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A retro mailer design I put together for Riverway Church. Super Hero Parents courtesy of Kakigori Studio.
French postcard in the Collection Cinéma by Editions Malibran, Paris / Nancy, no. CF 54. Photo: Cyril Stanborough. Gérard Philipe in Monsieur Ripois / Knave of Hearts (René Clément, 1954).
The legendary idol of the French cinema Gérard Philipe (1922–1959) was adored for his good looks, but he was also a very talented actor. He played roles as diverse as Faust and Modigliani, and France's preeminent directors sought him out for his versatility and professionalism.
Gérard Philipe (sometimes written as Philippe) was born Gérard Philip in Cannes, France, in 1922. In 1940, Gérard left school, and his parents wanted him to become a lawyer. His mother noticed that he was only interested in acting, but his father was against the idea. Gérard's father, a successful businessman, was a right-wing extremist and collaborated with the Nazis. After the war, he was forced into exile in Spain to escape a death sentence. Gérard himself was, his whole life, a staunch social liberal, politically wise. Actor Claude Dauphin introduced the young Philipe in 1942 to the stage. One of his first parts was as the angel in 'Sodome et Gomorrhe' by Jean Giraudoux in 1943. Director Marc Allégret decided that he showed some promise and gave him a small part in his film Les petites du quai aux fleurs / The Girls From the Quai aux Fleurs (Marc Allégret, 1944) starring Odette Joyeux. With the support of his admirer Jean Cocteau, he entered the Paris Conservatory, where, under the tutelage of Georges Le Roy, he discovered his passion for live theatre. In 1945, he received rave reviews for his performance in the stage production of Albert Camus’ 'Caligula'. This success further opened the doors to the cinema. His first leading role in Le pays sans étoiles / Land Without Stars (Georges Lacombe, 1946), opposite Jany Holt, received so many favourable reviews that he became a star.
In 1947, Gérard Philipe exploded upon the European film scene in Le diable au corps / Devil in the Flesh (Claude Autant-Lara, 1947), playing Francois Jaubert, a callow youth in love with much older and very married Micheline Presle. Superstardom followed almost immediately: female filmgoers doted upon Philippe's sensitive, handsome features and strapping physique, while men identified with his soulfulness and introspection. Next, he would take on prominent roles in such classic films as Une si jolie petite plage / Such a Pretty Little Beach (Yves Allégret, 1949), and La beauté du diable / Beauty and the Devil (René Clair, 1950) as Faust. He was an international success as the tongue-in-cheek titular swashbuckler Fanfan la Tulipe / Fan-Fan the Tulip (Christian-Jaque, 1952), one of the most popular historical-adventure films made in France. At French Films, James Travers reviews: "Not only is the film impeccably made, with lavish production values, stunning cinematography and impressively choreographed fight scenes, but it has a timeless quality which will no doubt ensure it will remain a popular classic for years to come. Philipe excels in this film in what is regarded by many as his finest film role, the indefatigable womaniser and agile swordsman Fanfan la Tulipe. Philipe is simply brilliant in the role, tackling the numerous swordfights and Henri Jeanson’s sparkling dialogue with equal relish." He appeared with such great stars of the European cinema as Italian beauty Gina Lollobrigida in Les belles de nuit / Beauties of the Night (René Clair, 1952), with Michèle Morgan in both Les orgueilleux / The Proud Ones (Yves Allégret, 1953) and Les grandes manœuvres / The Grand Maneuver (René Clair, 1955). In 1956, Philipe starred in and directed a filmization of the old folk tale Till Eulenspiegel, Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle / Bold Adventure (Gérard Philipe, Joris Ivens, 1956). The French-East-German coproduction was not a success. He simultaneously pursued his stage career, with a keen involvement in the Théatre National de Paris, which would endure up until his death. Whilst working at the TNP, Philipe, a strong believer in egalitarianism, would draw the same salary as junior actors. He would also become president of the French actors' union, actively promoting the rights of actors.
Gérard Philipe continued his string of film successes throughout the 1950s. Among these films were the Fyodor Dostoevsky adaptation Le joueur / The Gambler (Claude Autant-Lara, 1958) with Liselotte Pulver, and Les liaisons dangereuses / Dangerous Liaisons (Roger Vadim, 1959) opposite Jeanne Moreau. In 1959, doctors told Philippe that he had liver cancer. On 25 November that year, while working on Luis Buñuel's Le Fievre Monte a El Pao / Fever Mounts at El Pao (Luis Buñuel, 1959), he died at the peak of his popularity. He was just 36 years old. The news provoked an immediate and intense outpouring of grief. His early death elevated him to a near-legendary status in France. Since 1951, Philipe has been married to actress and writer Nicole Fourcade, with whom he had two children: writer and actor Anne-Marie Philipe (1954) and Olivier Philipe (1957). Nicole adopted the pseudonym Anne Philipe and wrote two books about her husband, 'Souvenirs' (1960) and 'Le Temps d'un soupir' (1963, No Longer Than a Sigh). In 1961, Gérard's portrait appeared on a French commemorative postage stamp. There is a film festival named in his honour as well as several theatres, schools and colleges in various parts of France. He was also very popular in Germany, and a Berlin theatre has been named after him.
