Émile Drain (1890–1966) was a French actor and comedian.
In 1925, he starred as
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
with
Gloria Swanson
Gloria May Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899April 4, 1983) was an American actress and producer. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most f ...
in ''
Madame Sans-Gene''. In 1927 he played ''Napoleon'' in the
Donald Crisp
Donald William Crisp (27 July 188225 May 1974) was an English film actor as well as an early producer, director and screenwriter. His career lasted from the early silent film era into the 1960s. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ...
directed ''
The Fighting Eagle
''The Fighting Eagle'' is a 1927 American silent film adventure and romance drama starring Rod La Rocque. It was directed by Donald Crisp and it was produced by Cecil B. DeMille. The film was set during the Napoleonic Era. ''The Fighting Eagle' ...
''. In 1948, he appeared, again as Napoleon, in the film ''
The Lame Devil''.
Selected filmography
*''Après la chute de l'aigle'' (1909)
*''Androcles and the Lion'' (1911)
*''Trois Familles'' (''Three Families'') (1918)
*''Papa bon cœur'' (1919) - Marcel Daubenton
*''La Double Existence du docteur Mozart'' (1919) - Docteur André
*''Un drame sous'' (''Drama With Napoleon'') (1921) - Napoleon
*''L'Aiglonne'' (1921) - Napoleon
*''Molière, sa vie, son œuvre'' (1922)
*''Château historique'' (1923)
*''
After Love'' (1924)
*''
Madam Sans-Gene'' (1925) - Napoleon
*''
The Fighting Eagle
''The Fighting Eagle'' is a 1927 American silent film adventure and romance drama starring Rod La Rocque. It was directed by Donald Crisp and it was produced by Cecil B. DeMille. The film was set during the Napoleonic Era. ''The Fighting Eagle' ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Madame Récamier Madame may refer to:
* Madam, civility title or form of address for women, derived from the French
* Madam (prostitution), a term for a woman who is engaged in the business of procuring prostitutes, usually the manager of a brothel
* ''Madame'' ...
'' (1928) - Napoleon
*''L'Étrangère'' (''The Stranger'') (1931) - M. Mauriceau
*''L'Aiglon'' (''The Eagle'') (1931) - Napoleon
* ''
Imperial Violets'' (1932)
* ''
Casanova
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (, ; 2 April 1725 – 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, (''Story of My Life''), is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of information about the c ...
'' (1934) - Monseigneur de Bernis
*''La vie est à nous'' (1936) - Old Bertin
*''Le Perles de la couronne'' (1937) - Napoleon
*''Remontons les Champs-Élysées'' (1938) - Napoleon
*''La rue sans joie'' (''Joyless Road'') (1938) - President
*''Le Bal de passants'' (1943) - Dr. Baudouin
*''Master Love'' (1945)
*''Panique'' (''Panic'' (1946) - M. Breteuil
*''La Kermesse rouge'' (1946) - a Dominican reverend
*''La Revanche de Roger la Honte'' (1946)
*''Les Portes de la nuit'' (''Night Gates'') (1946)
*''Antoine and Antoinete'' (''Antoine et Antoinette'') (1946)
*''Les amoureux sont seuls au monde'' (1947) - a critic
*''Croisière pour l'inconnu'' (1947)
*''Le Diamant de cent sous'' (1947)
*''
The Scarlet Bazaar
''The Scarlet Bazaar'' (French: ''La kermesse rouge'') is a 1947 French historical drama film directed by Paul Mesnier and starring Albert Préjean, Andrée Servilanges and Jean Tissier.Burnett p.62
It was shot at the Buttes-Chaumont Studios in P ...
'' (1947)
*''
The Lame Devil'' (1948) - Napoleon
*''La Marie du Port'' (1949)
*''Superpacific'' (1949)
*''Justice est faite'' (1950) - Prof. Dutoit
*''Si Versailles m'était conté...'' (1953) - Napoleon
*''Si Paris nous était conté'' (1955) -
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...
*''Le Pays d'où je viens'' (1956)
Theatre
Bibliography
*Paul Bauer, ''Deux siècles d'histoire au Père Lachaise'', Mémoire et Documents, 2006, p. 291
External links
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1890 births
1966 deaths
French male film actors
French male silent film actors
French comedians
20th-century French male actors
20th-century French comedians
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