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Who could forget Colin Clive's "It's Alive! It's Alive!" as he melted to the floor mumbling the same over and over in ecstasy after his success at animating the Monster in the first sound version of Frankenstein (1931). Film history - horror film history - but part of a short history for actor Colin Clive - he died at 37 years of age. The son of a British army colonel on assignment in France at the time of Colin's birth, Clive the younger might have been expected to follow an army career-his ancestor was Baron Robert Clive, founder of the British Indian Empire. But he became interested in theater instead. His acting talents progressed through the 1920s to sufficient degree to replace Laurence Olivier who was starring in the R. C Sherriff play "Journey's End" in London. The director was up-and-coming James Whale, who had also been working his way up in London stage and film work as a budding scene designer and director. Among his stage and entertainment acquaintances in London was Elsa Lanchester - the future bride of Frankenstein. When Olivier moved on to other stage work, the play moved to the Savoy Theater in London with Clive in the lead in 1928.
Whale was waiting for the opportunity to move onto Broadway and Hollywood films. The success of "Journey's End" gave Whale his break. Broadway called for the play with him as both director and scene designer. It opened in March of 1929 but with Colin Keith-Johnston in the lead. Nevertheless, Clive came to New York as well to await developments. Halfway through 1930, the play had ended, and Whale was contracted by Paramount as a dialog director. Things continued to unfold quickly. Whale was very soon called on to direct what would be the first British/American co-produced sound film, a movie version of the popular Journey's End (1930). Whale got Clive back as the lead-the laconic, alcoholic Capt. Stanhope. And Clive showed on screen what came out in his stage performances - a measured intensity to his character, bolstered by his unique cracked baritone voice - seemingly always on the edge of irritation. Clive's first picture then led to opportunities in both British and American films. But he got his first play on Broadway "Overture" in late 1930 which ended in January of 1931. Then it was back to London where he was prophetically cast with Lanchester in The Stronger Sex (1931).
As they say, what came next was film history. Whale was contracted by Universal where Dracula (1931) had just been a huge hit and the studio was looking for a quick follow up. Shelley's Frankenstein was optioned as the next 'horror' movie with Whale directing. Whale wanted Clive as Dr. Henry Frankenstein, and it all came together. Clive played the tortured legitimate doctor driven to macabre surgery and near insanity with over-the-top theatrics that would type him for the remainder of his short career.
The next few years he played both B leading and A supporting roles. Two apt examples were playing brooding but romantic Edward Rochester in an early Jane Eyre (1934) and playing a British officer in Clive of India (1935) in which Ronald Colman - not he - played his illustrious ancestor. Clive returned to Broadway for two plays in 1933 and 1934 and one more in the 1935-36 season. Then it was back to Universal for the "Bride" sequel of Frankenstein (1935) in which his Dr. Henry was somewhat more subdued. This was mostly to do with a broken leg suffered from a horseback riding accident. He is seen doing a lot of sitting or lying down because of it. Dour and sour seemed to be his trademark, bolstered that much more with the remainder of his films in which he was usually disturbed supporting characters.
His final two films were in early 1937 with the better known History Is Made at Night (1937) - awkward type-casting him as the world's most sour grapes ex-husband, Bruce Vail, who engineers a sure collision of his new steamship with any available iceberg in foggy weather to hopefully drown his ex-wife Jean Arthur and her romantic true love Charles Boyer. But the sinking ship is stabilized and the lovers are saved to live happily ever after. Ironically, but befitting such a deed in Hollywood ethics, Vail shoots himself.
Ironically, Clive, suffering from tuberculosis, furthered along by chronic alcoholism, died not long after in late June of 1937.- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actress
I am a storyteller at heart, I put a lot of love and passion into movie making" Roberta started out as on camera talent and had a successful acting career that culminated with the role of " Celly Organa" in "Obi Wan Kenobi". Roberta had always been fascinated and interested in what happens behind the scenes, how a movie is made. In 2021 Roberta made her transition to AD and Producer ; she loves coordinating, multi-tasking and problem solving keeping one simple rule " The story, it's all about the story and the people that tell it". Back to 1 :)- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Alain Cuny went to medical school with the intention of becoming a physician, but left to attend an arts school in Paris and became a painter. He entered the film industry as a costume and set designer for such directors as Alberto Cavalcanti and Jacques Feyder, all the time attending acting school. In the late 1930s he began acting professionally, first on stage and then in films. Cuny divided his time between making films in France and Italy, switching back and forth from romantic leads to solid character parts. His best remembered role is probably that of the conflicted philosopher in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960).- Isabelle Renauld was born on 24 November 1966 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. She is an actress, known for Perfect Love (1996), Eternity and a Day (1998) and Vidocq (2001).
- Yanina Ivanova Kasheva-Taneva is a Bulgarian theater and cinema actress. She was born on July 8, 1955 in Malo Konare, Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. She graduated in "acting" in National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1978 in the class of Professor Nadezhda Seykova. She won the award for best actress for the film "Everything is love." In 1984 he won the Union of Bulgarian Actors Best Actress Award for her portrayal of Eva in the play "Mr. Puntilla and his Matti servant," directed by Leon Daniel. She continues has played on the stage of Pazardzhik Drama Theater and Satire Theater. She is married to actor Ivan Tanev. The family has two sons - Victor( who is also an actor) and Nicolay.
- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
François Rollin was born on 31 May 1953 in Malo-les-Bains, France. He is an actor and writer, known for How Much Do You Love Me? (2005), Les Guignols de l'info (1988) and Association de bienfaiteurs (1994).- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Mladen Kolev was born on 22 March 1927 in Malo Malovo, Sofia, Bulgaria. He was a cinematographer, known for Konnikat (1964), Dimitrovgradtsy (1956) and Avtostop (1972). He died on 26 January 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
Rodolphe Marcilly was born on 29 June 1898 in Saint-Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France [now Saint-Malo]. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Le marchand de sable (1932), La fiancée des ténèbres (1945) and Wicked Duchess (1942). He died on 27 March 1976 in Paris, France.- Alain Ollivier was born on 21 February 1938 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. He was an actor, known for Three Colors: Blue (1993), Mazarin (1978) and Joan the Maid 2: The Prisons (1994). He died on 21 May 2010 in Paris, France.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Passionate about the theatre as of his school years, René Hiéronimus's career spanned six decades and a half. After appearing in a few plays, he was hired at the Comédie-Française, where he got to know Sacha Guitry. Having become a good friend of his, Guitry cast him in several of his plays ("Deux couverts" [1914], "Nono" [1918], "Pasteur" [1919]). As of 1917, René Hiéronimus also answered the call of cinema, without making a splash in the medium. Although a good character actor, it is to be admitted that Hiéronimus was mainly in forgettable movies, with the exception of La terre (1921), André Antoine's masterpiece, and, to a lesser extent, Henri Diamant-Berger's 1930s films (particularly his fairly good version of Three Musketeers (1932) and the respectable adaptation of Anatole France's Crainquebille (1934) by Jacques de Baroncelli). But it is thanks to his voice that René Hiéronimus has remained present to French audiences, especially children. An active dubber indeed, he has participated in three important Walt Disney Films, The Sword in the Stone (1963), as Archimedes, Merlin's grouchy owl, Mary Poppins (1964), as Umbrella-Parrot, and The Jungle Book (1967), as a monkey.- Léonie Lousseau was born on 8 May 1947 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. She is an actress, known for Love at the Top (1974), Cain from Nowhere (1970) and L'Italien des Roses (1972).
- Eric Le Roux was born on 5 February 1970 in Saint-Malo, France. He is an actor, known for Salut les copains (1991), Jacqueline dans ma vitrine (2000) and Irtiottoja (2003).
- Luigi Meneghello was born on 16 February 1922 in Malo, Italy. He was a writer, known for Little Teachers (1998) and Ritratti: Luigi Meneghello (2002). He was married to Katia Bleier. He died on 27 June 2007 in Thiene, Italy.
- Composer
- Writer
- Music Department
Fred Riesterer was born on 19 June 1961 in Malo-les-Bains, Nord, France. He was a composer and writer, known for G-Force (2009), Last Vegas (2013) and Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020). He died on 20 August 2019 in France.- Vera Kudryavtseva was born on 18 August 1934 in Malo-Pichugino, Kemerovskaya pblast, USSR. She is a writer, known for Na beregu bolshoy reki (1981), Moi dorogiye (1976) and Sochineniye (1971).
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Suzy Solidor was born on 18 December 1900 in Saint-Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France [now Saint-Malo]. She was an actress, known for Thirteen Days of Love (1935), La garçonne (1936) and Ceux du ciel (1941). She died on 30 March 1983 in Cagnes-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France.- Sound Department
Claude Villand was born in February 1940 in Saint-Malo, France. He is known for Goodbye, Children (1987), Ran (1985) and The Passerby (1982).- Director
- Soundtrack
Daniel Ringold was born on 15 July 1932 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. Daniel was a director, known for Hombo (1985), Une femme, une époque (1978) and L'ombre d'un doute (2011). Daniel died on 22 December 2001 in Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Jérôme Delafosse was born on 2 May 1971 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. He is an actor and director, known for Les requins de la colère (2015), Le miel et les abeilles (1992) and Scout toujours... (1985).- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Additional Crew
Slavoljub Veljic was born on 14 July 1943 in Malo Gradiste, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a cinematographer, known for The Misfit Brigade (1987), Written Off (1974) and Ransom (1988).- Georges-François Frontec was born on 13 August 1899 in Saint-Malo, France. He was an actor, known for Mermoz (1943), Fièvres (1942) and Mon phoque et elles (1951). He died on 3 January 1976 in Paris, France.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Writer
Benoît Lelièvre was born on 14 July 1974 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. He is a cinematographer and director, known for À ton image... (2007), Le Miroir d'Alice (2015) and Funk off (2006).- Michel Laclotte was born on 27 October 1929 in Saint-Malo, France. He died on 10 August 2021 in Montauban, France.
- Loïc Leferme was born on 28 August 1970 in Malo-les-Bains, France. He died on 11 April 2007 in Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France.
- François-René de Chateaubriand was born on 4 September 1768 in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. He was a writer, known for La mer (2011). He died on 4 July 1848 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.