Maurice Chevalier

Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Chevalier
	Chevalier sekitar tahun 1930-an
Lahir	Maurice Auguste Chevalier; 12 September 1888; Paris, France
Meninggal	1 Januari 1972 (umur 83); Paris, France
Pekerjaan	Cabaret singer, actor, dancer
Tahun aktif	1908–1970
Suami/istri	Yvonne Vallée (1927–1932) (divorced); Nita Raya (1937–1946)
	Penghargaan (2002) Legenda Disney; (1997) Grammy Hall of Fame (en) ; (1968) Special Tony Award (en) ; (1958) Penghargaan Kehormatan Akademi; (1958) Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (en) ; Knight of the Legion of Honour (en) ; Officer of the National Order of Merit (en) ; Knight of the Order of Leopold (en) ; Officer of the Legion of Honour (en) ; Croix de guerre 1914–1918; Officer of the order of Nichan Iftikhar (en) ;

Maurice Auguste Chevalier (12 September 1888 – 1 Januari 1972) adalah aktor film, penyanyi kabaret, dan penghibur berkebangsaan Prancis. Namanya dikenal melalui beberapa lagu yang dinanyikan antara lain "Louise", "Mimi", "Valentine", dan "Thank Heaven for Little Girls", juga melalui perannya dalam film di antaranya The Love Parade dan The Big Pond. Kekhasan yang sering dimunculkan adalah topi jerami yang dikenakannya, yang selalu dikenakan di panggung pertunjukan, dipadu dengan tuksedo.

Chevalier lahir di Paris. Namanya populer sejak membintangi dalam pertunjukan komedi musikal, tampil di hadapan publik sebagai penyanyi dan penari semasa muda, sebelum bekerja serabutan. Tahun 1909, dia menjadi pasangan dari bintang terkenal di Prancis saat itu, Fréhel. Meskipun hubungan mereka berlangsung singkat, mereka tetap mempertahankan keharmonisan dalam peran yang mereka mainkan sebagai peniru dan penyanyi dalam l'Alcazar di Marseille, di mana mereka mendapatkan pengakuan dari para kritikus Prancis. Tahun 1917, menggeluti jazz dan ragtime serta pergi ke London, di mana dia meraih kesuksesan baru di Palace Theatre.

Setelah itu, dia berkeliling ke Amerika Serikat, di mana dia bertemu komposer Amerika George Gershwin dan Irving Berlin dan mengajak bermain operet Dédé di Teater Broadway tahun 1922. Dia mengembangkan ketertarikannya di dunia seni peran dan sukses dalam Dédé. Ketika era film bersuara, dia pindah ke Hollywood tahun 1928, dan mendapatkan perannya kali pertama dalam film Amerika Serikat berjudul Innocents of Paris. Tahun 1930, dia dinominasikan dalam kategori Aktor Terbaik berkat perannya dalam film The Love Parade (1929) dan The Big Pond (1930), yang mengantarakan keberhasilannya dalam film Amerika hits, "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight".^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Lagu-lagu terkenalnya

"Madelon de la Victoire" (1918)
"Dans la vie faut pas s'en faire" (1921)
"Valentine" (1924)
"Louise" (1929)
"My Ideal" (1930)
"(Up On Top Of A Rainbow) Sweepin' The Clouds Away" (1930)
"You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" (1930)
"Living In the Sunlight, Loving In the Moonlight" (1930)
"Isn't it Romantic" (1932)
"Mimi" (1932)
"Prosper (Yop La Boum)" (1935)
"Quand un Vicomte" (1935)
"Ma Pomme" (1936)
"Le Chapeau de Zozo" (1936)
"Mimile (un gars du Ménilmontant)" (1936)
"Ça Fait d' Excellents Français" (1939)
"Paris sera toujours Paris" (1939)
"Ça sent si bon la France" (1941)
"La Chanson du Maçon" (1941)
"Notre Espoir" (1941)
"Thank Heaven For Little Girls" (1957)
"I Remember It Well" (1957)
"Enjoy It!" (1967)
"The Aristocats" (1970)

