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Jaque-Catelain is a Actor, Director, Editor and Production Design French born on 9 february 1897 at Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France)
Jaque Catelain (9 February 1897 – 5 March 1965) was a French actor who came to prominence in silent films of the 1920s, and who continued acting in films and on stage until the 1950s. He also wrote and directed two silent films himself, and he was a capable artist and musician. He had a close association with the director Marcel L'Herbier. (He was born as Jacques Guérin-Castelain; other variations of his name used at different times were Jaque-Catelain, Jacques Catelain, Jacques Catelin, and Jacque Cathelain.)
Il fut l'époux de la monteuse et régisseuse Suzanne Vial (1897-1964).
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Birth name Jacques Guérin-Castelain
Nationality France
Birth 9 february 1897 at Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France)
Death 5 march 1965 (at 68 years) at Paris (France)
Nationality France
Birth 9 february 1897 at Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France)
Death 5 march 1965 (at 68 years) at Paris (France)
Biography
Jaque-Catelain apparaît dans 22 films de Marcel L'Herbier, et dans 4 films de Jean Renoir.Il fut l'époux de la monteuse et régisseuse Suzanne Vial (1897-1964).
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Experiment in Evil (1960)
, 1h35Directed by Jean Renoir
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror
Actors Jean-Louis Barrault, Jean Topart, Teddy Bilis, Michel Vitold, Gaston Modot, Sylviane Margollé
Roles Ambassador
Rating64%
Maitre Joly, notaire, reçoit le testament du docteur Cordelier, un célèbre psychiatre, qui désigne comme héritier l'un de ses patients, un certain Opale. Ce dernier se révèle être un dangereux meurtrier. Mais on découvre bientôt qu'Opale et Cordelier ne font qu'un : le docteur s'est en effet transformé en buvant une drogue dans le cadre de ses recherches sur la source du mal et des forces des ténèbres.
Elena and Her Men (1956)
, 1h35Directed by Jean Renoir
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Actors Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais, Mel Ferrer, Jean Richard, Juliette Gréco, Pierre Bertin
Rating61%
Produced in 1956, and set in 1890 France, Elena and Her Men tells the story of a young, beautiful, and free-spirited Polish princess in fin de siècle Paris who specializes in granting people good luck. Elena's family has run out of money, and in order to save them she agrees to marry an wealthy, older family friend. No sooner has she agreed to this engagement than she meets a handsome stranger during a 14 July celebration, who turns out to be the famous General Rollan's aide, Count de Chevincourt (Mel Ferrer). Sparks fly with the Count, but when he introduces Elena to General Rollan (Jean Marais) , the General is quite taken with her as well. By the end of the day, Elena finds her hands full with her engagement, and the romantic interests of two new men. To further complicate matters, General Rollan's political advisers see the General's romantic interest in Elena as a way to influence him to overtake the French government, and they employ her to grant him the luck he needs to do so.
French Cancan (1954)
, 1h48Directed by Jean Renoir
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix, Giani Esposito, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Michel Piccoli
Roles Le ministre (uncredited)
Rating72%
Set in 1890s Paris, Henri Danglard is the owner of a cafe, which features his mistress, Lola, as a belly dancer. Losing money, Henri finds himself in Montmartre and finds that the old-fashioned can-can is still being performed there. Inspired, Henri comes up with a new business scheme that aims to revive the can-can, featuring a new dancer, Nini, a laundress he meets by chance.
Les Mousquetaires du roi (1951)
Origin France
Genres Adventure
Actors Ivan Desny, Jacqueline Delubac, Jean Vilar, Gisèle Préville, Raymond Bussières, Gilbert Gil
The Last Days of Pompeii (1950)
, 1h47Directed by Marcel L'Herbier, Paolo Moffa
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, La fin du monde, Volcanisme, Films about volcanoes, Disaster films
Actors Micheline Presle, Georges Marchal, Marcel Herrand, Jaque-Catelain, Adriana Benetti, Claudio Ermelli
Roles Claudius
Rating56%
In Pompeii, in the year 79AD, Lysias, a wealthy young Greek, abducts the beautiful Hélène, who is a pupil of Arbax, the sinister High Priest of Isis. For revenge, Arbax causes Lysias to drink a magic potion to make him fall in love with his ally Julie, but Lysias becomes mad from the drink. Nidia, a young slave girl rescued by Lycias, has overheard the plot and accuses Arbax of trying to kill her master. Arbax kills the girl and has Lysias accused of the murder. Condemned to the lions in the arena, Lysias only escapes the punishment when the eruption of Vesuvius brings panic to the town, and he leads Hélène to safety.
