Marguerite Viel Explained

Marguerite Viel (1894-1976)[1] was a French filmmaker who was active during the late 1920s and 1930s. She wrote and directed several films, including Occupe-toi d’Amélie (1932) and La banque Nemo (1934).[2] [3] Viel was also a frequent collaborator of Jean Epstein, lending financial support to many of Epstein's films.[4]

Viel worked as a dialogue writer and sound editor during the first years of sound film. As a sound editor, she was responsible for the French dubbing of non-French films.[5]

Filmography

As writer or director

!Title!Year!Role!Notes
La banque Nemo[6] 1934Director and screenwriter
Une Petite bonne sérieuse (short film)1932Co-director with Richard Weishbach
Occupe-toi d’Amélie (Take Care of Amelie)1932Co-director with Rene Weissbachadapted from a play by Georges Feydeau
Terra farouche1930Director

In other roles

!Title!Year!Director!Role
Erotikon1929Gustav MachatyViel likely worked on the sound version of the film when it premiered in France
The Great Gabbo1929Erich von Stroheimsound editor
Feind im Blut1931Walter Ruttmannsound editor
Dzungle Velkomest/La Jungle d'une grande ville1930Leo Martenartistic consultant
La Chute de la Maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher)1928Jean Epsteininvestor

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pallister, Janis L. . French-speaking Women Film Directors: A Guide . 1997 . Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press . 978-0-8386-3736-4 . en . 2022-09-07 . 2022-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220912164918/https://books.google.com/books?id=oGB486_zeFYC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA109&dq=marguerite+viel&hl=en . live .
  2. Book: Burch . Noël . The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930–1956 . Sellier . Geneviève . 2013-11-25 . Duke University Press . 978-0-8223-7725-2 . en . 2022-09-07 . 2022-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220908043412/https://books.google.com/books?id=2zjOAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=jean+epstein+marguerite+viel&source=bl&ots=s1J0jf2soG&sig=ACfU3U1GmKrtFb2wq_P0hNUx65PpcoRIpA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCv_vXwIP6AhVpFVkFHdUKBVsQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=jean%20epstein%20marguerite%20viel&f=false . live .
  3. Book: Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey . Women Film Directors: An International Bio-critical Dictionary . 1995 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 978-0-313-28972-9 . en . 2022-09-07 . 2022-09-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220907223506/https://books.google.com/books?id=-kJHa7KqnQ4C&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA26&dq=marguerite+viel&hl=en . live .
  4. Web site: Coeur Fidèle . 2022-09-07 . silentfilm.org . 2022-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220908165526/https://silentfilm.org/coeur-fidele/ . live .
  5. Web site: Marguerite Viel – Women Film Pioneers Project . 2022-09-07 . wfpp.columbia.edu . 2022-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220422033631/https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/marguerite-viel/ . live .
  6. Book: Kuhn . Annette . The Women's Companion to International Film . Radstone . Susannah . 1994-01-01 . University of California Press . 978-0-520-08879-5 . en . 2022-09-07 . 2022-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220912164918/https://books.google.com/books?id=pjqOM04aGJ8C&pg=PA164&lpg=PA164&dq=Marguerite+Viel&source=bl&ots=Z8b_zHimZn&sig=ACfU3U3jIxgIg8-8ZoZFWL5jh9fvdkJ7ww&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjnjtm0tIP6AhWOElkFHdrDALgQ6AF6BAgQEAM#v=onepage&q=Marguerite%20Viel&f=false . live .

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