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French Films Of 1920
A list of films produced in France in 1920: See also * 1920 in France References External links French films of 1920at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...French films of 1920at Cinema-francais.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:French Films Of 1920 1920 Lists of 1920 films by country or language Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Call Of The Blood (1920 Film)
''The Call of the Blood'' (French: ''L'appel du sang'') is a 1920 French silent drama film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Ivor Novello, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, and Charles Le Bargy. The film is most notable for giving a screen debut to the Welsh actor Novello, who went on to become a major star in the 1920s.Macbnab p.39 It is based on the 1906 novel of the same title by Robert Hichens. The costumes were designed by Paul Poiret. Synopsis An Englishman commits adultery with a Sicilian woman. Cast * Phyllis Neilson-Terry as Hermione Lester * Ivor Novello as Maurice Delarey * Desdemona Mazza as Maddalena * Charles Le Bargy as Émile d'Arbois * Gabriel de Gravone Gabriel de Gravone (; 1887–1972) was a French stage actor.Abel p.321 He acted in forty films during the silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films con ... as Gaspare * Salvatore Lo Turco as Salvatore See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Janvier
Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), Marshal and Constable of France * Henri I, Duke of Nemours (1572–1632), the son of Jacques of Savoy and Anna d'Este * Henri II, Duke of Nemours (1625–1659), the seventh Duc de Nemours * Henri, Count of Harcourt (1601–1666), French nobleman * Henri, Dauphin of Viennois (1296–1349), bishop of Metz * Henri de Gondi (other) * Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555–1623), member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne * Henri Emmanuel Boileau, baron de Castelnau (1857–1923), French mountain climber * Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1955), the head of state of Luxembourg * Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French Huguenot soldier and diplomat, one of the principal commanders of Bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Duc
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René Alexandre
René Alexandre (22 December 1885 – 19 August 1946) was a French actor. René Alexandre was born in Reims and died in Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine in 1946. He was married to actress Gabrielle Robinne from 1912 until his death. Filmography (partial) * ''Fouquet'' (1910) the man in the iron mask * ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1911) * '' The Lacquered Box'' (1932) * '' A Man's Neck'' (1933) * ''Paris-New York ''Paris-New York'' (French: ''Paris New-York'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Yves Mirande, Claude Heymann and Georges Lacombe. It stars Gaby Morlay, Michel Simon and André Lefaur.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.306 It was shot at the Cité ...'' (1940) of Yves Mirande 1885 births 1946 deaths French male stage actors French male film actors French male silent film actors Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française Actors from Reims 20th-century French male actors {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Alcover
Pierre Alcover (14 March 1893 – 14 November 1957) was a French stage and film actor. He starred in 40 films between 1918 and 1943. In 1920 he starred in the film ''Champi-Tortu''. One of his most notable performances was in Marcel L'Herbier's 1928 film ''L'Argent (1928 film), L'Argent'', as the corrupt banker Saccard. He was the second husband of the film actress Gabrielle Colonna-Romano, and they are buried together in the cimetière de Rueil-Malmaison. Selected filmography * ''Marion Delorme (film), Marion Delorme'' (1918) * ''L'Hirondelle et la Mésange'' (1920) * ''En plongée'' (1926) * ''L'Argent (1928 film), L'Argent'' (1928) * ''Little Lise, La Petite Lise'' (''Little Lise'') (1930) * ''The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans (1932 film), Le Mariage de Mlle Beulemans'' (''The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'') (1932) * ''Criminal (1933 film), Criminal'' (1933) * ''Second Bureau (1935 film), Deuxième bureau'' (''Second Bureau'') (1935) * ''The Citadel of Silence, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques De Baroncelli
Jacques de Baroncelli (25 June 1881 – 12 January 1951) was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He came from a Florence, Florentine family who had settled in Provence in the 15th century, occupying a building in the centre of Avignon then called the Baroncelli Palace (now the Palais du Roure). His father's side of the family were of Tuscany, Tuscan origin and part of the Guelphs and Ghibellines, Ghibelline tradition, and they were hereditary Marquis of Javon, Marquises of Javon. Though somewhat aristocratic, the family spoke Provençal (dialect), Provençal, which was rather controversial at a time when it was considered to be a language of the common people. His older brother was Folco de Baroncelli-Javon, He directed well over 80 films between 1915 and 1948 and in the 1940s released numerous films in the United States and Italy. One of his films, a version of the Pierre Louÿs novel ''La Femme et le pantin'' (1928) was filmed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champi-Tortu
