René Hervil (1881–1960) was a French
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
,
screenwriter and
film director.
[Goble p.322] Most of his films were made during the
silent era. He directed the ''Maud'' series of films between 1912 and 1915 starring the Anglo-French actress
Aimée Campton.
Selected filmography
* ''
Infatuation
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'' aka ''Bouclette'' (1918)
* ''
In Old Alsace'' (1920)
* ''
The Gardens of Murcia'' (1923)
* ''
The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1923)
* ''
The Flame'' (1926)
* ''
The Man with the Hispano'' (1926)
* ''
The Chocolate Girl
''The Chocolate Girl'' (french: La Belle Chocolatière, german: Das Schokoladenmädchen) is one of the most prominent pastels of Genevan artist Jean-Étienne Liotard, showing a chocolate-serving maid. The girl carries a tray with a porcelain ch ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Prince Jean'' (1928)
* ''
The Sweetness of Loving
''The Sweetness of Loving'' (French: ''La douceur d'aimer'') is a 1930 French comedy film directed by René Hervil and starring Victor Boucher, Renée Devillers and Henri Bosc.Rège p.328
Cast
* Victor Boucher as Albert Dumontier
* Renée ...
'' (1930)
* ''
The Mystery of the Villa Rose
''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (French: ''Le mystère de la villa rose'') is a 1930 French mystery film directed by René Hervil and Louis Mercanton and starring Léon Mathot, Simone Vaudry, and Louis Baron fils.
Production
The film is based ...
'' (1930)
* ''
Nicole and Her Virtue'' (1932)
* ''
Our Lord's Vineyard'' (1932)
* ''
Un Train dans La Nuit'' (1934)
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1881 births
1960 deaths
20th-century French screenwriters
French film directors
French male film actors
French male silent film actors
20th-century French male actors
People from Levallois-Perret
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