Henri Poupon

Henri Poupon

Born: July 14, 1884
Died: February 16, 1953
in Marseille, France

Movies for Henri Poupon...

The Blonde Gypsy
Title: The Blonde Gypsy
Character: Le père Barcarin
Released: September 20, 1953
Type: Movie
As in a Hollywood western, rice growers and bull cultivators come into conflict in the Camargue.
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Manon of the Spring
Title: Manon of the Spring
Character: Le Papet
Released: December 16, 1952
Type: Movie
Marcel Pagnol's adaptation of his own novel Manon des sources, the story of a shepherdess who exacts her revenge on the townsfolk she blames for killing her father, in two parts: Manon des sources and Ugolin.
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Bouquet de joie
Title: Bouquet de joie
Character: Self
Released: October 25, 1951
Type: Movie
Back from America, famous singer Charles Trénet, nicknamed "Le Fou Chantant", makes the conquest of a bombshell called Anita. He tries to persuade his young friend Georges to follow them to the French Riviera but the pessimistic gloomy finicky fellow won't do it. Instead, he decides to go on holiday with his newly married wife but the trip , due to his grim mood, is no bed of roses. In Juan-lès-Pins they finally meet Charles, who is so infatuated with Anita that he has forgotten to meet his old friend Henri Poupon, the Meridional actor. Thanks to cheerful Charles and to the sunny climate, Georges relaxes and things improve in his relationships with his wife. The couple can applaud Charles who is giving one of his concerts there before he flies back to the USA, on Anita's arm this time.
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The First Weapons
Title: The First Weapons
Released: August 3, 1950
Type: Movie
A sensitive teen-age boy survives the brutalities of a country training school.
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Vire-vent
Title: Vire-vent
Released: April 8, 1949
Type: Movie
The Donadieu family lives in the Provençal sun in a happy letting go, The father, the mother, the son and the three daughters. One of them, Claire, falls in love with a mountain dweller, Chapus, whom she marries Chapus, rough and austere, undertakes to educate the Donadieu family. The joy disappears and only returns in the absence of Chapus.
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Truant School
Title: Truant School
Character: L'examinateur d'histoire-géographie
Released: April 8, 1949
Type: Movie
1920, in a small village in Provence. Monsieur Pascal, a young schoolteacher, is faced with a lack of interest from his pupils. He decides to radically change the methods employed by his predecessor. He listens to the children, draws inspiration from their discoveries and takes them out into nature. The pupils will rediscover the pleasure of learning, and he will rediscover the pleasure of teaching. But some parents and notables don't take kindly to this little revolution.
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Bagarres
Title: Bagarres
Character: Le facteur
Released: November 5, 1948
Type: Movie
A proud femme fatale who works at a mountainous farm property manages, after being prodded by her lover, to become the heiress, but she plays the rival men against each other.
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Mirror
Title: Mirror
Character: The uncle
Released: May 2, 1947
Type: Movie
Portrait of a two-faced man. By day he is rich, brilliant and respectable financial officer Lussac; at night, he becomes "Mirror", a ruthless gang leader in Marseilles.
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The Room Upstairs
Title: The Room Upstairs
Character: Gargame
Released: December 18, 1946
Type: Movie
The local building-contractor Martin Roumagnac is fascinated by the fashionable Blanche Ferrand. To impress Blache, Martin presents her with a villa. However, this ruins him financially. Despite Martin's many efforts for the now femme-fatal Blanche, she is not able to chose between him and the rich consul De Laubry.
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L'Aventure de Cabassou
Title: L'Aventure de Cabassou
Character: Faraille
Released: May 7, 1946
Type: Movie
An architect whose wife has cheated on him withdraws to a solitary life in a cave, but somehow manages to keep au courant with what is going on.
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Naïs
Title: Naïs
Character: Micoulin
Released: November 17, 1945
Type: Movie
Toine, the local hunchback, works at the tile manufacturing plant, but during the summer, he gives a hand to Micoulin, the farmer, thereby being able to spend more time close to Nais, Micoulin's daughter. That summer, the estate owner's son, Frederic Rostaing, decides to rest on the farm during his vacation from Law school. But his real motives are to seduce young Nais, whom he knows from their childhood days, after having seen her in town. Who will win the power struggle between the possessive father, the naive daughter, the vile student and the golden-hearted cripple?
