Noël-NoëlFilmography

Born:: August 9, 1897
Occupation:: Actor, Screenwriter
Biography:: Popular French performer, screenwriter, and one-time director Noël-Noël is best remembered for playing the chronically confused Ademaï, a bungling French soldier in a series of 1930s films. Born Lucien Noel in Paris, he got his start performing in music halls and cabarets. It was there he...Read More

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La Sentinelle Endormie

Actors: Noël-Noël, Michel Galabru, Pascale Audret, Francis Blanche

Synopsis: A doctor joins a group opposed to Napoleon in this drama. The physician believes the Emperor is a tyrant and must be eliminated. When he learns that the terrorists would sacrifice innocent victims in order to carry out the bloody mission, the doctor balks at helping the cause. A twist of fate has Read More

1/21/66
Jessica

Actors: Angie Dickinson, Maurice Chevalier, Noël-Noël, Gabriele Ferzetti, Sylva Koscina

Synopsis: Based on Flora Sandstrom's novel The Midwife of Pont Clery, this lightweight sexual farce involves the effect that Jessica (Angie Dickinson), a voluptuous midwife, has on the small Sicilian town in which she currently resides. Jessica is an American whose intentions may be charitable but whose Read More

1962
Les Vieux de la Vieille

Actors: Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Noël-Noël, Mona Goya, Yvette Etievant

Synopsis: The original "grumpy old men," Jean-Marie (Jean Gabin), Baptiste (Pierre Fresnay), and Blaise (Noel-Noel) raise havoc in this entertaining comedy by director Gilles Grangier. The trio of irritable, temperamental grouchy men abandon their village to go take up residence in a senior citizens' home. Read More

9/2/60
Le Septième Ciel

Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Noël-Noël, Paul Meurisse, Gérard Oury

Synopsis: Though the title of this French drama translates to Seventh Heaven, it bears no relation to the classic 1927 silent film of the same name. Danielle Darieaux plays a widowed philanthropist with a most unorthodox method of raising money for her many charities. Courted by con men and sharpsters Read More

3/5/58
Messieurs Les Ronds De Cuir

Actors: Pierre Brasseur, Noël-Noël, Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault

Synopsis: Based on a story by one of France's favorite satirists, Georges Courteline, this is the second time a director has taken on the tale of bureaucracy gone mad. The first version was a 1937 film by Yves Mirande, this 1959 remake is by Henri Diamant-Berger. The story is set at the turn of the 20th Read More

1958
À Pied, à Cheval et en Spoutnik

Actors: Noël-Noël, Denise Grey, Mischa Auer, Noël Roquevert, Darry Cowl

Synopsis: In this French family-oriented comedy, a man with a passion for all animals takes on the Russians to protect a mouse and a dog from being sent up into space, via a satellite. He obtains them after the creatures escape and all the prompting from French and Russian scientists is to little avail Read More

1958
À pied, a cheval et en voiture

Actors: Noël-Noël, Denise Grey, Sophie Daumier, Gil Vidal

Synopsis: There's a bit of Charley Chase and Buster Keaton in Noel-Noel's portrayal of a status-conscious husband in Pied, a Chevel et en Volure. The bourgeois protagonist and his wife (Denise Grey) make it their mission to match the sumptuous lifestyle of their prospective in-laws. To do this, the couple Read More

1957
The French, They Are a Funny Race

Actors: Martine Carol, Jack Buchanan, Noël-Noël, André Luguet

Synopsis: Les Carnets du Major Thompson was the final film effort of producer-director-writer Preston Sturges. Once a Hollywood wunderkind of the 1940s, Sturges had fallen on hard times in the 1950s, and was forced to finance and film his last picture in France. Jack Buchanan plays the title character, a Read More

1956
Les Truands

Actors: Eddie Constantine, Noël-Noël, Jean Richard

Synopsis: Eddie Constantine found a little time between his "Lemmy Caution" actioners to star in the tongue-in-cheek meller Les Truands (The Thieves). In flashback, the audience learns why 104-year-old Amedee (Yves Robert) steals the watch belonging to the town mayor just before expiring. The film develops Read More

