Directed by René Clair • 1955 • France
Les Grandes Manoeuvres is a wonderfully autumnal work from Rene Clair -- it was also his first film in color, and he uses the production design and the story, coupled with the range of available hues to impart a dreamlike quality to plot, a romantic escapade by a vain military officer on the eve of World War I. Michele Morgan (Passage To Marseilles, The Chase) is the object of Gerard Phillipe's affections in this wistful tale of a world and an era gone by.
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The Ghost Goes West
Directed by René Clair • 1935 • United Kingdom
Starring Robert Donat, Jean Parker, Eugene PalletteAn old-world ghost gets a taste of new-world values in this sly supernatural satire. When an ancient Scottish castle is taken down and moved to Florida to be rebuilt brick by brick, the new America...
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Entr’acte
Directed by René Clair • 1924 • France
One of the seminal films of the surrealist art movement, ENTR’ACTE (1924) brought together three of the great French artists of its time: Francis Picabia, Erik Satie, and René Clair. Presented in two parts as the introduction and intermission of a ballet, E...
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The Crazy Ray
Directed by René Clair • 1924 • France
Starring Charles Martinelli, Louis Pré Fils, Albert PréjeanPARIS QUI DORT represented a delightfully entertaining feature debut for the young René Clair. Also known as THE CRAZY RAY, Clair’s 1924 film humorously combines the new art of the cinema with othe...
