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Marcel Pérès (actor)
Marcel Pérès (1898–1974) was a French film actor who acted prolifically during his long career.Crisp p.232 He was a character actor often playing smaller, supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' Port of Shadows'' (1938) * '' Return at Dawn'' (1938) * '' The Postmaster's Daughter'' (1938) * '' Women's Prison'' (1938) * ''Ultimatum'' (1938) * '' The Human Beast'' (1938) * '' Crossroads'' (1938) * '' The Mayor's Dilemma'' (1939) * ''Place de la Concorde'' (1939) * ''Midnight Tradition'' (1939) * '' The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) * '' The Emigrant'' (1940) * '' Night in December'' (1940) * '' Radio Surprises'' (1940) * '' Sins of Youth'' (1941) * '' The Pavilion Burns'' (1941) * '' The Chain Breaker'' (1941) * '' Portrait of Innocence'' (1941) * '' Who Killed Santa Claus?'' (1941) * '' Business Is Business'' (1942) * '' The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock'' (1942) * '' The Stairs Without End'' (1943) * '' It Happened at the Inn'' (1943) * ''Shot in the Night'' (1943) * '' Goodb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Poiret
Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré (17 August 1926 – 14 March 1992), was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play ''La Cage aux Folles (play), La Cage aux Folles''. Early career Poiret was born in Paris, and first rose to prominence in 1951 playing the role of Fred Transport, one of the heroes of Pierre Dac and Francis Blanche's radio series ''Malheur aux Barbus''. In 1952, he met his future co-star of ''La Cage'' Michel Serrault at the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre. They starred in the sketch "Jerry Scott, Vedette Internationale". In 1961, Poiret, as a member of the French cinematic society Pathé, wrote and recorded "La Vache à Mille Francs", a parody of "La Valse à Mille Temps" by Jacques Brel. In 1973, he married actress Caroline Cellier, with whom he had one child. ''La Cage aux Folles'' In 1973, Poiret wrote and starred in the stage play ''La Cage aux Folles (play), La Cage aux Folles''. Its La Cage aux Folles ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Bête Humaine (film)
(English: ''The Human Beast'' and ''Judas Was a Woman'') is a 1938 French crime drama film directed by Jean Renoir, with cinematography by Curt Courant. The picture features Jean Gabin and Simone Simon, and is loosely based on the 1890 novel by Émile Zola. is partially set "on a train that may be thought of as one of the main characters in the film." Although generally listed as a romantic drama, it is sometimes thought to foreshadow the film noir genre. Fritz Lang directed an adaptation of the same source material as '' Human Desire'' 16 years later in the U.S. for Columbia Pictures. The latter film falls more properly within the film noir genre. Plot Lantier is a railway engine driver obsessively tied to his locomotive, in part because his work distracts him from recurring headaches and violent rages that happen when he is with a woman and become worse when he drinks. During a stop for repairs in Le Havre, Lantier goes to his aunt's nearby village. He tells her he no longe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Killed Santa Claus?
''Who Killed Santa Claus?'' () is a 1941 French comedy-drama mystery film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Harry Baur, Raymond Rouleau and Robert Le Vigan. This adaptation of Pierre Véry's 1934 novel of the same name was the first film produced by Continental Films. It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris and on location at Chamonix in the French Alps. The films sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne. Cast * Harry Baur as Gaspard Cornusse * Raymond Rouleau as Roland de La Faille * Renée Faure as Catherine Cornusse * Robert Le Vigan as Léon Villard, the schoolmaster * Fernand Ledoux as Noirgoutte, the mayor * Jean Brochard as Ricomet, the pharmacist * Héléna Manson as Marie Coquillot * Arthur Devère as Tairraz, the watchmaker * Marcel Pérès as Rambert * Georges Chamarat as Constable Gercourt * Bernard Blier Bernard Blier (; 11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French character actor. Life and career Blier was born in Buenos A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Innocence
''Portrait of Innocence'' (French: ''Nous les gosses'') is a 1941 French comedy drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Louise Carletti, Gilbert Gil and André Brunot. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris during the German occupation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. It is also known by the alternative title ''Us Kids'', and drew uncredited inspiration from Erich Kästner's novel ''Emil and the Detectives''.Cardullo p.135 In 1948 Cecil Day-Lewis based his book '' The Otterbury Incident'' on the film's screenplay. Cast * Louise Carletti as Mariette * Gilbert Gil as Monsieur Morin, l'instituteur * André Brunot as Le commissaire * Marcel Pérès as Victor Lemoine * Louis Seigner as Le directeur de l'école * Anthony Gildès as Le père Castor * Léonce Corne as L'ami de la famille * Martial Rèbe as Le père de Fernand * Madeleine Geoffroy as La mère de Fernand * Jeanne Pérez as La mère de Jeannot * Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chain Breaker
''The Chain Breaker'' (French: ''Le briseur de chaînes'') is a 1941 French comedy drama film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Pierre Fresnay, Marcelle Géniat, Blanchette Brunoy and Ginette Leclerc. https://www.unifrance.org/film/11376/le-briseur-de-chaines It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. Cast * Pierre Fresnay as Marcus * Marcelle Géniat as Mamouret * Blanchette Brunoy as Marie-Jo * Ginette Leclerc as Graziella * André Brunot as Antoine Mouret * Raoul Marco as Alphonse * Alfred Adam as Guillaume * Gilberte Géniat as Estelle * Ginette Baudin as Gisèle * Marthe Mellot as Héloïse * René Blancard as Ferdinand * Jeanne Véniat as Armandine * Jean-Henri Chambois as Léonard * Paul Delauzac as Monseigneur Mouret - l'évêque * René Forval as Le curé * Julien Maffre as Titin * Louis Seigner as Le ministre * Charles Dullin as Esprit Mouret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pavilion Burns
