Jacques Viot


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Black Orpheus (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Her Name Is Eurydice? Dancing Orpheus (Breno Mello) and Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn), leads into carnival preparations and the dramatic first appearance of "Death" (Ahdemar da Silva) in Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus, 1959.
Black Orpheus (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Are You Really Getting Hitched? Introducing Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn) to the grocer, Serafina (Lea Garcia) contrives to leave her alone with Orpheus (Breno Mello) by distracting his fiancee` Mira (Lourdes de Oliveira), in Black Orpheus, 1959.
Black Orpheus (1959) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Know Rio Country girl Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn, born in Pittsburgh, PA!) arrives in Rio before Carnival, met by blind Zeca (Aurino Cassanio) and takes in weird sights, early in Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus, 1959.
Le Jour Se Leve -- (Movie Clip) A Man Has Killed Operatic opening, script by Jacques Viot and poet Jacques Prevert, credits, the victim (Jules Berry) and the blind man (Georges Douking), from Marcel Carne's Le Jour Se Leve, 1939, starring Jean Gabin.
Le Jour Se Leve -- (Movie Clip) Beat It Or I'll Shoot! Police arriving following gunshots, first appearance of the shooter Francois (Jean Gabin) holed up on the top floor, early in Marcel Carne's Le Jour Se Leve, 1939.
Le Jour Se Leve -- (Movie Clip) I Have No Parents The first flashback, Francois (Jean Gabin), having shot a man, recalls being on the job sandblasting, and meeting Francoise (Jacqueline Laurent), discovering together that they're orphans, in Marcel Carne's Le Jour Se Leve, 1939.
Le Jour Se Leve -- (Movie Clip) Your Dirty Laundry Still in flashback, Francois (Jean Gabin) has followed Francoise (Jacqueline Laurent) to the night club, where he sees magician Valentin (Jules Berry) and his assistant Clara (Arletty) for the first time, in Marcel Carne's Le Jour Se Leve, 1939.
Long Night, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Just Watch His Hands Joe (Henry Fonda), puzzled by girlfriend Jo Ann (Barbara Bel Geddes), follows her to a night club where he sees Maximillian (Vincent Price) and meets Charlie (Ann Dvorak), in Anatole Litvak's The Long Night, 1947.
Black Orpheus -- (Movie Clip) Sad And Melancholic Left alone after several chance encounters, engaged Orpheus (Breno Mello) and new-in-Rio Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn) get friendlier, in Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus, 1959.
Black Orpheus -- (Movie Clip) A Felicidate Opening credits, with a nifty effect, in the mountain slums outside Rio, with Carlos Antonio Jobim performing his A Felicidate (composed with Luis Bonfa), from Marcel Camus' international hit Black Orpheus, 1959.
Long Night, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Average Town Offbeat opening credits and narration from director Anatole Litvak's The Long Night, 1947, a remake of French director Marcel Carne's Le Jour se leve, starring Henry Fonda and Barbara Bel Geddes.
Long Night, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Leave Me Alone! After an opening featuring a body falling down a stairwell, Sheriff Meade (Howard Freeman) and colleagues try to raise troubled veteran Joe (Henry Fonda) in his apartment, in the second scene from director Anatole Litvak's The Long Night, 1947.

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