Marco de Gastyne
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Marc Henri Benoist better known as Marco de Gastyne (born in Paris
, France
on 15 July 1889 and died in Paris on 8 November 1982) was a French
painter, illustrator and later film director of more than a dozen films.
After studying painting, he worked at la Villa Médicis from 1911 to 1913. He also became an illustrator for the French journal La Baïonnette. Then he turned to cinema directing more than a dozen films between 1922 and 1962. His debut film co-directed with Franz Toussaint was INch'Allah in 1922. His most known film is La Merveilleuse Vie de Jeanne d'Arc which he directed in 1929.
He discovered Dalida
and promoted her in his film Le Masque de Toutankhamon in 1954.
Paris
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, France
France
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on 15 July 1889 and died in Paris on 8 November 1982) was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
painter, illustrator and later film director of more than a dozen films.
After studying painting, he worked at la Villa Médicis from 1911 to 1913. He also became an illustrator for the French journal La Baïonnette. Then he turned to cinema directing more than a dozen films between 1922 and 1962. His debut film co-directed with Franz Toussaint was INch'Allah in 1922. His most known film is La Merveilleuse Vie de Jeanne d'Arc which he directed in 1929.
He discovered Dalida
Dalida
Dalida , born with Italian name of Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was a world-famous singer and actress born in Egypt with Italian origins but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti. She spent her early years in Egypt amongst the Italian Egyptian community, but she lived most of her adult...
and promoted her in his film Le Masque de Toutankhamon in 1954.
Personal life
He was the son of French writer Jules Benoist, better known by his literary name Jules de Gastyne and his brother was the chief designer Guy de Gastyne. He married Mary Christian in 1914, a lyrical singer and they had a daughter before divorcing after 10 years of marriage. Soon after, he remarried in 1924 with Choura Miléna, an actress in his films.Director
- 1922: Inch'Allah - co-directed with Franz Toussaint
- 1923: À l'horizon du sud (also known as L'Aventure)
- 1925: La Blessure (also known as Les Ailes brûlées)
- 1926: La Châtelaine du Liban
- 1927: La Madone des sleepings - codirected with Maurice Gleize
- 1928: Mon coeur au ralenti
- 1929: La Merveilleuse Vie de Jeanne d'Arc (also known as La Merveilleuse Vie de Jeanne d'Arc, fille de Lorraine)
- 1930: Une belle garce
- 1932: Une fine partie
- 1932: Le Chimpanzé
- 1932: Claudie dompteuse (also known as Mademoiselle Orphée)
- 1932: La Bête errante
- 1933: Rothchild
- 1935: Vas-y, tue-moi!
- 1937: La Reine des resquilleuses
- 1940: Une idée à l'eau (also known as L'Irrésistible Rebelle in a rerelease)
- 1950: Bistro
- 1955: Le Masque de Toutankhamon (also known as Le Trésor des pharaons)
- 1962: Trique, gamin de Paris
- 1964: Douchka
Screenwriter
- 1923: À l'horizon du sud (also known as L'Aventure)
- 1927: La Madone des sleepings
- 1950: Bistro
- 1962: Trique, gamin de Paris
- 1964: Douchka