Jacques de Baroncelli (25 June 1881 – 12 January 1951) was a French

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best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He came from a Florentine family who had settled in

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in the 15th century, occupying a building in the centre of Avignon then called the Baroncelli Palace (now the Palais du Roure). His father's side of the family were of Tuscan origin and part of the Ghibelline tradition, and they were hereditary Marquises of Javon. Though somewhat aristocratic, the family spoke Provençal, which was rather controversial at a time when it was considered to be a language of the common people. His older brother was Folco de Baroncelli-Javon, He directed well over 80 films between 1915 and 1948 and in the 1940s released numerous films in the

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and

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. One of his films, a version of the

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novel '' La Femme et le pantin'' (1928) was filmed in the experimental Keller-Dorian colour process.

Selected filmography

* '' Ramuntcho'' (1919) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1922) * '' Nitchevo'' (1926) * '' The Duel'' (1927) * '' The Passenger'' (1928) * '' The Woman and the Puppet'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' The Dream'' (1931) * '' I'll Be Alone After Midnight'' (1931) * '' The Last Blow'' (1932) * '' Fog'' (1932) * '' Cease Firing'' (1934) * '' Crainquebille'' (1934) * '' King of the Camargue'' (1935) * '' Michel Strogoff'' (1936) * '' Nitchevo'' (1936) * '' S.O.S. Sahara'' (1938) * '' Beautiful Star'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1940) * '' The Man from Niger'' (1940) * '' The Pavilion Burns'' (1941) * ''

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'' (1941) * '' The Wicked Duchess'' 'La duchesse de Langeais''(1942) * '' The Mysteries of Paris'' (1943) * '' The Sea Rose'' (1946) * '' Rocambole'' (1948)

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* French film directors French silent film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters People of Tuscan descent 1881 births 1951 deaths People of Camargue 20th-century French male writers Filmmakers from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur {{france-film-director-stub

Selected filmography

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