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Jaque Catelain
Jaque Catelain (9 February 1897 – 5 March 1965) was a French actor who came to prominence in silent films of the 1920s, and who continued acting in films and on stage until the 1950s. He also wrote and directed two silent films himself, and he was a capable artist and musician. He had a close association with the director Marcel L'Herbier. (He was born as Jacques Guérin-Castelain; other variations of his name used at different times were Jaque-Catelain, Jacques Catelain, Jacques Catelin, and Jacque Cathelain.) Early life Jaque Catelain was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the Pavillon Henri IV (he was said to have been born in the same room as Louis XIV). His father was then the mayor of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and also moved in literary and theatrical circles, which allowed the young Jacques to encounter many famous names in his childhood, including Catulle Mendès, Anatole France, Sarah Bernhardt, and Gabrielle Réjane. He showed early enthusiasm for the arts and music, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris. Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Germanois'' or ''Saint-Germinois''. With its elegant tree-lined streets it is one of the more affluent suburbs of Paris, combining both high-end leisure spots and exclusive residential neighborhoods (see the Golden Triangle of the Yvelines). Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a sub-prefecture of the department. Because it includes the National Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, it covers approximately , making it the largest commune in the Yvelines. It occupies a large loop of the Seine. Saint-Germain-en-Laye lies at one of the western termini of Line A of the RER. History Saint-Germain-en-Laye was founded in 1020 when King Robert the Pious (ruled 996–1031) founded a convent on the site of the present Church of Saint-Germain. In 1688, James II of England exiled hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Galerie Des Monstres
''La Galerie des monstres'' ("the gallery of monsters") is a 1924 French drama film directed by Jaque Catelain, set against the background of a circus in Spain. It was produced by Cinégraphic, the production company of Marcel L'Herbier. Plot In a town in Spanish Castile, a young man, reluctantly living with a roaming band of gypsies, and a local orphan girl want to marry, but when the girl's grandfather forbids their plan, they decide to run away together. A few years later, they have become Riquett's, a clown, and Ralda, a dancer, in a travelling circus which arrives in Toledo. Despite being still in love and having a young child together, the couple's situation is made unhappy by continual attempts to break them apart: by Sveti, a false friend in love with Ralda, by Flossie, an American dancer who constantly flirts with Riquett's, and especially by Buffalo, the tyrannical director of the circus, who lusts after Ralda. Others in the troupe include a giantess, a dwarf, a mermaid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Bonheur (1934 Film)
''Le Bonheur'' ("Happiness") is a 1934 French film directed by Marcel L'Herbier. It was adapted from Henri Bernstein's play ''Le Bonheur'', which Bernstein had staged in Paris in March 1933 with Charles Boyer and Michel Simon in leading roles; Boyer and Simon took the same parts in the film. Background In 1934 Marcel L'Herbier held discussions with Charles Boyer on making a film about the actor Edmund Kean, but Boyer, whose career was at that time shifting between France and Hollywood, insisted that he wanted to film Bernstein's play ''Le Bonheur'' in which he had recently starred on stage in Paris. The rights to the play were held by the Pathé-Natan company, who also had a contract with Gaby Morlay, the preferred actress of both Boyer and L'Herbier for the other leading role. Plot Philippe Lutcher, an anarchist, fires a shot at Clara Stuart, a famous stage and screen actress, but only wounds her. The star, through affectation and curiosity to know his motives, pleads in his fav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream Castle (film)
''Dream Castle'' (french: Château de rêve) is a 1933 comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Edith Méra, Lucien Baroux, and Danielle Darrieux. It was produced in Berlin as the French-language version of '' The Castle in the South'' and released by UFA Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital city, capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya River (Kama), Belaya and Ufa River, Ufa rivers, in the centre-n ...'s French subsidiary. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1933 films German comedy films 1933 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Géza von Bolváry UFA GmbH films German multilingual films Films about filmmaking German black-and-white films 1933 multilingual films Films with screenplays by Henri-Georges Clouzot 1930s German films { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dream (1931 Film)
''The Dream'' (French: ''Le rêve'') is a 1931 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Simone Genevois, Jaque Catelain and Jean Joffre.Slavin p.220 It is based on the 1888 novel of the same title by Emile Zola. It was shot at Pathé's Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. Cast * Simone Genevois as Angélique * Jaque Catelain as Félicien * Charles Le Bargy as Monsieur de Hautecoeur * Jean Joffre as L'abbé Cornille * Germaine Dermoz as Hubertine * Gilberte Savary as Angélique enfant * Paul Amiot Paul Amiot (29 March 1886 – 26 January 1979) was a French film actor. His career spanned some 63 years and he appeared in nearly 100 films between 1910 and 1973. In 1920 he appeared in Robert Péguy's ''Être aimé pour soi-même''. He was n ... as Hubert * Raymond Galle as Le médecin References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nights Of Princes (1930 Film)
