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André Hugon (17 December 1886 – 22 August 1960) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards, particularly of the 1920s and into sound. Hugon was born in
Algiers Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Offi ...
in 1886 which at the time was part of France. He directed some 90 films between 1913 and 1952.


Selected filmography

* '' Flower of Paris'' (1916) * '' The Gold Chignon'' (1916) * '' The Jackals'' (1917) * ''
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'' (1917) * '' A Crime Has Been Committed'' (1919) * '' Mademoiselle Chiffon'' (1919) * '' Jacques Landauze'' (1920) * '' Worthless Woman'' (1921) * '' The Fugitive'' (1920) * '' The Black Diamond'' (1922) * '' King of the Camargue'' (1922) * '' The Two Pigeons'' (1922) * '' The Little Thing'' (1923) * '' La gitanilla'' (1924) * '' The Thruster'' (1924) * '' The Princess and the Clown'' (1924) * '' Yasmina'' (1927) * '' The Temple of Shadows'' (1927) * '' The Great Passion'' (1928) * '' The Three Masks'' (1929) * '' The Wedding March'' (1929) * '' Levy and Company'' (1930) * '' Tenderness'' (1930) * '' Moritz Makes his Fortune'' (1931) * '' The Levy Department Stores'' (1932) * '' The Sandman'' (1932) * ''
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'' (1932) * '' Maurin of the Moors'' (1932) * '' If You Wish It'' (1932) * '' The Illustrious Maurin'' (1933) * '' Chourinette'' (1934) * '' Gaspard de Besse'' (1935) * '' Moses and Solomon, Perfumers'' (1935) * '' Mercadet'' (1936) * '' Monsieur Bégonia'' (1937) * ''
The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy ''The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy'' (French: ''Les mariages de Mademoiselle Lévy'') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by André Hugon and starring Yvette Lebon, Charles Lamy and Pierre Mingand.Rège p.511 It is the fourth and final entry i ...
'' (1936) * '' Romarin'' (1937) * '' Sarati the Terrible'' (1937) * '' Street Without Joy'' (1938) * '' Heroes of the Marne'' (1938) * ''
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'' (1941) * '' Three Argentines in Montmartre'' (1941) * '' Room 13'' (1942) * '' The Exile's Song'' (1943) * '' Father Serge'' (1945) * '' The Grand Hotel Affair'' (1946) * '' The Village of Wrath'' (1947) * '' Monsieur de Falindor'' (1947)


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* French film directors Algerian film directors French silent film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters French film producers People from Algiers 1886 births 1960 deaths Pieds-noirs Burials at Batignolles Cemetery 20th-century French male writers Emigrants from French Algeria to France {{france-film-director-stub