''Champi-Tortu'' is a 1921 French silent film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli. The film was based on a novel by Gaston Chérau. Cast *Pierre Alcover *René Alexandre * Cosnard *Paul Duc *Henri Janvier Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Montm ... * Paul Jorge * Maria Kouznetzoff * André René * Madame Trefeuil External links * 1921 films French silent feature films French black-and-white films Films directed by Jacques de Baroncelli French drama films Silent drama films 1920s French films {{silent-drama-film-stub 1921 drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Capellani
Paul Capellani (September 9, 1877 – November 7, 1960) was a noted French silent film actor. His brother was the director Albert Capellani and his uncle the film director Roger Capellani who died May 1940 at the Battle of Dunkirk. He starred in some 100 films between 1908 and 1930. In 1920 he appeared in Guy du Fresnay's ''De la coupe aux lèvres''. Selected filmography * ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1911) * ''Marie Tudor'' (1912) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1913) * '' Camille'' (1915) * '' The Feast of Life'' (1916) * ''The Foolish Virgin'' (1916) * '' The Common Law'' (1916) * ''La Bohème'' (1916) * ''Possession Possession may refer to: Law * Dependent territory, an area of land over which another country exercises sovereignty, but which does not have the full right of participation in that country's governance * Drug possession, a crime * Ownership * ...'' (1922) External links *photo of Paul Capellani 1877 births 1960 deaths French male film actors Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Desprès
Suzanne Desprès (16 December 1875 – 1 July 1951) was a French actress who was born at Verdun, Meuse and trained at the Paris Conservatoire, where in 1897 she obtained the first prize for comedy, and the second for tragedy. She then became associated with, and subsequently married, Lugné-Poe, the actor-manager, who had founded a new school of modern drama at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre. She achieved marked success in several of his plays there. In succeeding years she played at the Gymnase and at the Porte Saint-Martin, and in 1902 made her debut at the Comédie-Française, appearing in ''Phèdre'' and other important parts. Selected filmography * '' The Bread Peddler'' (1923) * ''Maria Chapdelaine'' (1934) * ''The Woman Thief'' (1938) * ''The Pretty Miller Girl ''The Pretty Miller Girl'' (French: ''La Belle Meunière'') is a 1949 French musical film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Tino Rossi, Jacqueline Pagnol and Raoul Marco. It is part of the tradition of operett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier (; 23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked on cultural programmes for French television. He also fulfilled many administrative roles in the French film industry, and he was the founder and the first President of the French film school Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). Early life Marcel L'Herbier was born in Paris on 23 April 1888 into a professional and intellectual family, and as he grew up he demonstrated a multi-talented disposition for sports, dancing, debating and the arts. He attended a Society of Mary (Marists), Marist school and then the Lycée Voltaire (Paris), Lycée Voltaire, followed by the École des Hautes Études Sociales in Paris. He worked hard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Carnaval Des Vérités
''Le Carnaval des vérités'' is a 1920 French silent film written and directed by Marcel L'Herbier. Background After completing a commercial film for Léon Gaumont, Marcel L'Herbier was offered a contract to work on a prestigious series of films which would be known as "Gaumont Série Pax". Although the terms of the contract placed unwelcome restrictions upon his control over his work, L'Herbier realised that it also offered him an unparalleled opportunity to benefit from the international links of the Gaumont company and to work in the best technical facilities then available. His first project, which he was both to write and to direct, was ''Le Carnaval des vérités'', a symbolist drama about the struggle between Truth and Falsehood. Production Filming took place on location on the Basque coast near Biarritz in November 1919 and subsequently at the Studios de La Villette in Paris. The central role in the film was played by the stage actress Suzanne Desprès, who was making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |