André Paulvé (30 October 1898 – 8 July 1982) was a French film producer. He established his own production and distribution company DisCina with Michel Safra in 1938. During the
German Occupation of France
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after 1940 he based himself at
Nice
Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionUnoccupied Zone. He was a pioneer in co-productions with Italy, establishing a link with the Cinecitta Studios in
Rome
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Gibraltar
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Angelica
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First Ball
''First Ball'' (French: ''Premier bal'') is a 1941 French romantic comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Marie Déa, Fernand Ledoux and Raymond Rouleau.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.309 It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris ...
Macao
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Formerly a Portuguese colony, the ter ...
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Carmen
''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...
Children of Paradise
''Children of Paradise'' (, ) is a two-part French romantic drama film by Marcel Carné, produced under war conditions in 1943, 1944, and early 1945 in both Vichy France and Occupied France. Set in the theatrical world of 1830s Paris, it tell ...
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La Vie de bohème
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Mademoiselle X
''Mademoiselle X'' is a 1945 French drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Madeleine Sologne, André Luguet and Ketti Gallian.
It was partly shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art dire ...
Beauty and the Beast
"Beauty and the Beast" is a fairy tale written by the French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in (''The Young American and Marine Tales'').
Villeneuve's lengthy version was abridged, rewritten, and publish ...
Something to Sing About
Something may refer to:
Philosophy and language
* Something (concept)
* "Something", an English indefinite pronoun
Music Albums
* ''Something'' (Chairlift album), 2012
* ''Something'' (Shirley Bassey album), 1970
* ''Something'' (Shirley Scot ...
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The Charterhouse of Parma
''The Charterhouse of Parma'' () is a novel by French writer Stendhal, published in 1839. Telling the story of an Italian nobleman in the Napoleonic era and later, it was admired by Balzac, Tolstoy, André Gide, Lampedusa, Henry James, and Er ...
Ruy Blas
''Ruy Blas'' () is a tragic drama by Victor Hugo. It was the first play presented at the Théâtre de la Renaissance and opened on November 8, 1838. Though considered by many to be Hugo’s best drama, the play was initially met with only ave ...
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All Roads Lead to Rome
"All Roads Lead to Rome" is a proverb of medieval origin in a number of languages, referring to Roman roads, possibly related to the Milliarium Aureum. The term may also refer to:
* ''All Roads Lead to Rome'' (1949 film), a French film
* ''All ...
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Jour de fête
''Jour de fête'' (''The Big Day'') is a 1949 French comedy film starring Jacques Tati in his feature film directorial debut as an inept and easily distracted mailman in a backward French village. Shot largely in and around Sainte-Sévère-sur-In ...
Orpheus
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Manèges
''Manèges'' is a French film directed by Yves Allégret and released in 1950. The film stars Simone Signoret (married at the time to Allégret, although the marriage came to an end soon after), Bernard Blier and Jane Marken. It is shot in blac ...
* Crisp, C.G. ''The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960''. Indiana University Press, 1993.
* Hayward, Susan & Vincendeau, Ginette . ''French Film: Texts and Contexts''. Psychology Press, 2000.
* Turk, Edward Baron . ''Child of Paradise: Marcel Carné and the Golden Age of French Cinema''. Harvard University Press, 1989.