Henri Diamond-Shepherd

Henri Diamond-Shepherd is a Scénariste, a Réalisateur, a Acteur and a producing French film, born with Paris (France) the June 9th 1895 and died in Paris the May 7th 1972.

Biography

Born with Paris the June 9th 1895, bachelor of law, at 19 years, Henri Diamond-Shepherd is volunteer in the First World War. Decorated with the Military Cross with palm, it is reformed for wound the October 10th 1915. As of its demobilization, it remakes, at the request of André Heuze, two films whose negative ones were damaged: " White Gloves of Saint-Cyr" , and the " Lord Ouvrier". In February 1916 it founds a weekly review " the Film " with as Editor association Louis Delluc and the participation of the writers Colette and Aragon, then takes part in the Defense committee of the French Cinema chaired by Edmond Rostand and Tristan Bernard and founds a Association of the Authors of Films . His/her younger brother Maurice Diamond-Shepherd who collaborated with him is more known under the name of André Gillois

In August 1918 it is sent by Georges Clémenceau to the U.S.A. on mission official to organize the distribution of the French current events. It is its first voyage in America which will be followed of more than one score of others because it will very quickly become American of the French scenario writers of this time.

In 1919, it publishes one entitled book " Cinéma" where it presents its ideas which interest Charles Pathé. Thanks to C.Pathé, it will produce, in the capacity as director, " Small Café" with max Linder and Raymond Bernard - wire of Tristan. It is first the one duration old film one hour and half. In 1920, with an exceptional budget of 2.500.000F of the time, Charles Pathé enables him to carry out the dumb version of the Three Musketeers, film in 12 episodes, with decorations of Mallet-Stevens and costumes of Paul Poiret (Film now renovated by its grandson Jerome Diamond-Shepherd). In 1922 " Twenty years après" crown the company.

In 1923, it modernizes the Pathé studios, makes come from the U.S.A. the first dollies, built the studios of Billancourt, then in 1924 the studios " Diamond Film CO off America" He is also innovator, inventing the trade of script, the trailer, making to America first film with the process Technicolor " Marionnettes" " (1927), then in 1932 " Clearly of Lune" first film only made in outside.

As of 1939, it organizes radio operator reports with the the United States for the radio Frenchwoman. Exiled in the U.S.A. during the second world war, engaged in the free France, it becomes attached to the Embassy of Washington in charge of radio propaganda and cinema then, with Algiers, attached to the Police station of Information, he becomes Directeur of the civil cinematographic services and soldiers of Fighting France. With the release, he is the initiator of the law of Assistance to the Cinema, with the deputy Géraud Jouve.

Of 1946 with 1967, it puts in scene and produces more than one hundred eight films of feature film and a hundred films of court-measurings, documentary.

In its long and beautiful career, it will have made turn, inter alia, Maurice Chevalier, Tino Rossi, Damia, Marguerite Moreno, Blanche Montel, Claude Dauphin, Harry Baur, Eric Von Stroheim, Jules Berry, Pierre Fresnay, Simone Simon, Jeanne Moreau, Juliette Gréco, Robert Lamoureux, Michel Galabru, Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Emmanuelle Riva, Micheline Dax, Jean-Marc Thibault, Jean Piat, Aznavour, Jean Richard, Philippe Clay, Robert Dhéry, Philippe Noiret, will have produced first film of Rene Clair, and had as an assistant Claude Autant-Lara, Robert Bresson, Henri-Georges Clouzot.

Catalog of films

Scenario writer

  • 1916 : Upright deaths! (adaptation)
  • 1919: the Small coffee (The Little Coffee)
  • 1931: the unknown Singer (The Unknown Singer)
  • 1931: General, with your orders
  • 1931: My aunt d' Honfleur
  • 1931: Tout arranges
  • 1932: the Child of the miracle (The Child Miracle)
  • 1933: the Three musketeers (Three Musketeers) (adaptation)
  • 1933: Money by the windows
  • 1935: Lovers and robbers (Lovers and Thieves)
  • 1937: Arsene Lupin detective (Arsene Lupin, Detective)
  • 1947: the unknown Singer (The Unknown Singer)
  • 1953: the Hunter from Maxim' S (Maxim' S To carry)
  • 1955: the Madonna of the sleepings
  • 1956: My priest at the poor
  • 1957: It arrived at 36 candles (It Happened One the 36 Candles)
  • 1959: Sirs leather rounds (The Bureaucrats)

Realizer

Actor

  • 1961 : Beautiful American the (The American Beauty) another title (What has Chassis) (short appearance)

Producer

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