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Panique (1946 Film)
''Panique'', also released as ''Panic'', is a 1946 French film directed by Julien Duvivier starring Michel Simon and Viviane Romance. The screenplay is based on the novel '' Les Fiançailles de M. Hire'' by Georges Simenon. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice, with sets designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. In 1989 Patrice Leconte made a second film based on the same novel ''Monsieur Hire'' with Michel Blanc in the title role. Plot Alice is a young woman who has just been released from prison after taking the rap for a robbery committed by her boyfriend, Alfred. She arrives in town the night after a woman's murder. The next morning, Alice and Alfred pretend they are meeting for the first time, as the police know she covered up a crime for someone and are eager to discover the real criminal. Alice's neighbor, the eccentric and misanthropic loner Monsieur Hire, immediately falls for her. He warns her about Alfred, advising that she should ask him about the murder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier (; 8 October 1896 – 29 October 1967) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are ''La Bandera (film), La Bandera'', ''Pépé le Moko'', ''Little World of Don Camillo'', ''Panic (1946 film), Panic (Panique)'', ''Voici le temps des assassins, Deadlier Than the Male'' and ''Marianne de ma jeunesse''. Jean Renoir called him, a "great technician, [a] rigorist, a poet". Early years It was as an actor, in 1916 at the Théâtre de l'Odéon under the direction of André Antoine, that Duvivier's career began. In 1918 he moved on to Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont, as a writer and assistant of, amongst others, André Antoine, Louis Feuillade and Marcel L'Herbier. In 1919 he directed his first film. In the 1920s several of his films had a religious concern: , ''The Abbot Constantine (1925 film), L'abbé Constantin'' and ''La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin'' †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Florencie
Louis Florencie (4 December 1896 Р4 December 1951) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1927 and 1951. Selected filmography * '' Make a Living'' (1931) * '' 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) * '' Paid Holidays'' (1938) * '' Barnab̩'' (1938) * ''There's No Tomorrow'' (1939) * ''Prince Bouboule'' (1939) * ''Deputy Eus̬be'' (1939) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1939) * ''Coral Reefs'' (1939) * ''Love Marriage'' (1942) * ''Prince Charming'' (1942) * '' The Island of Love'' (1944) * '' The M̩nard Collection'' (1944) * ''The Last Metro'' (1945) * '' My First Love'' (1945) * '' Patrie'' (1946) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Belgian Novels
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s French-language Films
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French Black-and-white Films
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1946 Films
The year 1946 in film involved some significant events, with '' The Best Years of Our Lives'' winning seven Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1946 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February 14 - Charles Vidor's '' Gilda'' starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford shows audiences one of the most famous scenes of the 20th century: Rita Hayworth singing "Put The Blame On Mame". *November 21 – William Wyler's '' The Best Years of Our Lives'' premieres in New York featuring an ensemble cast including Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell. *December 20 – Frank Capra's '' It's a Wonderful Life'', featuring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, and Thomas Mitchell opens in New York. Awards 1946 films releases Notable films released in 1946 United States unless stated A * '' Angel on My Shoulder'' * '' Anna and the King of Siam'', starring Ire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films". A "sister company" of arthouse film distributor Janus Films, Criterion serves film and media scholars, cinephiles and public and academic libraries. Criterion has helped to standardize certain aspects of home-video releases such as film restoration, the letterboxing format for widescreen films and the inclusion of bonus features such as scholarly essays and documentary content about the films and filmmakers. Criterion most notably pioneered the use of commentary tracks. Criterion has produced and distributed more than 1,200 special editions of its films in VHS, Betamax, LaserDisc, DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray formats and box sets. These films and their special features are also available via The Criterion Channel, an online streaming service that the company operates. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Quandt
