Georges Benoît (27 November 1883 – 1942) was a French

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who worked on more than sixty films during his career. During the

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, he was employed mostly in

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. Later he worked in his native France on films such as

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's '' Departure'' (1931). Between 1929 and 1934 he appeared in approximately ten films as an actor. Benoît also worked in Argentina where he directed the 1919 film '' Juan Sin Ropa'' and was cinematographer for the historical epic '' The Charge of the Gauchos'' (1928).Finkielman p. 81

Selected filmography

* '' Regeneration'' (1915) * ''

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'' (1915) * '' The Serpent'' (1916) * '' Blue Blood and Red'' (1916) * '' When False Tongues Speak'' (1917) * '' The Wonder Man'' (1920) * '' The Stealers'' (1920) * '' The Little 'Fraid Lady'' (1920) * '' What's a Wife Worth?'' (1921) * '' Live and Let Live'' (1921) * '' Omar the Tentmaker'' (1922) * '' Wandering Daughters'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1924) (as George Benoit) * '' Why Get Married?'' (1924) * '' Off the Highway'' (1925) * ''

Stop Flirting ''Stop Flirting'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Wanda Hawley, John T. Murray, and Ethel Shannon. It is based on the 1923 West End play of the same title, which itself is based on the original 192 ...

'' (1925) * ''

A Lover's Oath ''A Lover's Oath'' is a lost film, lost 1925 American silent film, silent fantasy film directed by Ferdinand P. Earle, jun. and featuring Ramon Novarro. The film is based upon the ''Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'', as translated by Edward Fitzgerald ( ...

'' (1925) * '' The Prairie Pirate'' (1925) * '' The Danger Girl'' (1926) * '' West of Broadway'' (1926) * '' Pals in Paradise'' (1926) * '' The Speeding Venus'' (1926) * ''

Forbidden Waters ''Forbidden Waters'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Alan Hale and starring Priscilla Dean, Walter McGrail, and Dan Mason. Plot As described in a film magazine review, J. Austin Bell, a divorced man, promises his former wi ...

'' (1926) * '' The Danger Girl'' (1926) * '' No Control'' (1927) * '' The Wagon Show'' (1928) * '' The Charge of the Gauchos'' (1928) * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1929) * '' Departure'' (1931) * '' In the Name of the Law'' (1932) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1933) * ''

The Uncle from Peking ''The Uncle from Peking'' (French: ''L'oncle de Pékin'') is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Jacques Darmont and starring Armand Bernard, Janine Merrey and Pierre Brasseur.Rège p.285 The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé B ...

'' (1934) * '' Your Smile'' (1934) * '' Sidonie Panache'' (1934) * '' Return to Paradise'' (1935) * ''

Justin de Marseille ''Justin de Marseille'' is a 1935 French crime drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Antonin Berval, Pierre Larquey and Alexandre Rignault.Waldman p.150 It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé-Natan in Paris and on locatio ...

'' (1935) * '' The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' My Father Was Right'' (1936) * '' The Baker's Wife'' (1938) * '' Yahya el hub'' (1938) * ''

The New Rich ''The New Rich'' (French: ''Les Nouveaux Riches'') is a 1938 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Raimu, Michel Simon and Betty Stockfeld. Rège p.164 It is based on a 1917 stage farce of the same title by Charles Albert ...

'' (1938) * ''

Promise to a Stranger ''Promise to a Stranger'' (French: ''Promesse à l'inconnue'') is a 1942 French drama film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Charles Vanel, Claude Dauphin and Madeleine Robinson. https://www.unifrance.org/film/6225/promesse-a-l-inconnu ...

'' (1942) * '' The Snow on the Footsteps'' (1942)

References

Bibliography

* Finkielman, Jorge. ''The Film Industry in Argentina: An Illustrated Cultural History''. McFarland, 2003. * Fujiwara, Chris. ''Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall''. McFarland, 1998.

External links

* 1883 births 1942 deaths French cinematographers French male film actors French male silent film actors 20th-century French male actors Film directors from Paris {{France-film-bio-stub