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Jeannou
Title: Jeannou
Released: November 10, 1943
Type: Movie
Jeannou lives in a castle in Périgord with his father, the last man of aristocratic lineage landowners, very attached to traditions. She meets Peter, a young engineer, she joined in Paris, decided to marry her. A few months later, pregnant, she returned to the area where the wedding will be celebrated.
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Arlette et l'Amour
Title: Arlette et l'Amour
Character: Breteuil
Released: September 22, 1943
Type: Movie
Madame Millois, an ambitious mother, thinks she has found the perfect match for her daughter Arlette, Count de Tremblay-Matour. Alas, the ideal husband happens to be a crook. On the night of the wedding, the fake nobleman robs his wife and abandons her. While the outraged Madame Millois looks for the real Count de Tremblay, Arlette seeks consolation with Maxime, a childhood friend. At last, the real count is found. Unsurprisingly, he is furious to learn that, legally, he is Arlette's husband. After a while though, he mellows and accepts to "remain" Arlette's husband.
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La chèvre d'or
Title: La chèvre d'or
Released: March 31, 1943
Type: Movie
Legend has it that in the village of PugetMaure, a mysterious goat is the guardian of a treasure once abandoned by the Saracens. Norette, the mayor's daughter, has a golden bell that would reveal the secret. A Parisian journalist is interested in the story. In front of the coalition of villagers, he abandons the treasure and marries Norette.
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Cap au large
Title: Cap au large
Released: September 25, 1942
Type: Movie
Father Boquet, old and sad, hopes that François, his son, will be a fisherman like him. Alas, François follows his evil genius Simon to town and succumbs to the charms of the great Lisa. The wise village teacher sets out to find him when his father is ill, and brings François back in a violent storm. Love is on the way
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Simple-Minded
Title: Simple-Minded
Character: Mr Ventre, le maire
Released: September 11, 1942
Type: Movie
A simpleton turns out to be the lucky charm of a village.
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L'Arlésienne
Title: L'Arlésienne
Character: The father of the Arlesian
Released: September 4, 1942
Type: Movie
In the Camargue a local young playboy named Frédéri falls in love with a young woman from Arles. His family thinks she is unsuitable as a wife because she had a fling with a soldier. His entourage attempt to cheer him up but he intends to commit suicide.
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Stormy Waters
Title: Stormy Waters
Character: Le docteur Maulette
Released: November 27, 1941
Type: Movie
A married tugboat captain falls for a woman he rescues from a sinking ship.
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L'Embuscade
Title: L'Embuscade
Released: March 26, 1941
Type: Movie
A young man is hired by an industrialist, while a secret hangs over his birth. His boss's wife turns out to be his mother, who hides the truth from him.
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The Rebel
Title: The Rebel
Character: Father of the injured
Released: October 28, 1938
Type: Movie
Pimaï, the strong-headed anarchist, joined the navy out of bravado. But the sweet influence of a young girl leads him to prove that he is worthy of the profession he has chosen and the flag he serves.
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Heartbeat
Title: Heartbeat
Character: Galubert
Released: April 15, 1938
Type: Movie
A pompous grocer’s assistant in Marseille annoys a visiting film crew so much that they prank him with a phony acting contract; believing it to be real, the “schpountz” heads to Paris for his new career.
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Hercule
Title: Hercule
Character: Boeuf
Released: March 5, 1938
Type: Movie
Hercule, a young peasant, inherits a Parisian newspaper with a large circulation. The editor-in-chief, Vasco, takes advantage of his ignorance to make corruption prevail. But Hercules gradually realizes the role that we make him play.
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Si tu reviens
Title: Si tu reviens
Character: Maître Roux
Released: February 23, 1938
Type: Movie
Claire and Jean are lovers, but Claire's father opposes this union, because Jean is the son of a woman he once knew. Jean becomes a great singer, but doesn't forget Claire.
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Harvest
Title: Harvest
Character: le fermier ami de Panturle
Released: October 28, 1937
Type: Movie
In the 30s, a small village in the Provence is losing its inhabitants because young people prefer to go to the city to find easy jobs and escape from being farmers living in relative poverty. Only a few old people and the poacher Panturle remain. Panturle dreams of bringing the village back to life, finding a wife, founding a family and work as a farmer. One day, the village is visited by a traveling knife-grinder, Urbain Gedemus and a young woman, Arsule. Gedemus treats Arsule like a slave, but Arsule accept this because she has nowhere to go and -we guess- her 'work' with Gedemus is the last thing that saves her from being a prostitute. When she meets Panturle and knows about his dreams, she escapes from Gedemus and decides to stay with him. Together, they start a new life, made of hard farming work but mostly of happiness to have each other - fulfilling the earlier dreams of Panturle. Can anything break the happiness of their new life?
