La Bohème (1916 film)
La Bohème (
aka: La vie de Bohème) is a 1916 silent historical film directed by Albert Capellani and distributed by World Pictures.
The star of this version is Alice Brady, whose father William A. Brady was the founder of World Pictures.
This film is one of many silent versions, actually the third or fourth.
Later silent versions appeared in 1917 and 1926 starring Lillian Gish.
Director Albert Capellani's brother, Paul Capellani, who appears in this film, had made his own short version in 1912.
A print survives at George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.
This film only survived because MGM purchased it for rights purposes to remake the story with Lillian Gish in 1926.
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Albert Capellani
Albert Capellani (23 August 1874 – 26 September 1931) was a French film director and screenwriter of the silent era.
He directed films between 1905 and 1922.
One of his brother was the actor-sculptor Paul Capellani.
and another the film director Roger Capellani.
Capellani, along with his brother Paul, studied acting under Charles le Bargy at the Conservatoire de Paris.
Starting his career as an actor, he worked with the director André Antoine at the Théâtre Libre and the Odéon.
He then began directing plays for the Odéon, working alongside the lauded actor and director .
In 1903, he became the head of the Alhambra music hall in Paris.
He continued to work as an actor and director until he received a job offer from the Pathé Frères studio in 1905.
Charles Pathé, who held high hopes for the artistic potential of film as a medium, invited him to join the artistic staff under the direction of Ferdinand Zecca.
When Pathé in 1908 launched a "prestige" production unit, the Société des Auteurs et des Gens de Lettres (SCAGL), Capellani became its first artistic director.
During his Pathé career, he worked as an adviser and supervisor to various directors, including Michel Carré, Georges Denola, Henri Étiévant, and Georges Monca.
He often drew upon his theatrical background to cast stage actor colleagues for his films, such as Henry Krauss, who appeared as Quasimodo in his "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1911) and as Jean Valjean in his (1912). "
Les Misérables" also gave the actress Mistinguett her first important screen role.
His films cover many genres, including melodramas, fairy tales, costume dramas with historical and biblical themes, and literary adaptations, especially after taking up directorship of SCAGL in 1908.
Characteristics of his style include a keen sense for staging actors in three-dimensional space, dynamic use of location filming, and an attention to subtle, realistic details that highlight the humanity of his characters.
In 1914 he served in the French army as an officer but was wounded in at the battle of Soissons near Champaigne First Battle of Champagne.
He was released from duty but because of the war was unable to direct films in France.
In 1915, he moved to the United States and worked for the film studios Pathé Exchange, Metro Pictures Corporation, the World Film Company, Cosmopolitan Productions, Nazimova Productions, and his own newly created studio, Capellani Productions,
Inc. Under his direction, Alla Nazimova rose to prominence as one of the greatest silent film stars in Hollywood.
Capellani returned to France in 1923, where he floated several new film projects but was unable to bring any to fruition.
He died of diabetes in 1931.
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Question: What nationality is the director of film La Bohème (1916 Film)?
Answer: French