Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's Vichy government. His plays are less experimental than those of his contemporaries, having clearly organized plot and eloquent dialogue. One of France's most prolific writers after World War II, much of Anouilh's work deals with themes of maintaining integrity in a world of moral compromise.
Joseph Kessel, also known as "Jef", was a French journalist and novelist. He was a member of the Académie française and Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Pierre Fresnay was a French stage and film actor.
Le Voyageur sans bagage is a 1937 play in five scenes by Jean Anouilh. Incidental music for the original production was written by Darius Milhaud and for the play's first Paris revivals by Francis Poulenc.
Love Cavalcade is a 1940 French film directed by Raymond Bernard and written by Jean Anouilh.
Jean Aurenche was a French screenwriter. During his career, he wrote 80 films for directors such as René Clément, Bertrand Tavernier, Marcel Carné, Jean Delannoy and Claude Autant-Lara. He is often associated with the screenwriter Pierre Bost, with whom he had a fertile partnership from 1940 to 1975.
Vient de paraître is a French film from 1949, directed by Jacques Houssin, written by Michel Duran, and starring by Pierre Fresnay. The film also features Louis de Funès.
People in Luck, is a 1963 French comedy film directed by Philippe de Broca and Jean Girault, written by Jacques Vilfrid and Jean Girault and starring France Anglade and Louis de Funès (uncredited). The film is known under the titles People in Luck or The Lucky (English), Die Glückspilze or Fünf Glückspilze (German) and I fortunati (Italian).
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Shop Girls of Paris or The Ladies' Delight is a 1943 French historical drama film directed by André Cayatte and starring Michel Simon, Albert Préjean and Blanchette Brunoy. It is an adaptation of the 1883 novel Au Bonheur des Dames by Émile Zola.
It Happened at the Inn is a 1943 French mystery film directed by Jacques Becker and starring Fernand Ledoux, Robert Le Vigan, Georges Rollin and Blanchette Brunoy. It follows an investigation into the family members of an old woman who has been murdered. The film is based on the 1937 novel with the same title by Pierre Véry. It was released in France on 14 April 1943.
Albert Rieux was a French stage and film actor.
Little Jacques is a 1953 French drama film directed by Robert Bibal and starring Jean-Pierre Kérien, Blanchette Brunoy and Christian Fourcade.
The Stairs Without End is a 1943 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Pierre Fresnay, Madeleine Renaud and Suzy Carrier.
Mercédès Brare was a French actress active in film roles from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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.
Anthelme Mangin, real name Octave Félicien Monjoin, was an amnesiac French veteran of the First World War who was the subject of a long judicial process involving dozens of families who claimed him as their missing relative. In 1938 he was determined to be the son of Pierre Monjoin and Joséphine Virly.
Latin Quarter is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Christian Chamborant, Pierre Colombier and Alexander Esway and starring Bernard Lancret, Jean Tissier, Blanchette Brunoy and Junie Astor.
The Murdered Model is a 1948 French-Belgian comedy crime film directed by Pierre de Hérain and starring Blanchette Brunoy, Gilbert Gil and Julien Carette. It is based on the 1932 novel The Murdered Model by Stanislas-André Steeman. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. It marked the screen debut of Anne Vernon who went on to star in French and British films.
The Eleventh Hour Guest is a 1945 French mystery film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Jean Tissier, Blanchette Brunoy and Roger Pigaut. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Maurice Colasson and Georges Wakhévitch.
