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The Prettiest Sin In The World
''The Prettiest Sin in the World'' (French: ''Le plus joli péché du monde'') is a 1951 French romantic comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Georges Marchal, Dany Robin and Marthe Mercadier.Rège p.462 The film's sets were designed by the art director Emile Alex. Cast * Georges Marchal as Jacques Lebreton * Dany Robin as Zoé * Marthe Mercadier as Liliane * Bernard Lajarrige as Bébert / Albert Pignol * Ginette Baudin as Christine de Villard-Beauperthuis * Albert Duvaleix as M. Durozoir * Rivers Cadet as Le maire * Edmond Ardisson as Victor * Harry-Max as Le patron * Colette Régis as Mme Lebreton * Noël Roquevert as Georges Lebreton * Gabrielle Roanne as La mère de Christine * Yves-Marie Maurin as Le petit Popaul * Alexandre Rignault Alexandre Rignault (14 February 1901 – 2 April 1985) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1931 and 1985. Biography He was born on February 14, 1901 in Paris 5th, at hi ...
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Gilles Grangier
Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film ''Archimède le clochard'' was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival, where Jean Gabin won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. He had the most number of successful films at the French box office between 1945 and 2001 with 42 of his films having admissions of 500,000 or more, more than any other. Selected filmography *''Trente et Quarante (film), Trente et Quarante'' (1945) * ''The Black Cavalier'' (1945) * ''The Adventure of Cabassou'' (1946) *''Lessons in Conduct'' (1946) * ''Rendezvous in Paris (1947 film), Rendezvous in Paris'' (1947) * ''Something to Sing About (1947 film), Something to Sing About'' (1947) * ''Danger of Death'' (1947) * ''Woman Without a Past (1948 film), Woman Without a Past'' (1948) * ''I'm the Romance'' (1949) * ''Amédée (film), Amédée'' (1950) * ''The Little ...
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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) * '' The Coquelet Affair'' (1935) * '' The Imberger Mystery'' (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) * '' White Patrol'' (1942) * ''Home Port'' (1943) * ''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 Widow and the Innocent'' (19 ...
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1950s French-language Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 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 * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annex the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establishes his headquarters and the colonies th ...
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1951 Comedy Films
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 11 – In the U.S., a top secret report is delivered to U.S. President Truman by his National Security Resources Board, urging Truman to expand the Korean War by launching "a global offensive against communism" with sustained bombing of Red China and diplomatic moves to establish "moral justification" for a U.S. nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The report will not not be declassified until 1978. * January 15 – In a criminal court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to li ...
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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 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 the 2000 ...
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1951 Films
The following events in film occurred in the year 1951. Top-grossing films United States The top ten 1951 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows: International The highest-grossing 1951 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1951. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1951. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases. Events * February 15 – new management takes over at United Artists with Arthur B. Krim, Robert Benjamin and Matty Fox now in charge. * April – French magazine ''Cahiers du cinéma'' is first published. * July 26 – Walt Disney's ''Alice in Wonderland (1951 film), Alice in Wonderland'' premieres; while a disappointment at first and hardly released in theaters, it would later become one of the b ...
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Robert Pizani
Robert Pizani (26 April 1896 – 17 June 1965) was a French stage and film actor whose 45-year career encompassed leading roles in numerous plays, revues and operettas as well as dozens of films. In operetta Pizani's roles in operetta and musical theatre include: *''Amants légitimes'' by Fernand Mallet (1924) Théâtre de l'Étoile, as Le Comte de Puyssec (world premiere) *'' Monsieur Beaucaire'' by André Messager (1925) Théâtre Marigny, as Nash (French premiere) *''Pouche'' by Henri Hirschmann (1925) Théâtre de l'Étoile, as Alfred (world premiere) *''La Teresina'' by Oscar Straus (1928) Théâtre des Folies-Wagram, as Prince Borghese (premiere of French version) *'' Tip-Toes'' by George Gershwin (1929) Théâtre des Folies-Wagram, as Oncle Puff (French premiere) *'' Brummell'' by Reynaldo Hahn (1931) Théâtre des Folies-Wagram, as Beau Brummell (world premiere) *''Les Petites Cardinal'' by Arthur Honegger and Jacques Ibert (1938) Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, as Le ...
