Facts: - death place: 16th arrondissement of paris - death date: march 14 , 1942 august 18 , 1861 yes - birth date: august 18 , 1861 yes - name: andre calmettes - image: file : calmette andre.jpg - birth place: 1st arrondissement of paris Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of andre calmettes .
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andre calmettes -lrb- 1861-1942 -rrb- was a french actor and film director .after being a theatre actor for twenty years , he joined the society '' le film d'art '' , founded in 1908 by the novelist and editor , paul lafitte at the urging of the societaires of the comedie-francaise .that same year , disturbed by the noise of the spectators , he suggested that films should have musical accompaniment .one of the first composers to produce music especially designed for a film was camille saint-saens , who arranged a piano score for calmette 's '' the assassination of the duke of guise '' .originally the music was played in the theatre , but calmette later found a way to put musicians behind the screen and synchronize their playing with the film .in the three years from 1909 to 1912 , he gave a more theatrical touch to his work by casting famous stage actors such as sarah bernhardt , rejane and mounet-sully to do adaptations of classic literary works , both french and english .after 1913 , he returned to the stage himself .he appeared in one film , '' le petit chose '' , by andre hugon .