List Of French Films Of 1926

	List Of French Films Of 1926 A list of films produced in France in 1926: See also * 1926 in France References External linksFrench films of 1926on IMDbFrench films of 1926at Cinema-francais.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:French Films Of 1926 1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Viet ... Lists of 1926 films by country or language Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1926 In Film The following is an overview of 1926 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1926 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events February – The oldest surviving animated feature film is released in the Weimar Republic, directed by Lotte Reiniger. It is called ''The Adventures of Prince Achmed'' (''Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed''). August 5 – Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, ''Don Juan''. The Vitaphone system uses multiple rpm gramophone records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back music and sound effects synchronized with film. August 23 – Rudolph Valentino, whose film '' The Son of the Sheik'' was currently playing, dies at the age of 31 in New York. Riots occur at the funeral parlor as thousands of people try to see his body. October 7 – Warner Brothers release the second Vitaphone fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gaston Ravel Gaston Ravel (1878–1958) was a French screenwriter and film director. He made over sixty films, mostly during the silent era. In 1929 he co-directed the historical film ''The Queen's Necklace''.Klossner p.77 Selected filmography * '' The Knot'' (1921) * '' The Advocate'' (1925) * '' Jocaste'' (1925) * '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' (1926) * '' A Gentleman of the Ring'' (1926) * '' Madame Récamier'' (1928) * ''The Queen's Necklace'' (1929) * '' Figaro'' (1929) * '' The Stranger'' (1931) * ''Fanatisme ''Fanatisme'' is a 1934 French historical drama film directed by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel and starring Pola Negri, Jean Yonnel and Lucien Rozenberg.Kotowski p.208 The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin. Cast * Pola ...'' (1934) References Bibliography * Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000''. McFarland, 2002. External links * Film directors fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Albert Préjean Albert Préjean (27 October 1894 in Paris – 1 November 1979 in Paris) was a French actor, primarily in film. He served in World War I, and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre and the Legion d'honneur. With Lysiane Rey, he was the father of Patrick Préjean, and grandfather of Laura Préjean. Biography Préjean shot his first five films with French director Henri Diamant-Berger between 1921 and 1923. The roles he played tended to embody the leading man for the people, generous and strong. His most lasting fame stems from his work in the films of René Clair that transition from the silent to the sound eras. These include most notably the farce '' Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie'' (1928) and the musicalized melancomic '' Sous les toits de Paris'' (1930). When German director G. W. Pabst directed the film version of the huge Brecht-Weill musical hit ''Die Dreigroschenoper'' in 1931, he simultaneously shot a French-language version (''L'opéra de quat'sous'') with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Dolly Davis Dolly Davis (30 October 1896 – 3 November 1962) was a French film actress. Born Julienne Alexandrine David in Paris, Davis died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Selected filmography * ''Hantise'' (1922) * ''Geneviève'' (1923) * ''Paris'' (1924) * ''The Imaginary Voyage'' (1926) * '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' (1926) * ''The Chocolate Girl ''The Chocolate Girl'' (french: La Belle Chocolatière, german: Das Schokoladenmädchen) is one of the most prominent pastels of Genevan artist Jean-Étienne Liotard, showing a chocolate-serving maid. The girl carries a tray with a porcelain ch ...'' (1927) * '' Le chauffeur de Mademoiselle'' (1927) * '' Café Elektric'' (1927) * '' Tingel-Tangel'' (1927) * '' Dolly'' (1928) * '' Orient'' (1928) * '' Misled