Filmografi terpilih

Innocents of Paris (1929)
The Love Parade (1929)
Paramount on Parade (1930)
The Big Pond (1930)
Playboy of Paris (1930)
The Little Cafe (1931)
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
One Hour with You (1932)
Love Me Tonight (1932)
A Bedtime Story (1933)
The Way to Love (1933)
The Merry Widow (1934)
Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)
The Beloved Vagabond (1936)
The Man of the Hour (1937)
With a Smile (1939)
Man About Town (1939)
Break the News (1941)
Personal Column (1941)
A Royal Affair (1950)
Just Me (1950)
100 Years of Love (1954)
My Seven Little Sins (1954)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Gigi (1958)
Count Your Blessings (1959)
Can-Can (1960)
Black Tights (1961)
Pepe (1962)
Fanny (1961)
Jessica (1962)
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
A New Kind of Love (1963)
Panic Button (1964)
I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)
Monkeys, Go Home! (1968)

Lihat pula

List of actors with Academy Award nominations and Hollywood Walk of Fame stars (20th century)

Referensi

^ http://www.rfimusique.com/artiste/chanson/maurice-chevalier/biographie
^ The Romantic Life of Maurice Chevalier (1937), William Boyer, Chapter 9.
^ Sherman, Robert B. (1998). Walt's Time: from before to beyond. Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers.
^ History of Musical Film 1930s: Part I "Hip, Hooray and Ballyhoo" by John Kenrick
^ Pace, Eric (July 31, 1996). "Claudette Colbert, Unflappable Heroine of Screwball Comedies, is Dead at 92". The New York Times.
^ With Love, the Autobiography of Maurice Chevalier (Cassell, 1960), Chapter 22.
^ "Maurice Chevalier" Music and the Holocaust, accessed July 30, 2013. http://holocaustmusic.ort.org/resistance-and-exile/french-resistance/maurice-chevalier/
^ La Louque Street View
^ Introduction by Robert Osborne, Turner Classic Movies, 11 August 2009

Bibliografi

Chevalier, Maurice (1949). The Man in the Straw Hat, My Story. New York: Crowell.
Chevalier, Maurice; Eileen and Robert Pollock (1960). With Love. Boston: Little, Brown.
Chevalier, Maurice (1970). Schoffie met wit haar. Utrecht/Antwerpen: A.W. Bruna & Zoon. ISBN 90-229-7116-3.
Chevalier, Maurice (1970). I Remember It Well. New York: Macmillan.
Gene Ringgold and DeWitt Bodeen (1973). Chevalier. The Films and Career of Maurice Chevalier. Secaucus, New Jersey: The Citadel Press. ISBN 0-8065-0354-8.

Pranala luar

Maurice Chevalier di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
(Inggris) Maurice Chevalier di TCM Movie Database
Maurice Chevalier di Internet Broadway Database
Photographs of Maurice Chevalier

[1] ttp://www.rfimusique.com/artiste/chanson/maurice-chevalier/biographie

[2] The Romantic Life of Maurice Chevalier (1937), William Boyer, Chapter 9.

[3] Sherman, Robert B. (1998). Walt's Time: from before to beyond. Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers.

[kenrick-4] History of Musical Film 1930s: Part I "Hip, Hooray and Ballyhoo" by John Kenrick

[5] Pace, Eric (July 31, 1996). "Claudette Colbert, Unflappable Heroine of Screwball Comedies, is Dead at 92". The New York Times.

[6] With Love, the Autobiography of Maurice Chevalier (Cassell, 1960), Chapter 22.

[7] "Maurice Chevalier" Music and the Holocaust, accessed July 30, 2013. http://holocaustmusic.ort.org/resistance-and-exile/french-resistance/maurice-chevalier/

[8] La Louque Street View

[osborne-9] Introduction by Robert Osborne, Turner Classic Movies, 11 August 2009

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Maurice Chevalier
Chevalier sekitar tahun 1930-an
Lahir	Maurice Auguste Chevalier (1888-09-12)12 September 1888 Paris, France
Meninggal	1 Januari 1972(1972-01-01) (umur 83) Paris, France
Pekerjaan	Cabaret singer, actor, dancer
Tahun aktif	1908–1970
Suami/istri	Yvonne Vallée (1927–1932) (divorced) Nita Raya (1937–1946)
Penghargaan (2002) Legenda Disney (1997) Grammy Hall of Fame ^(en) (1968) Special Tony Award ^(en) (1958) Penghargaan Kehormatan Akademi (1958) Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award star on Hollywood Walk of Fame ^(en) Knight of the Legion of Honour ^(en) Officer of the National Order of Merit ^(en) Knight of the Order of Leopold ^(en) Officer of the Legion of Honour ^(en) Croix de guerre 1914–1918 Officer of the order of Nichan Iftikhar ^(en)