''Nights of Princes'' (French: ''Nuits de princes'') is a 1930 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Gina Manès, Jaque Catelain and Harry Nestor. It is an adaptation of the 1927 novel of the same title by Joseph Kessel. The story was remade as a 1938 film directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Serge Piménoff and Pierre Schild. Plot A White Russian woman working as a dancer in a Paris nightclub finds her past returning to haunt her when her husband, an engineer long believed dead in the Russian Civil War, reappears to seek her help. Cast *Gina Manès as Helene Vronsky *Jaque Catelain as Prince Vassia Heridze *Harry Nestor as Prince Fedor Achkeliani *Alice Tissot as Mlle. Mesureux *Dimitri Dimitriev as Anton Irtych *Alexandre Mihalesco as Stéphane *Walia Ostermann as Nathalia Vronsky *Jean Toulout Jean Toulout (28 September 1887 – 23 October 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Devil May Care
''Little Devil-May-Care'' (or '' The Devil in the Heart'') (French: ''Le Diable au cœur'') is a 1928 French-British silent drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Betty Balfour, Jaque Catelain and Roger Karl. Plot In a small coastal town Ludivine, a fisherman's daughter, falls in love with Delphin, an orphaned boy who comes to live with them. But her father wants her to marry Lauderin, the lecherous manager of a local cabaret-bar. Cast * Betty Balfour as Ludivine Bucaille * Jaque Catelain as Delphin Leherg * Roger Karl as Bucaille, Ludivine's father * André Nox as Pierre Lauderin * Kissa Kouprine as Thania * Catherine Fonteney as Madame Bucaille, Ludivine's mother * Magda Aranyi as Lauderin's stepmother * Leo Da Costa as Gaston Lauderin * André Heuzé as André Bucaille * Auguste Picaude as Maurice Bucaille * Falcau as Lauderin's brother * Jane Pierson as a woman * Marie Glory as a young thief Production L'Herbier had originally made an agreement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apaches Of Paris
''Apaches of Paris'' (german: Die Apachen von Paris, french: Paname n'est pas Paris) is a 1927 French-German silent film directed by Nikolai Malikoff and starring Jaque Catelain and Charles Vanel.Goble p. 673 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in Paris. The film's art direction was by Claude Autant-Lara and Vladimir Meingard. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast The Gloria-Palast was a German cinema located on the Kurfürstendamm in the German capital Berlin. It was constructed in 1924 and replaced the existing neo-Baroque Romanischen Hauses designed by Franz Heinrich Schwechten. It became a common loc ... in Berlin. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1927 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films French silent feature films UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films French black-and-white films Films set in Paris Films shot in Paris Films shot at Tempelhof Studios {{Germany-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Rosenkavalier (1926 Film)
' is a 1926 Austrian silent film of the opera of the same name by Richard Strauss (music) and Hugo von Hofmannsthal ( libretto). Directed by Robert Wiene, it premiered on 10 January 1926 at the Dresden Semperoper, which had also hosted the actual opera's premiere 15 years earlier. Hofmannsthal considerably changed the storyline for the film version (which included a final scene in the formal gardens behind the Field Marshal's residence) and Strauss' score included music not only from the opera but also sections of his Couperin Suite and a march for the Field Marshal, who appears in this version. The film was shot at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna. The music during the film's performances was provided by an orchestra. At the premiere, this was conducted by Richard Strauss himself. The film's projection speed had to be adjusted by the projector in order to fit the speed of the orchestra. This task fell to the film's cameraman, Hans Androschin, because only he knew the exact l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koenigsmark (1923 Film)
''Koenigsmark'' is a 1923 French silent drama film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Maurice Lehmann, Huguette Duflos and Jaque Catelain.Goble p.36 It is an adaptation of the 1918 novel '' Koenigsmark'' by Pierre Benoit. It was the first of several screen adaptations of the work. It is also known by the alternative title of ''The Secret Spring''. In 1926 it was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures. Cast * Maurice Lehmann as Philippe de Koenigsmark * Huguette Duflos as Grande-duchesse Aurore de Lautenbourg * Jaque Catelain as Professeur Raoul Vignerte * Georges Vaultier as Grand-duc Frédéric de Lautenbourg * André Liabel as Baron de Boose * Iván Petrovich as Lieutenant de Hagen * Julio de Romero as Prince Tumène * Paul Vermoyal as Cyrus Beck * Karl Heyl as Roi Stephen II * Jean Aymé as Monsieur de Marsais * C. Farnet as Ribeyre * Clara Tambour as Totoche * Diana Kotchaki as Comtesse de Platen * A. Debriège as Natacha * ... [...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] |
Louis Delluc
Louis Delluc (; 14 October 1890 – 22 March 1924) was an Impressionist French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Biography Delluc was born in Cadouin in 1890. His family moved to Paris in 1903. After graduating from the university, he became a literary critic. During the First World War, he was married to the Belgian actress Ève Francis, who acted in many of his films. In 1917, Delluc began his career in film criticism. He went on to edit ''Le Journal du Ciné-club'' and ''Cinéa'', establish film societies, and direct seven films. He was one of the early Impressionist filmmakers, along with Abel Gance, Germaine Dulac, Marcel L'Herbier, and Jean Epstein. His films are notable for their focus on ordinary events and the natural setting rather than on adventures and antics. Many of his early film writings for French newspapers were collected in the volume ''Cinema et cie'' (1919). He also wrote one of the first books on Charlie Chaplin (1921; translated into English in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
