Robert Pierre Frédéric Boudrioz (12 February 1887 – 22 June 1949) was a French
screenwriter
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and
film director
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Boudrioz was born in
Versailles
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and died in
Paris
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Selected filmography
Director
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Tom Thumb
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'' (1920)
* ''
Tillers of the Soil'' (1923)
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La Chaussée des géants
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La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
'' (1925)
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Holiday
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'' (1931)
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Vacances
''Holiday'' (French: ''Vacances'') is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Robert Boudrioz and starring Florelle, Lucien Gallas and Georges Charlia.Goble p.39
The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch.
Plot summa ...
'' (1933)
* ''
Le grillon du foyer'' (1933)
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The Man with a Broken Ear
''The Man with a Broken Ear'' (French:''L'homme à l'oreille cassée'') is a 1934 French drama film directed by Robert Boudrioz and starring Thomy Bourdelle, Jacqueline Daix and Alice Tissot.Goble p.800 It was an adaptation of the 1862 novel ...
'' (1934)
Bibliography
* Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
* Powrie, Phil & Rebillard, Éric. ''Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema''. Edinburgh University Press, 2009
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French film directors
French male screenwriters
20th-century French screenwriters
People from Versailles
1887 births
1949 deaths
20th-century French male writers
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