Sources: James Travers (Le Film Guide), AllMovie, Films de France, Wikipedia, and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
A project for the winter.
I recently made a photobook out of all the old photos and negatives that I have of my parents. I did a bit of research on my grandparents and great-grandparents and built of the story of my parents lives as best I could.
I had a copy printed for each of my children and one for the nursing home where my mother now lives.
This is a project that opens a window on a less documented time and is an investment for the future.
I used Lightroom to make the book and Blurb to publish.
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Explore #444 October 1 2009. Thank you to everyone for all your comments, awards and faves.
The local swan family on the canal at Newport yesterday morning.
Though I wasn't really aware of it when I pushed my camera's shutter button, this picture tells an interesting story …
It's been decades since my own children have been young enough and small enough to be pushed around in a stroller … so I'm not really familiar with the current products and models. When I saw the word "Stokke" on the stroller in this photo, I assumed that it was a German product, and probably completely unknown on this side of the ocean. (It's actually a Norwegian company, founded in Alesund, and doing business in more than 60 countries. For more details, see the company's website at www.stokke.com)
Anyway, the stroller that you're looking at here is one of a family of baby-related transportation products, and if you happen to live in the U.S., you can order one directly from Amazon. This purple model, for example, is shown here -- in the same color -- on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Stokke-180205-Xplory-Stroller-Purple/dp/B0...
What I wasn't expecting at all was the price: this model sells for $1,099.99 on Amazon. Plus sales tax, of course, But shipping is free -- unless you decide to have it shipped to one of several "selected countries" outside the US. (If you're interested, you can also add a cup holder for $24.99, and a mosquito net for $21.99)
It gives you a sense of what the Russian economy is like these days ...
Note: I chose this as my "photo of the day" for Sep 26, 2013.
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I had a brief business trip to Moscow in the fall of 2013 -- arriving in the city on a Saturday morning, relaxing for the rest of the weekend, then a day of intense business at a computer conference on Monday, and finally back to NYC on Tuesday morning -- and I was hoping that I could take advantage of my brief period of free time to get some photographs of the city. Ideally, I was hoping to visit Red Square at sunrise and sunset; and I even considered taking one of those garishly-colored tour buses around the city to see what might be interesting.
Alas, none of that happened, simply because of the weather: it was raining when I arrived on Saturday morning, it was raining harder when I left on Tuesday morning, and it drizzled and rained most of the time in between. Some people enjoy walking around in the rain, but I'm not one of them. I also don't really enjoy trying to photograph during rainy weather, though I know that it's sometimes possible to get some really interesting results. And I have to admit that I'm pretty paranoid about getting my digital cameras wet.
As it turned out, there was one brief break in the weather, late on the Sunday afternoon: the rain stopped, the clouds cleared, and the sun even came out. I grabbed my little Sony RX-100 MkII pocket camera, leaving my larger Sony A65 DSLR behind, and headed out of my hotel, walking a couple blocks up Neglinnaya Street to a shopping promenade on Kuznetskiy Most -- where there were throngs of people strolling, shopping, and enjoying various unrecognizable snacks and munchies from little food stalls along the street.
I walked around for a while, and then found a quiet bench where I could park myself and watch the ebb and flow of traffic in both directions on Kuznetskiy Most, snapping shots of anything (and anyone) that looked interesting. At the end of an hour, I had gotten some 375 shots … and then the clouds returned, and the rain commenced once again. I scampered back to my hotel before the rain got too heavy, uploaded the digital images to my laptop computer, and did most of the editing on the long 9-hour flight back to New York a couple days later.
A couple of these photos could have been taken anywhere: you can't really tell whether you're looking at something in the middle of New York City, or the middle of Moscow. But some of them -- indeed, most of them -- show us a mix of faces and dress styles and architecture that could only have been taken in Moscow...
As a parent, you are the first and the most important teacher in your kid’s life. When parents take part in the school activities and studies of the children, it has an altogether different impact. Children have a better and improved feeling when the parents are involved in their education and extracurricular. It is said that the perfect way to optimise the achievement of the kids by the parents is by supervising their learning experience. It is not the time to hover on completing the homework and start favoring something more powerful and subtle. Parents are undoubtedly concerned and critical about their children's performance in the school. However, only conventional methods will not be helpful in changing their performance.
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