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Tag Archives: Françoise Rosay
My Son the Minister AKA Mein Sohn, der Herr Minister (1937) Veit Harlan, Hans Brausewetter, Heli Finkenzeller, Françoise Rosay
The Seven Deadly Sins AKA Les sept péchés capitaux (1952) Yves Allégret, Claude Autant-Lara, Michèle Morgan, Françoise Rosay, Jean Debucourt
A French/Italian co-production with two episodes from Italy and five from France covering the seven deadly sins Read More »
Mother of Mine AKA Gribiche (1926) Jacques Feyder, Jean Forest, Rolla Norman, Françoise Rosay
A sincere working-class 13-year old in France is adopted by a well-meaning philanthropic millionairess Read More »
Back Streets of Paris (1946) Jacques Feyder, Marcel Blistène, Françoise Rosay, Andrée Clément, Simone Signoret
Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral scruple Read More »
Carnival in Flanders (1935) Jacques Feyder, Françoise Rosay, André Alerme, Jean Murat
When the village of Boom, in Flanders, learns a Spanish Duke and his troops plan to pass the night Read More »
The Red Inn (1951) Claude Autant-Lara, Fernandel, Françoise Rosay, Marie-Claire Olivia
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. Read More »
The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961) Gilles Grangier, Jean Gabin, Martine Carol, Françoise Rosay
“Le Dabe” retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. Read More »
Women Without Names (1950) Géza von Radványi, Simone Simon, Vivi Gioi, Françoise Rosay
This is the sad story of several desperate ladies incarcerated somewhere in Italy in a camp for displaced women after the end of World War II. Read More »
Bizarre, Bizarre (1937) Marcel Carné, Louis Jouvet, Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Comedy
In Victorian London, the botanist Irwin Molyneux and his wife Margaret Molyneux are bankrupted but still keeping the appearance due to the successful crime novels Read More »
The Gambler (1958) Claude Autant-Lara, Gérard Philipe, Liselotte Pulver, Françoise Rosay, Drama
In 1866, a young Muscovite named Alexei Ivanovitch arrives in Baden Baden, then the gambling capital of Austria, and is soon engaged by General Zagorianski to look after his children. Read More »
September Affair (1950) William Dieterle, Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, Françoise Rosay, Drama, Romance
An industrialist (Joseph Cotton) and a pianist (Joan Fontaine) meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren’t on the plane. This gives them the opportunity to live together free from their previous lives.
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Un carnet de bal / Dance Program (1937) Julien Duvivier, Marie Bell, Françoise Rosay, Louis Jouvet, Drama
After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth, she had a stronger inclination. To overcome these dreary thoughts, she decides to find out about him and the other men who danced with her during a ball that was a turning point in her life, many years ago. She pays a visit to those forgotten acquaintances one after the other; Christine is not only surprised to see how they have fared, but also discovers the impact she had, unknowingly, on the feelings and the destiny of these persons.
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Jenny (1936) Marcel Carné
When her fiancé breaks off their engagement, Danielle leaves London and returns to her mother, Jenny, in Paris. With her business partner Benoît, Jenny runs what appears to be a respectable nightclub – it is in fact a place where wealthy men can buy the favours of attractive young women. Oblivious to her mother’s professional and personal life, Danielle meets a handsome young man named Lucien, and falls in love with him – not realising that he is Jenny’s lover…
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