36 chandelles

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36 chandelles
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Creator Jean Nohain
Created by Jean Nohain
Country of originFrance
Original release
Network RTF
Release27 October 1952 (1952-10-27) 
July 26, 1958 (1958-07-26)

36 chandelles is a French variety show which was broadcast from October 27, 1952 to July 26, 1958. [1] [2]

Contents

Premise

Jean Nohain created the show made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism for French television. [3] [4]

Legacy

In a 1957 French film called C'est arrivé à 36 chandelles , it features the 36 chandelles as a main plot device in the movie. [5] [6]

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References

  1. "VARIÉTÉS : soirée aux (36) chandelles". January 27, 1967 via Le Monde.
  2. "Jean Nohain sur l'émission "Trente six chandelles" | INA" via ina.fr.
  3. Marie-Françoise Lévy; Evelyne Cohen (1999). La télévision dans la République. p. 117. ISBN   9782870277300 . Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  4. Laurence Leveneur (2009). Les travestissements di jeu télévisé. Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle. p. 37. ISBN   9782878544794 . Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  5. Phil Powrie; Marie Cadalanu (2020). The French Film Musical. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   9781501329784 . Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  6. Skorecki, Louis. "C'est arrivé à Trente-six Chandelles... Ciné Cinéfil. Henri Diamant-Berger". Libération .