Christmas-Christmas

Of its true name Lucien Christmas , Christmas-Christmas is a Acteur French born with Paris the August 9th 1897, died with Nice the October 4th 1989.

Born with Paris, wire of a boy of receipt to the Banque de France, it makes its studies with the Turgot college. He learns the piano. In 1914, it is bank clerk, before being mobilized in 1916. Of return to the civil life, he becomes cartoonist in particular with the Canard Enchaîné, while trying to occur as chansonnier since 1920.

He begins with the Noctambules by being accompanied itself with the piano; He then passes to the Magpie which sings . As from 1927, it takes part in the reviews of the Théâtre of Ten-Hours : Ah! the good hour (1927), It is the exquisite hour (1928)…

Christmas-Christmas at that time does not cease writing and composing: the new hat , the burial , To remember childhood , soup with Toto , the New Year's gifts … It records these songs which illustrate the small facts of the daily life, in 1931 for the Odéon firm.

With the prison in madness (Henry Wulschleger, 1930), it begins a career of actor to the cinema. It is found, inter alia, in Mistigri (Harry Lachman, 1931), Mr Albert (Karl Anton, 1932), innocent the (Maurice Cammage, 1937), of which he is the Co-scenario writer. On the dry land (Pierre-Jean Ducis, 1940) of which he is scenario writer.

Paul Hill, chansonnier and scenario writer, entrusts the role of Adémaï Joseph, small farmer naive and crafty one, victim of innumerable mishaps to him which it incarnates in four films:

Adémaï and the Nation armed (1932)
Adémaï aviator (1934)
Adémaï with the Means Âg E (1935)
Adémaï gangster with honor (1943)

However, in the last shutter Adémaï with the frontier post (1949), the character is incarnated by Paul Colline itself.

He becomes a high-speed motorboat and more rarely occurs on scene. However, it passes to a.B.C . , each end of the year as from 1934. From October 1938 to the war, it animates an emission on Radio-City at the side of Saint-Granier. It continues to occur on scene during the occupation, with a.B.C. (October 1940), with European (December 1940), with the Theater of Ten-Hours (May 1941), with the Star (May 1943). It is then prohibited by the Nazis after having sung Vaches of boiches" ".

In 1945, it holds the role of Clement Matthieu in the Cage with the nightingales , in addition to taking part in the scenario and the dialogs.

Its greater role is undoubtedly that which it held in the quiet Father (1946), where it plays the part of one Average Frenchman, apparently egoistic man especially worried by its orchises, in fact chief of a resistance network. This film makes it possible Christmas-Christmas to give up for some time the comic roles, but it returns there very quickly, in particular with the Bores (1948).

In 1950, it carries out the sung life , film in which it interprets its successes: the Poles , awkward the , the departures , Marriage society man , the razor of the hairdresser .

Among great successes of audience, it is necessary to note With foot, horse and in the car (1957), film which will be followed one year later by To foot, horse and out of Sputnik , whose Christmas-Christmas will be the scenario writer (it had already taken part in the realization of the quiet Père ).

He still plays in the pen-pushers (1959), then in " Old men of Vieille" , film in which it divides the poster with Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnais, and where it camps a formidable character, full with mischievousness and tenderness. He gives up then little by little the screen. He tries his chance like realizer in 1971 with the Traveller of the Centuries , film whose intrigue is based on a machine to go up time.

Thereafter, Christmas-Christmas moves away from the cinema, living a quiet old age in Nice, where it dies out on October 4th, 1989.

He contributed to the creation of the Festival of Confolens, festival of arts and popular traditions of the world. In remembering him, the town of Confolens allotted to him the name of one of its colleges (of alive sound).

