THE CYNEPHILE » louis feuillade https://www.cynephile.com "The cinema is cruel like a miracle." -Frank O'Hara Fri, 17 Jul 2015 21:18:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.37 Qui? Quoi? Quand? Ou…. ? https://www.cynephile.com/2012/07/qui-quoi-quand-ou/ https://www.cynephile.com/2012/07/qui-quoi-quand-ou/#comments Sun, 22 Jul 2012 05:44:13 +0000 http://www.cynephile.com/?p=1495

Here is a poster for the movie Les Vampires by Louis Feuillade. It is a signed lithograph currently on display as part of the permanent exhibition at the Cinematheque Francaise. Fun fact: the actress Musidora depicted here actually worked at the ticket booth at the Cinematheque Francaise until 1943.

Musidora, who not only starred in films but also directed and produced them, is worthy of a blog post in her own right (and a New York City retrospective for my money). Here’s a brief glimpse from Soleil et Ombre [1922], one of the two films that she directed that has survived:

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