Jacques Pills

Aznavour by Charles (2019)

In 1948, French singer Charles Aznavour (1924-2018) receives a Paillard Bolex, his first camera. Until 1982, he will shoot hours of footage, his filmed diary. Wherever he goes, he carries his camera with him. He films his life and lives as he films: places, moments ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc di Domenico
CAST:  Marie Montoya  •  Charles Aznavour  •  Michel Klochendler  •  Catherine Deneuve

In 1948, French singer Charles Aznavour (1924-2018) receives a Paillard Bolex, his first camera. Until 1982, he will shoot hours of footage, his filmed diary. Wherever he goes, he carries his camera with him. He films his life and lives as he films: places, moments ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc di Domenico
CAST:  Marie Montoya  •  Charles Aznavour  •  Michel Klochendler  •  Catherine Deneuve

A Gentleman of the Ring (1932)

Chouchou leads a happy life between his comrades and his fiancée. But his father wants him to marry a rich American in love with him. Chouchou refuses and looks for work in order to be independent and to marry the one he loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Bibal
CAST:  Arcy-Hennery  •  Colette Broïdo  •  Jean-Henri Chambois  •  Pierre Darteuil

Chouchou leads a happy life between his comrades and his fiancée. But his father wants him to marry a rich American in love with him. Chouchou refuses and looks for work in order to be independent and to marry the one he loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Bibal
CAST:  Arcy-Hennery  •  Colette Broïdo  •  Jean-Henri Chambois  •  Pierre Darteuil

Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme (1933)

Josette needs to marry within a year to get her aunt's money.Her fiance,an Englishman, has gone away .After getting permission from her godfather to do a "white marriage," she realizes that she really loves the godfather instead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Berthomieu
CAST:  Annabella  •  Jean Murat  •  Edith Méra  •  Jean Marconi

Josette needs to marry within a year to get her aunt's money.Her fiance,an Englishman, has gone away .After getting permission from her godfather to do a "white marriage," she realizes that she really loves the godfather instead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Berthomieu
CAST:  Annabella  •  Jean Murat  •  Edith Méra  •  Jean Marconi

Princesse Czardas (1934)

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DIRECTION:  Georg Jacoby  •  André Beucler
CAST:  Meg Lemonnier  •  Lyne Clevers  •  Marfa d'Hervilly  •  Jacques Pills

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DIRECTION:  Georg Jacoby  •  André Beucler
CAST:  Meg Lemonnier  •  Lyne Clevers  •  Marfa d'Hervilly  •  Jacques Pills

Toi, c'est moi (1936)

Bobby Guibert and Pat Duvallon are the best of friends. They are also big party animals. Honorine, Bobby's aunt, is outraged by her nephew's bad behavior, all the more as it is with her money that the young man paints the city red, always accompanied by Pat. She ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Guissart
CAST:  Jacques Pills  •  Junie Astor  •  Pauline Carton  •  Georges Tabet

Bobby Guibert and Pat Duvallon are the best of friends. They are also big party animals. Honorine, Bobby's aunt, is outraged by her nephew's bad behavior, all the more as it is with her money that the young man paints the city red, always accompanied by Pat. She ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Guissart
CAST:  Jacques Pills  •  Junie Astor  •  Pauline Carton  •  Georges Tabet

Take the Road (1937)

Jacques is a jolly bachelor who lives a wild life with his a mistress Wanda and all he wishes is to go on living the way he does. But Father won't allow. He demands that Jacques get married. More or less reluctantly, Jacques decides to comply but on the way to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Georges Tabet  •  Jacques Pills  •  Claude May  •  Marcel Simon

Jacques is a jolly bachelor who lives a wild life with his a mistress Wanda and all he wishes is to go on living the way he does. But Father won't allow. He demands that Jacques get married. More or less reluctantly, Jacques decides to comply but on the way to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Georges Tabet  •  Jacques Pills  •  Claude May  •  Marcel Simon

Pension Jonas (1942)

A tramp has taken up residence in the belly of a museum whale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Caron
CAST:  Pierre Larquey  •  Irène Bonheur  •  Jacques Pills  •  Raymond Aimos

A tramp has taken up residence in the belly of a museum whale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Caron
CAST:  Pierre Larquey  •  Irène Bonheur  •  Jacques Pills  •  Raymond Aimos

Destitute Mary (1945)

Marie is one of her kind. While the other girls are after gold, diamonds and jewels, she swears by ... poverty! She does not remain the companion of a banker too long for obvious reasons. But when she can be the muse of a poor music composer it is fine by her. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques de Baroncelli
CAST:  Madeleine Sologne  •  Pierre Renoir  •  Paul Meurisse  •  Ginette Roy

Marie is one of her kind. While the other girls are after gold, diamonds and jewels, she swears by ... poverty! She does not remain the companion of a banker too long for obvious reasons. But when she can be the muse of a poor music composer it is fine by her. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques de Baroncelli
CAST:  Madeleine Sologne  •  Pierre Renoir  •  Paul Meurisse  •  Ginette Roy

Alone in the Night (1945)

A series of crimes is being perpetrated around a famous singer. Strangely, during each of the crimes, the artist's voice is heard humming his favorite song. Suspicions lead to a chase through a nocturnal Paris, ending in a disused theater where the assassin has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Stengel
CAST:  Bernard Blier  •  Sophie Desmarets  •  Jacques Pills  •  Jean Davy

A series of crimes is being perpetrated around a famous singer. Strangely, during each of the crimes, the artist's voice is heard humming his favorite song. Suspicions lead to a chase through a nocturnal Paris, ending in a disused theater where the assassin has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Stengel
CAST:  Bernard Blier  •  Sophie Desmarets  •  Jacques Pills  •  Jean Davy

Une femme par jour (1949)

Following a winning game, a young man finds himself at the head of the harem of an oriental prince who has seven wives. One of them escapes, replaced by the young girl her family wants the young partygoer to marry. Everything ends in songs and as desired.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Jacques Pills  •  Danielle Godet  •  Denise Grey  •  Frédéric Duvallès

Following a winning game, a young man finds himself at the head of the harem of an oriental prince who has seven wives. One of them escapes, replaced by the young girl her family wants the young partygoer to marry. Everything ends in songs and as desired.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Jacques Pills  •  Danielle Godet  •  Denise Grey  •  Frédéric Duvallès

Boom on Paris (1954)

In the early 1950s, the popular radio show "La Kermesse aux Étoiles", hosted by the famous Jean Nohain, mixing lottery games and performances of various artists, will be disrupted by the adventures of a man and his fiancée seeking to recover a dangerous bottle of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice de Canonge
CAST:  Jacques Pills  •  Luce Feyrer  •  Armand Bernard  •  Danielle Godet

In the early 1950s, the popular radio show "La Kermesse aux Étoiles", hosted by the famous Jean Nohain, mixing lottery games and performances of various artists, will be disrupted by the adventures of a man and his fiancée seeking to recover a dangerous bottle of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice de Canonge
CAST:  Jacques Pills  •  Luce Feyrer  •  Armand Bernard  •  Danielle Godet