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Alexandre Rignault
Alexandre Rignault (14 February 1901 – 2 April 1985) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1931 and 1985. Biography He was born on February 14, 1901 in Paris 5th, at his parents' home, rue Guy-de-La-Brosse. His father was a mechanic, and his mother was a housewife. In the mid-1920s, after having worked in various professions, he desired to become an actor. Attracted to the theater, he wrote to Louis Jouvet to offer his services. Jouvet received him and hired him to play the utility in his troupe. For about fifteen years, Rignault was cast in works by Nicolas Gogol, Marcel Achard and Jules Romains, and participated in the creation of three plays by Jean Giraudoux: Amphitryon 38 (1929), Intermezzo (1933), at the Comédie des Champs-Élysées, and Ondine (1939) at the Théâtre de l'Athénée. After World War II, he was still seen in several plays, by Paul Claudel among others, presented at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier. For his film debut in ...
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Gabrielle Roanne
Gabrielle may refer to: * Gabrielle (given name), a French female given name derived from Gabriel Film and television * ''Gabrielle'' (1954 film), a Swedish film directed by Hasse Ekman * ''Gabrielle'' (2005 film), a French film directed by Patrice Chéreau * ''Gabrielle'' (2013 film), a Canadian film directed by Louise Archambault * Gabrielle (''Xena: Warrior Princess''), a character in the television series ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' * ''Gabrielle'' (TV series), a daytime talk show Music * Gabrielle (singer) (born 1969), English singer ** ''Gabrielle'' (album), her self-titled second album * "Gabrielle" (Hootenanny Singers song), song by Hootenanny Singers, 1964 * "Gabrielle" (Johnny Hallyday song), 1976 * Gabrielle Leithaug (born 1985), Norwegian X Factor contestant and singer known as Gabrielle * "Gabrielle", a 1980 single by The Nips * "Gabrielle", a 2020 single by Brett Eldredge * "Gabrielle", a song from the album ''Nymphetamine'' by Cradle of Filth * "Gabrielle", ...
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Noël Roquevert
Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married to stage and film actress Paulette Noizeux. He died in Douarnenez, France, aged 80. Partial filmography * '' Miarka'' (1937) * '' Marthe Richard'' (1937) * '' Barnabé'' (1938) * '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) * '' The Mayor's Dilemma'' (1939) * '' Thérèse Martin'' (1939) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1939) * '' Paris-New York'' (1940) * '' Sing Anyway'' (1940) * ''Moulin Rouge'' (1941) * '' The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock'' (1942) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * '' The Trump Card'' (1942) * ''La Main du diable'' (1943) * '' Le Corbeau'' (1943) * '' Picpus'' (1943) * '' Pierre and Jean'' (1943) * '' The Last Penny'' (1946) * '' The Sea Rose'' (1946) * '' The Grand Hotel Affair'' (1946) * '' Song of the Clouds'' (1946) * '' The Lost V ...
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Colette Régis
Colette Régis (1893–1978) was a French film actress.Hayward p.280 Selected filmography * ''Rasputin'' (1938) - Une religieuse (uncredited) * '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) - Sarah Bernhardt * (1938) - Victoire Pecqueux * '' Three from St Cyr'' (1939) - Mme Mercier * ''Sarajevo'' (1940) - L'archiduchesse Isabelle * ''Volpone'' (1941) - La marquise * ''Ne bougez plus'' (1941) - Une cliente de la photo * '' The Chain Breaker'' (1941) - Mme Ferdinand * '' Caprices'' (1942) - La vieille dame * '' Mademoiselle Swing'' (1942) - La dame de l'association * '' Eight Men in a Castle'' (1942) - La comtesse de Chanceau * '' Picpus'' (1943) - Madame Le Cloaguen * ''La Main du diable'' (1943) - Madame Duval (uncredited) * '' Le secret de Madame Clapain'' (1943) - Une dame * ''Le val d'enfer'' (1943) - La religieuse * '' Martin Roumagnac'' (1946) - Madame Rimbaut - la femme de l'adjoint au maire * ''La kermesse rouge'' (1947) - La duchesse d'Alençon * ''Mirror'' (1947) - La marquise * '' The G ...
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