Acting
Fernand Gravey
Born December 25, 1905 · Ixelles, Brabant, Belgium
Died November 2, 1970 · aged 64
Fernand Gravey (25 December 1905 in Ixelles (Belgium) – 2 November 1970 in Paris, France), also known as Fernand Gravet in the United States, was the son of actors Georges Mertens and Fernande Depernay, who appeared in silent films produced by pioneer Belge Cinéma Film (a subsidiary of Pathé). Gravey started performing at age five under his father's direction. Before World War I, he received an …
Known For
Guns for San Sebastian · 1967Guns for San Sebastian
★ 7.01967
MovieWestern
Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from Indians, who regularly attack the village and steal all their supplies. When Father John is murdered, the villagers mistakenly think the outlaw is the priest. Alastray at first tells them he is not a priest, but they don't believe it, and an apparent miracle seems to prove they are correct. Eventually, he assists them in regaining their confidence and defending themselves.
How to Steal a Million · 1966How to Steal a Million
★ 7.51966
MovieComedyCrime
A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.
That's Entertainment, Part II · 1976That's Entertainment, Part II
★ 7.01976
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
Four Flights to Love · 1939Four Flights to Love
★ 6.41939
MovieWarDrama
In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride live in a blissful paradise, until the war breaks out and he becomes a soldier. Janine dies in childbirth and, no longer desiring to live, Pierre volunteers for a dangerous patrol behind German lines. While recuperating in the hospital from a wound he received on the mission, Pierre spends his time drawing sketches of dresses. He becomes rich and famous after the war. Years later, after devoting himself to his daughter, Pierre seeks a marriage with a girl no older than his daughter. A conflict develops and to ensure his daughter's happiness, Pierre sacrifices his own plans.
Give Her the Moon · 1970Give Her the Moon
★ 5.81970
MovieComedyRomance
Marie, a young provincial girl, is seduced by an American billionaire. She agrees to stay with him if he moves her village to New York.
The King and the Chorus Girl · 1937The King and the Chorus Girl
★ 6.21937
MovieRomanceComedy
A destitute, bored monarch falls in love with a chorus girl.
Royal Affairs in Versailles · 1953Royal Affairs in Versailles
★ 6.71953
MovieDramaHistory
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are pursued in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date.
Seven Men, One Woman · 1936Seven Men, One Woman
★ 6.81936
MovieComedyRomance
At the urging of her childhood friend Brémontier, Lucie de Kéradec, a wealthy widowed countess who wishes to remarry, invites all of her seven suitors to her mansion. Her untold intention is to test them by claiming to be ruined. The experience is a success in that each of the potential husbands reveals his inner nature but a failure when it comes to finding a new life partner. None of the guests passes the test except - the eighth man, namely Brémontier who loved Lucie in secret but, being penniless, had not dared declare his flame to her.
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The King and the Chorus Girl · 1937The King and the Chorus Girl
★ 6.21937
MovieRomanceComedy
A destitute, bored monarch falls in love with a chorus girl.
Alfred Bruger VII
School for Coquettes · 1958School for Coquettes
★ 3.51958
MovieComedy
A young Parisian woman attends a school for coquettes in order to rise in society.
Stanislas de La Ferronière
Breakdowns of 1938 · 1938Breakdowns of 1938
★ 5.81938
MovieDocumentaryComedy
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
Rene (archive footage) (uncredited)
Du Guesclin · 1949Du Guesclin
★ 5.41949
MovieHistoryDrama
A chronicle of the life of Bertrand du Guesclin, grand officer of the French army in the 14th century.
Bertrand du Guesclin














