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Odette Talazac
Odette Pauline Talazac (; 6 May 1883 – 29 March 1948) was a French singer and stage and film actress.Capua p.129 Talazac was the daughter of tenor Jean-Alexandre Talazac and his wife, the soprano Hélène Fauvelle. She began her career singing in music halls before turning to the theater and cinema. She was married in 1900 in Chatou to jeweler Georges Aucoc. Selected filmography * '' Two Timid Souls'' (1928) * '' The Queen's Necklace'' (1929) * '' Figaro'' (1929) * '' The Blood of a Poet'' (1930) * '' The Man at Midnight'' (1931) * '' Der Kongreß tanzt'' (1931) * '' The Nude Woman'' (1932) * '' A Telephone Call'' (1932) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1934) * '' George and Georgette'' (1934) * '' Antonia'' (1935) * ''Motherhood'' (1935) * '' Madame Angot's Daughter'' (1935) * '' Anne-Marie'' (1936) * '' In the Service of the Tsar'' (1936) * '' Nights of Fire'' (1937) * '' The Alibi'' (1937) * '' Monsieur Bégonia'' (1937) * '' Southern Mail'' (1937) * '' The Lafarge Case'' (1938 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Marie (film)
''Anne-Marie'' is a 1936 French drama film directed by Raymond Bernard (filmmaker), Raymond Bernard and starring Annabella (actress), Annabella, Pierre Richard-Willm and Paul Azaïs. If features Annabella as an aspiring young Aircraft pilot, pilot. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Jean Perrier. Synopsis Anne-Marie, a young civil aviation engineer, persuades several of her male colleagues to teach her to fly. Each of them fall slightly in love with her. Cast * Annabella (actress), Annabella as Anne-Marie * Pierre Richard-Willm as L'inventeur * Paul Azaïs as Le boxeur * Pierre Labry as Le paysan * Abel Jacquin as Le détective * Christian Gérard as L'amoureux * Jean Murat as Le penseur * André Carnège as Le général * Enrico Glori as Un homme d'affaires * Odette Talazac as La bonne Reception Writing for ''The Spectator'' in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly good review, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Go Lucky (1946 Film)
''Happy Go Lucky'' (French: ''Au petit bonheur'') is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Danielle Darrieux, André Luguet and François Périer.Rège p.604 It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. Cast * Danielle Darrieux as Martine Carignol * André Luguet as Alain Plessis * François Périer as Denis Carignol * Jacques-Henry Duval as Archibald * Paulette Dubost as Brigitte Ancelin * Henri Crémieux as Le commissaire * Fred Pasquali as Germain * Robert Seller as Benjamin * Marcel Maupi as Le gargiste * Claudette Falco as Sophie * Paul Barge * Rolande Haumont * Cécyl Marcyl * Odette Talazac Odette Pauline Talazac (; 6 May 1883 – 29 March 1948) was a French singer and stage and film actress.Capua p.129 Talazac was the daughter of tenor Jean-Alexandre Talazac and his wife, the soprano Hélène Fauvelle. She began her career singing ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sowing The Wind (1944 Film)
''Sowing the Wind'' (French: ''Graine au vent'') is a 1944 French drama film directed by Maurice Gleize and starring Jacques Dumesnil, Marcelle Géniat and Lise Delamare. It is an adaptation of the 1925 novel of the same title by Lucie Delarue-MardrusGoble p.784 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier. Synopsis When his wife dies giving birth to a son, a man rejects the child and he is sent away. However, the boy's elder sister takes the lead in taking care of the infant and eventually reconciles her father to him. Cast * Jacques Dumesnil as Bruno * Marcelle Géniat * Lise Delamare as Fernande * Carlettina as Alexandra * Gisèle Casadesus as Germaine * Paul Villé * Michel de Bonnay * Jean Samson * Anne Vandène * Henri Bargin * Yvonne Carletti * Maurice Dorléac * Maurice Dumont * Paul Faivre * Ritou Lancyle * Albert Malbert * Léon Mazeau * Christine Stahl * Odette Talazac Odette Pauline Talazac (; 6 May 1883 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Sans-Gêne (1941 Film)
''Madame Sans-Gêne'' is a 1941 French historical comedy drama film directed by Roger Richebé and starring Arletty, Aimé Clariond and Maurice Escande. It is based on the 1893 play '' Madame Sans-Gêne'' by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau inspired by the life of Catherine Hubscher.Goble p.333 It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location at the Château de Grosbois. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. Cast * Arletty as Catherine Hubscher * Aimé Clariond as Le chef de la police Fouché * Maurice Escande as Le comte de Neipperg * Henri Nassiet as Le maréchal Lefebvre * Jeanne Reinhardt as Le reine Caroline * Madeleine Sylvain as La princesse Élisa * Albert Dieudonné as Napoléon 1er * Geneviève Auger as L'impératrice Marie-Louise * Mona Dol as Madame de Bülow * Ror Volmar as La chanteuse * André Carnège as Savary * Paul Amiot as Maximilien de Robespierre * Robert Vattier as Jasmin * Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Slave (1939 Film)
''The White Slave'' (French: ''L'esclave blanche'') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Marc Sorkin and starring Viviane Romance, John Lodge and Marcel Dalio. German director Georg Wilhelm Pabst acted as a supervisor on the production. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Guy de Gastyne, while the costumes were by Marcel Escoffier. It is a loose remake of the 1927 German silent film of the same title.Slavin p.93-94 Synopsis At the beginning of the twentieth century a Frenchwoman marries a westernised Turkish diplomat and travels with him to his homeland with romantic expectations of an Arabian Nights lifestyle. However she is shocked on getting there by the repressive attitude towards women. Worse her husband falls out of favour with the Sultan, who faces growing dissent from the Young Turk movement. Cast * Viviane Romance as Mireille * John Lodge as Vedad Bey * Marcel Dalio as Le sult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Quarter (1939 Film)
