Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt (born Henriette-Rosine Bernard, 22 or 23 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She also played male roles, including Shakespeare's Hamlet. French poet and dramatist Edmond Rostand called her "the queen of the pose and the princess of the gesture", while Victor Hugo praised her "golden voice". Bernhardt made several theatrical tours around the world, and was one of the first prominent actresses to make sound recordings and to act in motion pictures. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Those of Our Land
as SelfWith family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha...
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Edgar Degas Filmed Walking Down a Paris Street
as SelfUnique film of the Impressionist painter Edgar Degas captured walking down a street in Paris in...
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The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount...
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Queen Elizabeth
as Queen Elizabeth IEpisodes from the life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603), focusing on her ill-fated...
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Le duel d'Hamlet
as HamletThe movie consists solely of a saber fight. Bernhardt plays a cross-gender Hamlet, and Pierre...
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The Century Is Fifty
as Self (archive footage)As the title of this French documentary indicates, Ce Siecle a 50 Ans examines the 20th Century...
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Paris Nineteen Hundred
as Self (archive footage)Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of...
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Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre
as uncreditedThe Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre was a special pavilion at the 1900 Paris World's Fair which featured...
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The Clairvoyant
as Madame GainardJean is thrown out of the house by his father, a remarried politician, out of jealousy for his...
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Camille
as Marguerite GauthierMarguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand...
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Mothers of France
as Jeanne d'UrbexA mother loses first her son and then her husband in the trenches of France during the First...
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Great Actresses of the Past
as (archive footage)Compiled by The Museum of Modern Art Film Library in 1938, the film is a glimpse of the early...
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Le Cinéma de grand-père
as Self (archive footage)Remarkable life story of Henri Diamant-Berger, a director and screenwriter whose devotion to...
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Adrienne Lecouvreur
as Adrienne LecouvreurA considered lost film from 1913
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Jeanne Doré
as Jeanne DoréJeanne Doré becomes the accomplice of her son Jacques who unfortunately commits a crime to help...
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Hamlet. William Shakespeare. Scène du duel jouée par Mme Sarah Bernhardt, M. Pierre Magnier et Mlle Suzanne Seylor
as HamletA short film
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