Tag: French
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MON COPAIN
April 25, 1937 Mon Copain (literal translation ‘My Friend’) was a French-language movie magazine published from the 1930s through the 1950s. On April 25, 1937 RKO film star Lucille Ball appeared on the cover, holding a look-alike doll. Both Lucy and the doll are holding a cigarette. This is not the only time Lucille Ball would…
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MAURICE MARSAC
March 23, 1915 Maurice Marsac was born on March 23, 1915 in Croix, Nord, France. He made his screen debut (appropriately) as a French policeman in Paris After Dark (1945), a film that employed many French World War II immigrants. He also appeared in two 1952 Paris-set films: Assignment: Paris and April in Paris. Later…
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“The French Revue”
(S3;E7 ~ November 16, 1953) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed October 15, 1953 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 60.0/81 Synopsis ~ A trip to a French restaurant makes Lucy think she should take French lessons, which then inspires a French revue at the Tropicana. This episode is…