James Quandt is a Canadian film historian and festival programmer, best known as the longtime head programmer of the TIFF Cinematheque program of film retrospectives.Geoff Pevere, "The ghosts of cinema Cinematheque summer series Cinematheque's summer program: James Quandt looks back on 20 years of bringing the world of art house home". ''Toronto Star'', June 3, 2010. Originally from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Quandt first moved to Toronto in the mid-1980s to work as curator of film screening series at the Harbourfront Centre. In 1990, when the Toronto International Film Festival took over management and operations of Gerald Pratley's Ontario Film Institute, Quandt was named Pratley's successor as head of the program, which was renamed Cinematheque later the same year. Exhibitions and retrospectives he has created for TIFF also frequently toured internationally. He has also been a regular contributor of film criticism and analysis to ''Artforum'' magazine and The Criterion Collection, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palais De Chaillot
The Palais de Chaillot () is a building at the top of the in the Trocadéro area in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. Design The building was designed in classicising " moderne" style by architects Louis-Hippolyte Boileau, Jacques Carlu and Léon Azéma. The Palais consists of two separate wings shaped to form a wide arc, which are those of the former Palais du Trocadéro with new taller portions built in front. The pair of larger central pavilions are also those of the former Palais du Trocadéro, encapsulated in new construction. The large central hall and towers of the old palais were demolished, leaving only the basement, with a wide esplanade created on top, establishing an open view from the Place du Trocadéro to the Eiffel Tower and beyond. The buildings are decorated with quotations by Paul Valéry, and sculptural groups at the attic level by Raymond Delamarre, Carlo Sarrabezolles and Alfred Bottiau. The eight gilded figures on the terrace of the Righ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scapegoating
Scapegoating is the practice of singling out a person or group for unmerited blame and consequent negative treatment. Scapegoating may be conducted by individuals against individuals (e.g., "he did it, not me!"), individuals against groups (e.g., "I couldn't see anything because of all the tall people"), groups against individuals (e.g., "He was the reason our team didn't win"), and groups against groups. A scapegoat may be an adult, child, sibling, employee, or peer, or it may be an ethnic, political or religious group, or a country. A whipping boy, identified patient, or fall guy are forms of scapegoat. Scapegoating has its origins in the scapegoat ritual of atonement described in chapter 16 of the Biblical '' Book of Leviticus'', in which a goat (or ass) is released into the wilderness bearing all the sins of the community, which have been placed on the goat's head by a priest. At the individual level A medical definition of scapegoating is: Scapegoated groups throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Desprès
Suzanne Desprès (16 December 1875 – 1 July 1951), born Joséphine-Charlotte Bonvalet, was a French actress on stage and screen. Along with Sarah Bernhardt, she was one of the French actresses who played Hamlet before World War I. Early life and education Desprès was born at Verdun, Meuse, the daughter of a mechanic. She worked as a shop girl in her youth. She trained at the Paris Conservatoire, where in 1897 she obtained the first prize for comedy, and the second for tragedy. Career Desprès married Lugné-Poe, the actor-manager, who founded a new school of modern drama as the Théâtre de l'Œuvre. She played Hilda in ''The Master Builder'' "with vigour and passion" with Lugné-Poe company in 1895, and an "admirable" Nora in ''A Doll's House'' in 1904. She played at the Gymnase and at the Porte Saint-Martin, and in 1902 made her debut at the Comédie-Française, appearing in ''Phèdre'' and other important parts. She toured Germany in 1907. Édouard Vuillard painte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bernard (actor)
Paul Bernard (21 December 1898 – 4 May 1958) was a French actor. He appeared in thirty-five films, including '' A Friend Will Come Tonight '' (1946).Siehlohr p.35 Selected filmography * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922) * '' Beauty of the Night'' (1934) * '' Pension Mimosas'' (1935) * ''The Phantom Gondola'' (1936) * '' Bach the Detective'' (1936) *'' Maria of the Night'' (1936) * '' The Dark Angels'' (1937) * '' Summer Light'' (1943) * '' Voyage Without Hope'' (1943) * '' Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne'' (1945) * ''Girl with Grey Eyes'' (1945) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1946) * '' The Revenge of Roger'' (1946) * '' A Friend Will Come Tonight'' (1946) * ''Panic Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety, uncertainty and frantic agitation consistent with a fight-or-flight reaction. ... (Panique)'' (1947) * '' The Damned'' (1947) * '' Dark Sunday'' (1948) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