1956
La Terreur Des Dames

Actors: Noël-Noël, Yves Robert, Noël Roquevert, Jacqueline Pagnol

Synopsis: Noel-Noel is the nonplused star of the aptly titled Le Terreur des Dames (The Terror of Women). The film's central character is a mild-mannered provincial soul who goes off on a drunken toot in Paris. The next morning, our hung-over hero discovers that he's somehow earned the reputation as a sex Read More

1956
Bonjour Toubib

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Noël-Noël, Georges Descrieres, Gabrielle Fontan

Synopsis: Hi, Doc! was the flippant English-language title bestowed upon the French seriocomedy Bonjour Toubib. That splendid comic actor Noel-Noel stars as a seemingly bumptious physician, regarded as an object of ridicule by his superiors, and not a few of his patients. In true Capraesque fashion, it Read More

1956
Spice of Life

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Noël-Noël, Bernard Blier, Jean Tissier

Synopsis: Famed French farceur Noel-Noel is practically the whole show in Spice of Life (originally released in 1950 as Les Cassie Pieds). A prototype of such "comedy concert" films as Eddie Murphy Raw and Swimming Through Cambodia, this is essentially a filmed lecture, wherein Noel-Noel expounds about the Read More

1954
Un Fil A La Patte

Actors: Noël-Noël, Suzy Delair, Henri Guisol, Bourvil

Synopsis: The title of this French bedroom farce translates to A Fly in the Ointment. That "fly" is music-hall performer Lucette (Suzy Delair), the current girlfriend of rakish roue Bois D'Enghien (Noel-Noel). Preparing to marry into a wealthy and honorable family, Boris is bedeviled by Lucette, who refuses Read More

1954
Les Sept Péchés Capitaux

Actors: Gérard Philipe, Viviane Romance, Frank Villard, Noël-Noël, Jacqueline Plessis, Henri Vidal, Isa Miranda, Eduardo de Filippo, Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis: The Seven Deadly Sins is a portmanteau film (a la Quartet and O. Henry's Full House) assembled by some of the biggest talents in the Italian and French film industry. The film's six sections (one containing two sins) are designed by separate titles, which should be self-explanatory. "Avarice and Read More

3/27/52
La Fugue de Monsieur Perle

Actors: Noël-Noël, Arlette Didier, Marie Glory

1952
La Vie Chantee

Crew: Director

Actors: Noël-Noël

Synopsis: French comic actor Noel-Noel took a one-time-only fling at direction with La Vie Chantee. He also starred in the film and penned its satirical music score. Not so much a movie as a musical revue, the film examines the various stages of romance, from courtship to marriage to jealousy to Read More

1950
Les Casse-Pieds

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Marguerite Deval, Noël-Noël, Bernard Blier, Paul Frankeur

1948
Parade Du Temps Perdu

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Noël-Noël, Bernard Blier, Marguerite Deval, Jean Tissier, Paul Frankeur

1948
La Cage aux Rossignols

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Micheline Francey, Marcelle Praince, Noël-Noël, René Génin, René Blancard

Synopsis: Originally La Cage aux Rossignois, A Case of Nightingales could just as well have been titled "The Noel-Noel Show," inasmuch as the famed French actor is both star and co-screenwriter. Having completed a book about his experiences as a reform-school teacher, Clement Mathieu (Noel-Noel) is unable Read More

1947
Le Père Tranquille

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Noël-Noël, Nadine Alari, Paul Frankeur, Jean Varas

Synopsis: Droll French comedian Noel-Noel essays the title role in Le Pere Tranquille (The Quiet Daddy). Contrary to expectations, the star isn't a secret father, but in fact the unknown head of a WW2 resistance movement. By playing the fool whenever the Nazis are around and about, Noel-Noel is able Read More

