Jean Durand (1882–1946) was a French

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and

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of the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

.Rège p.349 He was extremely prolific, working on well over two hundred films. He was married to the actress

Berthe Dagmar Berthe Dagmar (1884–1934) was a French film actress 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, rad ...

Selected filmography

* '' Tarnished Reputations'' (1920, writer) * ''

Madame Sans-Gêne Madame Sans-Gêne may refer to: * Marie-Thérèse Figueur (1774–1861), French female soldier * Catherine Hübscher (1753–1835), wife of Marshal of France François Joseph Lefebvre, whose life has been dramatised in: ** ''Madame Sans-Gêne'' ...

'' (1925, assistant director) * ''

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'' (1927) * ''

An Ideal Woman ''An Ideal Woman'' (French: ''La femme rêvée'') is a 1929 French silent film directed by Jean Durand and starring Arlette Marchal, Charles Vanel, and Alice Roberts.Rège p.353 Cast * Arlette Marchal * Charles Vanel * Alice Roberts * Harry ...

'' (1929) * '' Island of Love'' (1929) * '' Distress'' (1929)

References

Bibliography

* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1882 births 1946 deaths 20th-century French screenwriters Film directors from Paris {{France-film-director-stub