Guy De Maupassant


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Mademoiselle Fifi (1944) -- (Movie Clip) In Occupied France Opening from director Robert Wise and screenwriters Josef Mischel and Peter Ruric, from a Guy de Maupassant story, establishing France during the 1870 Prussian occupation, Charles Waldron a priest, Kurt Kreuger the improbably named title character, in Mademoiselle Fifi, 1944, starring Simone Simon.
Mademoiselle Fifi (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Little Launderesses Or Liberals Introducing the protagonist, Simone Simon as laundress Elisabeth, catching a stage during the 1870 Prussian occupation of France with her social superiors (the bourgeoisie Alan Napier, Romaine Callender, Helen Freeman, Norma Varden, and Edmund Glover the priest), Jason Robards the voluble merchant, John Emery the agitator, in Mademoiselle Fifi, 1944.
Mademoiselle Fifi (1944) -- (Movie Clip) More Than A Patriot Everybody happier as resourceful laundress Elisabeth (Simone Simon) has shared her plentiful poultry with her famished upper-class stage coach companions, congratulated especially by Norma Varden and Jason Robards Sr., during the 1870 Prussian occupation of France, in RKO’s Mademoiselle Fifi, 1944.
Diary Of A Madman (1963) -- (Movie Clip) And She Laughed French judge Cordier (Vincent Price), worried for his sanity after strange events following his having killed a condemned murderer in self defense, has been advised to resume old habits like sculpting, so he meets Odette (Nancy Kovack), in Diary Of A Madman, 1963, from stories by Guy De Maupassant.
Diary Of A Madman (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Death Is A Truth French judge Cordier (Vincent Price) now narrating, after he’s begun hearing voices, after he accidentally killed a condemned murderer, who claimed he’d been possessed by a mysterious force that put a green light in his eyes, evidence now supporting him, in Diary Of A Madman, 1963.
Private Affairs Of Bel Ami, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Fate Perhaps Had A Hand Efficient piece by director Albert Lewin, Duroy (George Sanders), in a suit paid for by his host, meets Clotilde (Angela Lansbury), his host’s wife (Ann Dvorak) and guests (David Bond, Frances Dee, Warren William, Hugo Haas, Katherine Emery, Susan Douglas and Albert Basserman), early in The Private Affairs Of Bel Ami, 1947.
Private Affairs Of Bel Ami, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) History Of A Scoundrel Opening scene by writer-director Albert Lewin, leading man George Sanders as Georges Duroy, brushes off a stranger (Marie Wilson) before meeting his old war buddy Forestier (John Carradine) by chance in a Paris cafè, in The Private Affairs Of Bel Ami, 1947, from a novel by Guy de Maupassant.
Le Plaisir (a.k.a. House Of Pleasure) -- (Movie Clip) A Kind Of Aristocracy From the beginning of the second and longest segment of the film, introducing Rosa (Danielle Darrieux) and colleagues at the brothel, in Marcel Ophuls' Le Plaisir, (a.k.a. House Of Pleasure) 1952.
Le Plaisir (a.k.a. House Of Pleasure) -- (Movie Clip) Youth And Sardines From the narrating voice of the original author Guy de Maupassant, the introduction of the painter Jean (Daniel Gelin) and model Josephine (Simone Simon), in the third segment of director Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir, (a.k.a. House Of Pleasure) 1952.
Le Plaisir (a.k.a. House Of Pleasure) -- (Movie Clip) And Above All, Girls After the prologue, the opening in the voice of author Guy de Maupassant, in the first segment, with incredible shots, from director Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir, (a.k.a. House Of Pleasure) 1952.

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