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Henri Mahé is a Director and Set Decoration French born on 17 july 1907

Henri Mahé

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Birth name Henri Émile François Mahé
Nationality France
Birth 17 july 1907
Death 1 january 1975 (at 67 years)

Henri Mahé, né le 17 juillet 1907 dans le 5e arrondissement de Paris et mort le 20 juin 1975 à New York, est un peintre, décorateur et réalisateur français.

Biography

Après ses études aux beaux-arts et son installation à Montmartre en 1927, Henri Mahé (dit « Riton-la-Barbouille ») travaille d'abord comme décorateur pour des cirques, des cinémas et des maisons closes.

Ami de Louis-Ferdinand Céline depuis 1929, ce dernier lui a adressé de nombreuses lettres pendant une trentaine d'années.

Décorateur pour le cinéma, collaborant notamment à plusieurs reprises avec Abel Gance, Henri Mahé a réalisé en 1943 un long métrage, Blondine, dans lequel il a utilisé le trucage baptisé Simplifilm, dont il était l'inventeur, « qui permettait de remplacer un grand décor construit par des maquettes réduites et d'y intégrer des personnages réels ».

Usually with

Abel Gance
Abel Gance
(2 films)
Guy Marly
Guy Marly
(1 films)
Raoul Moretti
Raoul Moretti
(1 films)
Pieral
Pieral
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Henri Mahé (3 films)

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Director

Blondine
Blondine (1945)
, 1h5
Directed by Henri Mahé
Origin France
Genres Fantasy
Actors Georges Marchal, Nicole Maurey, Michèle Philippe, Pieral, Alfred Baillou, Franck Maurice
Rating59% 2.9784452.9784452.9784452.9784452.978445
Blondine, la fille d'un pauvre pêcheur, est aimée par un nain, et jalousée par sa sœur, Brune. Elle épouse un prince mais découvre un secret.

Art

Blind Venus, 2h20
Directed by Abel Gance, Edmond T. Gréville
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Henri Guisol, Lucienne Le Marchand, Jean Aquistapace, Sylvie Gance
Roles Set Decoration
Rating69% 3.4509553.4509553.4509553.4509553.450955
The beautiful Clarisse learns that she is going blind, and in order to prevent her lover Madére, a boatman, from sacrificing himself for her, she decides to break with him, pretending she no longer loves him. Madère angrily leaves, and Clarisse takes a job as a singer in a harbour bar to support herself and her crippled sister Mireille. When she discovers that she is pregnant, she wants to confess everything to Madère, but he has left on a year-long voyage with a new lover Giselle. Clarisse gives birth to a daughter Violette, and when Madère and Giselle return she learns that they are married and also have a baby daughter. Clarisse's child dies, and she herself becomes completely blind; embittered against men, she withdraws into herself. Mireille tells the truth to Madère, who has separated from Giselle, and he undertakes an elaborate deception to take care of Clarisse, posing as the owner of a yacht on which he wants to take her on a cruise. The yacht is in fact the broken-down boat which used to be their shared home, but all their friends conspire to create the illusion that Clarisse is on a sea voyage. Madère restores the boat in preparation for a real voyage, and just when it is ready, Clarisse tells him she has recognised him and the boat. She accepts his love for her, and simultaneously regains her sight.
Louise
Louise (1939)
, 1h25
Directed by Abel Gance
Origin France
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Grace Moore, Suzanne Desprès, Robert Le Vigan, Ginette Leclerc, Edmond Beauchamp, Jacqueline Gauthier
Roles Production Design
Rating65% 3.256883.256883.256883.256883.25688
Éprise d'un musicien, une petite ouvrière passe outre l'interdit de ses parents pour partager la vie de l'homme qu'elle aime.