The Coquelet Affair
''The Coquelet Affair'' (French: ''L'affaire Coquelet'') is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Jean Gourguet and starring Marcel Lévesque, Alice Tissot and Paul Pauley. The film was shot at the Courbevoie Studios in Paris. It was an early film role for the Corsican singer Tino Rossi. Synopsis Monsieur Coquelet is a keen collector of historical garters. When he discovers that the most valuable item in his collection is missing, he calls out both the police and the gendarmerie to hunt down the thief. Cast * Marcel Lévesque as Monsieur Coquelet * Alice Tissot as Hortense Coquelet * Paul Pauley as Piedalouette * Vivian Grey as Colette * Robert Le Vigan as Poireau, le jardinier * Fernand René as Moulard * Albert Duvaleix as Le commissaire * Violette Jordens as La femme de chambre * Jane Pierson Jane Pierson was a French film actress.Goble p.130 She appeared in fifty five films between 1924 and 1952. Selected filmography * ''The Imaginary Voyage'' (1926) * '' Capt ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jean Gourguet
Jean Gourguet (5 December 1902 - 13 March 1994) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer. Filmography Director * 1928 : ''Rayon de soleil'' * 1929 : '' L'Escale'' * 1934 : ''L'Affaire Coquelet'' * 1938 : '' Jeannette Bourgogne'' * 1942 : '' Le Moussaillon'' * 1943 : ''Malaria'' * 1946 : '' Her Final Role'' * 1949 : '' Les Orphelins de Saint-Vaast'' * 1950 : '' Zone frontière'' * 1951 : ''Trafic sur les dunes'' * 1952 : '' A Mother's Secret'' * 1952 : ''Une enfant dans la tourmente'' * 1953 : ''Maternité clandestine'' * 1954 : '' La Fille perdue'' * 1955 : '' La Cage aux souris'' * 1955 : '' Les Premiers Outrages'' * 1956 : '' Les Promesses dangereuses'' * 1957 : ''Isabelle Is Afraid of Men'' * 1958 : '' La P... sentimentale'' * 1960 : '' Les Frangines'' * 1961 : ''La Traversée de la Loire LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Musi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fernand René
Fernand is a masculine given name of French origin. The feminine form is Fernande. Fernand may refer to: People Given name * Fernand Augereau (1882–1958), French cyclist * Fernand Auwera (1929–2015), Belgian writer * Fernand Baldet (1885–1964), French astronomer * Fernand Berckelaers (1901– 1999), Belgian artist * Fernand Besnier (1894–1977), French cyclist * Fernand Boden (born 1943), Luxembourg politician * Fernand Bouisson (1874–1959), French politician * Fernand Braudel (1902–1985), French historian * Fernand Brouez (1861–1900), Belgian publisher * Fernand Buyle (1918–1992), Belgian footballer * Fernand Canelle (1882–1951), French footballer * Fernand Charpin (1887–1944), French actor * Fernand Collin (1897–1990), Belgian businessman * Fernand Cormon (1845–1924), French painter * Fernand Crommelynck (1886–1970), Belgian dramatist * Fernand David (1869–1935), French Minister of Agriculture * Fernand Decanali (1925–2017), French cyclist * Fern ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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French Black-and-white Films
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Films Directed By Jean Gourguet
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 sensitized ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1930s French-language Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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French Comedy Films
French comedy films are comedy films produced in France. Comedy is the most popular French genre in cinema. Comic films began to appear in significant numbers during the era of silent films, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humour of many of these silent films relied on slapstick and burlesque. Characteristics of French comedy films French comedy films are very often social comedies, which differs largely from American comedies."La comédie française se différencie ..par son aspect social, une lutte des classes généralement absente des comédies américaines." . Social comedy Culture shock, in several French comedies, oftentimes contain several 'clichés', which include: * Religion – '' The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob'' in the 1970s, and '' Serial (Bad) Weddings'' in the 2010s * Social background – '' Life Is a Long Quiet River'' in the 1980s, and '' The Intouchables'' in the 2010s * Difference of life between two places – '' Welcome to the Land of ch'tis'' in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1935 Comedy Films
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Saar (League of Nations), Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly (game), Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1935 Films
