Gabriel de Gravone (; 1887–1972) was a French

stage actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

.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 convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

, as well as directing one which he also starred in.

Selected filmography

* ''

La Roue ''La Roue'' (, 'The Wheel') is a French silent film, directed by Abel Gance, who also directed ''Napoléon'' and ''J'accuse''. It was released in 1923. The film used then-revolutionary lighting techniques, and rapid scene changes and cuts. Plo ...

'' (1923) * '' Mimi Pinson'' (1924) * '' The Fiery Cavalcade'' (1925) * ''

Michel Strogoff ''Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar'' (french: Michel Strogoff) is a novel written by Jules Verne in 1876. Critic Leonard S. Davidow, considers it one of Verne's best books. Davidow wrote, "Jules Verne has written no better book than thi ...

'' (1926)

References

Bibliography

* Abel, Richard. ''The Ciné Goes to Town: French Cinema, 1896-1914''. University of California Press, 1994.

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* 1887 births 1972 deaths French male stage actors French male film actors French male silent film actors People from Ajaccio {{France-actor-stub