''Heart of an Actress'' (French: ''Âme d'artiste'') is a 1924 French silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Germaine Dulac Germaine Dulac (; born Charlotte Elisabeth Germaine Saisset-Schneider; 17 November 1882 – 20 July 1942)Flitterman-Lewis 1996 was a French filmmaker, film theorist, journalist and critic. She was born in Amiens and moved to Paris in early chil ...

and starring

Iván Petrovich Iván Petrovich ( sr, Иван Петровић, Ivan Petrović; 1 January 1894 – 18 October 1962) was a Serbian film actor and singer. He was the first actor from Yugoslavia to have a successful international movie career. Petrovich mainly w ...

, Nicolas Koline and Mabel Poulton. Poulton had almost been cast in Abel Gance's ''

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

'', but after being turned down she appeared in this film before returning to Britain.Macnab p.51

Cast

as Herbert Campbell, le poète * Nicolas Koline as Le souffleur Morris, père adoptif d'Helen * Mabel Poulton as Helen Taylor *

Yvette Andréyor Yvette Andréyor (born Yvette Louise Pauline Royé, 6 August 1891 – 30 October 1962) was a French actress most popular in the era of silent film. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1910 and 1962. Biography Yvette Louise Pauline R ...

as Mrs. Campbell, femme du poète * Henry Houry as Lord Stamford * Jeanne Bérangère as La belle-mère * Félix Barre as Vendeur * Gina Manès as L'Actrice *

Charles Vanel Charles-Marie Vanel (21 August 1892 – 15 April 1989) was a French actor and director. During his 76-year film career, which began in 1912, he appeared in more than 200 films and worked with many prominent directors, including Alfred Hitchcock ...

* Lou Davy *

Ève Francis Ève Francis (born Eva Louise François; 20 August 1886 – 6 December 1980) was an actress and film-maker. She was born in Belgium but spent most of her career in France. She became closely associated with the writer Paul Claudel, and she wa ...

Gaston Modot Gaston Modot (31 December 1887 – 20 February 1970) was a French actor. For more than 50 years he performed for the cinema working with a number of great French directors. Biography Modot lived in Montmartre at the beginning of the 20th cen ...

References

Bibliography

* Macnab, Geoffrey. ''Searching for Stars''. Cassell, 2000.

External links

* 1924 films French drama films French silent feature films 1924 drama films 1920s French-language films Films directed by Germaine Dulac French black-and-white films Pathé films Silent drama films 1920s French films {{1920s-France-film-stub