Suzanne Grandais in Lorena (1918)
Spanish collectors card by Amattler Marca Luna chocolate, series 6, no. 9. Photo: Eclipse. Suzanne Grandais in Lorena (Georges Tréville, 1918).
In vain we tried to find the plot of this film on French sites, as e.g. numbers of the leading magazine Ciné-Journal from 1918 fail in the French online system Gallica. However, thanks to the Dutch online newspaper site Delpher, we managed to find a content description in a Dutch regional paper of 1919.
Plot: Lorena is the daughter of the marquis of Chambrey, and secretly engaged to the painter Pierre Laurent, but her father has other plans. he wants to give her hand to Count Borgo, a son of a late friend. Lorena hides in Mme Laurent's place but is discovered and brought back home. yet, when it all comes out that Count Borgo is already married, Lorena may marry her artist. Borgo, though, is keen on revenge and challenges Pierre to a duel. When the duel is undecided, Pierre comes into his power. When Borgo wants to use his right to shoot at Pierre from a distance of 12 meters, Lorena intervenes. After having drugged her lover, she dresses like a man and goes to the duel. Borgo is softened by so much courage and shoots at a bottle instead of at the woman. (Provinciale Geldersche en Nijmeegsche courant, 15-02-1919, www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=grandais+lorena&...)
Lorena was produced by Grandais' own company Les Films Suzanne Grandais, but under the aegis of Eclipse, and also distributed by Eclipse. Scriptwriter was Claude Valmont. The main actors were Suzanne Grandais in the title role, Jean Aymé as Count Borgo and Fred Zorilla as Pierre Laurent. Supporting actors were Berthe Jalabert as Madame Laurent and Maillard as Monsieur Chambrey. The film came out in Paris on 11 February 1918 (so a year before the review in the Dutch regional paper).
What we also know is that there were a large series of postcards for this film, made by the Spanish Amatller chocolate company. We will upload these in the coming times. Amatller did two large series for two films with Grandais for Eclipse: Midinettes (1917) and Lorena (1918).
Striking, sophisticated Suzanne Grandais (1893 - 1920) is one of our favorite European film stars. She was the most beautiful and refined actress of the French silent cinema. Her nickname was 'the French Mary Pickford' because of her angel face and blond hair. She died in a car crash when she was only 27.
Suzanne Grandais in Lorena (1918)
Spanish collectors card by Amattler Marca Luna chocolate, series 6, no. 9. Photo: Eclipse. Suzanne Grandais in Lorena (Georges Tréville, 1918).
In vain we tried to find the plot of this film on French sites, as e.g. numbers of the leading magazine Ciné-Journal from 1918 fail in the French online system Gallica. However, thanks to the Dutch online newspaper site Delpher, we managed to find a content description in a Dutch regional paper of 1919.
Plot: Lorena is the daughter of the marquis of Chambrey, and secretly engaged to the painter Pierre Laurent, but her father has other plans. he wants to give her hand to Count Borgo, a son of a late friend. Lorena hides in Mme Laurent's place but is discovered and brought back home. yet, when it all comes out that Count Borgo is already married, Lorena may marry her artist. Borgo, though, is keen on revenge and challenges Pierre to a duel. When the duel is undecided, Pierre comes into his power. When Borgo wants to use his right to shoot at Pierre from a distance of 12 meters, Lorena intervenes. After having drugged her lover, she dresses like a man and goes to the duel. Borgo is softened by so much courage and shoots at a bottle instead of at the woman. (Provinciale Geldersche en Nijmeegsche courant, 15-02-1919, www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=grandais+lorena&...)
Lorena was produced by Grandais' own company Les Films Suzanne Grandais, but under the aegis of Eclipse, and also distributed by Eclipse. Scriptwriter was Claude Valmont. The main actors were Suzanne Grandais in the title role, Jean Aymé as Count Borgo and Fred Zorilla as Pierre Laurent. Supporting actors were Berthe Jalabert as Madame Laurent and Maillard as Monsieur Chambrey. The film came out in Paris on 11 February 1918 (so a year before the review in the Dutch regional paper).
What we also know is that there were a large series of postcards for this film, made by the Spanish Amatller chocolate company. We will upload these in the coming times. Amatller did two large series for two films with Grandais for Eclipse: Midinettes (1917) and Lorena (1918).
Striking, sophisticated Suzanne Grandais (1893 - 1920) is one of our favorite European film stars. She was the most beautiful and refined actress of the French silent cinema. Her nickname was 'the French Mary Pickford' because of her angel face and blond hair. She died in a car crash when she was only 27.