Yvonne Printemps was a French singer and actress who achieved stardom on stage and screen in France and internationally.
Adrienne Lecouvreur, born Adrienne Couvreur, was a French actress, considered by many as the greatest of her time. Born in Damery, she first appeared professionally on the stage in Lille. After her Paris debut at the Comédie-Française in 1717, she was immensely popular with the public. Together with Michel Baron, she was credited for having developed a more natural, less stylized, type of acting.
Pierre Fresnay was a French stage and film actor.
Monsieur Vincent is a 1947 French film about Vincent de Paul. In 1949, it won an honorary Academy Award as the best foreign language film released in the United States in 1948. The Vatican placed it amongst their 1995 list of films under the category of Religion due to its thematic nature. Pierre Fresnay portrayed Vincent.
Dream of Love is a 1928 American silent biographical drama film directed by Fred Niblo, and starring Joan Crawford and Nils Asther. The film is based on the 1849 French tragedy Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé.
The Paris Waltz is a 1950 French-Italian historical musical film directed by Marcel Achard and starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay and Jacques Charon. It portrays the life of the nineteenth century composer Jacques Offenbach. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel.
The Duel is a French film directed by Pierre Fresnay, released in 1939. It is the only film directed by Pierre Fresnay.
Entente cordiale is a 1939 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Gaby Morlay, Victor Francen and Pierre Richard-Willm. The film depicts events between the Fashoda crisis in 1898 and the 1904 signing of the Entente Cordiale creating an alliance between Britain and France and ending their historic rivalry. It was based on the book King Edward VII and His Times by André Maurois. It was made with an eye to its propaganda value, following the Munich Agreement of September 1938 and in anticipation of the outbreak of a Second World War which would test the bonds between Britain and France in a conflict with Nazi Germany.
The Voyage to America is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Henri Lavorel and starring Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Printemps and Jean Brochard. The film contrasts the prosperity of France and the United States in the post-Second World War era It replaced the Laurel and Hardy film Atoll K at the Olympia cinema in Paris, and was much more successful.
Adrienne Lecouvreur is a French tragic play written by Ernest Legouvé and Eugène Scribe. It portrays the life of the leading French actress of the eighteenth century Adrienne Lecouvreur and her mysterious death. It was produced April 14, 1849.
Rolande Jeanne Risterucci (1911–1967), better known as Junie Astor, was a French actress.
Tovaritch is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Jacques Deval and Germain Fried, along with the uncredited Jean Tarride and Victor Trivas, and starring Irène Zilahy, André Lefaur and Marguerite Deval. It is based on the 1933 play Tovarich by Jacques Deval, who also adapted the screenplay. It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. In 1937 the play was adapted again into the Hollywood film Tovarich featuring Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer.
Culprit is a 1937 French drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Pierre Blanchar, Gabriel Signoret and Suzet Maïs. It is a remake of the 1917 silent film Culprit, which was based on a novel by François Coppée.
Three Waltzes is a 1938 French historical musical film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay and Henri Guisol. It is an operetta film, based on music by Oscar Straus. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne, Raymond Gabutti and Jacques Gut.
The Théâtre de la Michodière is a theatre building and performing arts venue, located at 4 bis, rue de La Michodière in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Built by Auguste Bluysen in 1925 in Art Deco style, it has a tradition of showing boulevard theatre.
I Am with You is a 1943 French musical comedy film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay and Jacques Louvigny. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand.
The Lady of the Camellias is a 1934 French historical romantic drama film directed by Fernand Rivers and Abel Gance and starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay and Jane Marken. It is based on the 1848 novel The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Henri Ménessier and René Renoux.
In the Service of the Tsar is a 1936 French historical drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Véra Korène and Suzy Prim. It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ludwig Kainer and Aimé Bazin.
Monsieur Breloque Has Disappeared is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Robert Péguy and starring Lucien Baroux, Junie Astor and Suzy Pierson. It is an adaptation of the 1923 stage farce Dicky by Paul Armont, Marcel Gerbidon and Jean Manoussi. The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile Duquesne.
