Vincent Scotto

Last updated
Vincent Scotto
Vincent Scotto 02.jpg
Born21 April 1874
Marseille, France
Died15 November 1952 (aged 78)
Paris, France
OccupationComposer

Vincent Scotto (21 April 1874 – 15 November 1952) was a French composer. [1]

Contents

Biography

Early life

Vincent Scotto was born on 21 April 1874 in Marseille to Pasquale Scotto d'Aniello and Antonia Intartaglia, from the island of Procida, north of the Gulf of Naples. [2]

Career

He started his career in Marseille in 1906 and later moved to Paris. Over the course of a lifetime, he wrote 4,000 songs as well as 60 operettas. He was friends with Marcel Pagnol and wrote music for his films. Over time, he wrote music for about fifty films in the 1940s and 1950s, and he sometimes appeared in them as an actor. [3]

In 1973, a biographical TV film was broadcast, La Vie rêvée de Vincent Scotto. [4]

Death

He died on 15 November 1952 in Paris.

Legacy

Bust of Vincent Scotto by Andre Arbus on the Place aux Huiles, Marseille, France Vincent scotto.jpg
Bust of Vincent Scotto by André Arbus on the Place aux Huiles, Marseille, France

Selected filmography

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viviane Romance</span> French actress

Viviane Romance was a French actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wally Patch</span> English actor and comedian (1888–1953)

Walter Sydney Vinnicombe was an English actor and comedian. He worked in film, television and theatre.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hugh Williams</span> English actor

Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams was a British actor and dramatist of Welsh descent.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reginald Owen</span> British actor (1887–1972)

John Reginald Owen was a British actor, known for his many roles in British and American films and television programs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucien Callamand</span> French actor (1888–1968)

Lucien Callamand born Lucien Marie Pascal Eugène Callamand was one of the earliest French film actors whose career spanned six decades of French cinema. Between 1909 and 1965, he starred in at least 115 films.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph Crehan</span> American actor (1883–1966)

Joseph A. Creaghan was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1916 and 1965, and notably played Ulysses S. Grant nine times between 1939 and 1958, most memorably in Union Pacific and They Died with Their Boots On.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pierre Larquey</span> French actor

Pierre Larquey was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77.

Erich Adolf Dunskus was a German film actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1927 and 1966. He was born in Pillkallen, East Prussia and died in Hagen, Germany.

Lucien Baroux was a French actor. He began his career working in the theatre, moving on to a long career in films from the 1930s.

Anthony Gildès was a French actor.

Jean Sinoël, often known simply as Sinoël, was a French actor and singer.

Milly Mathis was a French actress who appeared in more than 100 films during her career. Born on September 8, 1901, as Emilienne Pauline Tomasini in Marseilles, France, she made her film debut with a small, uncredited role in the 1927 German film, Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney. Most of her parts would be in featured or supporting roles. Her final performance would be in a featured role in French film, Business (1960). She was also an occasional performer on France's legitimate stage. She died on March 30, 1965, in Salon-de-Provence, France, and was buried in the Cimetière Saint-Pierre in Marseilles.

Guy de Gastyne (1888–1972) was a French art director. He was the brother of the film director Marco de Gastyne.

Jacques Colombier (1901–1988) was a French art director who designed the sets for many films during his career.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeanne Fusier-Gir</span> French actress

Jeanne Fusier-Gir (1885–1973) was a French stage and film actress. She was married to the painter Charles Gir, and was the mother of the film director François Gir.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raymond Aimos</span> French actor (1889–1944)

Raymond Aimos was a French film actor. He was shot and killed as a FFI combatant during the liberation of Paris.

Amédée Ferdinand René Pujol was a French screenwriter, film director, and librettist.

Jacques Daniel-Norman (real name Joseph Jacques Compère was a French film director and screenwriter.

Antonin Berval (1891–1966) was a French film actor. He is sometimes credited simply as Berval.

References

  1. Filmography
  2. "Jeanne BROCHARD's Family Tree". GeneaNet.
  3. NYTimes Biography
  4. Overview and cast
  5. Aix Google Map