Youth'' (1929) * '' My Daughter's Tutor'' (1929) * '' The Wonderful Day'' (1929) * '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1929) * '' A Hole in the Wall'' (1930) * '' Shadows of Paris'' (1932) * '' Un Train dans La Nuit'' (1934) * ''Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	René Clair René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He went on to make some of the most innovative early sound films in France, before going abroad to work in the UK and USA for more than a decade. Returning to France after World War II, he continued to make films that were characterised by their elegance and wit, often presenting a nostalgic view of French life in earlier years. He was elected to the Académie française in 1960. Clair's best known films include '' Un chapeau de paille d'Italie'' (''The Italian Straw Hat'', 1928), '' Sous les toits de Paris'' (''Under the Roofs of Paris'', 1930), ''Le Million'' (1931), ''À nous la liberté'' (1931), ''I Married a Witch'' (1942), and ''And Then There Were None'' (1945). Early life René Clair was born and grew up in Paris in the district of Les ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Imaginary Voyage ''The Imaginary Voyage'' (French: ''Le voyage imaginaire'') is a 1926 French silent comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Dolly Davis, Jean Börlin and Albert Préjean.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.355 Cast * Dolly Davis as Lucie - une dactylo * Jean Börlin as Jean * Albert Préjean as Albert * Jim Gérald as Auguste * Paul Ollivier as Le directeur de la banque * Maurice Schutz Maurice Schutz (4 August 1866 – 22 March 1955) was a French film actor. He starred in some 91 films between 1918 and 1952. Selected filmography * '' Quatre-vingt-treize'' (1920) * '' Au-delà des lois humaines'' (1920) * '' The Three Masks' ... as La sorcière * Yvonne Legeay as La mauvaise fée * Marguerite Madys as Urgel - la bonne fée * Marise Maia * Bronja Perlmutter * Jane Pierson * Louis Pré Fils References Bibliography * Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1926 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Antonin Artaud Antoine Marie Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (; 4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), was a French writer, poet, dramatist, visual artist, essayist, actor and theatre director. He is widely recognized as a major figure of the European avant-garde. In particular, he had a profound influence on twentieth-century theatre through his conceptualization of the Theatre of Cruelty. Known for his raw, surreal and transgressive work, his texts explored themes from the cosmologies of ancient cultures, philosophy, the occult, mysticism and indigenous Mexican and Balinese practices. Early life Antonin Artaud was born in Marseille, to Euphrasie Nalpas and Antoine-Roi Artaud. His parents were first cousins—his grandmothers were sisters from Smyrna (modern day İzmir, Turkey). His paternal grandmother, Catherine Chilé, was raised in Marseille, where she married Marius Artaud, a Frenchman. His maternal grandmother, Mariette Chilé, grew up in Smyrna, where she married Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Suzanne Dehelly Suzanne Dehelly (1896–1968) was a French film actress.Greco p.189 Selected filmography * ''Graziella'' (1926) - Graziella * '' A Hole in the Wall'' (1930) - La couturière * ''La prison en folie'' (1931) - Cléo d'Argyl * ''Tout s'arrange'' (1931) - Micheline * ''Mon amant l'assassin'' (1932) - Simone Bondizi * ''Une nuit de folies'' (1934) - Suzanne * ''Les bleus de la marine'' (1934) - Elyane * ''The Crisis is Over'' (1934) - Olga * ''Un soir de bombe'' (1935) - Emma * ''La mariée du régiment'' (1936) * ''La petite dame du wagon-lit'' (1936) - Eudoxie * ''La brigade en jupons'' (1936) - Frédérique * ''Prête-moi ta femme'' (1936) - Angèle * ''La reine des resquilleuses'' (1937) - Victorine * '' Arsene Lupin, Detective'' (1937) - L'amie d'Olga (uncredited) * ''Cinderella'' (1937) - Virginie * ''Mon deputé et sa femme'' (1937) - La princesse * ''Monsieur Bégonia'' (1938) - Aurélie Merchant * ''Chipée'' (1938) - Mme Point * ''Titin des Martigues'' (1938) - Totoche * ''� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Marcel Vandal Marcel Vandal (1882–1965) was a French film producer. During the 1910s he worked closely with the German producer Erich Pommer for the French company Elcair. Vandal served in the French Army during the First World War. He directed four silent films between 1926 and 1928. Vandal and Pommer later collaborated following the latter's exile from Nazi Germany, firstly in Paris on ''Liliom'' (1934) and later in London for '' Vessel of Wrath'' (1938).Hardt p.151 Selected filmography Producer * '' The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1923) * '' The Bread Peddler'' (1923) * ''Paris'' (1924) * '' The Flame'' (1926) * '' The Man with the Hispano'' (1926) * '' The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'' (1927) * ''The Maelstrom of Paris'' (1928) * '' David Golder'' (1931) * ''Mountains on Fire'' (1931) * '' Moon Over Morocco'' (1931) * ''The Five Accursed Gentlemen'' (1932) * '' Amourous Adventure'' (1932) * '' A Man's Neck'' (1933) * '' The Man with the Hispano'' (1933) * '' The Lady of Lebanon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Graziella (1926 Film) ''Graziella'' is a 1926 French silent drama film directed by Marcel Vandal and starring Suzanne Dehelly, Antonin Artaud and Raoul Chennevières. It is an adaptation of the 1852 novel ''Graziella'' by Alphonse de Lamartine.Goble p.115 Cast * Suzanne Dehelly as Graziella * Antonin Artaud as Cecco, le fiancé de Graziella * Raoul Chennevières as Andréa, le grand-père * Georges Chebat as Beppo * Sylviane de Castillo Sylviane may refer to: Sylviane Agacinski (born 1945), French philosopher, author, professor, wife of Lionel Jospin Sylviane Berthod (born 1977), female alpine skier from Switzerland Sylviane Deferne, Swiss pianist and musician Sylviane Diou ... as Madame de Lamartine * Révérend as Le père de Cecco * Nina Vanna * Jean Dehelly as Alphonse de Lamartine * Émile Dehelly as Alphonse de Lamartine âgé * Madame Sapiani as La grand-mère * Michel Sym as de Virieux References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Liter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hans Mierendorff Hans Mierendorff (born Johannes Reingold Mierendorff; 30 June 1882 – 26 December 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' A Night of Horror'' (1916) * '' Vengeance Is Mine'' (1916) * '' Hilde Warren und der Tod'' (1917) '' The Sacrifice'' (1918) ''The Mistress of the World'' (1919) * ''Whitechapel'' (1920) * '' Hearts are Trumps'' (1920) * '' The White Peacock'' (1920) * '' Night and No Morning'' (1921) * '' The Conspiracy in Genoa'' (1921) * '' Children of Darkness'' (1921) * '' The Sleeping Volcano'' (1922) * '' The Black Star'' (1922) * '' Man Against Man'' (1924) * ''Girls You Don't Marry'' (1924) * '' The Enchantress'' (1924) * ''Debit and Credit'' (1924) * '' The Second Mother'' (1925) * ''The Motorist Bride'' (1925) * '' Old Mamsell's Secret'' (1925) * '' Hussar Fever'' (1925) * '' Cock of the Roost'' (1925) * '' Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days'' (1925) * '' The Man Who Sold Himself'' (1925) * ''The Dealer from Amsterdam'' (1925) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lotte Neumann Lotte Neumann (born Charlotte Pötler, 5 August 1896 – 26 February 1977) was a German film actress, screenwriter, and film producer. Biography Lotte Neumann was born Charlotte Pötler on 5 August 1896 in Berlin. She attended the Königliche Luisenschule in her hometown, and then the Wagnersche-Klinkhardsche Höhere Mädchenschule. At 13, she completed vocal training with Karl Grünwald and Emma Sebold, and took acting lessons, as well as studied dance and piano. She was a choir singer at the Komische Oper Berlin and at the Komödienhaus. Neumann originally wanted to be a singer, but at the urging of Max Mack, she instead opted for a career in film, and made her debut in the short ''Whims of Fate'' (1912) alongside Erwin Fichtner and Hanni Weisse, followed by ''Im Übermut'' (1912) and ''Das Bild der Mutter'' (1912). Popular throughout Germany, a Lotte Neumann film serial was shot throughout 1917. These films include ''Hinter verschlossenen Türen'' (1917), ''Die Richterin'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]