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Thomy Bourdelle
Thomy Charles Bourdelle (20 April 1891 – 27 June 1972) was a French actor. Bourdelle was born in Paris and died in Toulon, Var, France. Selected filmography *'' Roger la Honte'' (1922) * '' Surcouf'' (1925) * ''Jocaste'' (1925) * '' Jean Chouan'' (1926) * '' The Martyrdom of Saint Maxence'' (1928) * '' Verdun: Visions of History'' (1928) * '' Yvette'' (1928) * ''The Divine Voyage'' (1929) * ''Under the Roofs of Paris'' (1930) * '' The Rebel'' (1931) * '' The Devil's Holiday'' (1931) * '' Danton'' (1932) * '' Fifty Fathoms Deep '' (1932) * '' Transit Camp'' (1932) * '' Fantômas'' (1932) * ''The Three Musketeers'' (1932) * ''Le testament du Dr. Mabuse'' (1933) * '' The Star of Valencia'' (1933) * ''Bastille Day'' (1933) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1934) * '' The Man with a Broken Ear'' (1934) * '' Maria Chapdelaine'' (1934) * '' The Call of Silence'' (1936) * '' Seven Sinners'' (1936) * '' Arsene Lupin, Detective'' (1937) * '' The Men Without Names'' (1937) * '' Adrienne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifty Fathoms Deep (1932 Film)
''Fifty Fathoms Deep'' (French title: ''Mon ami Tim'') is a 1932 French drama film directed by Jack Forrester and starring Jeanne Helbling, Thomy Bourdelle and Frank O'Neill.Crisp p.395 Cast * Jeanne Helbling as Myra Maden * Thomy Bourdelle as Tim Burke * Frank O'Neill as Pinky Lawrence * Grazia del Rio as Une amie * Raymond Dandy as Un passant * Dahlia * Jean Gaubens * Clara Lee * Raymond Narlay Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ... References Bibliography * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. External links * 1932 films 1932 drama films French drama films 1930s French-language films French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Men Without Names
''The Men Without Names'' (French: ''Les hommes sans nom'') is a 1937 French action film directed by Jean Vallée and starring Constant Rémy, Maurice Rémy and Arthur Devère.Slavin p.147 It portrays the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. Cast * Constant Rémy as Le colonel de Joyeuse * as Le capitaine Vallerse * Arthur Devère as Schumbe, l'ordonnance * as Le lieutenant Djeroï * Lucien Gallas as Le sergent Brandt * Paulette Houry as Ijo * Tania Fédor as Madame de Joyeuse * Robert Ozanne as Pancraz * Charles Redgie as Le capitaine Willburn * A.S. Takal as Mohamed Hamou * Georges Péclet as Le capitaine Maréchal * Lucas Gridoux Lucas Gridoux (16 April 1896 – 22 April 1952) was a Romanian-born French stage and film actor.Lanzoni p. 99 Biography He was born in 1896 in Herța, at the time in Dorohoi County, Kingdom of Romania. After emigrating to France, Gridoux began ... as Le caïd Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsene Lupin, Detective
''Arsene Lupin, Detective'' (French: ''Arsène Lupin détective'') is a 1937 French crime film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and starring Jules Berry, Gabriel Signoret and Suzy Prim. Plot Arsène Lupin decides to run a detective agency in addition to being a gentleman thief. As a detective he happens to cooperate with police in order to unveil the criminal activities of a villain. When he succeeds the villain returns the favour. The unmasked Arsène Lupin manages to escape with the villain's moll as his new companion. Cast * Jules Berry as Barnett, alias Arsène Lupin * Gabriel Signoret as Inspector Béchoux * Suzy Prim as Olga Vauban * Rosine Deréan as Germaine Laurent * Aimé Simon-Girard as the journalist * Thomy Bourdelle as Cassire * Mady Berry as Victoire * Abel Jacquin Abel Jacquin (1893–1968) was a French actor who appeared in more than thirty films between 1930 and 1956. Jacquin co-directed the 1933 comedy film '' Les deux 'Monsieur' de Madame''. He was al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Sinners (1936 Film)
''Seven Sinners'' is a 1936 British thriller film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Edmund Lowe, Constance Cummings and Felix Aylmer. In the U.S. it was known under this title and also as ''Doomed Cargo''. The screenplay concerns an American detective and his sidekick, who travel from France to England to take on a gang of international criminals. The film was made at Lime Grove Studios by Gainsborough Pictures.Wood p. 92 Its sets were designed by the Hungarian art director Ernö Metzner. Plot During Carnival in Nice, somewhat drunk, New York private detective Ed Harwood accidentally stumbles into the hotel room of Heinrich Wagner, who had helped him earlier that evening. He finds Wagner dead, but by the time he fetches the hotel manager and others, the corpse has disappeared. They all assume Harwood imagined it, including Caryl Fenton, a Worldwide Insurance Company employee sent to take him to Scotland to investigate a robbery. Unable to convince anyone other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Call Of Silence
''The Call of Silence'', also screened as ''The Call'' (French: ''L'Appel du Silence''), is a 1936 French drama film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Jean Yonnel, Pierre de Guingand and Jacqueline Francell. It is a biography based on the life of the Catholic missionary Charles de Foucauld. Plot Charles de Foucauld travels the Sahara as a missionary. He is killed by local bandits. Cast * Jean Yonnel as Charles de Foucauld * Pierre de Guingand as Général Laperrine * Jacqueline Francell as Mademoiselle X * Alice Tissot as La femme du notaire * Suzanne Bianchetti as La femme du monde * Pierre Juvenet as Le colonel * Thomy Bourdelle as Un général * André Nox * Pierre Nay as Le marquis de Morès * Fred Pasquali * Auguste Bovério * Alexandre Mihalesco * Fernand Francell * Jeanne Marie-Laurent * Georges Cahuzac * Jean Kolb * Henri Defreyn * Maurice Schutz * Victor Vina * Émile Saint-Ober * Maurice de Canonge * Pierre Darteuil * Pierr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Chapdelaine (1934 Film)
