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'nother one from last week's trip to the Zoo.
Last year someone was too scared of the reptile house, this time round we couldn't get her out of there...
French postcard by Editions du Globe, Paris, no. 331. Photo: Lucienne Chevert.
Singer and actor Jean-Claude Pascal (1927-1992) was one of the romantic lovers of the French cinema in the 1950s. In 1961, he won the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg singing 'Nous Les Amoureux'.
Jean-Claude Pascal was born as Jean-Claude Henri Roger Villeminot in Paris in 1927, into a family of textile manufacturers. In 1944, when he was 17, he voluntarily joined the 2e Division blindée (2nd Armored Division) with which he entered the still occupied Strasbourg. Pascal received the Croix de Guerre and later became a Commandeur des Arts et Lettres and Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honor). After the Second World War, he first studied at the Sorbonne university, but he started his career as a fashion designer for Hermès. Later the handsome Pascal met Christian Dior and became his stylist and also his model. He designed the costumes for the stage production, Don Juan, by Molière, directed by Louis Jouvet. He then discovered his passion for acting. After attending the drama course of Arthur Ford, he made his stage debut in 1949, alongside Pierre Renoir and Edwige Feuillère in 'La Dame aux Camélias' (Camille). Then he took the stage name, Jean-Claude Pascal.
Tall, slender, dark-eyed Jean-Claude Pascal became one of the romantic lovers of the French cinema in the 1950s. His first film as a jeune premier was in the Italian film Quattro rose rosse/Four Red Roses (Nunzio Malasomma, 1949) opposite Olga Villi and Fosco Giachetti. In France, he appeared with Pierre Fresnay in Un grand patron/Perfectionist (Yves Ciampi, 1951). For this role, his hair was coloured blond. The following years, he was often seen in costume opposite beautiful women in such films as Le rideau cramoisi/The Crimson Curtain (Alexandre Astruc, 1953) and Les Mauvaises rencontres/Bad Liaisons (Alexandre Astruc, 1955) both with Anouk Aimée, Le Chevalier de la nuit/Knight of the Night (Robert Darène, 1953) with Renée Saint-Cyr, Le Grand Jeu/Flesh and the Woman (Robert Siodmak, 1954) with Gina Lollobrigida, Le Salaire du péché/The Wages of Sin (Denys de La Patellière, 1956) opposite Danielle Darrieux, and Die schöne Lügnerin/The Beautiful Lier (Axel Von Ambesser, 1959) with Romy Schneider. Although he often played a romantic womanizer on screen, there was no woman in his private life, except for his beloved mother. The French site Hexagon Gay writes that Pascal was gay and liked men: "Only the artistic and gay at the time were aware because it is totally excluded to reveal such an orientation in a society where homophobia is still the rule. (...) The longest relationship he maintained, was with the actor Jean Chevrier, who died in 1975."
The filmmakers of the Nouvelle Vague were not interested in Jean-Claude Pascal. His film work diminished in the 1960s and he switched to singing chansons such as 'Lily Marlene' in both German and French. His sultry, deep voice served sensitive interpretations of songs of such (then) young writers as Guy Béart, Serge Gainsbourg and Jean Ferrat. In 1962, he was awarded the Prix de l' Académie Charles-Cros for it. In 1961, he won the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg singing 'Nous Les Amoureux' (We the Lovers) with music composed by Jacques Datin and lyrics by Maurice Vidalin. Twenty years later he represented Luxembourg again at the Eurovision Song contest 1981 with 'C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique' (It may not be America) but finished 11th of 20. He composed the words and music of this song himself along with Sophie Makhno and Jean-Claude Petit. In the meantime, he incidentally played in such light entertainment films as Le Rendez-vous/Rendezvous (Jean Delannoy, 1961) with Annie Girardot, the Spanish comedy Las 4 bodas de Marisol/The Four Marriages of Marisol (Luis Lucia, 1967) opposite the young Spanish idol Marisol, and Angélique et le Sultan/Angelique and the Sultan (Bernard Borderie, 1968) with Michèle Mercier. His last film was the German Krimi Unter den Dächern von St. Pauli/Under the Roofs of St. Pauli (Alfred Weidenmann, 1970). In the 1970s, he worked for television and the stage and in the 1980s, he wrote detective novels and historical portraits, like 'L'Amant du roi' (The King's Lover) and 'Marie Stuart' (Mary Stuart). In 1986, he published his autobiography 'Le Beau Masque' (The Beautiful Mask). In 1992 Jean-Claude Pascal died of lung cancer in Clichy-la-Garenne, near Paris. He was 64. There was not much media attention for the passing of this quite forgotten star, who had been so popular during the 1950s and 1960s.
