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Émile Chautard

Émile Chautard

Émile Chautard (7 September 1864 – 24 April 1934) was a French-American film director, actor, and screenwriter, most active in the silent era. He directed 107 films between 1910 and 1924. He also appeared in 66 films between 1911 and 1934. Chautard was born in Paris. After a significant career beginning as a stage actor at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe and moving up to the head of film production at Éclair Films' Paris studio in 1913, Chautard emigrated to the United States around 1914. From 1914 to about 1918, Chautard worked for the World Film Company based in Fort Lee, New Jersey. At World, along with a group of other French-speaking film technicians including Maurice Tourneur, Léonce Perret, George Archainbaud, Albert Capellani and Lucien Andriot, he developed such films as the 1915 version of Camille, and taught a young apprentice film cutter at the World studio: Josef von Sternberg. In 1919 Chautard hired von Sternberg as his assistant director for The Mystery of the Yellow Room, for his own short-lived production company. Choosing Hollywood over a return to France, Chautard went to work for Famous Players-Lasky and other studios. He received some high-profile assignments, for instance a Colleen Moore vehicle and two features for Derelys Perdue, but he was a generation older than other directors in Hollywood's French colony. After 1924 Chautard did not direct again, but continued to make film appearances, in the von Sternberg film Blonde Venus (1932), where he appears for his former protege as "Night club owner Chautard". Chautard died in Los Angeles, California. He is interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Personal information

Birthday

1864-09-06

Birth Place

Paris, France

Movies and TV shows :

7th Heaven

7th Heaven

1927

7.3

Movie
A Man from Wyoming

A Man from Wyoming

1930

9.0

Movie
Adoration

Adoration

1928

0.0

Movie
Bardelys the Magnificent

Bardelys the Magnificent

1926

7.8

Movie
Blonde or Brunette

Blonde or Brunette

1927

0.0

Movie
Blonde Venus

Blonde Venus

1932

6.8

Movie
Broken Hearts of Hollywood

Broken Hearts of Hollywood

1926

6.5

Movie
Caught in the Fog

Caught in the Fog

1928

0.0

Movie
Cock of the Air

Cock of the Air

1932

0.0

Movie
Counter-investigation

Counter-investigation

1930

0.0

Movie
Design for Living

Design for Living

1933

7.1

Movie
Échec au roi

Échec au roi

1930

0.0

Movie
Estrellados

Estrellados

1930

0.0

Movie
His Tiger Lady

His Tiger Lady

1928

0.0

Movie
House of Horror

House of Horror

1929

0.0

Movie
Just Like Heaven

Just Like Heaven

1930

5.7

Movie
Lilac Time

Lilac Time

1928

6.2

Movie
Man of Two Worlds

Man of Two Worlds

1934

6.0

Movie
Marianne

Marianne

1929

6.5

Movie
Morocco

Morocco

1930

6.3

Movie
My Official Wife

My Official Wife

1926

0.0

Movie
Now We're in the Air

Now We're in the Air

1927

6.2

Movie
Out of the Ruins

Out of the Ruins

1928

0.0

Movie
Paris at Midnight

Paris at Midnight

1926

9.0

Movie
Shanghai Express

Shanghai Express

1932

6.9

Movie
Sweeping Against the Winds

Sweeping Against the Winds

1930

0.0

Movie
The Big House

The Big House

1931

0.0

Movie
The Big Trail

The Big Trail

1931

0.0

Movie
The bluffer

The bluffer

1932

0.0

Movie
The California Trail

The California Trail

1933

7.0

Movie
The Common Law

The Common Law

1931

5.5

Movie
The Devil's in Love

The Devil's in Love

1933

6.0

Movie
The Flaming Forest

The Flaming Forest

1926

0.0

Movie
The Green Specter

The Green Specter

1930

0.0

Movie
The Little Cafe

The Little Cafe

1931

0.0

Movie
The Love Mart

The Love Mart

1927

0.0

Movie
The Man from Yesterday

The Man from Yesterday

1932

4.8

Movie
The Noose

The Noose

1928

7.0

Movie
The Road to Reno

The Road to Reno

1931

4.0

Movie
The Solitaire Man

The Solitaire Man

1933

6.5

Movie
The son of the other

The son of the other

1932

0.0

Movie
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1933

5.5

Movie
The Trial of Mary Dugan

The Trial of Mary Dugan

1931

0.0

Movie
The Yellow Ticket

The Yellow Ticket

1931

5.0

Movie
Tiger Rose

Tiger Rose

1929

0.0

Movie
Times Square

Times Square

1929

0.0

Movie
Upstream

Upstream

1927

5.8

Movie
Whispering Sage

Whispering Sage

1927

0.0

Movie
Wonder Bar

Wonder Bar

1934

6.2

Movie