''The Pavilion Burns'' (French: ''Le Pavillon brûle'') is a 1941 French comedy drama directed by Jacques de Baroncelli, written by Solange Térac, and starring Pierre Renoir and Jean Marais. It was based on the 1935 play of the same title by Steve Passeur.Goble p.315 It was shot at the Cité Elgé studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. Plot Ramsay, an engineer, works in a copper mine in a French colony. He is confronted by a variety of huge technical and human problems. Cast * Pierre Renoir as Jourdinsse * Jean Marais as Daniel * Bernard Blier as Benezy * Michèle Alfa as Odette * Marcel Herrand as Audignane * Jean Marchat as Risay, engineer * Marcel Pérès * Lucien Coëdel * Maurice Teynac * Jean Carmet Jean Carmet (; 25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor. Life and career Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sins Of Youth (film)
''Sins of Youth'' (French: ''Péchés de jeunesse'') is a 1941 French comedy drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Harry Baur, Lise Delamare and Monique Joyce. It was produced by the German-backed Continental Films.Leteux p.80 It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne. Synopsis Monsieur Lacalade an aging millionaire thinks of the three sons and their three separate mothers he abandoned decades before. He sets out on a quest to find them and reconnect. Cast * Harry Baur as Monsieur Lacalade * Lise Delamare as Madeleine * Monique Joyce as Miss Florence * Suzanne Dantès as Louise Noblet * Marguerite Ducouret as Emma Vacheron * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Henriette Noblet * Yvette Chauviré as Gabrielle * Guillaume de Sax as Le docteur Pelletan * Pierre Bertin as Gaston Noblet * Fred Pasquali as Edmond Vacheron * Jean Bobillot as Lucien Noblet * Jean-Marie Boyer as Philippe * Jean Buqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Surprises
''Radio Surprises'' (French: ''Les surprises de la radio'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Marcel Aboulker and starring Marguerite Moreno, Armand Bernard and Grégoire Aslan. It is a revue show.Quinlan p.135 It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. 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 ... Marcel Magniez. Cast References Bibliography * Quinlan, David. ''Quinlan's Film Stars''. Batsford, 2000. External links * 1940 films 1940 comedy films French comedy films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Marcel Aboulker French black-and-white films Films shot at Epinay Studios 1940s French films French-language comedy films {{1940s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night In December
''Night in December'' (French: ''Nuit de décembre'') is a 1940 French drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Pierre Blanchar, Renée Saint-Cyr and Gilbert Gil.Crisp p.250 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Henri Ménessier and Jean d'Eaubonne. It was Bernhardt's last French film before he left the country for America. It was given a re-release by DisCina in 1949. Synopsis In 1919 Pierre Darmont a virtuoso pianist A pianist ( , ) is a musician who plays the piano. A pianist's repertoire may include music from a diverse variety of styles, such as traditional classical music, jazz piano, jazz, blues piano, blues, and popular music, including rock music, ... meets Anne Morris, and falls in love. Then after one night, she inexplicably disappears. Twenty years later, now a celebrated name, he encounters a woman who seems to resemble his long-lost lover very closely. Cast * Pierre Blanchar a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Emigrant (1940 Film)
''The Emigrant'' (French: ''L'émigrante'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Léo Joannon and starring Edwige Feuillère, Jean Chevrier and Georges Lannes.Monaco p.484 It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier. Synopsis Christiane runs a bar in Antwerp which is frequented by the smuggler Tino. After killing a customs officer, he steals her jewellery and flees. She informs on him to the police, but he manages to escape and comes looking for revenge against her. She joins a group of emigrants leaving on a ship for South Africa as a stowaway. Hiding in the cabin of one of the crew, she gradually falls in love with him. Cast * Edwige Feuillère as Christiane Vallier * Jean Chevrier as François Champart * Georges Lannes as Tino * Foun-Sen as L'Annamite aux béquilles * Palmyre Levasseur as La religieuse de l'hospice de Lisbonne * Jacques Vitry as Le commissaire * Edmond Van Daële as Un � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom Carriage (1939 Film)
''The Phantom Carriage'' or ''The Phantom Wagon'' (French: ''La charrette fantôme'') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Pierre Fresnay, Marie Bell and Micheline Francey. It is based on the novel '' Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!'' by Selma Lagerlöf, which had previously been adapted into the 1921 Swedish silent film ''The Phantom Carriage'' by Victor Sjöström.Goble p.908 It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. It was due to be screened at the first Cannes Film Festival scheduled for September 1939, but cancelled due to the outbreak of the Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo .... Plot summary Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Tradition
''Midnight Tradition'' (French: ''La tradition de minuit'') is a 1939 French mystery thriller film directed by Roger Richebé and starring Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant and Marcel Dalio. Rège p.540 Based on the 1930 novel of the same title by Pierre Mac Orlan, the film was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris, and the sets were designed by the art directors René Renoux and Roland Quignon. Cast * Viviane Romance as Clara Véry * Georges Flamant as Claude Thierry * Marcel Dalio as Édouard Mutter, l'antiquaire * Marcel Pérès as Louis Fraipont, le boucher * Mauricette Mercereau as Chéri-Bibi * Alexandre Rignault as Hortilopitz * Pierre Larquey Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77. Selected filmography * ''P ... as Béatrix * Léonce Corne as M. Poivre, le patron de Béatrix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |