Line #49 Creator/JeanGabin


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3	Jean-Alexis Moncorgé, [[StageNames better known as]] Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer.
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5	He made his debut at the tail end of the silent era, and by 1934 and ''La Bandera'' he was a major star in French cinema. 1937's ''Film/TheGrandIllusion'' got him attention worldwide, and the movie became the first picture in a non-English language to be nominated for the MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestPicture.
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7	UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and the German occupation of France led Gabin to emigrate to America. His brief career in Hollywood ended up a disappointment, so he decided to make better use of his time by joining the [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades Free French Forces]] in North Africa. He fought on the Western front in the second half of 1944 and was there for the liberation of Paris.
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9	His exile from French cinema led to a career slump that persisted for some time after the war, until he eventually made a triumphant comeback with the gangster film ''Film/TouchezPasAuGrisbi'' in 1954. He was reunited with ''Grand Illusion'' director Creator/JeanRenoir in ''French Cancan'', another big hit. His career reinvigorated, Gabin kept acting until the mid-1970s.
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11	One of the very few leading men of French cinema to be equally successful before and after World War II, he went from romantic lead roles (mostly pre-war) to various commanding figures in his 95 movies-long career, with occasional ventures in comedic territory.
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13	He was also famously in a love affair with Creator/MarleneDietrich, mostly during World War II. They appeared in a movie together in 1946, '' Martin Roumagnac'', then broke up.
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15	!!Selected filmography:
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17	* ''La Bandera'' (''Escape from Yesterday'', 1935) as Pierre Gilleth
18	* ''Film/PepeLeMoko'' (1937) as Pépé le Moko [[note]][[ForeignRemake Remade in America]] as ''Film/{{Algiers}}'' in 1938.[[/note]]
19	* ''Film/TheGrandIllusion'' (1937) as Lieutenant Maréchal
20	* ''Film/PortOfShadows'' (''Le quai des brumes'', 1938) as Jean
21	* ''Film/LaBeteHumaine'' (''The Human Beast'', 1938) as Jacques Lantier
22	* ''Film/LeJourSeLeve'' (1939) as Francois
23	* ''Film/{{Moontide}}'' (1942) as Bobo - his American film debut.
24	* ''Martin Roumagnac'' (1946) as Martin Roumagnac
25	* ''Film/TheWallsOfMalapaga'' (1949) as Pierre
26	* ''Film/LePlaisir'' (1952) as Joseph
27	* ''Film/TouchezPasAuGrisbi'' (''Don't Touch the Loot'', 1954) as Max
28	* ''Film/FrenchCancan'' (1954) as Henri Danglard
29	* ''Razzia sur la chnouf'' (''Razzia'', 1955) as Henri "Le Nantais"
30	* ''[[Film/Napoleon1955 Napoléon]]'' (1955) as Marshal Jean Lannes
31	* ''Film/TheTripAcrossParis'' (1956) as Grandgil
32	* ''Film/LoveIsMyProfession'' (1958) as André Gobillot
33	* The ''Maigret'' trilogy as [[Literature/{{Maigret}} Commissioner Jules Maigret]]
34	** ''Maigret tend un piège'' (''Maigret Sets a Trap'', 1958)
35	** ''Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre'' (''Maigret and the Saint-Fiacre Afair'', 1959)
36	** ''Maigret voit rouge'' (''Maigret Sees Red'', 1963)
37	* ''Le Président'' (''The President'', 1961) as Émile Beaufort
38	* ''Film/AMonkeyInWinter'' (1962) as Albert Quentin
39	* ''Film/LeGentlemanDEpsom'' (1962) as Richard-Briand Chamery
40	* ''Film/AnyNumberCanWin'' (1963) as Mister Charles
41	* ''Film/TheTattoo'' (1968) as Comte Enguerand-Louis Marie de Montignac a.k.a. Legrain
42	* ''Film/{{Pasha}}'' (1968) as Commissioner Joss a.k.a. "the Pasha"
43	* ''Film/LaHorse'' (1970) as Auguste Maroilleur
44	* ''Film/LeChat'' (1971) as Julien Bouin
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46	!!Tropes features in his works:
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48	* TheBigDamnKiss: The scene in ''Film/PortOfShadows'' in which his character says the iconic line "T'as d'beaux yeux tu sais" ("Y'got beautiful eyes, you know") to Nelly (Creator/MicheleMorgan), who answers "Embrasse-moi!" ("Kiss me!"). What is perhaps the most famous kiss of French cinema ensues.
49	* HamToHamCombat:
50	** In a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lqM62th0Ro famous scene]] from ''Film/TheTripAcrossParis'', the dispute between Gabin's character Grandgil and Jambier (Creator/LouisDeFunes). The script required for Gabin's character to be as loud as possible; Gabin was a living legend and de Funès was not the King of French LargeHam comedy yet. Nevertheless (and despite being visibly intimidated), de Funès held his own, and was noticed by a lot of people. Bonus point for the argument involving ''literal ham''.
51	** De Funès and Gabin were reunited in the movie ''Le Tatoué'', and most of their interactions there are HamToHamCombat, again.
52	* LeadPoliceDetective: Played Creator/GeorgesSimenon's literary hero Commissioner Jules Maigret three times.
53	* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: As Émile Beaufort in ''The President'' (1961), he plays a president of the French Republic who's very much in the "President Personable" category, feeling deeply concerned by the national good and opposing {{corrupt politician}}s.
54	* PerpetualFrowner: The characters he played in his post-World War II career never or rarely smiled.
55	* SilverFox: Played these late in his career, when his hair were graying.
56	* ThoseTwoActors: Appeared alongside Creator/LouisDeFunes in prominent roles in ''Film/TheTripAcrossParis'', ''Film/LeGentlemanDEpsom'' and ''Film/TheTattoo''.

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