Catalog of films

1966 the deadened Sentinel (Doctor Mathieu) of Jean Dréville (Also scenario writer and dialogist)
1962 Jessica (the Crupi old man) of Jean Negulesco and Oreste Palella
1962 the Small hours (the baron) of Jacqueline Audry
1960 Old men of the old woman (Blaise Poulossière) of Gilles Grangier
1959 Sirs leather rounds (Mr. of Hourmerie) of Henri Diamond-Shepherd
1958 With foot, horse and out of Sputnik (Leon Martin) of Jean Dréville (Also Co-dialogist)
1958 the Seventh heaven (Guillaume Lestrange) of Raymond Bernard
1957 With foot, horse and in the car (Leon Martin) of Maurice Delbez
1957 Hello Doctor (Dr. Forget) of Louis Cuny (Also adapter)
1956 the Terror of the ladies or " This pig of Morin" (Aime Morin) of Jean Boyer
1956 the Gangsters (Cahuzac) of Carlo Rim
1955 Notebooks of the Major Thompson (Mr. Taupin) of Preston Sturges
1955 the Fly in the ointment (Count Fernand of the Wood of Enghien) of Guy Lefranc (Also adapter and dialogist)
1952 the Running away of Mr Perle (Bernard Perle) of Roger Richebé
1952 seven deadly sins (the director, Saint-Pierre) in the sketch : " Paresse" of Yves Allégret and Claude Autant-Lara
1951 sung Life (the author) of Christmas-Christmas (Also scenario writer, dialogist and sign music)
1949 Return to the life (Rene) in the sketch: " The return of René" of Georges Lampin and Andre Cayatte. For the sketch of Jean Dréville " The return of Louis" No5el Christmas is only the scenario writer and dialogist
1948 the Bores or " The parade of time perdu" (He plays its own part) of Jean Dréville (Also scenario writer and dialogist)
1946 the quiet Father (Edouard Martin) of Rene Clément (Also scenario writer and dialogist)
1945 the Cage with the nightingales (Clement Mathieu) of Jean Dréville (Also Co-scenario writer and dialogist)
1943 Adémaï gangster of honor (Joseph Adémaï) of Gilles Grangier
1942 the Woman whom I loved (the doctor) of Robert Vernay
1940 Famille Duraton (Adrien Martin) of Christian Stengel (Also Co-scenario writer and dialogist)
1940 On the dry land (Jean Durand) of Pierre-Jean Ducis (Also scenario writer and dialogist)
1937 Innocent the (Nicolas) of Maurice Cammage (Also Co-scenario writer and dialogist)
1936 All is very well Madam the marchioness (Yonnic Ploumanech) of Henry Wulschleger
1936 Moutonnet (Moutonnet and Mérac) of Rene Sti (Also Co-scenario writer and Parolier)
1936 Pierrot my friend " short métrage" (Pierre) of Jaquelux
1935 the centenary " short métrage" (the centenary) of Pierre-Jean Ducis (Also Co-scenario writer)
1935 Adémaï with the Middle Ages (Joseph Adémaï) of Jean de Marguenat
1934 Mam' zeal Spahi (Bréchu) of max of Vaucorbeil
1934 Adémaï aviator (Joseph Adémaï) of Jean Tarride (also scenario writer)
1933 the last of the valiant knights (Leon, the appear) " short métrage" of Pierre-Jean Ducis
1933 My hat (Gregoire, the salesman of statuettes) " short métrage" of Jaquelux
1933 Follow the guide " short métrage" of Jean de Marguenat
1933 Mannequins (Alfred) of Rene Hervil
1933 Once in the life (Leon Saval) of max of Vaucorbeil
1933 Lives the company (Jean-Jacques Bonneval) of Claude Moulins and Eric Schmidtt
1932 a star disappears from Rene Villers
1932 Adémaï with the O.N.M (Joseph Adémaï) " short métrage" of Jean de Marguenat
1932 prohibited Direction " short métrage" of Jean de Marguenat
1932 My heart balances (the count No5el) of Rene Guissart
1932 Mr Albert (Mr Albert) of Karl Anton
1932 Papa without the knowledge (Leon Jacquet) of Robert Wyler
1932 the Plays are made " short métrage" of Jean de Marguenat
1932 to live happy (Jean Maudair) of Claudio of Torre
1932 brown prickly a " short métrage" of Serge de Poligny
1932 Adémaï and the Nation armed (Joseph Ademaï) with Jean de Marguenat
1931 ultramodern Households " short métrage" of Serge de Poligny
1931 disappeared the " short métrage" of Louis Mercanton (also scenario writer)

1931 Mistigri (Zamore) of Harry Lachman

1931 the Brigade of the noise " short métrage" of Louis Mercanton

1931 Octave (Octave) " short métrage" out of Louis Mercanton

1931 Quand do you kill you? (Leon Mirot) of Roger Capellani

1930 the Prison in madness (Yves Larsac) of Henry Wulschleger