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Acting
Jacques Jou-Jerville
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Known For
The Eagle and the Hawk · 1933The Eagle and the Hawk
★ 6.71933
MovieWarDrama
The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.
Mysterious Mr. Parkes · 1930Mysterious Mr. Parkes
★ 10.01930
MovieComedyDrama
Paramount Pictures produced this French-language version of Slightly Scarlet (1930) , shot on the same sets and using some of the same actors, for the European market.
The Little Cafe · 1931The Little Cafe
★ 7.51931
MovieComedyRomance
Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris café owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a waiter, though he pays little attention to her. Philibert plans to marry his daughter to a wealthy Parisian, but upon learning that Albert is to come into a large inheritance, he conspires to place him under a longterm contract, confident that he willingly will pay a forfeit to break it....
The Big House · 1931The Big House
★ 7.01931
MovieDrama
French-language version of "The Big House" (MGM, 1930), with Charles Boyer in Chester Morris's role, filmed by MGM parallel to the English-speaking version, at a time when good subtitles weren't yet in use.
The Big Trail · 1931The Big Trail
★ 7.01931
MovieWestern
A large caravan of settlers attempt to cross the Oregon Trail. French-language version of The Big Trail (1930) with an alternate cast and co-director.
The bluffer · 1932The bluffer
★ 8.01932
Movie
Parallel French-speaking version of Warners' "High Pressure" (1932), a comedy satire on fast-talking promoters, crazy inventors, and stock market hype. The story line comes from Kandel's stage play "Hot Money," which had played on Broadway a month or two in 1931, before Warners bought screen rights and changed the title.