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Poliche
''Poliche'' is a 1934 French drama film directed by Abel Gance.''The A to Z of French Cinema'' p.119 Cast * Constant Rémy as Didier Méreuil, called "Poliche" * Marie Bell as Rosine * Edith Méra as Mme Laub * Violaine Barry * Romain Bouquet as Boudier * Alexander D'Arcy as Saint-Wast * Betty Daussmond as Augustine * Marcel Delaître as Prosper Méreuil * Pierre Finaly as Laub * Catherine Fonteney Catherine Fonteney (23 June 1879– 29 April 1966) was a French film actress.Goble p.386 Catherine Fonteney was born Marie Alexandrine Catherine Fontaine in Paris and died in Dijon. Selected filmography * '' Romain Kalbris'' (1923) * ''The Secr ... as Louise Méreil * Marguerite Mahé as L'accordéoniste References Bibliography * Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1934 films 1930s French-language films French black-and-white films 1934 drama films Films directed by Abel Gance French fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bataille
Félix-Henri "Henry" Bataille (4 April 1872, in Nîmes – 2 March 1922, in Rueil-Malmaison) was a French dramatist and poet. His works were popular between 1900 and the start of World War I. Bataille's parents died when he was young. He attended the École des Beaux-Arts and Académie Julian(f ''La Rampe : revue des théâtres, music-halls, concerts, cinématographes'', 1922/ref> to study painting, but started writing when he was 14. Henry wrote plays and poems, but after the success of his second play, ''La Lépreuse'', he became a playwright exclusively. Bataille's early works explored the effects of passion on human motivation and how stifling the social conventions of the times could be. For example, ''Maman Colibri'', is about a middle-aged woman's affair with a younger man. Later, Bataille would gravitate towards the theatre of ideas and social drama. Bataille was also a theorist of subconscious motivation. While he did not use his theories in most of his own works, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Daussmond
Betty Daussmond (1873–1957), born Marguerite Anne Bettina Doneau, was a French stage and film actress. In 1914 she played the leading female part in Georges Feydeau's last full-length farce, ''Je ne trompe pas mon mari!''. The author commented that she brought "joie de vivre" to the role on "her pretty Columbine lips".Gidel, p. 240 Selected filmography * '' All for Love'' (1933) * ''A Weak Woman'' (1933) * ''Poliche'' (1934) * '' Three Sailors'' (1934) * '' The New Testament'' (1936) * '' Woman of Malacca'' (1937) * '' Cocoanut'' (1939) * '' White Paws'' (1949) * '' Three Women'' (1952) References Bibliography * * Wearing, J. P. ''The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. External links *Michel Bouquet and Betty Daussmond in "L'Invitation au Chateau" Paris, theater of Atelier, November 1947; photograph at Getty Images Getty Images Holdings, Inc. is an American visual media company and is a suppli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Fonteney
Catherine Fonteney (23 June 1879– 29 April 1966) was a French film actress.Goble p.386 Catherine Fonteney was born Marie Alexandrine Catherine Fontaine in Paris and died in Dijon. Selected filmography * '' Romain Kalbris'' (1923) * ''The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1923) * '' Little Devil May Care'' (1928) * '' The Red Head'' (1932) * ''Poliche'' (1934) * ''The Midnight Prince'' (1934) * ''Song of Farewell'' (1934) * '' Divine'' (1935) * '' The Tender Enemy'' (1936) * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) * '' Nightclub Hostess'' (1939) * '' The Lost Woman'' (1942) * ''Wicked Duchess'' (1942) * '' The Guardian Angel'' (1942) * '' Mahlia the Mestiza'' (1943) * '' Shop Girls of Paris'' (1943) * '' The Lame Devil'' (1948) * ''Dear Caroline ''Darling Caroline'' (French: ''Caroline Chérie'') is a 1951 French historical comedy film in black and white, directed by Richard Pottier and starring Martine Carol, Jacques Dacqmine, and Marie Déa.Nowell-Smith p.352 It is based on Jacques Laur .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Bell
Marie Bell (23 December 1900 – 14 August 1985), born Marie-Jeanne Bellon-Downey, was a French tragedian, comic actor and stage director. She was the director of the Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris from 1962 onwards, and this theatre now bears her name. Early life Marie Bell was born on 23 December 1900 in Bègles near Bordeaux (France). With her Irish father, she spent her childhood between Bordeaux and England. Career Bell was a classical actress. She also appeared in avant-garde theatre, Jean Genet in particular. Her interpretation of the role of Phèdre is highly noted : "Voir Marie Bell dans Phèdre est une chance unique pour quiconque veut savoir ce qu'est le génie français." André Malraux During the German Occupation of France (1940–1944), she participated in the French resistance as one of nine directors of the Front national du théâtre. She was awarded the decoration of the Légion d'honneur by President Charles de Gaulle. Personal life Bell married Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Méra
