Maurice de Canonge (March 18, 1894 – January 10, 1979) was a French

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and

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.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.222 He is also sometimes known by the name Maurice Cannon.

Selected filmography

Director

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Inspector Grey ''Inspector Grey'' (French: ''Inspecteur Grey'') is a 1936 French crime film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Maurice Lagrenée, Jean Brochard and Colette Broïdo. The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile Duquesne. It ...

'' (1936) * '' Captain Benoit'' (1938) * '' Thérèse Martin'' (1939) * ''

The Last Metro ''The Last Metro'' (french: Le Dernier Métro) is a 1980 historical drama film, written and directed by François Truffaut, that stars Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu. Opening in 1942 during the German occupation of France, it follows th ...

'' (1945) * '' Special Mission'' (1946) *'' Judicial Error'' (1948) * '' The Two Girls'' (1951) * ''

Boum sur Paris ''Boum sur Paris'', is a French comedy film from 1953, directed by Maurice de Canonge. Plot In the early 1950s, the popular radio program "La Kermesse aux Étoiles", hosted by the famous Jean Nohain, mixing lottery games and performances of va ...

'' (1953) * ''

The Price of Love "The Price of Love" is a song by the Everly Brothers, released in 1965. It charted at No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 3 on the Irish Singles Chart. It spent one week at Number 1 on the UK's NME chart, but in the US, the song failed to chart ...

'' (1955) * '' Three Sailors'' (1957)

Actor

* ''La nouvelle aurore'' (1919) - Fric-Frac * ''Les parias de l'amour'' (1921) * ''Rapax'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1923) - Zouzou * '' Shadows of Paris'' (1924) - Robert, A Taxi Driver * ''

The Side Show of Life ''The Side Show of Life'' is a 1924 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky, directed by Herbert Brenon and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on the 1920 novel ''The Mountebank'' by William J. Locke, whi ...

'' (1924) - Horatio Bakkus * ''

The Alaskan ''The Alaskan'' is a 1924 American silent adventure drama film based on a novel by James Oliver Curwood set in northwoods country, as his novels tend to be, in this case Alaska. The film was produced and released by Paramount Pictures and dire ...

'' (1924) - Tautuk * ''

Love's Wilderness ''Love's Wilderness'' is a 1924 American drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Helen Klumph and Eve Unsell. The film stars Corinne Griffith, Holmes Herbert, Ian Keith, Maurice de Canonge, Emily Fitzroy Emily Fitzroy (24 May ...

'' (1924) - Pierre Bazin * ''

Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by List of Scottish novelists, Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and Puer aeternus, never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending ...

'' (1924) - Cookson * ''

The Little French Girl ''The Little French Girl'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and written by John Russell and Anne Douglas Sedgwick from a 1924 novel by Sedgwick. The film stars Mary Brian, Maurice de Canonge, Paul Doucet, Maude Tu ...

'' (1925) - Jerry Hamble * ''

The Nude Woman The Nude Woman may refer to: * The Nude Woman (1922 film), an Italian silent drama film * The Nude Woman (1926 film), a French silent drama film * The Nude Woman (1932 film) ''The Nude Woman'' (French: ''La femme nue'') is a 1932 French drama f ...

'' (1926) - Rouchard * ''

Forbidden Hours ''Forbidden Hours'' is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film directed by Harry Beaumont as a vehicle for Mexican-born star Ramon Novarro. It was the second of four films to pair Novarro with leading lady Renée Adorée. Plot Set in the fic ...

'' (1928) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''L'évadée'' (1929) - Drackson * ''Quand nous étions deux'' (1930) - Rouchard * ''Amours viennoises'' (1931) - Muller * ''Les quatre vagabonds'' (1931) - Novac * ''Olive se marie'' (1931) * ''Olive passager clandestin'' (1931) - Olive * ''Un de la montagne'' (1934) - Le directeur de l'hôtel (uncredited) * ''Adémaï au moyen âge'' (1935) - Un officier anglais * ''Le coup de trois'' (1936) - Le marchand de poissons * ''

The Call of Silence ''The Call of Silence'', also screened as ''The Call'' (French: ''L'Appel du Silence''), is a 1936 French drama film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Jean Yonnel, Pierre de Guingand and Jacqueline Francell. It is a biography based on the ...

'' (1936) * ''Le grand refrain'' (1936) * ''La bataille du feu'' (1949) * ''Dernière heure, édition spéciale'' (1949) - (uncredited) * ''

Me and the Colonel ''Me and the Colonel'' is a 1958 American comedy film based on the play ''Jacobowsky und der Oberst'' by Franz Werfel. It was directed by Peter Glenville and stars Danny Kaye, Curd Jürgens and Nicole Maurey. Kaye won a Golden Globe Award for ...

'' (1958) - Hollander (uncredited) * '' The Roots of Heaven'' (1958) - Haas * ''

Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 Old Style and New Style dates, NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-emin ...

'' (1967) * ''

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'' (1968) - Director of Hotel (uncredited) * ''

Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! ''Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!'' is a 1971 film written and directed by Romain Gary. Cast * Stephen Boyd as Brad Killian * Jean Seberg as Emily Hamilton * James Mason as Alan Hamilton * Curd Jürgens as Grueningen * Daniel Emilfork as Mejid Receptio ...

'' (1971) - 1st Client (final film role)

References

Bibliography

* Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1894 births 1979 deaths French film directors French male film actors French male silent film actors 20th-century French male actors Actors from Toulon Mass media people from Toulon {{France-film-director-stub