La Bête humaine Articles

Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, La Bête Humaine Jean Gabin on TCM: GRAND ILLUSION, PEPE LE MOKO, TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI Schedule (ET) and synopses from the TCM website: 6:00 AM GUEULE D'AMOUR (1937) A retired cavalry officer discovers the woman who won his heart was in love with the uniform. Dir: Jean Grémillon. Cast: Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin. BW-88 mins. 8:00 AM REMORQUES (1941) A [...]

Jean Gabin was France's answer to Humphrey Bogart, many (English-language) historians have claimed. Either that, or Gabin was France's answer to Spencer Tracy. Never mind the fact that Gabin was a major international star before either Bogart or Tracy achieved Hollywood stardom. In other words, if there was someone emulating someone else, it was Bogart and Tracy who followed the Frenchman's lead so as to [...]

Simone Simon, the star of Cat People and La Bête humaine, died of undisclosed causes in Paris on the night of February 22, according to an announcement made by her family. She was 94. Yesterday, French Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres issued a statement in which he extolled Simon's "charm, her irresistible smile. … With Simone Simon's passing, we have lost one of [...]