Jaque Catelain

Jaque Catelain

Jaque Catelain was a French actor who came to prominence in silent films of the 1920s, and who continued acting in films and on stage until the 1950s. He also wrote and directed two silent films himself and was a capable artist and musician. He had a close association with the director Marcel L'Herbier. He was born as Jacques Guérin-Castelain in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. His father was then the mayor and also moved in literary and theatrical circles, which allowed the young Jacques to encounter many famous names in his childhood. He showed early enthusiasm for the arts and music, and at the age of 16 he entered the Académie Julian in Paris to study fine arts. With the outbreak of war in the following year, he changed direction and chose to study acting at the Conservatoire, enrolling in the class of Paul Mounet, before being mobilised into the artillery. In 1914 Catelain met Marcel L'Herbier, then a writer and critic, who became a major influence on his life and career, and with whom he formed a lifelong friendship. When L'Herbier began directing films in 1917, Catelain became his leading man of choice and starred in twelve of his silent films, starting with Le Torrent, and they made Catelain into a leading star who was in demand to appear in foreign films as well as in productions of other French directors. In 1925 he was offered a seven-year contract by MGM to work in America, but he turned this down. Jaque Catelain's activities in this period extended beyond acting. When Marcel L'Herbier set up his own production company Cinégraphic in 1922, its first project became Le Marchand de plaisirs which Catelain directed as well as acting a double role in it. In the following year he wrote and directed La Galerie des monstres (1923/24). Both films were successful enough to cover their costs. He devised controversial make-up for some of the actors in L'Inhumaine, and his artistic skills were put to further use in two set designs for L'Argent. As a pianist he would sometimes step in to provide improvised accompaniment for previews of L'Herbier's films. Catelain successfully made the transition from silent to sound films, starring in L'Herbier's L'Enfant de l'amour (1929), but during the 1930s he took fewer leading film roles and started to act in the theatre. In February 1933 he married Suzanne Vial, a friend since childhood who had become a production assistant to L'Herbier in the 1920s and continued working with him until 1944. Soon afterwards in 1933/1934 he was employed by the daily newspaper Le Journal to go to Hollywood to carry out a series of interviews with leading personalities such as Chaplin, Stroheim and Sternberg. In May 1940, Catelain left France for a four-month theatrical tour of South America, but within a month France was occupied by the Germans and his absence lasted for six years. In Buenos Aires he became so ill with pneumonia that he was given the last rites, but he recovered and went to Canada for the next three years for work in the theatre and propaganda broadcasts. In 1943 he was invited to Hollywood and remained there for a further three years. He returned to Paris in 1946, and resumed an occasional career in films, appearing in minor roles in three of Jean Renoir's films in the 1950s. In 1950, he published a biography and appreciation of the work of Marcel L'Herbier. Catelain died in Paris in 1965.

  • Título: Jaque Catelain
  • Popularidad: 0.289
  • Conocido por: Acting
  • Cumpleaños: 1897-02-09
  • Lugar de nacimiento: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France
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  • También conocido como: Jacques Guérin-Castelain, Jaque-Catelain, Jacques Catelain, Jacques Catelin, Jacque Cathelain
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Jaque Catelain Películas

  • 1932
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    Monsieur de Pourceaugnac

    Monsieur de Pourceaugnac

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1929
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    La vocation

    La vocation

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1936
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    La Garçonne

    La Garçonne

    3.6 1936 HD

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  • 1938
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    Le Voleur de femmes

    Le Voleur de femmes

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1924
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    La inhumana

    La inhumana

    6.8 1924 HD

    “La inhumana” cuenta la fascinación que ejerce una famosa prima donna, Claire Lescot, entre los hombres. Sin embargo, lo...

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  • 1938
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    L'escadrille de la chance

    L'escadrille de la chance

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1940
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    La Comédie du bonheur

    La Comédie du bonheur

    6.4 1940 HD

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  • 1939
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    Entente cordiale

    Entente cordiale

    5.4 1939 HD

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  • 1921
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    El Dorado

    El Dorado

    6.6 1921 HD

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  • 1950
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    Amour et compagnie

    Amour et compagnie

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1921
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    Prométhée, banquier

    Prométhée, banquier

    5.7 1921 HD

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  • 1924
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    La barraca de los monstruos

    La barraca de los monstruos

    8 1924 HD

    La vida del payaso Riquet y su esposa, la bailarina Ralda, se ve amenazada por el propietario del circo donde trabajan, que desea a la joven y no...

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  • 1928
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    Le Diable au cœur

    Le Diable au cœur

    6.3 1928 HD

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  • 1917
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    Le torrent

    Le torrent

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1925
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    Der Rosenkavalier

    Der Rosenkavalier

    6.5 1925 HD

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  • 1934
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    Le Bonheur

    Le Bonheur

    6.9 1934 HD

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  • 1923
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    Koenigsmark

    Koenigsmark

    6 1923 HD

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  • 1919
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    Rose-France

    Rose-France

    8.2 1919 HD

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  • 1928
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    L'Occident

    L'Occident

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1919
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    Le Bercail

    Le Bercail

    6.2 1919 HD

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  • 1929
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    Nuits de princes

    Nuits de princes

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1930
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    L'Enfant de l'amour

    L'Enfant de l'amour

    6 1930 HD

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  • 1940
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    La Mode rêvée

    La Mode rêvée

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1935
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    La Route impériale

    La Route impériale

    4 1935 HD

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  • 1955
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    French Cancan

    French Cancan

    7.1 1955 HD

    Tanto Nini, una guapa chica que trabaja en una lavandería, como otras atractivas jóvenes son contratadas por Monsieur Danglard para...

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  • 1960
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    El testamento del Doctor Cordelier

    El testamento del Doctor Cordelier

    6.614 1960 HD

    'El testamento del doctor Cordelier' está basada en la novela, de Robert Louis Stevenson, 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'. La...

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  • 1920
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    L'Homme du large

    L'Homme du large

    6.3 1920 HD

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  • 1931
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    Le rêve

    Le rêve

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1950
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    Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi

    Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi

    5 1950 HD

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  • 1920
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    Le Carnaval des vérités

    Le Carnaval des vérités

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1948
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    La Révoltée

    La Révoltée

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1926
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    Le Vertige

    Le Vertige

    6.3 1926 HD

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  • 1922
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    Don Juan et Faust

    Don Juan et Faust

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1927
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    Love's Springtime

    Love's Springtime

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1938
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    Adrienne Lecouvreur

    Adrienne Lecouvreur

    5 1938 HD

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  • 1927
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    Die Apachen von Paris

    Die Apachen von Paris

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1923
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    Le marchand de plaisirs

    Le marchand de plaisirs

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1938
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    La Marsellesa

    La Marsellesa

    6.9 1938 HD

    La Revolución Francesa vista a través de los ojos de sus participantes directos (desde los campesinos hasta el propio Luis XVI) es el...

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  • 1933
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    Château de rêve

    Château de rêve

    6.5 1933 HD

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  • 1925
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    Le Prince charmant

    Le Prince charmant

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1924
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    La barraca de los monstruos

    La barraca de los monstruos

    8 1924 HD

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  • 1919
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    Rose-France

    Rose-France

    8.2 1919 HD

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  • 1923
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    Le marchand de plaisirs

    Le marchand de plaisirs

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1920
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    L'Homme du large

    L'Homme du large

    6.3 1920 HD

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