Sources: Dave Thompson (AllMovie), Hexagone Gay (French), Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
Dutch or Flemish postcard. Editor unknown.
Singer and actor Jean-Claude Pascal (1927-1992) was one of the romantic lovers of the French cinema in the 1950s. In 1961, he won the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg singing 'Nous Les Amoureux'.
Jean-Claude Pascal was born as Jean-Claude Henri Roger Villeminot in Paris in 1927, into a family of textile manufacturers. In 1944, when he was 17, he voluntarily joined the 2e Division blindée (2nd Armored Division) with which he entered the still occupied Strasbourg. Pascal received the Croix de Guerre and later became a Commandeur des Arts et Lettres and Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honor). After the Second World War, he first studied at the Sorbonne university, but he started his career as a fashion designer for Hermès. Later the handsome Pascal met Christian Dior and became his stylist and also his model. He designed the costumes for the stage production, Don Juan, by Molière, directed by Louis Jouvet. He then discovered his passion for acting. After attending the drama course of Arthur Ford, he made his stage debut in 1949, alongside Pierre Renoir and Edwige Feuillère in 'La Dame aux Camélias' (Camille). Then he took the stage name, Jean-Claude Pascal.
Tall, slender, dark-eyed Jean-Claude Pascal became one of the romantic lovers of the French cinema in the 1950s. His first film as a jeune premier was in the Italian film Quattro rose rosse/Four Red Roses (Nunzio Malasomma, 1949) opposite Olga Villi and Fosco Giachetti. In France, he appeared with Pierre Fresnay in Un grand patron/Perfectionist (Yves Ciampi, 1951). For this role, his hair was coloured blond. The following years, he was often seen in costume opposite beautiful women in such films as Le rideau cramoisi/The Crimson Curtain (Alexandre Astruc, 1953) and Les Mauvaises rencontres/Bad Liaisons (Alexandre Astruc, 1955) both with Anouk Aimée, Le Chevalier de la nuit/Knight of the Night (Robert Darène, 1953) with Renée Saint-Cyr, Le Grand Jeu/Flesh and the Woman (Robert Siodmak, 1954) with Gina Lollobrigida, Le Salaire du péché/The Wages of Sin (Denys de La Patellière, 1956) opposite Danielle Darrieux, and Die schöne Lügnerin/The Beautiful Lier (Axel Von Ambesser, 1959) with Romy Schneider. Although he often played a romantic womanizer on screen, there was no woman in his private life, except for his beloved mother. The French site Hexagon Gay writes that Pascal was gay and liked men: "Only the artistic and gay at the time were aware because it is totally excluded to reveal such an orientation in a society where homophobia is still the rule. (...) The longest relationship he maintained, was with the actor Jean Chevrier, who died in 1975."
