Georges Vitray
Acting
Biography
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Born: February 29, 1888
Known For
The Earrings of Madame de...
In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
Hatred
Captain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. After an eventful stay in Shanghai, where he and his cargo are the victim of a malicious attack, he returns to his hometown of Dunkirk. Mollenard receives a frosty welcome from his wife Mathilde, who resents the way in which he has neglected his family for so many years. Mollenard’s only wish is to get back to sea as soon as he can, but a sudden heart-attack leaves him paralysed and entirely in his wife’s power...
Happy Hearts
A silent film theater projectionist is kidnapped by a gangster group, so he can show them footage of a Dutch jewel dealer they want to steal from. The head gangster's sister helps foil their plan.
Mandrin (2ème époque) La Tragédie d'un siècle
Around 1750, in the Dauphiné not far from the Swiss border, a cooper, tired of the injustices affecting the peasants crushed by taxes, went into revolt. Louis Mandrin, a handsome fellow without fear and without reproach, puts himself out of the law by refusing to obey the local nobility. The public authorities are tearing their hair out because the man is elusive. Helped by his faithful friends and by two women in love, Mandrin will become a legend.
The Novel of Werther
Herr Werther, a new magistrate to the Grand Duchy of Walheim who is a violinist and poet, seems to have fate on his side as he meets and pursues a beautiful local woman, Charlotte. But as Werther sets to propose marriage, Charlotte reluctantly tells him she has been promised to another, Werther's superior, Judge Hochstätten. Werther and Charlotte decide to keep their romance from the judge and each descends into depression. Will they be able to keep their feelings a secret?
The World Will Shake
In this sci-fi film, a scientist invents a prescient machine that can tell people when they will die. Oddly enough, the people do not want to know and therefore begin to riot…
Carnival of Sinners
A struggling artist buys a talisman that gives him love, fame and wealth. The talisman is a severed left hand, and it works perfectly, in fact, magically. But of course there is nothing free in this world, and after one year the devil comes and asks for his due.
Inspecteur Grey
Si j'étais le patron
An intelligent young worker, enterprising but boastful, repeats to all the winds that, if he were the boss, we would see what we would see. One of the main shareholders of the factory takes him at his word for twenty-four hours.
Monsieur Vincent
The life of Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century author and priest who founded two religious orders.
Filmography
as The Grand Vicar
as L'inspecteur Albert Taillis
as Brown
as Gervais
as Le maître d'hôtel
as Hotel doorman (uncredited)
as Le vieux reporter (uncredited)
as Mr. Villlier-Boulard, Isabelle's father
as The Chief of Police
as Orgon
as Mr. Josselin
as General Mast
as Le commandant
as Gréville
as Gervais Chambard
as Le docteur Robert
as Pons
as Brochant d'Erigny
as Brochant d'Erigny
as Le comte de Châtillon
as Bank manager
as Le producteur Darnois
as The doctor (uncredited)
as Notary
as Van Doren
as Lebergier
as Joseph Rousseau aka Sam Langford (uncredited)
as Ship's commander (uncredited)
as Le bailli
as Le général autrichien
as Perruche (uncredited)
as Firmin
as (uncredited)
as Dalbret
as Dupont
as Murph
as Father Barberin
as M. Leroy
as The bank manager
as The fake Van Hoolst
as Mr. Ribadet