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7 unusual facts about Roger Vadim


Barney Wilen

He wrote a soundtrack for Roger Vadim's film Les Liaisons Dangeureuse two years later, working with Thelonious Monk.

Les jardins de Monaco

"Les jardins de Monaco" is a mid-tempo disco duet, with the singers recalling their innocent childhoods in the titular "gardens of Monaco" and singing about the famous people who could have kept assignations there; Greta Garbo, Brigitte Bardot, Roger Vadim or even Romeo and Juliet.

Margaret Markov

She also appeared in the dark sex comedy/murder mystery Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) with Rock Hudson, directed by Roger Vadim.

Metzengerstein

"Metzengerstein" was adapted into one component of Roger Vadim's Histoires extraordinaires in 1968.

Nathalie Vadim

Nathalie Vadim (born 1958) is the daughter of Roger Vadim and actress Annette Stroyberg.

Paul-Louis Weiller

He subsequently became a philanthropist of the arts; through his influence and financial support, he contributed to the restoration of the Palace of Versailles, created a ballet company, and aided a number of artists (Robert Hossein, Roger Vadim, Maurice Béjart, Michèle Mercier, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, etc.).

The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays No Sun in Venice

The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays No Sun in Venice (originally titled The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays One Never Knows: Original Film Score for "No Sun in Venice") is a soundtrack album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in 1957 for Roger Vadim's No Sun in Venice and released on the Atlantic label.


Claude Renoir

Renoir was the lighting cameraman on numerous pictures such as Monsieur Vincent (1947), Jean Renoir's The River (1951), Cleopatra (1963), Roger Vadim's Barbarella (1968), and the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

Frankenstein Created Woman

Frankenstein Created Woman was originally mooted as a follow-up to The Revenge of Frankenstein during its production in 1958, at a time when Roger Vadim's Et Dieu créa la femme (And God Created Woman) was successful.

Pretty Maids All in a Row

Roger Vadim directed the film, which Gene Roddenberry produced, having dramatized a novel written by Francis Pollini into the screenplay from which Vadim worked.


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