Marcel Maupi
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Marcel Maupi.
Born: November 6, 1881
Place of Birth: Marseille, France
Known For
False Identity
A man who has just deposited a will with a notary is run over by a car. As his overcoat bears the name and address of Emile Blondin on a label, the police go there and discover that the dead man is not Emile Blondin. But this one is soon discovered murdered. The police then became interested in Georges Blondin, the victim's brother, whose goddaughter, Juliette, was also the notary's secretary.
The Wonderful Day
An assistant pharmacist in the South of France , Blaise works for Mrs. Pinède, a well-endowed hot-blooded woman who has developed a crush on him, and her husband ... who hasn't! One day, Blaise meets Felloux, a rich man who is convalescing in Cassis. Felloux takes a liking to Blaise and decides to offer him a perfect day in Juan-les-Pins. Gambling in the casino, Blaise wins an astronomical sum. A new life seems to open to him but not for long. Indeed he loses all, but not before he has given a beautiful necklace to a young woman.
Voyage Without Hope
Gohelle, escaped from prison, seeks to flee occupied France for Argentina. The captain of a cargo ship is willing to smuggle him out out France for a price but Gohelle has no money. His mistress, Marie-Angel tries to charm the money out of wealthy Alain Ginestier who seems the ideal pigeon but Marie-Angel falls in love with Ginestier.
César
Leaping forward twenty years, the trilogy continues with the death of Fanny's husband, Panisse, and the discovery of her secret by her son, Césariot. The young man resolves to track down his biological father, Marius, whose life has been fraught with calamity and poverty.
Fanny
Soon after Marius's departure, Fanny learns that she is pregnant with his child, to the disappointment of her mother and of Marius's father, César. To secure a better life for her unborn child, she accepts a marriage proposal from the aging widower Honoré Panisse.
The Baker's Wife
In this little Provencal village, a new baker, Aimable, settles down. His wife Aurelie is beautiful and much younger than he. She departs with a shepherd the night after Aimable produces his first breads. Aimable is so afflicted that he can not work anymore. Therefore, the villagers, who initially laughed at his cuckoldry, take the matter very seriously (they want the bread) and organize a plan to find Aurelie and to bring her back to the bakery.
La Belle Équipe
Five unemployed workers win 100,000 Francs in the national lottery. Instead of sharing the money, they buy a ruin and build an open-air cafe. But difficulties come to split their friendly group apart.
Marius
César runs a bar along Marseilles' port, assisted by his 23-year-old son, Marius. Friends since childhood, Fanny and Marius love each other, but Marius has a secret wanderlust: every ship's whistle stirs a longing for foreign lands. When M. Panisse seeks Fanny's hand in marriage and when a departing clipper needs a deckhand, Marius and Fanny must decide who and what they love most. César, with his generous, wise spirit, tries to guide his son.
Truant School
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.
Sideral Cruises
Robert and Françoise Monier make a hot air balloon to fly to the stratosphere. After a visit to Venus, they return home, but have only aged 15 days whereas 25 years have passed on Earth.
Filmography
as Sosthène
as Mr. Alexandre, pharmacist
as Dominique
as Reboul
as Ballet master
as Tramp
as Le garagiste
as Motto
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Hairdresser
as Le barman (uncredited)
as Innkeeper
as 'Jambe d'Azur'
as The crew
as Bellemain
as Policeman
as Taxi driver
as The Commissioner (uncredited)
as Frisemotte, mechanic (uncredited)
as Le régisseur
as Mélik
as The taxi driver (uncredited)
as Clerk
as Sailor
as Gardener
as La Puce, il Jockey
as 'La Puce', jockey
as Isidore
as Colleville
as Barnabé
as Jules
as Rémi
as Bartender
as Bartender
as Elevator operator
as Bowls player
as Godard
as Marius Rabut
as le garde du corps
as Un copain
as Man in Panama Hat
as Innocent Mangiapan
as Casimir
as Le garçon d'hôtel
as Tastevin
as 'Le grand salé'
as The man in the panama hat
as Le sous-préfet (as Maupi)
as Inspector
as José
as Octave
as Innocent Mangiapan, ferry crewman
as Innocent Mangiapan le chauffeur du ferry-boat (uncredited)
as Machinist (uncredited)