The Société des Cinéromans was a French film production company of the
silent movie
''Silent Movie'' is a 1976 American satirical comedy film co-written, directed by and starring Mel Brooks, released by 20th Century Fox in the summer of 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, and Sid Cae ...
era.
History
In 1919,
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 186815 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.
In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1 ...
founded the Société des Cinéromans in
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...
with
René Navarre
René Navarre (8 July 1877 – 8 February 1968) was a French actor of the silent era. He appeared in 109 films between 1910 and 1946, and was often credited simply as Navarre. His most famous role was probably the master criminal Fantômas. ...
and
Arthur Bernède
Arthur Bernède (5 January 1871 – 20 March 1937) was a French writer, poet, opera librettist, and playwright.
Bernède was born in Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine department, in Brittany.
In 1919, Bernède joined forces with actor René Navarre, who ...
to publish novels and turn them into films.
The company was taken over by
Pathé
Pathé or Pathé Frères (, styled as PATHÉ!) is the name of various French people, French businesses that were founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France starting in 1896. In the early 1900s, Pathé became the world's largest ...
in 1922. It continued producing films until 1930.
Filmography
*1919: ''La Nouvelle Aurore'' in 16 episodes ;
*1920: ''Tue-la-mort'' (1920) en 12 episodes, where his daughter Madeleine, aged 13, took the role of Canzonetta ;
*1921: ''Le Sept de trèfle'' in 12 episodes ;
*1922: ' in 10 episodes.
Under Pathé:
*1922: ' by
Henri Fescourt
Henri Fescourt (23 November 1880 – 9 August 1966) was a French film director. He directed some 40 films in his career.
Filmography
* 1912 : '' Un vol a été commis''
* 1912 : '' Le Petit restaurant de l'impasse Canin''
* 1912 : '' Paris-Sa ...
*1922: ''L'homme aux trois masques''
*1922: ''Impéria''
*1923: ''Gossette''
*1923: ''L'enfant roi''
*1923: ''Tao''
*1923: ''Vidocq''
*1924: ''La goutte de sang''
*1924: ''Le secret d'Alta Rocca''
*1924: ''L'enfant des halles''
*1924: ''Mandrin'' by Henri Fescourt
*1925: ''
Les misérables
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In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original ...
'', by Henri Fescourt
*1925: ''Fanfan-la-Tulipe''
*1925: ''Mylord l'Arsouille''
*1926: ''Le Juif errant''
*1926: ''Titi premier, roi des gosses''
*1926: ''L'espionne aux yeux noirs''
*1926: ''Surcouf''
*1926: ''
Jean Chouan
Jean Chouan () was the nom de guerre of the Frenchman, Jean Cottereau, who was born in Saint-Berthevin, near Laval, in the department of Mayenne on 30 October 1757 and died 18 July 1794 in Olivet, Mayenne. He was a counter-revolutionary, an ...
''
*1926: ''Cinders'' ... Production Company
*1926: ''En plongée''
*1927: '' La petite chocolatière''
*1927: ' ( ''Mitgiftjäger'') Production Company (co-production)
*1927: '' Captain Rascasse''
*1927: ''
The Loves of Casanova
''The Loves of Casanova'' or ''Casanova'' is a 1927 French Historical drama film directed by Alexandre Volkoff and starring Ivan Mozzhukhin, Suzanne Bianchetti and Diana Karenne. The film portrays the life and adventures of Giacomo Casanova ( ...
''
*1927: ''Feu!''
*1927: ''
Colette the Unwanted
''Colette the Unwanted'' (French: ''Les larmes de Colette'') is a 1927 French silent film directed by René Barberis.Rège p.51
Cast
* André Rolane as Colette
* Marcelle Barry as L'institutrice
* Renée Carl as Madame Lapierre
* Olga Day ...
'', by
René Barberis
René Barberis (11 March 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a French screenwriter and film director.Bentley p.52
Selected filmography
Director
* ''Colette the Unwanted'' (1927)
* ''The Vein'' (1928)
* '' The Unknown Dancer'' (1929)
* ''Temptation'' ...
Jacques de Baroncelli
Jacques de Baroncelli (25 June 1881 – 12 January 1951) was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He came from a Florence, Florentine family who had settled in Provence in the 15th century, occupying ...
*1927: ''Poker d'as''
*1928: ''
L'argent
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The Vein
''The Vein'' (French: ''La veine'') is a 1928 French silent comedy film directed by René Barberis and starring Sandra Milovanoff and Rolla Norman.Rège p. 51
Cast
* Sandra Milovanoff as Charlotte Lagnier
* Rolla Norman as Julien Bréard ...
'' by René Barberis
*1928: ''L'occident'' by Henri Fescourt
*1928: ''Princesse Masha''
*1928: '' La storia di una piccola Parigina''
*1928: ''La petite fonctionnaire''
*1928: ''Croquette''
*1928: ''
Karina the Dancer
''Karina the Dancer'' (French:''La maison du Maltais'') is a 1928 French silent film directed by Henri Fescourt and starring Marie-Louise Vois, Sylvio De Pedrelli, Louis Vonelly. The film is based on a novel by Jean Vignaud.Goble p.479
Cast
* M ...
''
*1929: '' The Unknown Dancer'' ... Production Company
*1929: ''Le ruisseau''
*1929: ''
La tentation
''La tentation'' is a ballet-opera, a hybrid work in which both singers and dancers play major roles. It was premiered in 1832 in its original five-act form by the Paris Opéra at the Salle Le Peletier. Most of the music was by Fromental Halévy, ...
''
*1929: ''Paris-Girls''
*1929: ''La femme et le pantin''
*1929: '' La merveilleuse journée''
*1929: ''Les fils du soleil''