''Maria Chapdelaine'' is a 1934 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Madeleine Renaud, Jean Gabin and Jean-Pierre Aumont. It is an adaptation of the 1913 novel of the same title by Louis Hémon set in rural Quebec about a young woman who becomes involved with a farmer, trapper and an immigrant drifter from Paris. The story was adapted again for a 1950 film directed by Marc Allégret. Production The film's sets were designed by art director Jacques Krauss. Location shooting took place in Canada around Lake Mistassini. Some post-production work was also done at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. Reception The film was a box office success on its release, ending a run of financial failures for Duvivier. It was awarded the French Grand Prix, and was screened at the Venice Film Festival where it was given a Special Mention. A review in ''The New York Times'' praised it as "stirring, full-bodied and tremulously beautiful".McCann p.72 Cast * Madeleine Renaud as Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man With A Broken Ear
''The Man with a Broken Ear'' (French:''L'homme à l'oreille cassée'') is a 1934 French drama film directed by Robert Boudrioz and starring Thomy Bourdelle, Jacqueline Daix and Alice Tissot.Goble p.800 It was an adaptation of the 1862 novel by Edmond About. Cast * Thomy Bourdelle – Le Colonel Fougas * Jacqueline Daix – Clémentine * Alice Tissot – Mademoiselle Sambucco * Jim Gérald – Le capitaine des pompiers * Gustave Hamilton – Le docteur Renaud * Christiane Arnold – Madame Renaud * Boris de Fast – Garok * Jacques Tarride Jacques Tarride (10 March 1903 – 5 October 1994) was a French actor. Biography He was born in the 8th arrondissement of Paris and died in La Loupe, Eure-et-Loir. He was the son of the actor Abel Tarride and the brother of the director Jean ... – Léon Renaud References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1934 films French drama fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House On The Dune (1934 Film)
''The House on the Dune'' (French: ''La maison dans la dune'') is a 1934 French drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Madeleine Ozeray and Thomy Bourdelle.Rège p.101 It is based on the 1932 novel '' The House on the Dune'' by Maxence Van Der Meersch. In 1952 the film was remade. Cast * Pierre Richard-Willm as Sylvain * Madeleine Ozeray as Pascaline * Thomy Bourdelle as Lourges * Colette Darfeuil as Germaine * Raymond Cordy * Odette Talazac * Made Siamé * Raymond Rognoni * Alexandre Rignault * Robert Ozanne * Geno Ferny * Teddy Michaud * Roger Legris Roger Legris (3 July 1898 – 22 May 1981) was a French actor. Selected filmography * '' On the Streets'' (1933) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1934) * ''The Devil in the Bottle'' (1935) * ''Counsel for Romance'' (1936) * ''Wells in Flames'' (19 ... * Franck Maurice References Bibliography * Philippe Rège. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastille Day (1933 Film)
''Bastille Day'' or ''July 14'' (French: ''Quatorze Juillet'') is a 1933 French romantic comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Annabella, George Rigaud and Raymond Cordy. It was made at the Epinay Studios by the French subsidiary of the German company Tobis. The film's art direction was by Lazare Meerson. Plot Anna, a flower-girl, is in love with Jean - a young taxi driver. Jean doesn't have the same feelings for Anna as he still thinks about Pola, who dumped him. Eventually, Jean asks Anna for a dance at to the ball, but all hell breaks loose when Pola shows up with two men who will stop at nothing to disturb this newly arising love. Cast * Annabella as Anna *George Rigaud as Jean *Raymond Cordy as Jean's fellow cabbie *Paul Ollivier as the tuxedoed drunk *Raymond Aimos as Charles * Thomy Bourdelle * Michel André *Pola Illéry as Pola * Maximilienne as the tenant *Gaston Modot Gaston Modot (31 December 1887 – 20 February 1970) was a French a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Star Of Valencia (French-language Film)
''The Star of Valencia'' (French: ''L'étoile de Valencia'') is a 1933 drama film directed by Serge de Poligny and starring Brigitte Helm, Jean Gabin and Simone Simon. It was the French-language version of the German film '' The Star of Valencia''.Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936 p.287 Such multi-language versions were common in the era before dubbing became widespread. While made by largely the same crew except the director, it features a completely different cast. It was produced by UFA at the Babelsberg Studios, and distributed by the company's French subsidiary L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte. It incorporated footage shot on location in Mallorca from the German film. Cast * Brigitte Helm as Marion Savedra * Jean Gabin as Pedro Savedra * Thomy Bourdelle as Le capitaine Mendoza * Simone Simon as Rita * Raymond Aimos as Un matelot * Joe Alex as Diego * Paul Amiot as Le capitaine Rust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
