Tag: france
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Walk 67 – Théâtre du Ranelagh
Denise Alberti (PRODUCTEURS ET PRESENTATEURS DE L’O.R.T.F.)30 Rue du Ranelagh, 75016 Paris, France Denise Alberti was a radio announcer and presenter on ORTF (Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française) and its predecessor Paris Inter. She was a pioneer in a male dominated radio scene, where women often struggled to get their voices heard. It was Alberti that…
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Walk 66 – Tombe de Sainte-Marie Eugenie de Jesus
Michel Subiela (REALISATEURS DE TELEVISION)11 Rue de Boulainvilliers, 75016 Paris, France The godfather of fantastical drama on French television, Michel Subiela created the series Tribunal de l’impossible, which was broadcast on the first channel of ORTF from 1967 to 1974. An anthology of fantastic (occult etc) news stories that had hit the headlines, it was…
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Walk 65 – La Maison La Roche (Le Corbusier)
Pierre Gaspard Huit (REALISATEURS DE TELEVISION)25 bis Rue Jasmin, 75016 Paris, France Director Pierre Gaspard Huit studied at the theatre school Cours Simon, where he graduated with a first prize. His early directorial experiences were in Germany, where he had been a prisoner of war during WW2. After the war he worked as an assistant…
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Walk 64 – Jasmin
Jasmin MétroThe station was opened on 8 November 1922. It is named after the French poet Jacques Jasmin (born Jacques Boé; 1798–1864), called the wig-maker poet, whose works in Langue d’oc were the precursor of the Félibrige, the literary movement of Provençal. Chapelle Sainte-Thérèse (Paris)The Sainte-Thérèse chapel is the first sanctuary that was dedicated to…
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Walk 63 – Maison de la Radio et de la Musique – Radio France
Fragment du mur de Berlin à la maison de Radio108 Av. du Président Kennedy, 75016 Paris, France A piece of the Berlin Wall is installed near the main entrance of the Maison de la Radio. It was given to Radio France by the President of Deutschlandradio, Willi Steul. As well as this section in the…
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Walk 62 – Félicien David
Marcel Bozzufi – COMEDIENS6 Rue Félicien David, 75016 Paris, France Actor Marcel Bozzuffi is best remembered by international cinema lovers as the hitman Nicoli, in the Oscar-winning American film The French Connection (with Gene Hackman). He was often cast in the roles of policeman or gangster, but broke away from this “bad guy” label in…
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Walk 50 – Place Édith Piaf
Nadine Santereau (ARTISTES LYRIQUES)54 Rue Pelleport, 75020 Paris, France Operatic soprano Nadine Santereau was known for her musicality and striking performances of authentic personality. In 1956 she appeared at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in Platée, the opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau with a libretto by Jacques Autreau and Adrien-Joseph Le Valois d’Orville. It was a triumphant return…
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