MBC INTERACTIVE ARCHIVE - France: French Film Noir

France | 1940s

France | 1940s

France: French Film Noir

French Film Noir

Les Bas-Fonds – The Lower Depths

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2 Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, Orphée, 1950. gp autographed by Jean Marais.

The Players

270b Jean Renoir

275 Louis Jouvet

384 Marcel Carné

385 Jean Louis Barrault

387 Albert Prejean

388 Jean Cocteau

389 Jean Marais

391a Jean Marais

391b René Clément

391 Madeleine Solongne

392 Maria Casares

393 Pierre Blanchar

395 Michele Morgan

396 Michèle Morgan

398 Henri Langlois

399 Robert Bresson

400 Henri-Georges Clouzot

Renoir's American Period

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398 Jean Renoir, Swamp Water, 1941. USstill

401 Jean Renoir, The Woman On The Beach, 1947. USad

399 Jean Renoir, The Southerner, 1945. USad

398b Jean Renoir, Swamp Water, 1941. USstill - Copy

395 Jean Renoir, Swamp Water, 1941. yposter

398c Jean Renoir, Swamp Water, 1941. USlc

Marcel Carné

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402 Marcel Carné, Jean Gabin, Le Jour se lève - Daybreak, 1939. dp

403 Marcel Carné, Les Visiteurs du Soir, 1942. dp

402f Marcel Carné, Jean Gabin, Le Jour se lève - Daybreak, 1939. Fticket 2015

403b Marcel Carné, Les Visiteurs du Soir, 1942. dp

407 Marcel Carné, Les enfants du paradis - Children of Paradise, 1945. US1sheet, 2014

406 Marcel Carné, Les enfants du paradis - Children of Paradise, 1945. dp

406c Marcel Carné, Les enfants du paradis - Children of Paradise, 1945. dp

406e Marcel Carné, Les enfants du paradis - Children of Paradise, 1945. anfk autographed by Arletty

407b Marcel Carné, Les enfants du paradis, Cinémathèque Française, Fstamp for Centenaire, 2014.

406g Marcel Carné, Les enfants du paradis - Children of Paradise, 1945. anfk autographed by Arletty

Robert Bresson

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413 Robert Bresson, Les dames du Bois de Boulogne - Ladies of the Park, 1944. Fpc

413a Robert Bresson, Les dames du Bois de Boulogne - Ladies of the Park, 1945. Fpb

413d Robert Bresson, Journal d_un curé de campagne - Jornal of a Country Priest, 1950. Fpb

Julien Duvivier

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414 Julien Duvivier, Panique, 1946. anfk

414b Julien Duvivier, Panique, 1946. anfk

414d Julien Duvivier, La Bandera - Escape From Yesterday, 1935. Fpb

414e Julien Duvivier, La Bandera - Escape From Yesterday, 1935. Fpb (2)

Yves Allégret

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411 411 Yves Allégret, Une si jolie petite plage, Such a Pretty Little Beach, 1949. gstill

411b Yves Allégret, Une si jolie petite plage, Such a Pretty Little Beach, 1949. gstill

René Clément

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415c René Clément, Les maudits - The Damned, 1947. Fposter

415 René Clément, Bataille du rail - Battle of the Rails, 1946. Fbook

415b René Clément, Bataille du rail, Cannes Film Festival, Inauguration limited edition program, 1946 FpCannes

416b René Clément, Les maudits - The Damned, 1947. Fpb

416f René Clément, Les maudits - The Damned, 1947. Fpb

416h René Clément, Les maudits - The Damned, 1947. Fpb

416i-1 René Clément, Les maudits - The Damned, 1947. Fpb

416c René Clément, Les maudits - The Damned, 1947. Fpb

416i-2 René Clément, Les maudits - The Damned, 1947. Fpb

416j René Clément, Les maudits - The Damned, 1947. anfk

417-1 René Clément, Le château de verre - The Glass Castle, 1950. Fpb

417 René Clément, Le château de verre - The Glass Castle, 1950. Fpb

418b René Clément, Jeux interdits - Forbidden Games, 1952. Jp

418 René Clément, Jeux interdits - Forbidden Games, 1952. Jp

Jean Delannoy
and Jean Cocteau

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424 Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, Madeleine Sologne, L_éternel retour - Love Eternal, 1943. USstill

424b Jean Delannoy, Jean Cocteau, L_éternel retour - Love Eternal, 1943. anfk autographed by Madeleine Sologne.

425 Jean Delannoy, La symphonie pastorale, Pastoral Symphony, 1946. Fpb

427 Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, La belle et la bête, Beauty and the Beast, 1946. Fp

426 Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, La belle et la bête, 1946. anfk

427-1 Jean Cocteau, La belle et la bête, Beauty and the Beast, 1946. Fposter rr 2011

427h Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, La belle et la bête, Beauty and the Beast, 1946. Fp

427L-1 Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, La belle et la bête, Beauty and the Beast, 1946. Fp

428 Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, Orphee, 1950. USlc

429b Jean Marais, Mon Film, 1950. Fmag

429a Jean Marais, autograph, 1995

431 Jean Cocteau, Les Enfants Terribles, 1950. anfk

429c Jean Cocteau, Orphée, 1950. Fbook

429f Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, Orphée, 1950. gp autographed by Jean Marais.

429d Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, Orphée, 1950. gp autographed by Jean Marais.

Henri-Georges Clouzot

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441 Henri-Georges Clouzot FmrCinema, 1950s

442 Henri-Georges Clouzot, Quai des Orfèvres - Jenny Lamour, 1947. dp

443 Henri-Georges Clouzot, Manon, 1949. anfk

La Cinéma-
thèque Française

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455 Robert Bresson, Les dames du Bois de Boulogne, 1944. Cinémathèque Française, 80 Years of French Cinema, 1975. Fmatchbook) - Copy

455b Marcel Carné, Les enfants du paradis, 1945. Cinémathèque Française, 80 Years of French Cinema, 1975. Fmatchbook) - Copy

455c Jean Cocteau, La belle et la bête, 1946. Cinémathèque Française, 80 Years of French Cinema, 1975. Fmatchbook)

455d René Clément, Bataille du rail, 1946. Cinémathèque Française, 80 Years of French Cinema, 1975. Fmatchbook)

The 1st Cannes Film Festival -
Sept 20 - Oct 05, 1946

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457 Inauguration of the Cannes Film Festival, 1946. Fstamp

458 Cannes Film Festival, Inauguration limited edition program, 1946 FpCannes

458b Cannes Film Festival, Inauguration limited edition program, 1946 FpCannes

458zh Cannes Film Festival, Inauguration limited edition program, 1946 FpCannes

457b Inauguration of the Cannes Film Festival, 1946. Fstamp

458l Cannes Film Festival, Inauguration limited edition program, 1946 FpCannes

458zd Cannes Film Festival, Inauguration limited edition program, 1946 FpCannes

458ze Cannes Film Festival, Inauguration limited edition program, 1946 FpCannes

458zq Cannes Film Festival, Inauguration limited edition program, 1946 FpCannes

458zzm Cannes Film Festival, Inauguration limited edition program, 1946 FpCannes

425g Jean Delannoy, La symphonie pastorale, Pastoral Symphony, 1946. Fpb