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The Fraudster
''The Fraudster'' (French: ''Le fraudeur'') is a 1937 French crime drama film directed by Léopold Simons and starring Félicien Tramel, Ginette Leclerc and Robert Lynen.Bessy & Chirat p.214 The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile Duquesne. Synopsis Florimond, a smuggler is having difficulty with a consignment of goods. He gets accomplice and mistress Viviane to seduce Théo a naive peasant boy she encounters in order to rope him into their scheme. Cast * Félicien Tramel as Florimond * Ginette Leclerc as Viviane * Léopold Simons as Alphonse * Robert Lynen as Théo * Jacques Varennes as Jacques * Line Dariel as Zulma * Palmyre Levasseur Palmyre Levasseur (24 December 1888 – 4 August 1963) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Aping p.234 Selected filmography * ''Culprit (1937 film), Culprit'' (1937) * ''Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938) * ''The Mondesir Heir'' (1940) * ' ... as Mélanie * Danielle Lorek as Julia * Cardon as Michel * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léopold Simons
Leopold may refer to: People * Leopold (given name) * Leopold (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Leopold (''The Simpsons''), Superintendent Chalmers' assistant on ''The Simpsons'' * Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of James Joyce's ''Ulysses'' * Leopold "Leo" Fitz, a character on the television series ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' * Leopold "Butters" Stotch, a character on the television series ''South Park'' * General Leopold von Flockenstuffen, a character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo!'' * Leopold the Cat, Russian cartoon character Other arts, entertainment, and media * Leopold (prize), a biennial German prize for music for children * ''Kate & Leopold'', 2001 romantic comedy film * ''King Leopold's Ghost'', popular history book by Adam Hochschild * "King Leopold's Soliloquy", 1905 pamphlet by Mark Twain. * '' Leopold the Cat'', television series * Léopold Nord & Vous, Belgian musical band Brands and enterprises *Leopold (publisher), a Netherla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peasant
A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord. In Europe, three classes of peasants existed: slave, serf, and free tenant. Peasants might hold title to land either in fee simple or by any of several forms of land tenure, among them socage, quit-rent, leasehold, and copyhold. In some contexts, "peasant" has a pejorative meaning, even when referring to farm laborers. As early as in 13th-century Germany, the concept of "peasant" could imply "rustic" as well as "robber", as the English term villain/ villein. In 21st-century English, the word "peasant" can mean "an ignorant, rude, or unsophisticated person". The word rose to renewed popularity in the 1940s–1960s as a collective term, often referring to rural populations of developing countries in general, as the "semantic successor to 'native', incorporating all i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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] |
1937 Crime Films
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assassina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Crime 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] |
1937 Films
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – ''The Good Earth'' premieres in the U.S. * April 16 – '' Way Out West'' premieres in the US. * May 7 – ''Shall We Dance'' premieres in the US. * May 11 – ''Captains Courageous'' premieres in New York. The film is released nationwide on June 25. * Monogram Pictures, who had merged with Republic Pictures two years earlier, decide to separate and distribute their own films again. * June 7 – Jean Harlow, one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the decade, dies aged 26 at Good Samaratan Hospital in Los Angeles. The official cause of death is listed as cerebral edema, a complication of kidney failure. * June 11 – '' A Day at the Races'' premieres in the U.S. * July 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardon (actor) , an artichoke of the sunflower family
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Cardon may refer to: * Cardon (surname) * CarDon & Associates, operator of senior housing facilities * Cardon cactus, a list of cacti * Cardon V. Burnham (1927–2005), American composer, arranger, conductor, and performer * a subdivision of C. A. Rosetti, Tulcea, Romania See also * Cardón (other) * Cardoon The cardoon, ''Cynara cardunculus'' (), also called the artichoke thistle, is a thistle in the family Asteraceae. It is a naturally occurring species that also has many cultivated forms, including the globe artichoke. It is native to the wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Lorek
Danielle is a modern French female variant of the male name Daniel, meaning "God is my judge" in the Hebrew language. Variants *Dana – Czech, German, Romanian Polish *Danette – English *Daniela – Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, English, German, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Slovak, Latvian *Danièle – French *Daniélín - Irish *Daniella – English, Italian, Hungarian *Danielle – English, French, Odia *Daniëlle – Dutch *Danijela – Croatian, Serbian, Slovene *Danita – English *Danna – English *Dannielle – English *Danniella – English *Danuta – Polish *Danielė – Lithuanian * دانيال – Arabic * Даніэль (Danieĺ) Даніэла (Daniella) – Belarusian * ড্যানিয়েল (Ḍyāniẏēla) – Bengali * 丹妮尔 (Dānnīěr) – Chinese Simplified * 丹妮爾 (Dānnīěr) – Chinese Traditional * ડેનિયલ (Ḍēniyala) – Gujarati * דני ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmyre Levasseur
Palmyre Levasseur (24 December 1888 – 4 August 1963) was a French stage and film actress.Aping p.234 Selected filmography * ''Culprit'' (1937) * ''Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938) * ''The Mondesir Heir'' (1940) * '' The Emigrant'' (1940) * ''The Stairs Without End '' (1943) * ''The Captain'' (1946) * ''A Friend Will Come Tonight'' (1946) * ''The Murderer is Not Guilty'' (1946) * ''Goodbye Darling'' (1946) * ''Love Around the House'' (1947) * '' After Love'' (1948) * '' Dark Sunday'' (1948) * ''The Woman I Murdered'' (1948) * ''Cage of Girls'' (1949) * ''Eve and the Serpent'' (1949) * ''Doctor Laennec'' (1949) * ''The Heroic Monsieur Boniface'' (1949) * ''Emile the African'' (1949) * '' Atoll K'' (1951) * ''Yours Truly, Blake ''Yours Truly, Blake'' (French: ''Votre dévoué Blake'') is a 1954 French comedy crime film directed by Jean Laviron and Jerome Epstein and starring Eddie Constantine, Danielle Godet and Simone Paris.Marie p.20 The film's sets were designed by Ro ...'' (1954) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line Dariel
Line Dariel (1898–1956) was a Belgian-born French singer and actress.Goble p.429 Selected filmography * '' The Fraudster'' (1937) * '' Le mystère du 421'' (1938) * ''The Martyr of Bougival'' (1949) * ''Emile the African ''Emile the African'' (French: ''Émile l'Africain'') is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Robert Vernay and starring Fernandel, Alexandre Rignault and Noëlle Norman.Monaco p.189 Cast * Fernandel as Émile Boulard * Alexandre Rignault as ...'' (1949) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1898 births 1956 deaths Belgian film actresses 20th-century Belgian women singers 20th-century Belgian singers Actresses from Brussels Belgian emigrants to France {{Belgium-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
