Edmond
Br�on
1882
- 1951 |
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The actor Edmond Br�on belonged to the pioneers of the French
silent movie who continued his career in English spoken movies in the 30's.
To his first movies belong "L'homme aimant�" (07), "Le printemps"
(09), "La tara" (11), "B�b� et le vieux marcheur" (12), "B�b�
et ses grand-parents" (12) and "Les bretelles" (13).
From 1913 followed some movies with the figure of Fant�mas in
which Edmond Br�on impersonated inspector Juve. To these movies
belong "Fant�mas - A l'ombre de la guillotine" (13), "Juve contre
Fant�mas" (13), "Le mort qui tue" (13), "Fant�mas contre Fant�mas"
(14) and "Le faux magistrat" (14).
To his other numerous silent movies belong "La petite danseuse" (13),
"Bout-de-Zan et le crocodile" (13), "Les somnambules" (14), "Severo Torelli"
(14), "Les vampires" (15), "Le nocturne" (19) and "Barrabas" (19).
After that his activity in front of the camera diminished, in the 20's
he only appeared in "L'ecuy�re" (22) and "A Little Bit of Fluff"
(28), his first British production.
Edmond Br�on took part again in countless movies from the 30's,
most in British ones, among them well-known productions like Howard Hawks'
"The Dawn Patrol" (30), "Uneasy Virtue" (31), "Born to Love" (31), "Three
Men in a Boat" (33), "Waltz Time" (33), "The Private Life of Don Juan"
(34), "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (34) with Leslie Howard, "Premiere" (36),
"A Yank at Oxford" (38) and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (39).
His last cinematical works came in the 40's into being, e.g. "The Outsider"
(40), "The Lodger" (44), "Gaslight" (44) with Charles Boyer and Ingrid
Bergman, "The Hour Before the Dawn" (44), "The Woman in the Window" (45),
"The Corn is Green" (45), "Dressed to Kill" (46), "Forever Amber" (47),
"Rope of Sand" (49) and "Challenge to Lassie" (49).
Just before his death he acted in the movies "The Thing From Another
World" (51) and "At Sword's Point" (52).
Other movies with Edmond Br�on:
Le collier de la reine (09) La cigale et la fourmi (09)
Andr� Chenier (11) Le fils de la Sunamite (11) Le trust, ou les
batailles de l'argent (11) Dans la brousse (12) Les noces siciliennes (12)
Main de fer (12) La cassette de l'�migr�e (12) L'oubliette
(12) La cours aux millions (12) Le No�l de Francesca (12) Le secret
du for�at (13) Une aventure de Bout-de-Zan (13) L'�crin du
rajah (13) Le browning (13) Les chasseurs de lions (13) L'agonie de Byzance
(13) Bout-de-Zan au bal masqu� (13) Bout-de-Zan et le cheminot (13)
Bout-de-Zan et le lion (13) La rencontre (14) La marche des rois (13) Au
gr� des flots (13) L'illustre Machefer (14) Le jocond (14) Bout-de-Zan
a la gale (14) L'h�tel de la gare (14) P�ques rouges (14) L'enfant
de la roulotte (14) Le coffret de Tol�de (14) Les myst�res
de l'ombre (16) L'engrenage (19) L'�nigme (19) On Approval (30)
Chances (31) The Love Habit (31) I Like Your Nerve (31) Women Who Play
(32) Leap Year (32) No Funny Business (33) Wedding Rehearsal (33) Night
Mail (34) Mister Cinders (34) She Shall Have Music (35) The Divine Spark
(35) Strangers on Honeymoon (36) Love in Exile (36) Keep Fit (37) French
Leave (37) Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (37) Premiere (38) Owd Bob (38)
Dangerous Medicine (38) Many Tanks Mr. Atkins (38) Bees and Honey (38)
Almost a Honeymoon (38) Black Magic (38) Crackerjack (38) Luck of the Navy
(39) It Happened to One Man (40) Casanova Brown (44) The White Cliffs of
Dover (44) One Hearts Were Young and Gay (44) The Man in Half Moon Street
(45) Saratoga Trunk (45) Devotion (46) The Imperfect Lady (47) Julia Misbehaves
(48) Hills of Home (48) Enchantment (48) |
