Marcel Paul Pagnol was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionable than it once was, Pagnol is still generally regarded as one of France's greatest 20th-century writers and is notable for the fact that he excelled in almost every medium—memoir, novel, drama and film.
Constantin "Tino" Rossi was a French singer and film actor of Italian origin.
My Father's Glory is a 1990 French film directed by Yves Robert, based on the autobiographical novel My Father's Glory by Marcel Pagnol. The sequel, which was also filmed by Robert in 1990, is My Mother's Castle. Both films are based on the cycle Souvenirs d'enfance, published in 1957.
Josette Day was a French film actress.
Jean d'Yd was the stage name of Jean Paul Félix Didier Perret. He was a French actor and comedian, and was born in Paris on 17 May 1880. He died in Vernon, Eure, France on 14 May 1964.
The Legend of Frenchie King or Petroleum Girls is a 1971 French, Spanish, Italian and British international co-production western comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Claudia Cardinale and Brigitte Bardot.
Thérèse Dorny was a French film and stage actress.
Topaze is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Fernandel, Hélène Perdrière and Marcel Vallée. It is based on Pagnol's own 1928 play of the same name, which has been adapted for the screen a number of times including a 1936 film directed by Pagnol.
Henri Bourtayre was a French composer.
Alida Rouffe (1874–1949) was a French actress.
Letters from My Windmill is a 1954 French comedy-drama film directed by Marcel Pagnol, starring Rellys, Robert Vattier, Fernand Sardou and Édouard Delmont. Set in the countryside of Provence, the film is based on three tales from Alphonse Daudet's 1869 short story collection Letters from My Windmill: "The Three Low Masses", "The Elixir of Father Gaucher" and "The Secret of Master Cornille". It premiered on 5 November 1954 and had 2,399,645 admissions in France.
Jacqueline Andrée Pagnol was a French actress. She acted in many French films in the 1940s and 1950s. She was the wife of French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.
Song of the Clouds is a 1946 French comedy film directed by André Cayatte and starring Tino Rossi, Jacqueline Gauthier and Jacques Louvigny.
The House of Three Girls is a 1958 Austrian-West German musical film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Karlheinz Böhm, Rudolf Schock and Magda Schneider. It is based on the operetta Das Dreimäderlhaus. The story had previously been made into the film Three Girls for Schubert in 1936.
Christian Gérard Mazas, known as Christian-Gérard, was a French stage and film actor as well as theater director.
Michèle Verly was a French stage and film actress. She was managing director of the Théâtre Gramont from August 1945 until her untimely death. She died in the 1952 Air France SNCASE Languedoc crash and is buried in the Batignolles Cemetery in Paris.
Paris Still Sings is a 1951 French musical comedy film directed by Pierre Montazel and starring Lucien Baroux, Clément Duhour and Madeleine Lebeau with performances from a large number of leading French singers.
The Stairs Without End is a 1943 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Pierre Fresnay, Madeleine Renaud and Suzy Carrier.
The Unknown Singer is a 1947 French drama film directed by André Cayatte and starring Tino Rossi, Lilia Vetti and Maria Mauban. It is a remake of the 1931 film of the same title.
