La Cinématographie Française (1938)

137 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ CZXXXXXTXX2 CINEB^^RAPHIE ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ interesting subject. Good production. Beautiful outdoor scenes. First class cast. Fast action. Gosse de riche. — Director : Maurice de Canonge. Cast : Madeleine Robinson, Pierre Brasseur, Ainios, Gina Manès. Type and story : Fine program comedy with an interesting si de of life in the French working classes. Points of appeal : Good story, vital treatment. The typical French background. La Maison du Maltais ( The Maltesse). — Director : Pierre Chenal (of Crime et Châtiment, Alibi, The Lafarge Case). Cast : Viviane Romance, Jany Holt, Dalio, Pierre Renoir, Louis Jouvet. Points of appeal : Superh direction by Pierre Chenal. Outstanding photography by the expert cameraman Cur Courant. Interesting background of life in Tunis. Excellent cast with spécial merits for Viviane Romance and Dalio. La Piste du Sud (Southern trait). — Director : Pierre Billon (of Deuxième Bureau). Cast : Jean-Louis Barrault, Ketti Gallian, Albert Préjean, Pierre Renoir, René Lefèvre, ï Type and story : Melodrama with action in Sahara, based on a novel by O. P. Gilbert. Points of appeal : Outdoor scenes actually i shot in Sahara. Fine photography. Acting of Préjean, Renoir and Barrault. Belle Etoile ( SIeeping oui). — Director : Jacques de Baroncelli. Cast : Meg Lemonnier, Michel Simon, Jean-Pierre Aumonl. Type and story : Comedy based on an original story by Michel Duran. Points of ap Viviane Romance dans une scène de La Maison du Maltais, film de Pierre Chenal. peal : Charming, unpretending production Clever story, pleasant romance, good acting. Carrefour ( Cross Roads). Director : Kurt Bernhardt. Cast : Charles Vanel, Jules Berry, Suzv Prim, Tania Fédor. Type and story : Moving melodrama of human interest dealing with the story of a man who has lost his memory and starts a new life unknowing his past. Points of appeal : New, strong, stirring story. Character drawing. Fine acting of Charles Vanel in the leading rôle. Ernest le Rebelle. — Director : Christian Jaque. Cast : Fernandel, Alcover, Mona Goya, Guillaume de Sax, Robert Le Vigan. Type and story : Comedy-thriller with action somewhere in South America, adapted from a novel by Jacques Perret. Points of appeal : Amusing entertainement. Good gags. Popular angle. Café de Paris. — Directors : Yves Mirande and Georges Lacombe. Cast : Véra Korène, Jules Berry, Pierre Brasseur, Marcel Vallée, Henry Roussel, Jacques Grétillat, Simone Berriau. Type and story : Murdermystery with humoristic touches. Action is set at the famous « Café de Paris », Paris, during the New Year’s Eve célébration. Points of appeal : Good treatment, suspense, comedy. First class cast. Living atmosphère. Paix sur le Rhin (Peace on the Rhine). — Director : Jean Choux (of Maternité). Cast : Dita Parlo, Françoise Rosay, John Loder, Georges Péclet. Type and story : Draina with action set in Alsace after the Créât war. Deals with reconcilement between French and Germans. Points of appeal : Strong subject. Good direction. Moving scenes. Fine acting. Films Completed Films Now Shooting Katia. — Director : Maurice Tourneur. Cast : Danielle Darrieux, John Loder, Aimé Clariond, Jeanne Provost, Génia Vaury. Type and story : Danielle Darrieux’s first French film since lier return from Hollywood. Ambitions production of the sarne kind as Mayerling. The story deals with a love affair between the Tzar Alexander II and a young Russian girl. Expected to be one of the biggest French films of the year. Adapted from an historical novel by Lucile Decaux (Princess Bibeseo). Le Joueur d’ Echecs (The Chess Player). — Director : Jean Dréville. Cast : Conrad Veidt, Françoise Rosay, Bernard Lancret, Paul Cambo, Micheline Francey. Type and story : Ambilious film based on an historical subject with action in the eighteenth century in Poland when this country revolted against Russian domination. The central character is a mad inventor using robot-soldiers. Lavish scenery. First class cast. (Already produced in France as a silent film in 1927). Le Drame de Shanghai (Drama of Shanghai). — Director : G. W. Pasbt. Cast : Louis Jouvet, Raymond Rouleau, Christiane Mardayne, Elina Labourdette. Type and story : Important subject on the recent events in the far East where some scenes bave been actually shot. J’étais une Aventurière (I was an advei turess). — Director : Raymond Bernard (of The Wooden Crosses). Cast : Edwige Feuillère, Jean Murat, Jean Max, Jean Tissier. Type and story : Crook comedy with amuzing touches and an important sentimental side. Remontons tes Champs-Elysées (Walking up the Champs-Elysées). — Director : Sacha Guitry (of Le Roman d’un Tricheur and Pearls of the Crown). Cast : Sacha Guitry, Lucien Baroux, Jacqueline Delubae, Lisette Lanvin, Josseline Gaël, Jean Davy, etc. Type and story : A new Sacha Guitry production on the same Unes as Pearls of the Crown. It depicts the story of the famous Paris avenue and the events connected with it. Important cast, lavish scenery. Action goes from the sixteenth century up to July 14, 1919. Werther. Director : Max Opliuls (of Liebelei). Cast : Annie Vernay, Pierre-Richard Wilm, Jean Galland, Génia Vaury. Type and story : Screen adaptation of Goethe’s famous romantie novel. Likely to be an elaborate film with lavish scenery and an authentic eighteenth century background of ancient Germany. Ultimatum. — Director : The late Robert Wiene (of Caligari). Cast : Eric Von Stroheim, Dita Parlo, Abel Jacquin. Type and story : Strong melodrama based on the histarical events which proceded the Gréai World War in 1914. Entrée des Artistes (Stage Door). — Director : Marc Allégret (of Gribouille, Orage). Cast : Louis Jouvet, Claude Dauphin, Odette Joyeux, Dalio, Jacqueline Valois. Type and story : A film on life in the French Theatrical and Musical Academy School in Paris. Drama, comedy, and young characters. Education de Prince (Education for a Prince). — Director : Alexandre Esway. Cast : Louis Jouvet, Elire Popesco, Robert Lynen, Mireille Perrey. Type and story : Adaptation of Maurice Donnay’s play. Satirical comedy on the «spécial» éducation bat a cynical professor gives to a 20-year old Ruritanian Prince in Paris. Gibraltar. — Director : Fédor Ozep. Cast : Viviane Romance, Roger Ducliesne, Eric Von Stroheim, Abel Jacquin, Yvonne Lebon. Type and story : Spy melodrama with action in Gibraltar and Spain. Important film produced with a liigh budget. Lavish scenery. Many outdoor scenes. Lumières de Paris (Ligths of Paris). — Director : Richard Pottier. Cast : Tino Rossi, Michèle Alfa, Conchita Monténégro, Dalio, Raymond Cordy. Type and story : Musical film starring the famous French-Corsican ténor Tino Rossi. Lavish scenery with important music-hall scenes at the Casino de Paris. Le Révolté (The Mutineer). — Director : Léon Mathot. Cast : Pierre Renoir, René Da