Let’s pick back up 1954’s Royal Affairs in Versailles with part two of this episodic...
Sacha Guitry
I’ve wanted to watch 1954’s Royal Affairs in Versailles (Si Versailles M’était Conté) for...
Jean Marais (1913-98) was an icon of classic French cinema. The muse (and lover)...
I’m kind of surprised that King François I of France (1494-1547; reigned from 1515...
Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (1743-93) gets a LOT of filmic love! This 18th-century...
Louise de La Vallière (1644-1710) was a young, unmarried lady-in-waiting to Louis XIV‘s sister-in-law...
Empress Eugénie of France (1826-1920) was born Eugénie de Montijo, a Spanish countess. She...
French film/stage director, actor, and writer Sacha Guitry (1885-1957) was a huge proponent of...
The woman we know as Empress Josephine of France was born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher...
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise of Pompadour (1721-64) started life as the illegitimate daughter of...