Paul Gury

Paul Gury was the stage name of Loïc (Louis-Marie) Le Gouriadec (May 11, 1888 - November 13, 1974), a French-Canadian film and theatre actor, director and writer. He was most noted as the director of three significant films in the early Cinema of Quebec.

Career

Born in Vannes, Morbihan, France, he emigrated to Montreal, Quebec in 1907, and studied dramatic arts at the Conservatoire Lassalle.Jean Marmier, "La carrière franco-canadienne de Loïc Le Gouriadec, homme de théâtre" in ''Annales de Bretagne et des pays de l'Ouest'', Vol. 85, No. 4 (1978). pp. 631-640. In 1918, he became director of Montreal's Théâtre National. He wrote or cowrote a number of stage plays during this era, including ''Le Mortel baiser'', ''L'Homme au foulard blanc'', ''Les Dopés'', ''Les Esclaves blanches'' and a theatrical adaptation of Louis Hémon's novel ''Maria Chapdelaine''. He remained with the theatre until 1936, when he was succeeded as director by Rose Ouellette.

In the 1930s, he began working in film, with acting and screenwriting credits in several French films, and in broadcasting as a writer of radio dramas for CKVL, CKAC and Radio-Canada. His noted radio dramas included ''La Fiancée du commando'' and ''Le procès du fils de l’homme''.

He was hired by producer Paul L'Anglais to direct ''A Man and His Sin'', the 1949 film adaptation of Claude-Henri Grignon's novel ''Un homme et son péché''. In the same year he also directed '' The Village Priest (Le Curé de village)'', and in 1950 he released '' Séraphin'', a sequel to ''A Man and His Sin''.

He had occasional acting roles thereafter, including in stage productions of Jean Anouilh's '' The Lark'' and Maurice Gagnon's ''Edwige'',"Rideau Vert Presents Original Canadian Play"
''Montreal Star'', November 6, 1959. and continued to write for radio into the 1960s, including the dramatic serials ''Vies de femmes'' and ''L'Hirondelle du faubourg''.

Throughout his career, he was credited as Paul Gury when acting or directing, but used his real name in writing credits.

Personal life

He was married to actress Yvette Brind'Amour, with whom he participated in the creation of her theatre company Théâtre du Rideau Vert in 1949.

Filmography

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1888 births
1974 deaths
20th-century Canadian male actors
20th-century Canadian male writers
20th-century Canadian screenwriters
20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
20th-century French male actors
20th-century French male writers
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20th-century French dramatists and playwrights
Canadian male stage actors
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Canadian theatre directors
Canadian dramatists and playwrights in French
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French male stage actors
French male film actors
French male television actors
French male dramatists and playwrights
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French emigrants to Canada
Film directors from Montreal
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Writers from Vannes