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Charles Decroix
Charles Decroix (born late 19th century; died after 1919) was a French Film director, director, film producer and screenwriter whose career reached a peak in Germany in the period before World War I, one of the forgotten pioneers from the early days of European cinema. Biography Early successes The son of an Alsace, Alsatian shoemaker,Richard Abel, ''Encyclopedia of Early Cinema'', Routledge, New York, 2005, p. 241 he joined cinematography in 1899, a field that had barely developed until then. Subsequently, Decroix initially wrote scripts for various companies. In 1907, Decroix was hired by Pathé, for whom he directed, among other films, Children's Reformatory, a Honoré de Balzac, Balzac adaptation of ''Les paysans'' and a short film grotesque with Max Linder, ''Une conquête''. In the spring of 1910, he came to Berlin and spent the next four years shooting for German production companies. Until the outbreak of World War I, Decroix was one of the leading filmmakers in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |