Henri Chomette
Henri Chomette (1896–1941) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. He was the brother of the film director René Clair.
Henri Chomette
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- Name
- Henri Chomette
- Born
- 30 March 1896
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 15 June 1941
- Place of death
- Rabat, French Morocco
- Occupation
- Actor, Writer, Director
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
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Henri Chomette, a director and screenwriter, was born in 1896 in Paris and died in 1941 in Rabat, Marokko.
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• Name — Henri Chomette • Born — 30 March 1896 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 15 June 1941 • Place of death — Rabat, French Morocco • Occupation — Actor, Writer, Director • Years Active — 1922–1938 (film)
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Roger la Honte (1922) • À quoi rêvent les jeunes filles? • Mademoiselle's Chauffeur (1928) • Durand Versus Durand (1931) • At the End of the World (1934) • Donogoo (1936)
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1st arrondissement of Paris.
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Rabat.
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- 1.Archives de l’état civil de Paris en ligne, acte de naissance
- 2.Le 10e Groupe mixte d'Autos-mitrailleuses et autos-canons. Causseul & Rougeret. 2023. 978-2-494553-09-5.
- 3.Archives de Paris, D4R1 1907, 2e bureau de recrutement de la Seine, classe 1916, feuillet matricule n°67 d'Henri Marius Chomette.
- 4.Claude Beylie et Philippe d'Hugues, Les Oubliés du cinéma français, préface de Jean-Charles Tacchella, Éditions du Cerf, 1999,
- 5.Ce mot est attribué, sans certitude, à Henri Jeanson (Claude Beylie et Philippe d'Hugues, op. cit., )
- 6.50 ans de cinéma avec René Clair, par Georges Charensol, Roger Régent. Éd. de la Table Ronde, 1979, 2008, .
- 7.Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Henri Chomette, "Seconde étape", Les Cahiers du Mois, n°16-17, 1925
- Claude Dore, "Monsieur Chomette nous parle du film sonore et parlant", Ciné-Miroir, juillet 1929.
- Patrick de Haas, Cinéma absolu : Avant-garde 1920-1930, Mettray éditions, 1918.
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