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
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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)
* ''
Anguish
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'' (1917)
* ''
Vertigo
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'' (1917)
* ''
Sharks
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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)
* ''
Southern Cross
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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
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'' (1936)
* ''
Romarin'' (1937)
* ''
Sarati the Terrible'' (1937)
* ''
Street Without Joy'' (1938)
* ''
Heroes of the Marne'' (1938)
* ''
Moulin Rouge
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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)
External links
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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
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