Edith Méra (1905–1935) was an Austrian actress known for her roles in French films.Soister p.225 Selected filmography * ''A Star Disappears'' (1932) * '' Miche'' (1932) * ''The Three Musketeers'' (1932) * '' Dream Castle'' (1933) * ''The Premature Father'' (1933) * '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' (1933) * ''Poliche'' (1934) * ''The Midnight Prince ''The Midnight Prince'' (French: ''Prince de minuit'') is a 1934 French musical comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Henri Garat, Edith Méra and Monique Rolland.The A to Z of French Cinema p.196 The film's sets were designed by ...'' (1934) References Bibliography * John T. Soister. ''Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography''. McFarland, 2002. External links * People from Merano 1905 births 1935 deaths Austrian film actresses Austrian emigrants to France {{Austria-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander D'Arcy
Alexander D'Arcy ( ar, ألكسندر دارسي; 10 August 1908 – 20 April 1996) was an Egyptian stage, television and film actor with an international film repertoire. Career Born Alexander Sarruf in Cairo, Egypt, D'Arcy, variously credited as Alexandre D'Arcy, Alex D'Arcy, Alexandre Darcy and Alex d'Arcy appeared in some 45 films, mostly as a suave gentleman or smooth rogue. His first film appearance was in 1927 in '' The Garden of Allah'', and then appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Champagne'' (1928). He went to France, acted in a number of films, then departed for America. In 1936, listed as Joseph Alexandre Fabre - artist, aged 27, race French, nationality Egyptian - he sailed to New York as a first class passenger on the S/S Ile de France. He eventually left New York for Hollywood where he started by playing supporting roles in several films in the late 1930s, including ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1937) ''Stolen Holiday'' (1937), ''The Awful Truth'' (1937). In 1953, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Delaître
Marcel Delaître (1888–1963) was a French film and stage actor.Crisp p.94 Selected filmography * '' Happy Hearts'' (1932) * ''Poliche'' (1934) * '' Street Without a Name'' (1934) * '' Crime and Punishment'' (1935) * ''Girls of Paris'' (1936) * '' The Gardens of Murcia'' (1936) * '' Return at Dawn'' (1938) * ''Women's Prison'' (1938) * '' The Puritan'' (1938) * ''J'accuse!'' (1938) * '' Immediate Call'' (1939) * ''Paradise Lost'' (1940) * ''Strange Suzy'' (1941) * '' Le Corbeau'' (1943) * ''First on the Rope'' (1944) * ''Father Goriot'' (1945) * '' The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (1945) * '' Night Warning'' (1946) * '' The Queen's Necklace'' (1946) * '' Special Mission'' (1946) * ''Raboliot'' (1946) * '' The Lost Village'' (1947) * ''Du Guesclin'' (1948) * '' The Secret of Monte Cristo'' (1948) * '' Rocambole'' (1948) * '' The Revenge of Baccarat'' (1948) * ''The King'' (1949) * '' God Needs Men'' (1950) * ''Maria of the End of the World ''Maria of the End of the World'' (French: ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Finaly
Pierre Finaly (1889–1937) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.477 Finaly was born into a family with Hungarian Jewish roots and died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931) * '' Maurin of the Moors'' (1932) * '' Companion Wanted'' (1932) * ''Billeting Order'' (1932) * ''Heart of Paris'' (1932) * ''Poliche'' (1934) * ''Gold in the Street'' (1934) * '' Jeanne'' (1934) * ''Antonia'' (1935) * ''Disk 413'' (1936) * '' The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * '' The Tender Enemy'' (1936) * ''Culprit'' (1937) * ''The Red Dancer ''The Red Dancer'' (French: ''La danseuse rouge'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Véra Korène, Maurice Escande and Jean Worms.Roust p.125 The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexandre Locha ...'' (1937) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1889 births 1937 deaths French male st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Films Based On Plays
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Abel Gance
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Drama Films
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French Black-and-white Films
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