Love and Companionship (1950)
, 1h35Directed by Gilles Grangier
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Georges Guétary, Tilda Thamar, Maurice Escande, Gaby Sylvia, Paulette Élambert, Jaque-Catelain
Roles Mr. Zoïca
Le comptable d'une compagnie d'assurances, assez farfelu et prompt à pousser la chansonnette, est chargé de surveiller les faits et gestes d'une affriolante Sud-Américaine dont le suicide signifierait l'effondrement de la compagnie. Finalement, le comptable découvre une tentative d'escroquerie à l'assurance et épouse la revêche et ravissante interprète qui assurait la liaison entre la Sud-Américaine et lui-même.
Stolen Affections (1948)
, 1h35Directed by Marcel L'Herbier
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Josette Day, Victor Francen, Jacques Berthier, Jaque-Catelain, Sylvie, Sylvio de Pedrelli
Roles Christian Darbel
Rating57%
Françoise est à Rome. Par une circonstance spéciale qui l'amène à l'hôpital, elle raconte son histoire.
The Razor's Edge (1946)
, 2h25Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes La provence, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, Herbert Marshall
Rating72%
The film, in which W. Somerset Maugham (Herbert Marshall) is himself a minor character, drifting in and out of the lives of the major players, opens at a party held following World War I in 1919 at a country club in Chicago, Illinois. Elliott Templeton (Clifton Webb), an expatriate, has returned to the United States for the first time since before the war to visit his sister, Louisa Bradley (Lucile Watson), and his niece, Isabel (Gene Tierney), engaged to be married to Larry Darrell (Tyrone Power), of whom Elliott strongly disapproves for rejecting both inclusion in their social stratum and working in the common world.
Comedy of Happiness (1940)
, 1h48Directed by Marcel L'Herbier
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Michel Simon, Ramón Novarro, Jacqueline Delubac, Micheline Presle, Sylvie, André Alerme
Roles Le directeur de Radio Azur (uncredited)
Rating67%
Wealthy banker Francois Jourdain starts spending his money on philanthropic purposes, so his relatives have him committed to a psychiatric clinic to save their inheritance. During Mardi Gras celebrations, Jourdain escapes and takes residence in a boarding house, which is inhabited by several miserable individuals, including Lydia, the suicidal Russian Fedor, and bitter old spinter Miss Aglae. He hires actors led by Deribin to take up residence and cheer up the inhabitants by putting on a musical production of Quo Vadis.
La Mode rêvée (1940)
, 24minutesDirected by Marcel L'Herbier, André Cerf
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Gaby Morlay, Jaque-Catelain, Ève Francis, Lisette Lanvin, Solange Sicard
Une star américaine, de passage à Paris, visite le musée du Louvre et s'y endort. Elle rêve que les belles dames des tableaux s'en échappent, et se dispersent dans Paris après avoir fait le tour des maisons de couture.
Cordial Agreement (1939)
, 1h50Directed by Marcel L'Herbier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Gaby Morlay, Victor Francen, Pierre Richard-Willm, André Lefaur, Paul Amiot, Junie Astor
Roles Prince Consort
Rating57%
Entente cordiale montre la France et le Royaume-Uni surmontant de difficiles relations, et s'unissant pour être prêtes à affronter un dangereux ennemi.
Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938)
, 1h46Directed by Marcel L'Herbier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Printemps, Junie Astor, André Lefaur, Jaque-Catelain, Madeleine Sologne
Roles d'Argental
Rating56%
A famous actress and a Polish prince have an ill-fated love affair.
La Marseillaise (1938)
, 2h15Directed by Jean Renoir
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes La provence, Political films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Pierre Renoir, Lise Delamare, Capucine, Louis Jouvet, Léon Larive, Elisa Ruis
Roles Capitaine Langlade
Rating69%
The films shows the events of the French Revolution as seen through the eyes of those directly involved.
The Woman Thief (1938)
, 1h30Directed by Abel Gance
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Jules Berry, Blanchette Brunoy, Saturnin Fabre, Suzanne Desprès, Annie Ducaux, Gilbert Gil
Rating68%
Sadoc Torner s'est toujours joué des femmes. Il s'éprend cependant d'une jeune fille qui connait bientôt son passé, aussi l'aventurier est-il oblige de fuir. Il retrouve plus tard celle qu'il allait aimer, elle est mariée et heureuse. Torner tente de ruiner le mari et de la compromettre. Il échoue, il a tout perdu.
Escadrille of Chance (1938)
, 1h30Directed by Henri Calef
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Lili Damita, André Luguet, Ginette Gaubert, Simone Héliard, Jaque-Catelain, Michel André
Roles Alain
Une riche Américaine divorcée et qui s'ennuie, vient au Maroc pour y revoir un brillant pilote qu'elle retrouve marié. Elle a comme secrétaire un autre aviateur qu'un terrible accident a dégouté à jamais de voler. Ce dernier s'emploie a contrarier l'idylle entre les jeunes gens et finit par conquérir le cœur de sa patronne.