1946
Ademai Bandit D'Honneur

Actors: Gaby Andreu, Noël-Noël, Georges Grey

1943
La Femme Que J' Ai Le Plus Aimee

Actors: Mireille Balin, Arletty, Lucien Baroux, Noël-Noël

1942
La Famille Duraton

Actors: Marcelle Praince, Marguerite Deval, Noël-Noël, Jules Berry

Synopsis: Jules Berry stars as a radio writer in search of a concept for a new program. Happening to drop into the home of Noel-Noel and his large brood, Berry determines that the dinner-table gossip of Noel-Noel's family would provide enough material for an entire years' worth of radio shows. Our hero Read More

1939
Sur Le Plancher Des Vaches

Actors: Betty Stockfeld, Noël-Noël, Georges Péclet

1939
L'Innocent

Actors: Madeleine Robinson, Mady Berry, Noël-Noël, Henri Nassiet

1937
Tout Va Tres Bien Madame La Marquise

Actors: Marguerite Moreno, Colette Darfeuil, Noël-Noël, Maurice Escande

1936
Moutonnet

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Janine Crispin, Suzy Prim, Noël-Noël, Michel Simon

Synopsis: Moutonnet is a dim-witted French peasant, played by Noel-Noel. Merac is a sarcastic stage comedian, also played by Noel-Noel. During WWI, Merac's life is saved on the battlefield by Moutonnet. Seventeen years later, Merac returns the favor by starring in a picture based on Moutonnet's life. The Read More

1936
Ademai Au Moyen Age

Actors: Suzy Vernon, Marguerite Pierry, Noël-Noël, Michel Simon

1935
Ademai Aviateur

Actors: Noël-Noël, Junie Astor, Fernandel, Paul Asselin

1934
Mam' Zelle Spahi

Actors: Mady Berry, Colette Darfeuil, Noël-Noël, Raymond Cordy

1934
Vive La Compagnie

Actors: Paulette Dubost, Madeleine Guitty, Noël-Noël, Raymond Cordy

1933
Une Fois Dans La Vie

Actors: Renée Saint-Cyr, Mady Berry, Noël-Noël, Robert Pizani

1933
Mannequins

Actors: Gaby Basset, Noël-Noël, Paul Amiot

1933
Papa Sans Le Savoir

Actors: Françoise Rosay, Noël-Noël, Pierre Brasseur

Synopsis: The "unaware papa" of the title is played by French comedian Noel-Noel. Ordered by his father to marry a wealthy heiress, our hero changes his mind when he discovers that his former sweetheart has given birth to his child. Noel-Noel sneaks into the maternity hospital and swipes the baby, leading Read More

1932
Monsieur Albert

Actors: Betty Stockfeld, Edwige Feuillère, Noël-Noël, Baron Fils

Synopsis: Monsieur Albert (Noel-Noel) is the headwaiter of a fancy Parisian restaurant. Falling in love with the beautiful Sylvia (Betty Stockfield), our hero follows her to a Swiss vacation resort, where she mistakes him to be a member of royalty. With the help of a fun-loving European King (Baron Fils) Read More

1932
Pour Vivre Heureux

Actors: Suzet Mais, Noël-Noël, Pierre Etchepare

1932
Mon Coeur Balance

Actors: Marie Glory, Marguerite Moreno, Aquistapace, Noël-Noël, Hélène Perdrière

1932
Quand Te Tues Tu

Actors: Madeleine Guitty, Robert Burnier, Noël-Noël

1931
Mistigri

Actors: Madeleine Renaud, Noël-Noël, Jean Debucourt, Andre Dubosc, Jules Moy, Simone Heliard

Synopsis: On the eve of her marriage to a prominent physician, wealthy young Nell (Madeline Renaud) elopes with charismatic young singer Zamor (Noel-Noel). Not only must Nell endure the hardships of constant travel from one concert date to the next, but she must also contend with the mercurial temperament Read More

1931
La Prison En Folie

Actors: Suzanne Dehelly, Noël-Noël

1930

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