The following is an overview of 1935 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. The cinema releases of 1935 were highly representative of the early Golden Age period of Hollywood. This period was punctuated by performances from Clark Gable, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and the first teaming of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. A significant number of productions also originated in the UK film industry. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1935 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February 22 – '' The Little Colonel'' premieres starring Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore and Bill Robinson, featuring famous stair dance with Hollywood's first interracial dance couple * February 23 – Gene Autry stars as himself as the Singing Cowboy in the serial '' The Phantom Empire''. He would later be voted the number one Western star from 1937 to 1942. * February 27 � ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Monette Dinay
Monette Dinay (1906–1986) was a French film actress.Crisp p.45 Partial filmography * ''Black and White'' (1931) - Joséphine * ''L'agence O-Kay'' (1932) - Simone * ''Ce cochon de Morin'' (1932) * ''Un beau jour de noces'' (1932) - Marinette Devaux * ''Riri et Nono en vacances'' (1932) * ''L'Ordonnance malgré lui'' (1932) - Rosine * ''Bal Tabarin'' (1933) - Chiquette * ''Le supplice de Tantale'' (1933) * ''Maison hantée'' (1933) * ''Les deux 'Monsieur' de Madame'' (1973) - Flora * ''Le gros lot'' (1933) * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) - Félicité * ''La garnison amoureuse'' (1934) - (uncredited) * ''On a trouvé une femme nue'' (1934) - Lucette * ''La jeune fille d'une nuit'' (1934) * ''Night in May'' (1934) - Toni * ''Un drôle de numéro'' (1934) - Solange Ducauchois * '' Turandot, Princess of China'' (1935) - Mien-Li * ''L'affaire Coquelet'' (1935) - Justine * ''La petite dame du wagon-lit'' (1936) - Francine * ''Prête-moi ta femme'' (1936) - Riri * ''Prends la route'' (1936) - ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jane Pierson
Jane Pierson was a French film actress.Goble p.130 She appeared in fifty five films between 1924 and 1952. Selected filmography * '' The Imaginary Voyage'' (1926) * ''Captain Rascasse'' (1927) * '' The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'' (1927) * ''Little Devil May Care'' (1928) * '' The Maelstrom of Paris'' (1928) * '' The Wonderful Day'' (1929) * ''Under the Roofs of Paris'' (1930) * '' Everybody Wins'' (1930) * ''Le Million'' (1931) * ''You Will Be My Wife'' (1932) * ''Youth'' (1933) * ''La tête d'un homme LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...'' (1933) * '' Forty Little Mothers'' (1936) * '' The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * '' Fire in the Straw'' (1939) * '' The Stairs Without End '' (1943) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary So ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Albert Duvaleix
Albert Duvaleix (1893-1962) was a French stage and film actor. Bessy & Chirat p.138 A character actor he appeared in a number of supporting roles in French comedies and drama films. His son Christian Duvaleix also became an actor. Selected filmography * '' Beauty Spot'' (1932) * '' Juanita'' (1935) * ''Marinella'' (1936) * '' The King'' (1936) * '' The Volga Boatman'' (1936) * '' Les Femmes collantes'' (1938) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1939) * '' The Five Cents of Lavarede'' (1939) * '' Metropolitan'' (1939) * '' At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) * '' Night Shift'' (1944) * ''First on the Rope'' (1944) * '' Song of the Clouds'' (1946) * '' Not So Stupid'' (1946) * '' The Unknown Singer'' (1947) * '' The Woman in Red'' (1947) * '' To the Eyes of Memory'' (1948) * '' Thus Finishes the Night'' (1949) * ''Branquignol'' (1949) * ''The Prize'' (1950) * '' We Will All Go to Paris'' (1950) * ''La Poison'' (1951) * '' Deburau'' (1951) * '' No Vacation for Mr. Mayor'' (1951) * '' Craz ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Le Vigan
Robert Le Vigan (born Robert Coquillaud, January 7, 1900 – October 12, 1972), was a French actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1931 and 1943 almost exclusively in small or supporting roles. He was, according to film academic Ginette Vincendeau, a "brilliant, extravagant actor" who "specialised in louche, menacing or diabolical characters".Ginette Vincendeau (ed) ''Encyclopedia of European Cinema'', London: Casell/BFI, 1995, p.262 A collaborator with the Nazis during the occupation, who openly expressed fascist attitudes,Rémi Fournier Lanzoni ''French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present'', New York and London: Continuum, 2002, p.139. According to Fournier Lanzoni, Le Vigan found exile in Argentina. he vanished while playing Jéricho in ''Children of Paradise'' (''Les Enfants du Paradis''), a film deliberately released in May 1945 shortly after the liberation of Europe; Le Vigan was replaced by Pierre Renoir. He was sentenced to forced labour for 10 y ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |