“Moontide” (1942) — 20th Crntury-Fox promotional material

“Saaay Girls—come and meet JEAN GABIN. He’s different!”

#Hollywood #Moontide #JeanGabin #IdaLupino

Jean Gabin and Ida Lupino in “Moontide” (1942) — a scene cut from the final version of the picture

#Hollywood #JeanGabin #IdaLupino #Moontide

1942 — The “Seein’ Stars” cartoon by Feg Murray features publicity tidbits about Ida Lupino, Judy Garland, Babe Ruth, Jean Gabin and Gene Tierney.

#OldHollywood #IdaLupino #JudyGarland #GeneTierney #JeanGabin #BabeRuth

84 years ago:
Daybreak (FR)
Original title: Le Jour Se Lève
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events the led him to the killing.
1939-06-09
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/27053
#Daybreak #JeanGabin #Arletty #MadyBerry #ClassicMovies

Ida Lupino and Jean Gabin in “Moontide” (1942)

#OldHollywood #IdaLupino #JeanGabin #Moontide

jean renoir's 'la bete humaine' alongside simone simon. he went on to canoodle with marlene dietrich & to reinvent himself in 'touchez pas au grisbi' & 'le chat'. if you don't know who he is, please fix your life. you could start by watching him as lieutenant marechal in jean renoir's 1937 masterpiece, 'la grande illusion' (from whence the photo ref for this was ripped).
#jeanGabin #illustration #portrait #cinema #france

#art #history: serious hair envy. the undisputed king of the quiff, he's deservedly one of france's most revered actors. jean gabin & his bloody marvellous barnet (probably) were born #otd in 1904. he was, in his earlier years, a staple of film noir, starring in 'pepe le moko' (which also featured #frehel), 'le quai des brumes' & in...
#france #jeanGabin #film #noir #portrait #jeanRenoir

68 years ago:
French Cancan (FR,IT)
Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive wo...
1955-04-27
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/45213
#FrenchCancan #JeanRenoir #JeanGabin #MaríaFélix #JeanRogerCaussimon #Film

52 years ago:
The Cat (FR,IT)
Original title: Le Chat
Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, soon to be demolished. His cat Greffier being the only one he still gives affection to, he becomes the object of Clemence's anger.
1971-04-24
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/24984
#TheCat #PierreGranierDeferre #JeanGabin #SimoneSignoret #JacquesRispal #Movies

66 years ago:
Speaking of Murder (FR)
Original title: Le rouge est mis
Louis Bertain is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his accomplices are careful to keep up a civic veneer by day, indulging in criminal activities only when "the red light is on" at night. This status quo is upset when one of the gang members becomes convinced ...
1957-04-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/58926
#SpeakingofMurder #JeanGabin #AnnieGirardot #LinoVentura #Film

66 years ago:
The Case of Dr. Laurent (FR)
Original title: Le cas du docteur Laurent
Le Cas Du Dr. Laurent (The Case of Dr. Laurent) stars Jean Gabin as a Paris-based doctor who tries to spread the gospel of Natural Childbirth. Working in a cloistered rural community, Gabin runs up against the stone walls of fear and prejudice. His theories are proven sound when unwed mother Nicole ...
1957-04-03
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/78183
#TheCaseofDrLaurent #JeanGabin #NicoleCourcel #WomenInFilm

60 years ago:
Any Number Can Win (FR,IT)
Original title: Mélodie en sous-sol
Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino.
1963-03-19
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/22650
#AnyNumberCanWin #JeanGabin #AlainDelon #DominiqueDavray #FrançoiseBonnot #Movies

55 years ago:
Pasha (FR,IT)
Original title: Le pacha
Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris...
1968-03-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/55316
#Pasha #JeanGabin #RobertDalban #GérardBuhr #MichelleDavid #Movies

91 years ago:
Lilac (FR)
Original title: Cœur de lilas
Also known as Lilac, this early Anatole Litvak-directed talkie was based on a play by Tristan Bernard and Charles Henry Hirsch. The story bears traces of the Bertold Brecht-Weill piece The Threepenny Opera, with heroine Lilac (Marcelle Romeo) consorting with the criminal scum of Paris. Lilac falls i...
1932-03-13
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/64545
#Lilac #AnatoleLitvak #JeanGabin #Movies

65 years ago:
Les Misérables (XG,FR,IT)
Victor Hugo's monumental novel Les Miserables has been filmed so often that sometimes it's hard to tell one version from another. One of the best and most faithful adaptations is this 240-minute French production, starring Jean Gabin as the beleaguered Jean Valjean. Arrested for a petty crime, Valje...
1958-03-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/4412
#LesMisérables #JeanGabin #Bourvil #EmmaLeChanois #ClassicMovies

57 years ago:
The Upper Hand (FR,DE,IT)
Original title: Du Rififi à Paname
In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggling business.
1966-03-02
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/76745
#TheUpperHand #DenysdeLaPatellière #JeanGabin #GertFröbe #GeorgeRaft #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

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Maurice Yvain & Jean Gabin:
🎵 Quand On S'Promène Au Bord de L'Eau

#MauriceYvain #JeanGabin

https://open.spotify.com/track/2kxjV4qeiofnhtBxlwqNV0

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast

Maurice Yvain & Jean Gabin:
🎵 Quand On S'Promène Au Bord de L'Eau

#MauriceYvain #JeanGabin

https://open.spotify.com/track/2kxjV4qeiofnhtBxlwqNV0

53 years ago:
The Horse (DE,FR,IT)
Original title: La Horse
Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules with an iron hand. Things go awry the day he discovers one of his grandsons is involved in drug traffic. To make matters worse, the reckless youth has hidden the white powder in...
1970-02-22
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/65887
#TheHorse #PierreGranierDeferre #JeanGabin #ReinhardKolldehoff #ClassicFilm #Movies

71 years ago:
The Truth About Bebe Donge (FR)
Original title: La Vérité sur Bébé Donge
François Donge, a rich industrialist and womaniser, meets a girl nicknamed Bébé who he marries. Ten years later, poisoned by his wife and dying in hospital, he recalls his married life and understands how his wife who adored him suffered from his many affairs and indifference.
1952-02-13
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/63224
#TheTruthAboutBebeDonge #JeanGabin #DanielleDarrieux #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies