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2 unusual facts about Marc Allégret


Maria Chapdelaine

The novel has had three film adaptations, two French and one Québécois: in 1934, by Julien Duvivier, with Madeleine Renaud (as Maria Chapdelaine), and Jean Gabin (as François Paradis), partly filmed in Péribonka; in 1950 by Marc Allégret in a free interpretation of the work called The Naked Heart; and in 1984 by Gilles Carle with Carole Laure.

Sois belle et tais-toi

Sois belle et tais-toi (1958 film), a 1958 film by French director Marc Allégret, known as Be Beautiful But Shut Up in the US and Blonde for Danger in the U.K.


Anemic Cinema

In collaboration with Man Ray and Marc Allégret, Duchamp filmed early versions of the Rotoreliefs and they named the first film version Anémic Cinéma.

Janie Marèse

Her first full-length feature was Amours viennoises in 1930, followed by the Marc Allégret-directed adaptation of Mam'zelle Nitouche.


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