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The Zone Of Death
''The Zone of Death'' (french: La Zone de la mort) is a 1917 silent French lost film directed by Abel Gance. Cast * Andrée Brabant * Julien Clément (as Clément) * Anthony Gildès * Andrée Lionel * Léon Mathot * Gaston Modot * Georges Paulais * Paul Vermoyal Pierre Paul Vermoyal (18 October 1888 – 28 September 1925) was a French stage and film actor. Biography Vermoyal was born in Braye-en-Laonnois, Aisne, Picardy. He began his career on the stages of the Grand Guignol theatre in the Quartier Pi ... References External links * 1917 films 1910s French-language films French silent feature films French black-and-white films Films directed by Abel Gance 1910s French films {{1910s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abel Gance
Abel Gance (; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 188910 November 1981) was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: ''J'accuse'' (1919), ''La Roue'' (1923), and ''Napoléon'' (1927). Early life Born in Paris in 1889, Abel Gance was the illegitimate son of a prosperous doctor, Abel Flamant, and a working-class mother, Françoise Péréthon (or Perthon). Initially taking his mother's name, he was brought up until the age of eight by his maternal grandparents in the coal-mining town of Commentry in central France. He then returned to Paris to rejoin his mother, who had by then married Adolphe Gance, a chauffeur and mechanic, whose name Abel then adopted. Although he later fabricated the history of a brilliant school career and middle-class background, Gance left school at the age of 14, and the love of literature and art which sustained him throughout his l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Nalpas
Louis Nalpas (1884-1948) was a Greek-French film producer. He was a leading producer during the silent era, and was employed by the large French studio Pathé.:30 He was behind the company's construction of the Victorine Studios in Nice in 1921, which attempted to create a version of Hollywood on the French Riviera.:95 He then broke away to form his own production company. Nalpas produced many of the early films of director Abel Gance. He was the maternal uncle of Antonin Artaud and was essential in establishing Artaud's career as a film actor.:623 Selected filmography * '' Le périscope'' (1916) * '' Les Gaz mortels'' (1916) * '' Le droit à la vie'' (1917) * ''The Torture of Silence'' (1917) * '' Barberousse'' (1917) * '' The Zone of Death'' (1917) * ''The Tenth Symphony'' (1918) * '' La Fête espagnole'' (1920) * ''Mathias Sandorf'' (1921) * '' Surcouf'' (1925) * ''The Marriage of Rosine'' (1926) * ''The Chocolate Girl ''The Chocolate Girl'' (french: La Belle Chocola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrée Brabant
Marie Thérèse "Andrée" Brabant (1901–1989) was a French film actress.Goble p.161 She played a number of leading roles during the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Le droit à la vie'' (1917) * ''The Zone of Death'' (1917) * ''Flipotte'' (1920) * '' The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1923) * ''Princess Masha'' (1927) * '' The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'' (1927) * ''Madame Récamier'' (1928) * ''Cousin Bette'' (1928) * ''Fire in the Straw'' (1939) * ''That Tender Age ''That Tender Age'' (French: ''L'Âge ingrat''), is a 1964 French comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier that unites two major stars in Jean Gabin and Fernandel.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.163 It recounts how two families are drawn together by an enga ...'' (1964) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1901 births 1989 deaths French film actresses French silent film actresses 20th-century French act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when necessary, be conveyed by the use of title cards. The term "silent film" is something of a misnomer, as these films were almost always accompanied by live sounds. During the silent era that existed from the mid-1890s to the late 1920s, a pianist, theater organist—or even, in large cities, a small orchestra—would often play music to accompany the films. Pianists and organists would play either from sheet music, or improvisation. Sometimes a person would even narrate the inter-title cards for the audience. Though at the time the technology to synchronize sound with the film did not exist, music was seen as an essential part of the viewing experience. "Silent film" is typically used as a historical term to describe an era of cinema pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy of every American film to be deposited at the Library of Congress at the time of copyright registration, but the Librarian of Congress was not required to retain those copies: "Under the provisions of the act of March 4, 1909, authority is granted for the return to the claimant of copyright of such copyright deposits as are not required by the Library." A report created by Library of Congress film historian and archivist David Pierce claims: * 75% of original silent-era films have perished. * 14% of the 10,919 silent films released by major studios exist in their original 35 mm or other formats. * 11% survive only in full-length foreign versions or film formats of lesser image quality. Of the American sound films made from 1927 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Gildès
Anthony Gildès (13 August 1856 – 6 October 1941) was a French actor. Anthony Gildès was born Anatole Gleizes in Metz, France. He died in Paris at age 85. Selected filmography * '' The Zone of Death'' (1917) * '' The Torture of Silence'' (1917) * '' The Man with the Hispano'' (1926) * '' American Love'' (1931) * ''All That's Not Worth Love'' (1931) * '' The Yellow Dog'' (1932) * ''The Red Robe'' (1933) * '' Toto'' (1933) * '' The Abbot Constantine'' (1933) * ''Lake of Ladies'' (1934) * '' Prince Jean'' (1934) * '' Dora Nelson'' (1935) * ''Fanfare of Love'' (1935) * '' 27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * ''Moutonnet'' (1936) * '' The King'' (1936) * ''Samson'' (1936) * ''The Green Jacket'' (1937) * '' Chaste Susanne'' (1937) * '' The House Opposite'' (1937) * '' Josette'' (1937) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1937) * ''The Pearls of the Crown'' (1937) * '' Vidocq'' (1939) * ''Latin Quarter'' (1939) * ''His Uncle from Normandy'' (1939) * ''Entente Cordiale'' (1939) * '' Miquette'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Mathot
Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' film serial in 1918. He appeared in the 1923 silent film ''Coeur fidèle'', directed by Jean Epstein. He starred in some 60 films mostly in silent film between 1906 and 1939. He turned director in 1927 whilst still appearing in several films and retired in 1953 directing well over 20 films. Selected filmography * '' Les Gaz mortels'' ( 1916) * '' The Zone of Death'' ( 1917) * ''Barberousse'' (1917) * ''Le droit à la vie'' (1917) * ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1918) * '' In Old Alsace'' (1920) * ''The Empire of Diamonds'' (1920) * ''Coeur fidèle'' ( 1923) * '' My Uncle Benjamin'' (1924) * ''The Painter and His Model'' (1925) * ''Yasmina'' (1927) * ''La Maison de la Fléche'' (1930) * ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''Instinct'' (1930) * '' Kiss Me'' (1932) * '' Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Modot
Gaston Modot (31 December 1887 – 20 February 1970) was a French actor. For more than 50 years he performed for the cinema working with a number of great French directors. Biography Modot lived in Montmartre at the beginning of the 20th century where he met Picasso and Modigliani. In 1909 he started his career with Gaumont and for the following 20 years he covered all silent film genres. In 1917 he was the main actor in Abel Gance's ''Mater dolorosa''. He played in Germaine Dulac and Louis Delluc's avant-garde films ''La fête espagnole'' (1919) and ''Fièvre'' (1921). With Max Linder, Modot played in Abel Gance's ''Au secours!'' (1924). Towards the end of the 1920s he performed in German-French co-productions. He is still famous for his role of "Manns" in Luis Buñuel's ''L'Âge d'Or'' (1930). He had his first role in a sound film with René Clair's '' Sous les toits de Paris'' (1930). He and Jean Gabin are main characters in Julien Duvivier's ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Paulais
Georges Paulais (16 September 1884 – 12 December 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born in Guimps, Charente, France and died in Chabanais, Charente, France. Selected filmography * ''Le droit à la vie'' (1917) * '' The Zone of Death'' (1917) * ''El Dorado'' (1921) * '' The Lady of Lebanon'' (1926) * '' Change of Heart'' (1928) * ''The Divine Voyage'' (1929) * ''Saint Joan the Maid'' (1929) * '' Accused, Stand Up!'' (1930) * '' Departure'' (1931) * '' Prince Jean'' (1934) * ''Gold in the Street'' (1934) * '' Rothchild'' (1934) * '' The Bread Peddler'' (1934) * ''Les yeux noirs'' (1935) * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * '' 27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * ''Moutonnet'' (1936) * '' Beethoven's Great Love'' (1937) * ''The Red Dancer'' (1937) * ''The Secrets of the Red Sea'' (1937) * ''Rasputin'' (1938) * ''Princess Tarakanova'' (1938) * ''Ultimatum'' (1938) * ''Sacred Woods'' (1939) * ''Immediate Call'' (1939) * '' Vido ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Vermoyal
Pierre Paul Vermoyal (18 October 1888 – 28 September 1925) was a French stage and film actor. Biography Vermoyal was born in Braye-en-Laonnois, Aisne, Picardy. He began his career on the stages of the Grand Guignol theatre in the Quartier Pigalle area of Paris in the 1910s. His first known film appearance was in the 1916 Maurice Mariaud directed short film ''Le roi de l'étain'', produced by Pathé Frères. He would go on to appear in a number of films during the 1910s directed by Mariaud, Abel Gance, Jean Manoussi and Robert Boudrioz, among others. In 1922 he appeared in the Charles Burguet directed serial film ''The Mysteries of Paris'' as Maître Ferrand. The film serial ran in twelve installments and was based on the novel of the same name by Eugène Sue. Other prominent film roles of the era include appearances in the Léonce Perret directed '' Koenigsmark'' (1923), starring Maurice Lehmann and Huguette Duflos; the Edward José directed ''Terreur'' (1924), opposite Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 Films
1917 in film was a particularly fruitful year for the art form, and is often cited as one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1913. Secondarily the year saw a limited global embrace of narrative film-making and featured innovative techniques such as continuity cutting. Primarily, the year is an American landmark, as 1917 is the first year where the narrative and visual style is typified as "Classical Hollywood". __TOC__ Events *January – ''Panthea'' is released, the first film from the company that Joseph Schenck formed with his wife, Norma Talmadge, after leaving Loew's Consolidated Enterprises. *February – Buster Keaton first meets Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in New York and is hired as a co-star and gag man. *April 9 – Supreme Court of the United States rule in Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co. which ends the Motion Picture Patents Company appeal and results in the end of the company. *April 23 â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910s French-language Films
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of the Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
