Sarah Bernhardt
Also Known As: Henriette-Rosine Bernard
Biography: 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
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Birthday: October 23, 1844
Deathday: March 26, 1923
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Gender: Female
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Great Actresses of the Past
Overview: Compiled by The Museum of Modern Art Film Library in 1938, the film is a glimpse of the early 20th century’s finest stage performers— Gabrielle Réjane, Eleonora Duse, Sarah Bernhardt, and Minnie Maddern Fiske. The compliation contains excerpts from four films, adapted from four timeless stories: Madame Sans-Gêne (1911), Cenere (1916), La Dame aux Camélias (1912), and Vanity Fair (1915).
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-07
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Those of Our Land
Overview: With family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha Guitry decided to film the individuals in action, to celebrate the greatness of his culture, threatened by Germany in the ongoing Great War.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1915-11-22
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Jeanne Doré
Overview: Jeanne Doré becomes the accomplice of her son Jacques who unfortunately commits a crime to help his mistress, Fanny, find money.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1915-10-20
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Stars of Yesterday
Overview: Stars of Yesterday documentary film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-31
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The Clairvoyant
Overview: Jean is thrown out of the house by his father, a remarried politician, out of jealousy for his friendship with his mother-in-law. He finds refuge at an artist's apartment. In the same building lives a famous fortune teller that the mother-in-law just happens to consult. With her help, Jean will be able to marry his young sweetheart and his father will solve his political troubles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1924-10-31
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Queen Elizabeth
Overview: Episodes from the life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603), focusing on her ill-fated love affair with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-08-16
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Paris Nineteen Hundred
Overview: Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of original material, all authentic, secured from more then 700 films belonging to public and private collections. A few of the celebrities of the time shown are Enrico Caruso, Sarah Bernhardt, and Maurice Chevalier.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1948-02-25
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Le duel d'Hamlet
Overview: The movie consists solely of a saber fight. Bernhardt plays a cross-gender Hamlet, and Pierre Magnier is her fellow duelist, Laertes. A few bystanders, in Rennaissance dress, stand off to the right of the screen, and in the background, next to a painted backdrop.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1900-05-21
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Mothers of France
Overview: A mother loses first her son and then her husband in the trenches of France during the First World War. She devotes herself to the French cause and to helping those wounded in the war.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1916-01-02
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The House That Shadows Built
Overview: The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1912. It was a promotional film for exhibitors and never had a regular theatrical release and includes a brief history of Paramount, interviews with various actors, and clips from upcoming projects (some of which never came to fruition). The title comes from a biography of Paramount founder Adolph Zukor, The House That Shadows Built (1928), by William Henry Irwin.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-08
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Camille
Overview: Marguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Marguerite discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-01-02
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Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre
Overview: The Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre was a special pavilion at the 1900 Paris World's Fair which featured filmed performances presented with sound via wax cylinder recordings. Many of these short films were also presented in hand-tinted color. The performances ranged from theatre (Coquelin the eldest, Gabrielle Réjane, Sarah Bernhardt, Félicia Mallet), opera & operetta (Mariette Sully, Emile Cossira, Jeanne Hatto, Mily-Meyer, Désiré Pougaud), to café concert & music hall variety (Footit et Chocolat, Mason and Forbes, Little Tich, Brunin, Polin, Jules Moy) and dance (Blanche and Louise Mante from the Paris Opera, Carlotta Zambelli, Michel Vasquez, Rosita Mauri, Jeanne Chasles, Achille Viscusi, Christine Kerf, Cléo de Mérode).
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1900-04-28
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The Century Is Fifty
Overview: As the title of this French documentary indicates, Ce Siecle a 50 Ans examines the 20th Century at its halfway point. Utilizing the archives of several European film reserves, director Denise Tua offers a fascinating mosaic of the people and events that shaped the years 1900 to 1950. Complementing the vintage film clips are three dramatized sketches, delineating the romantic customs of three different points in time. These sketches are inadequately performed, and can easily be ignored. Ce Siecle a 50 Ans both preserved and provided celluloid material for scores of future documentaries.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-03-16
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Adrienne Lecouvreur
Overview: A considered lost film from 1913
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-01-01
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It Happened in Paris
Overview: Penniless aristocrat Yvonne Dupré ekes out a living selling her paintings to a crooked dealer, Leon Naisson, who passes them off as other more famous artists. Leon confides to his unscrupulous model Romildo, that he is attracted to Yvonne. Romildo drugs his lover, fiery Apache dancer Juliette who closely resembles Yvonne, then tries to extort money from Leon to have his way with her. Leon discovers the duplicity but convinces the artist's sweetheart, Dick Gray, that she has been unfaithful. As police close in on Leon, he frames Yvonne by planting forged paintings in her studio. Following Yvonne's arrest, Juliette is informed by her foster sister that she was stolen by gypsies as a child and is actually Yvonne's twin sister. Juliette exposes Leon's operation to the police, reuniting Yvonne and Dick.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-12-26
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Le Cinéma de grand-père
Overview: Remarkable life story of Henri Diamant-Berger, a director and screenwriter whose devotion to cinema led him to collaborate with some of the greatest actors and filmmakers of his time.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Hamlet. William Shakespeare. Scène du duel jouée par Mme Sarah Bernhardt, M. Pierre Magnier et Mlle Suzanne Seylor
Overview: A short film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1900-01-01
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Edgar Degas Filmed Walking Down a Paris Street
Overview: Unique film of the Impressionist painter Edgar Degas captured walking down a street in Paris in 1915.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1915-07-08
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