The filmmakers of the Nouvelle Vague were not interested in Jean-Claude Pascal. His film work diminished in the 1960s and he switched to singing chansons such as 'Lily Marlene' in both German and French. His sultry, deep voice served sensitive interpretations of songs of such (then) young writers as Guy Béart, Serge Gainsbourg and Jean Ferrat. In 1962, he was awarded the Prix de l' Académie Charles-Cros for it. In 1961, he won the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg singing 'Nous Les Amoureux' (We the Lovers) with music composed by Jacques Datin and lyrics by Maurice Vidalin. Twenty years later he represented Luxembourg again at the Eurovision Song contest 1981 with 'C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique' (It may not be America) but finished 11th of 20. He composed the words and music of this song himself along with Sophie Makhno and Jean-Claude Petit. In the meantime, he incidentally played in such light entertainment films as Le Rendez-vous/Rendezvous (Jean Delannoy, 1961) with Annie Girardot, the Spanish comedy Las 4 bodas de Marisol/The Four Marriages of Marisol (Luis Lucia, 1967) opposite the young Spanish idol Marisol, and Angélique et le Sultan/Angelique and the Sultan (Bernard Borderie, 1968) with Michèle Mercier. His last film was the German Krimi Unter den Dächern von St. Pauli/Under the Roofs of St. Pauli (Alfred Weidenmann, 1970). In the 1970s, he worked for television and the stage and in the 1980s, he wrote detective novels and historical portraits, like 'L'Amant du roi' (The King's Lover) and 'Marie Stuart' (Mary Stuart). In 1986, he published his autobiography 'Le Beau Masque' (The Beautiful Mask). In 1992 Jean-Claude Pascal died of lung cancer in Clichy-la-Garenne, near Paris. He was 64. There was not much media attention for the passing of this quite forgotten star, who had been so popular during the 1950s and 1960s.
Sources: Dave Thompson (AllMovie), Hexagone Gay (French), Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
Pascal,eines meiner Lieblingsmodels,-aus seiner Sicht bin ich eine einzige nervtötende Katastrophe.
Diese Aufnahme zeigt ihn,als wir uns zum erstenmal nach langer Zeit wieder begegneten.
Pascal,one of my best friends.It doesn't see it in the same way.
It is never amused to see me,-doesn't matter!
Pascal Bruckner : Charles Fourier
Collections Microcosmes, "Écrivains de toujours", n° 98
Éditions du Seuil - Paris, 1975
Couverture : Portrait harmonique de Charles Fourier par Pierre Faucheux
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Whilst browsing the streets for strangers on another warm Melbourne day I had remembered seeing a unique face from the previous weekend at a cafe in central Melbourne. This time with my camera in hand I headed towards Melbourne's GPO building to see if they were there working today. Unfortunately he was not, but luckily enough for me I had found another person who was perfect for this project - his name was Pascal and he is officially Stranger #17.
Pascal is a Chocolatier at Cacao - a Chocolatorium of-a-cafe and Patisserie in Melbourne's General Post Office building. Now this is one of the coolest job titles I've heard in the series so far. I'd spotted Pascal as soon as I entered the building, working away with a smile on his face and serving the queue of people waiting for their little chocolate treat. He was also wearing a great hat and an outfit that reminded me of someone from years gone by. There was numerous people walking around with there wonderfully crafted small paper bags, hiding their chocolates they'd just purchased for when they get back to their car or quiet corner on the tram :)
I waited for the line to quiet down a little before I went to order a hot chocolate and got the chance to speak to Pascal himself. After introducing myself and asking if I could take his portrait, he politely agreed without hesitation and asked where he should stand. As we were shooting indoors the lighting wasn't the best, but the large skylight in the roof of the old post office was giving me some soft light that was far better than the normal fluorescent's I'd normally shoot under in these circumstances. After shooting a quick few frames we then got talking about his life and of course his wonderful job. He said he is a local boy from Melbourne who's been making chocolates here for 10 years and has been in this current store location for 5yrs to date. He also travelled to Paris for 2 years to learn his craft and this was where ended up meeting his wife. I bet he had plenty of women after him knowing his day job :)
All-in-all Pascal was a wonderful stranger to shoot and more than welcome to do anything that was needed. He had mentioned that his wife had been following another photographer who was known for his photographs of strangers (whose name I cant remember) and that he would be keenly following my series from now on. So if your ever near the wonderful GPO building in the city and are after a wonderful hot chocolate or the Best Macarons in Melbourne, drop by Cacao Fine Chocolates and say hi to Pascal if he's working.
In researching his business later on after the shoot, I also found out that he had recently been awarded the prestigious award of Best Chocolates Showpiece at the recent Chocolate Australia Championships. So congratulations Pascal on your success and thank you once more for being apart of this project. I hope you enjoy these images as much as I enjoyed that fabulous hot chocolate.
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This picture is #17 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100strangers.com/ or the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page