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Lady Killer
Title: Lady Killer
Character: Monsieur Cailloux, le restaurateur
Released: September 15, 1937
Type: Movie
Lucien Bourrache, a good looking non-commissioned officer at the Spahis, is used to charm many women. He met Madeleine Courtois at Cannes. She is beautiful and lives in luxury. He lends her a large amount of money, which she loses gambling. Then she drops him. But Lucien is now in love, and once demobilized, he goes to Paris to find her again. But he's not so sexy without his uniform, and Madeleine and him do not belong to the same milieu.
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Blanchette
Title: Blanchette
Released: March 12, 1937
Type: Movie
Blanchette, unable to find a job, prostitutes herself in Paris. She then finds the man she loves when her morale is at its lowest.
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A Man to Kill
Title: A Man to Kill
Released: February 25, 1937
Type: Movie
Captain Benoit successfully completes a mission in Berlin, but when he returns to Paris he escapes attacks by German agents.
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Topaze
Title: Topaze
Released: January 1, 1936
Type: Movie
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Cigalon
Title: Cigalon
Character: Le comte
Released: December 11, 1935
Type: Movie
Cigalon (Alexandre Arnaudy) manages a restaurant in a small town in Provence. A chef with a high opinion of his past culinary achievements, he makes no effort to attract customers and is rude to those who venture into his establishment expecting to be fed. To Cigalon, gastronomy is the greatest of all the arts, and so he is naturally aghast when a former laundress named Madame Toffi (Marguerite Chabert) opens a restaurant next door to his. Madame Toffi does not share his elevated notions and intends to serve meals to the general public - an appalling prospect! While Cigalon's restaurant remains empty, Madame Toffi's is always busy. To prove he's the better chef, Cigalon must now start catering to the whims of paying customers or be forced out of business.
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Merlusse
Title: Merlusse
Character: Blanchard dit Merlusse
Released: December 6, 1935
Type: Movie
"Merlusse" is French schoolboy slang for codfish, and M. Blanchard, a professor at a certain lycée, was known to his victims by that name. On Christmas eve, when some twenty of the students—orphans, foreigners or just plain "unwanteds"—had to remain in the boarding school, Merlusse is placed in charge. His glass eye glares at them stonily, his good one with no less severity. He sets them to tasks, marches like a proctor up and down the aisles, exacts to the utmost the last measure of discipline. But when the youngsters awake in the morning, there are toys by each bed in the dormitory and M. Blanchard, no longer to be called Merlusse, is exposed for the softhearted fraud he is.
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I Have an Idea
Title: I Have an Idea
Character: Henry
Released: December 13, 1934
Type: Movie
Aubrey is a debt-ridden man. One day, he has the idea of ​​faking his death and taking on the role of a deceased cousin about to receive a beautiful inheritance. This idea will, however, lead him to very difficult situations.
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Angele
Title: Angele
Character: Clarius Barbaroux
Released: October 26, 1934
Type: Movie
Angèle is a 1934 French drama film directed, produced and written by Marcel Pagnol. It stars Orane Demazis as a naive young woman who is seduced and abandoned. It is based on the novel Un de Baumugnes by Jean Giono.
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Ways of Love
Title: Ways of Love
Character: Fonse Durbec
Released: February 16, 1934
Type: Movie
Jofroi sells his orchard to Alphonse. Alphonse wants to use the land for crops, so he starts to cut down the trees. Jofroi is furious: how can someone cut down those trees? He threatens to commit suicide so that the small town will blame Alphonse and Alphonse’s life will be miserable. Alphonse, the curate, the teacher, and some of the townsfolk spend the rest of the movie trying to keep Jofroi from committing suicide…
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To the Polls, Citizens
Title: To the Polls, Citizens
Released: March 11, 1932
Type: Movie
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The Fortune
Title: The Fortune
Released: January 22, 1932
Type: Movie
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Cinderella of Paris
Title: Cinderella of Paris
Character: Le brigadier Matabiau
Released: November 21, 1930
Type: Movie