Maurice Serein (1905-1974) was a French
film editor
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.
[Mitchell p.118] He was active in the
French film industry
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from 1934 to 1962.
Selected filmography
* ''
Love and Luck'' (1932)
* ''
Sidonie Panache'' (1934)
* ''
Chourinette
''Chourinette'' is a 1934 French comedy drama film directed by André Hugon and starring Mireille Hartuch, Frédéric Duvallès and Jean Sinoël.Crisp p.398 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier.
Synopsis
Whe ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Little One'' (1935)
* ''
His Excellency Antonin'' (1935)
* ''
The Bureaucrats'' (1936)
* ''
You Are Me'' (1936)
* ''
Ménilmontant
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'' (1936)
* ''
Claudine at School
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'' (1937)
* ''
The Messenger'' (1937)
* ''
The Tamer
''The Tamer'' (French: ''Le dompteur'') is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Pierre Colombier and starring Saturnin Fabre, Jean-Pierre Kérien and Monique Rolland. Bessy & Chirat p.259 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacq ...
'' (1938)
* ''
Extenuating Circumstances
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'' (1939)
* ''
Latin Quarter
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Known for its student life, lively atmosphere, and bistros, t ...
'' (1939)
* ''
Nine Bachelors
''Nine Bachelors'' (French: ''Ils étaient neuf célibataires'') is a 1939 Cinema of France, French comedy film directed by Sacha Guitry and starring Guitry, Max Dearly and Elvire Popesco.
It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and locati ...
'' (1939)
* ''
Case of Conscience
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'' (1939)
* ''
The Man Who Seeks the Truth'' (1940)
* ''
The Beautiful Trip'' (1947)
* ''
The Woman in Red'' (1947)
* ''
Ruy Blas
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'' (1948)
* ''
Du Guesclin'' (1949)
* ''
Manèges
''Manèges'' is a French film directed by Yves Allégret and released in 1950. The film stars Simone Signoret (married at the time to Allégret, although the marriage came to an end soon after), Bernard Blier and Jane Marken. It is shot in blac ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Farewell Mister Grock'' (1950)
* ''
Miracles Only Happen Once
''Miracles Only Happen Once'' (, ) is a 1951 French-Italian drama film directed by Yves Allégret and starring Jean Marais, Alida Valli and Marcelle Arnold. The film is about a "psychic war-casualty" played by Jean Marais.Cardullo p.XV It was sho ...
'' (1951)
* ''
Women Are Angels
''Women Are Angels'' (French: ''Les femmes sont des anges'') is a 1952 French comedy film directed by Marcel Aboulker and starring Viviane Romance, Jeanne Fusier-Gir and André Gabriello.Rège p.2 The film's sets were designed by the art director ...
'' (1952)
* ''
Zoé'' (1954)
* ''
At the Order of the Czar'' (1954)
* ''
Les mauvaises rencontres'' (1955)
* ''
The Price of Love'' (1955)
* ''
The Singer from Mexico'' (1957)
* ''
Tabarin
Tabarin was the street name of Anthoine Girard (c. 1584 – August 16, 1633), the most famous Parisian street charlatan of his day, who amused his audiences in the Place Dauphine by farcical dialogue with his brother Philippe (as Mondor), wi ...
'' (1958)
* ''
Serenade of Texas
''Serenade of Texas'' (French: ''Sérénade au Texas'') is a 1958 French musical western film, directed by Richard Pottier and starring Luis Mariano, Bourvil and Germaine Damar.Hayward p.406-7 In the 1890s, a Frenchman discovers that he has inher ...
'' (1958)
* ''
Thunder in the Blood
''Thunder in the Blood'' (French: ''Colère froide'') is a 1960 French mystery crime film directed by André Haguet and Jean-Paul Sassy and starring Estella Blain, Harold Kay and Pierre-Jean Vaillard. Bessy & Chirat p.432 The film's sets we ...
'' (1960)
* ''
Konga Yo
''Konga Yo'' is a 1962 French adventure film directed by Yves Allégret. It was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Nicole Courcel as Marie
* Jean Lefebvre as Jean
* Sophie M'Bali as Angèle
* Roger Pigaut
Roger Pigaut (birth ...
'' (1962)
References
External links
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Bibliography
* Hayward, Susan. ''Simone Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign''. Continuum, 2004.
* Mitchell, Charles P. ''The Great Composers Portrayed on Film, 1913 through 2002''. McFarland, 2004.
1905 births
1974 deaths
French film editors
Film people from Paris
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