La Cinématographie française (May - Aug 1937)

168 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ DOUBLE CRIME SUR LA LIGNE MAGINOT (Double Crime on the Maginot Line). An important spy piétine, directed by Félix Gandéra, frora a novel by Pierre Nord. Action is set in the famous .Maginot Line of Forts on the Freneli border. Stars of the film are Vera Korène ond Victor Francen. Big scenery lias been necessary for this film, for which ail the underground forts hâve been re-built at the studios. LA CITADELLE DU SILENCE (Citadel of Silence)'. Directed by Marcel Lherbier. This is the only film in which the Freneh star Annabella will play, in France, this year. The .story is in Poland, during the Soviet invasion, in 1920. Pierre Renoir and Larquey are also casted in this film. LE MESSAGER. — This famous play by Henry Bernstein bas been adapted for the screen and directed by Raymond Roulleau. Stars are Gaby Morlay, Jean Gabin and Jean-Pierre Aumont. UN CARNET DE BAL. — An original picture written and directed by Julien Duvivier. Ail star Casl : Harry Baur, Marie Bell, Pierre Blanchar, Françoise Rosay, Louis Jouvet, Fernandel, Victor Francen, Pierre Richard-Willm and Raimu. Important scènes on location, shot in Italy and in the Alps. MADEMOISELLE MA MERE. — A charming comedy by Louis Verneuil, directed by Henri Decoin and starring the young, but famous Freneh star, Danielle Darriëux, who will shortly be leaving for America. SARATI LE TERRIBLE. — Jean Vignault's novel, already screened in a silent version, bas now been produced and directed by André Hugon with Harry Baur in the title rôle. Important scènes shot at the docks of Algiers' harbour. Cast also inclu CINE FR RAPHIE SE ffk jnRQ^f a jm Imfj LXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXYYTl under tropical sun, with an unit which stayed there for two months. Star of the film is Harry Baur, and the cast includes Raymond Segard, Charles Deschamps, G; le Dita Parlo dans La Grande Illusion. des a new talent, Jacqueline Laurent, and Georges Rigaud, ready to go to Hollywood where he will partner Marlène Dietrich. LES HOMMES SANS NOMS. — A big pictures on the Foreign Légion, mainly produced in Morocco by Jean Vallée. Cast includes Constant Rémy and Tania Fédor. PICTURES IN THE MAKING Among the pictures now in course of production, the most important are : LES SECRETS DE LA MER ROUGE (Secrets of the Red Sea). — This film, directed by Richard Pottier, is expected to be one of the main Freneh films of the year. Story is by the famous Freneh adventurer, Henry de Monfreid, and bas as background, Freneh Somaliîand and the isles of the Red Sea. The main scènes of the film were shot. Larquey. Jules Berry. Armand Bernard, dans le grand film de Pierre Colombier, Le Club des Aristocrates distribué par les Films J. Sefert. by Basset, and last, but not least, Henry d( Monfreild, as «himself». DROLE DE DRAME. — From the En, glish novei « His First Oflfence», by J. Sto! rer-Clouston. Directed by the young Freneh director, Marcel Carné, already famous for his first film Jenny. Action is set in Londonj in 1900, and this détective story is at the) same tirhe a humourous film. Cast inciii des : Françoise Rosay, Louis Jouvet, Micheï Simon, Jean-Louis Barrault, Jean-Pierre AuS mont, and a new talent Nadine Vogel. il is certain that, due to the personality oit the director, and the care taken in the making, this wiî] be one of the biggesi Freneli) films of the year. ABUS DE CONFIANCE A draina by Pierre Wolff, directed by Henri Decoin and starring Danielle Darriëux. NOSTALGIE. — Adapted from a Russian .novel, «The Post Master», by Pouchkine, is brought to the screen and directed by a Russian director, Tourjansky, with a cast including Georges Rigaud, Harry Baur and Jeanine Crispin. LEGIONS D'HONNEUR. The majority of the scènes for this film were shot, by the director Maurice Gleize, in the Freneh Sahara, as the story deals with the spécial body of Freneh mounted soldiers on dromedaries, known as « Légions d'honneur ». Cast includes Charles Vanel and Abel Jacquin. J'ACCUSE. — The famous Freneh director Abel Gance, who made Napoléon, is working on the production of a new and talking version of his famous silent film: J'accuse. Victor Francen, Jean-Louis Barrault, Jean Max, Renée Devillers and Line Noro are in the cast. LA DAME DE MALACCA. — An adventure film, adapted from .Maurice Dekobra's novel, and directed by Marc Allégret, with Edwige Feuillère and Pierre Richard-Willm. L'ESCADRILLE DE LA CHANCE» — Directed by Max de Vaucorbeil, from a novel by the Freneh deputy, Jean-Michel Renaitour. Outdoor scènes fo this aviation film were made in Morocco. Cast includes Lily Damita and Charles Vanel. SŒURS D'ARMES (Sislers in Arms). Director of the famous L'Appel du silence, Léon Poirier is now producing Sœurs d'armes, which shows the life of the Freneh heroine, Louise de Bettignies, in the North of France, invaded by Germany, during the war. Outdoor scènes are being made in Lille and in Brusseïs. Jeanne Sully and Josette Day are in the leading rôles. IRENEE (Le Schi>ountz). - A new film, written and directed by Marcel Pagnol which is a satire on the studios and cinéma circles. Fernandel is taking the lead. L'HABIT VERT. An adaptation of a famous satirist play of the 1910 days on the Freneh Academy. Cast includes besl Freneh stage actors : Elvire Popesco, Victor Boucher, Jules Berry, André Lefaur, Larquev and Meg Lemonnier. ALOHA LE CHANT DES ILES. — Directed by Léon Mathot, with Danielle Parola and Jean Murât. Outdoor scènes hâve been shot in Morocco.