A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before sound motion pictures became commercially practical. Reliable synchronization was difficult to achieve with the early sound-on-disc systems, and amplification and recording quality were also inadequate. Innovations in sound-on-film led to the first commercial screening of short motion pictures using the technology, which took place in 1923. Before sound-on-film technology became viable, soundtracks for films were commonly played live with organs or pianos.
Adolphe Jean Menjou was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, where he played the lead role; Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas; Ernst Lubitsch's The Marriage Circle; The Sheik with Rudolph Valentino; Morocco with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper; and A Star Is Born with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, and was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931.
The Three Musketeers is a 1921 American silent film based on the 1844 novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, père. It was directed by Fred Niblo and stars Douglas Fairbanks as d'Artagnan. The film originally had scenes filmed in the Handschiegl Color Process. The film had a sequel, The Iron Mask (1929), also starring Fairbanks as d'Artagnan and DeBrulier as Cardinal Richelieu.
Alice Sophie Cocéa or Cocea was a Romanian-born French actress and singer.
The Great Lover is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Adolphe Menjou and Irene Dunne. The supporting cast includes Ernest Torrence, Neil Hamilton and Olga Baclanova. It as produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and based on the 1915 The Great Lover by Leo Ditrichstein. Dunne was loaned from RKO for the film.
The Ace of Cads is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Luther Reed and starred Adolphe Menjou and Alice Joyce. The film is an adaptation of a Michael Arlen story of the same name.
You Will Be My Wife is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese, Serge de Poligny and Heinz Hille and starring Alice Field, Roger Tréville and Lucien Baroux. It is the French-language version of UFA's The Cheeky Devil.
The Blaireau Case is a 1932 French comedy drama film directed by Henry Wulschleger and starring Bach, Alice Tissot and Charles Montel.
Beauty Spot is a 1932 French musical comedy film directed by Pierre Caron and Léonce Perret and starring Simone Cerdan, Marfa d'Hervilly and Doris Morrey. It is a remake of the 1931 German film Opera Ball and is part of the operetta film genre.
Nicole and Her Virtue is a 1932 French drama film directed by René Hervil and starring Alice Cocéa, André Roanne and Paulette Duvernet.
Delphine is a 1931 French romantic comedy film directed by Roger Capellani and starring Henri Garat, Alice Cocéa and Jacques Louvigny. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and produced and distributed by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures.
Let's Get Married is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Alice Cocéa, Fernand Gravey and Marguerite Moreno. It was made at the Joinville Studios in Paris by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures as a remake of the company's 1930 film Her Wedding Night. Such multiple-language versions were common in the early years of sound film before dubbing became commonplace.
Women's Prison or Women's Prisons is a 1938 French drama film directed by Roger Richebé and starring Viviane Romance, Renée Saint-Cyr and Marguerite Deval. Based on the 1930 novel of the same title by Francis Carco, it was remade twice as the 1947 Swedish film Two Women and the 1958 French film Women's Prison.
Atlantis is a 1930 drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and Jean Kemm and starring Maxime Desjardins, Alice Field and Constant Rémy. The film was made as French version of the British film Atlantic, produced by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios. Such Multiple-language versions were common in the early years of sound before dubbing became a more established practice. Like the original version it is based on the 1929 West End play The Berg by Ernest Raymond.
My Childish Father is a 1953 French drama film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Maurice Teynac, Jean Tissier and Arlette Poirier. It is based on the 1925 play of the same title by Léopold Marchand which had previously been made into a 1930 film My Childish Father. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart.
The Case of Doctor Brenner is a 1933 American-French drama film directed by John Daumery and starring Jean Marchat, Simone Genevois and Maurice Rémy. It is a French-language remake of the 1932 American film Alias the Doctor, itself based on a play by Imre Földes. It was produced by the French subsidiary of Warner Brothers.
A Train in the Night is a 1934 French mystery film directed by René Hervil and starring Dolly Davis, Georgius and Alice Tissot. It is an adaptation of Arnold Ridley's play The Ghost Train.
My Priest Among the Rich is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Émile-Bernard Donatien and starring Jim Gérald, Alice Roberts and André Roanne. It is a remake of the 1925 silent film of the same title, itself based on the 1923 novel My Priest Among the Rich by Clément Vautel.
Broken Wings is a 1933 French drama film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Victor Francen, Alice Field and Abel Tarride. It is based on a play of the same title by Pierre Wolff, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier.
