Charles de Rochefort
| Charles de Rochefort | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 July 1887 Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France |
| Died |
31 January 1952 (aged 64) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1911–1932 |
Charles de Rochefort (7 July 1887 – 31 January 1952), born as Charles d'Authier de Rochefort, son of Paul Charles Dominique d'Authier de Rochefort and Camille Caroline Rose Félicité Guelfucci,[1][2] was a French film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 34 films between 1911 and 1932.
He also directed seven films between 1930 and 1931, including the French-language version of Paramount on Parade (1930), and Magie moderne (1931), a French film about television released as Televisione in Italy, along with five other versions in five different languages. This latter film was produced at the Paramount Pictures studio at Joinville-le-Pont in Paris.
In 1943 he wrote the book Le Film de Mes Souvenirs (Secrets de Vedettes). He was born in Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France and died in Paris.
Selected filmography
- The Mask of Horror (1912)
- Fille du peuple (1920)
- The Spanish Jade (1922)
- The Black Diamond (1922)
- The Cheat (1923)
- Hollywood (1923) cameo appearance
- The Marriage Maker (1923)
- The Ten Commandments (1923)
- Shadows of Paris (1924)
- The Princess and the Clown (1924)
- Madame Sans-Gene (1925) with Gloria Swanson
- Paramount en parade (1930) director; French-language version of Paramount on Parade
- Television (1931)
- Magie moderne (1931) co-director with Dimitri Buchowetzki; other versions released by Paramount: in Dutch (De Sensatie van de Toekomst), Italian (Televisione), Swedish (Tradlost och karleksfullt), Polish (Swiat bez grnic), Czech (Svet bez hranic), and Romanian (Televiziune) versions
- Southern Cross (1932)
References
- ↑ Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Extrait de naissance de Charles de Rochefort
- ↑ Death certificate n°8/86/1952 on Les Gens du Cinéma