Louise (film)
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Louise is a 1939 French musical film
directed by Abel Gance
. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival
. It is based on the opera of the same name
by Gustave Charpentier
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Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
directed by Abel Gance
Abel Gance
Abel Gance was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. He is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse , La Roue , and the monumental Napoléon .-Early life:...
. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival
1987 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Yves Montand*Danièle Heymann*Elem Klimov*Gérald Calderon*Jeremy Thomas*Jerzy Skolimowski*Nicola Piovani*Norman Mailer*Theo Angelopoulos-Feature film competition:...
. It is based on the opera of the same name
Louise (opera)
Louise is an opera in four acts by Gustave Charpentier to an original French libretto by the composer, with some contributions by Saint-Pol-Roux, a symbolist poet and inspiration of the surrealists....
by Gustave Charpentier
Gustave Charpentier
Gustave Charpentier, , born in Dieuze, Moselle on 25 June 1860, died Paris, 18 February 1956) was a French composer, best known for his opera Louise.-Life and career:...
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Cast
- Grace MooreGrace MooreGrace Moore was an American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film. She was nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale." Her films helped to popularize opera by bringing it to a larger audience.-Early life:...
- Louise - Georges ThillGeorges ThillGeorges Thill was a French opera singer, often considered to be his country's greatest lyric-dramatic tenor...
- Julien - André PernetAndré PernetAndré Pernet was a French bass-baritone opera performer.After serving as a military officer in World War I, Pernet studied at the Paris Conservatory before making his operatic debut in Massenet's Hérodiade at Nice, in 1921. He sang at the Paris Opéra beginning in 1928...
- Le père de Louise - Suzanne DesprèsSuzanne DesprèsSuzanne Desprès , French actress, was born at Verdun, Meuse, and trained at the Paris Conservatoire, where in 1897 she obtained the first prize for comedy, and the second for tragedy....
- La mère de Louise - Robert Le Vigan - Gaston
- Ginette LeclercGinette LeclercGinette Leclerc was a French film actress. She appeared in nearly 90 films between 1932 and 1978. Her last TV appearance was in 1981.She was born Geneviève Lucie Menut in Paris, France and died in Paris...
- Lucienne - Edmond BeauchampEdmond BeauchampEdmond Beauchamp was a French film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1928 and 1979.-Selected filmography:* Louise * Futures vedettes *Le Bossu * Le Prussien...
- Le philosophe (as Beauchamp) - Jacqueline Gauthier - Alphonsine
- Rivers Cadet
- Pauline CartonPauline CartonPauline Carton was a French film actress. She appeared in over 170 films between 1912 and 1970.-Selected filmography:* Le p'tit Parigot * The Blood of a Poet * High and Low...
- La première - Roger BlinRoger BlinRoger Blin was a French actor and director notable for directing the first production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot....
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