * Henry Murray Henry Alexander Murray (May 13, 1893 – June 23, 1988) was an American psy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coincidences (film)
''Coincidences'' (French: ''Coïncidences'') is a 1947 French drama film directed by Serge Debecque and starring Serge Reggiani, Andrée Clément and Pierre Renoir.Rège p.428 It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and on location in Lyon. The film's sets were designed by the art director Maurice Colasson. Synopsis The librarian of a wealthy textile manufacturer from Lyon is in love with his employer's daughter, but she is engaged to another man an army officer. When he is offered three magic balls that will seemingly change his fortunes, he accepts, but they ultimately lead towards a tragic destiny. Cast * Serge Reggiani as Jean Ménétrier * Andrée Clément as Françoise * Pierre Renoir as Monsieur Bardolas * Sylvie as Amélie * Jean Parédès as Montboron * Pierre Sergeol as Poncet - un assureur * Maurice Schutz as Le vieux paysan * Louis Florencie as Pierre Calmiran - un assureur * Robert Le Béal as Gérard Tibur * Guy Favières as Le père de François ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrie (1946 Film)
''Patrie'' (English: ''Country'') is a 1946 French historical drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Pierre Blanchar, Maria Mauban and Jean Desailly. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. Like the 1917 silent film of the same title it is based on the 1869 play by Victorien Sardou.Goble p.904 It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. Plot In Brussels in the 1560s the rebelling Flemish nobles are battling the Spanish under the Duke of Alba. The Count De Rysoor, a prominent leader, is planning an uprising aiming to hold the city until relief from William of Orange can arrive. When he discovers an affair his wife is having with a fellow officer, he at first turns a blind eye to it as he always puts his country before his private concerns. However it soon begins to put the whole conspiracy at risk. Cast * Pierre Blanchar as Le comte de Rysoor * Jean Desailly as Karloo * Maria Mauban as La comt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My First Love (1945 Film)
''My First Love'' (French: ''J'ai dix-sept ans'') is a 1945 French comedy drama film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Jacqueline Delubac, Aimé Clariond and Madeleine Suffel. It was based on a play of the same title by Paul Vandenberghe. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Nègre. The film had admissions in France of 2,442,552. at Box Office Story Synopsis Bob, a , is very emotionally close to his mother Suzanne. He is alarmed when she seems about to begin a relationship with a novelist, reg ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Metro (1945 Film)
''The Last Metro'' (French: ''Dernier métro'') is a 1945 French crime film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Gaby Morlay, Alexandre Rignault and Mony Dalmès. It was based on the 1912 novel ''Mathilde et ses mitaines'' by Tristan Bernard. The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin. It recorded admissions in France of 2,218,391. at Box Office Story Synopsis Leaving the station after having caught the last Paris Metro, a man comes to the rescue of a woman who is being assaulted and finds himself drawn into her affairs.Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyte ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Island Of Love
''The Island of Love'' (French: ''L'île d'amour'') is a 1944 French drama film directed by Maurice Cam and starring Tino Rossi, Édouard Delmont and Josseline Gaël.Rège p.166 A Corsican fisherman becomes ensnared by a sophisticated woman and follows her to Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. .... Cast Reception It was one of the most popular movies in France in 1945 with admissions of 3,142,290.French box office of 1945 at Box Office Story References Bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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