Stars Never Die

Stars Never Die

1957 · 97 min · ★ 9.0 · Documentary

For Les étoiles ne meurent jamais, director/archivist Max De Vaucorbeil has assembled precious film clips of such Gallic greats as Louis Jouvet, Raimu, Harry Baur, Louis Salou and Marguerite Moreno. Francois Perier's narration links the various vignettes together. In its own way, Les Etoiles ne Maurent Jamais can be seen as a precursor to those now-ubiquitous "tributes" on such cable services as American Movie Classics and Turner Classic Movies.

Directed by Max de Vaucorbeil

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Harry Baur Self (archive footage)
Jules Berry Self (archive footage)
Victor Boucher Self (archive footage)
Max Dearly Self (archive footage)
Louis Jouvet Self (archive footage)
André Lefaur Self (archive footage)
Marguerite Moreno Self (archive footage)
François Périer Narrator (voice)
Raimu Self (archive footage)
Louis Salou Self (archive footage)

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