Maurice de Canonge (March 18, 1894 – January 10, 1979) was a French

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.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.222 He is also sometimes known by the name Maurice Cannon.

Selected filmography

Director

* '' Inspector Grey'' (1936) * ''

Captain Benoit ''Captain Benoit'' (French: ''Le capitaine Benoît'') is a 1938 French thriller film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Jean Murat, Mireille Balin and Madeleine Robinson.Spring p.168 The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucie ...

'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1939) * '' The Last Metro'' (1945) * '' Special Mission'' (1946) *'' Judicial Error'' (1948) * '' The Two Girls'' (1951) * '' Boum sur Paris'' (1953) * '' The Price of Love'' (1955) * '' Three Sailors'' (1957)

Actor

* ''La nouvelle aurore'' (1919) - Fric-Frac * ''Les parias de l'amour'' (1921) * ''Rapax'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1923) - Zouzou * '' Shadows of Paris'' (1924) - Robert, A Taxi Driver * '' The Side Show of Life'' (1924) - Horatio Bakkus * '' The Alaskan'' (1924) - Tautuk * ''

Love's Wilderness ''Love's Wilderness'' is a 1924 American drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Helen Klumph and Eve Unsell. The film stars Corinne Griffith, Holmes Herbert, Ian Keith, Maurice de Canonge, Emily Fitzroy, and Anne Schaefer. ...

'' (1924) - Pierre Bazin * '' Peter Pan'' (1924) - Cookson * '' The Little French Girl'' (1925) - Jerry Hamble * '' The Nude Woman'' (1926) - Rouchard * '' Forbidden Hours'' (1928) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''L'évadée'' (1929) - Drackson * ''Quand nous étions deux'' (1930) - Rouchard * ''Amours viennoises'' (1931) - Muller * ''Les quatre vagabonds'' (1931) - Novac * ''Olive se marie'' (1931) * ''Olive passager clandestin'' (1931) - Olive * ''Un de la montagne'' (1934) - Le directeur de l'hôtel (uncredited) * ''Adémaï au moyen âge'' (1935) - Un officier anglais * ''Le coup de trois'' (1936) - Le marchand de poissons * '' The Call of Silence'' (1936) * ''Le grand refrain'' (1936) * ''La bataille du feu'' (1949) * ''Dernière heure, édition spéciale'' (1949) - (uncredited) * '' Me and the Colonel'' (1958) - Hollander (uncredited) * '' The Roots of Heaven'' (1958) - Haas * '' Cervantes'' (1967) * '' Hot Line'' (1968) - Director of Hotel (uncredited) * '' Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!'' (1971) - 1st Client (final film role)

References

Bibliography

* Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1894 births 1979 deaths French film directors French male film actors French male silent film actors 20th-century French male actors Actors from Toulon Mass media people from Toulon {{France-film-director-stub