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Corso Fleuri, Boulevard Beaumarchais, Paris – Object 80
Reviving a tradition that crises and wars had ruined, a procession of floats, a true flower parade, crossed Paris from the Place de la Bastille to the Esplanade des Invalides during the 1950s. Starting just after 3pm during days in May, the route cut through the nerve centre of the city, starting with the “old…
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Walk 80 – Richard Lenoir
Jean Lescot (COMEDIENS)96 Bd Beaumarchais, 75011 Paris, France Although Jean Lescot played over 100 roles in TV and Film, it’s his exceptional career as a voiceover artist that lives long in the memory. One of his most memorable assignments, with its distinctive syntax, was the French voice of Yoda in episodes I, II, and III…
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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 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 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…
Guide to Paris Show Business 