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A death that got lost in the shuffle here in the States: the exquisite Michèle Morgan has died at age 96. The announcement was made, fittingly, by the President of the Republic.

 

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French President François Hollande announced the death, calling her “an elegance, a grace, a legend that left a mark on many generations. . . . The greatest directors called upon her, and she was part of masterpieces that still live in everyone’s memories.” No other details were provided.

 

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The Nobel laureate André Gide once praised her “natural and strange grace.”

 

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Trailer from another Michele Morgan/Gerard Philipe film

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBn3mr96aqY

 

She worked with Rene Clair, Marc Allegret (who discovered her), Michael Curtiz (Passage to Marseilles with great photography by James Wong Howe), Jean Gremillon, Marcel Carne, Claude Chabrol, Julien Duvivier, and Sacha Guitry. (Missing: Jacques Becker.)

 

Also in Carol Reed's underated The Fallen Idol – on a Graham Greene story.

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Thanks, Quiggin. I haven't seen "Les Orgueilleux."

 

"The Fallen Idol" was Greene's own favorite of the film adaptations of his works. The cinematography by Georges Périnal is as fine in its way as Howe's, and all the actors are in top form, although Morgan herself is somewhat overshadowed.

 

"Remorques," directed by Gremillon with Morgan, Gabin, and Madeleine Renaud, also has a striking look.

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