''Latin Quarter'' (French: ''Quartier Latin'') is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Christian Chamborant, Pierre Colombier and Alexander Esway and starring Bernard Lancret, Jean Tissier, Blanchette Brunoy and Junie Astor.Phillips p.14 It was shot at the Courbevoie Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Gratigny. Synopsis A wealthy banker, bored with his life, heads to the Latin Quarter of Paris where he pretends to be a struggling artist. He falls in love with a student from the Sorbonne and moves into the same boarding house A boarding house is a house (frequently a family home) in which lodging, lodgers renting, rent one or more rooms on a nightly basis and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months, or years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and ... as her while continuing his pretence of poverty. Cast References Bibliography * Phillips, Alastair. ''City of Darkness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibraltar (1938 Film)
''Gibraltar'' is a 1938 French spy film directed by Fedor Ozep and starring Viviane Romance, Roger Duchesne, Abel Jacquin and Erich von Stroheim. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris, with location shooting taking place in Gibraltar itself despite the Spanish Civil War being fought across the border.Alberca p.133 The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. It was later remade in 1964 under the same title. Synopsis The plot concerns a British officer stationed in Gibraltar who goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of hostile agents. Main cast * Viviane Romance as Mercedes * Roger Duchesne as Robert Jackson * Abel Jacquin as Frank Lloyd * Erich von Stroheim as Marson * Jean Périer as Col. Wilcox * Yvette Lebon as Maud Wilcox * Paulette Pax as Mme. Nichols * André Roanne as Le Lt. Français * Georges Flamant as Maori * Odette Talazac as Angelina, Dresser * Madeleine Suffel as Nelly, Manicurist See also *'' The Sharks of Gibralta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Véréna's Wedding
''Véréna's Wedding'' (French: ''Le mariage de Véréna'') is a 1938 French-Swiss drama film directed by Jacques Daroy and starring Jeanne Boitel, Pierre Larquey and Gina Manès. Rège p.285 The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Tournon. It was shot at studios in Place de Clichy in Paris and on location around the Mürren and Grindelwald. It is also known by the alternative title ''La bâtarde''. Synopsis Véréna is seduced by a man who then does not marry her. She gives birth to a daughter and spends the next twenty years devoting herself to bringing her up properly. Cast * Jeanne Boitel as Véréna Rainer * Pierre Larquey as Gustave Peters * Gina Manès as Marianne - 'la Noiraude' * France Ellys as Mlle Peters * Janine Borelli as Rési à 18 ans * René Daix as Sepp * Mady Berry as Elisa * Lucien Gonnot as Dr. Schwarz * Gérard Férat as Le fiancé de Rési * Marie Finally as May à 18 ans * Monique Romey as La fille de la 'la Noiraude' * O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lafarge Case
''The Lafarge Case'' (French: ''L'Affaire Lafarge'') is a 1938 French historical crime drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Renoir, Marcelle Chantal and Raymond Rouleau. It recalls a famous nineteenth century case, and is mostly portrayed in flashback.Andrew p.164 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Gys and Eugène Lourié. Synopsis In the 1840s Marie a young woman from Paris is married to Charles, a brutal, unpleasant ironmaster An ironmaster is the manager, and usually owner, of a forge or blast furnace for the processing of iron. It is a term mainly associated with the period of the Industrial Revolution, especially in Great Britain. The ironmaster was usually a larg ... in provincial France. When he dies under mysterious circumstances she is accused of murdering him by his family and is put on trial. Cast References Bibliography * Andrews, Dudley. ''Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film''. Princet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Mail (film)
''Southern Mail'' or ''Southern Carrier'' (French: ''Courrier sud'') is a 1937 French action film directed by Pierre Billon (director), Pierre Billon and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Jany Holt and Raymond Aimos.Goble p.722 It is adapted from the 1929 Courrier sud (novel), novel of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine (1929) ''Southern Mail''. Translated by Curtis Cate (1972). Mariner Books, Parry M. A Symbolic Interpretation of "Courrier Sud" ''The Modern Language Review'', Vol. 69, No. 2 (Apr., 1974), pp. 297-307 The film's sets were designed by the art directors André Barsacq and Léon Barsacq. Cast *Pierre Richard-Willm as Jacques Bernis *Jany Holt as Geneviève *Raymond Aimos as Le Sergent *Alexandre Rignault as Hubert *Roger Legris as Le Radio *Pierre Sergeol as Le Chef d'aéroport de Juby *René Bergeron as Le Chef d'aéroport de Casablanca *Abel Jacquin as Le Capitaine * as Le Joailler *Henri Crémieux as Le secrétaire *Madeleine Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsieur Bégonia
''Monsieur Bégonia'' is a 1937 French comedy film directed by André Hugon and starring Josette Day, Paul Pauley and Colette Darfeuil. Crisp p.411 The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile Duquesne. It was remade in Italy in 1939 as ''L'amore si fa così''. Synopsis A man applies for the position of general manager at a fashion house but is rejected for being too young. He then disguises himself as a more mature man and calling himself Monsieur Bégonia he gets the job and proceeds to turn round the fortunes of the struggling company. Cast * Josette Day as Marguerite * Paul Pauley as Gaston Merchant * Colette Darfeuil as Émilienne * Max Régnier as Max ou Monsieur Bégonia * Pierre Stéphen as Poussier * Suzanne Dehelly as Aurélie Merchant * Camille Bert as Le baron Papalagos * Liliane Gauthieras Germaine * Jean Kolb as Le directeur de la banque * Robert Seller as Baptiste * Odette Talazac as Une cliente * Jean Toulout Jean Toulout (28 Sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
