dirac Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 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. Quote 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. Related. Quote The Nobel laureate André Gide once praised her “natural and strange grace.” Link to comment
Helene Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 More and more sadness. Rest in peace Mme Morgan. Link to comment
dirac Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Well, she made it to 96, which is not a bad run. She was wonderful in this, with Philipe: Link to comment
dirac Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 The famous raincoat shot: Link to comment
Cygnet Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Another light has dimmed and gone out. Mme. Morgan RIP. Link to comment
Quiggin Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) 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. Edited December 31, 2016 by Quiggin Link to comment
dirac Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 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. Link to comment
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