Roudès, Gaston

(March 26, 1878, Béziers, Hérault, France - November 5, 1958, Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France)

   In the 1910s, he worked for the film company Eclipse as an actor (191I L'Assassinat d'Henri III, Henri Des­fontaines, Louis Mercanton) and screenwriter. He directed his first movie (Le Pouce) in 1911. He cre­ated his own production company, Gallo Films. He also supervised La Maison des Hommes vivants (co-director with Marcel Dumont, 1929).

 Filmography

1911 ◘ Le Pouce (short)

        ◘ La Reconnaissance du Bandit (short)

        ◘ Sa Petite Fille (short; also screenwriter)

1912 ◘ L'Aïeule (short)

        ◘ La Conscience du Cheval rouge / L'Honneur de l'Homme rouge / USA: The Red Man's Honor (short; unconfirmed; directed by Gaston Roudès or Jean Durand)

        ◘ La Reine Elisabeth (short; co-director with Henri Desfontaines, Louis Mercanton)

        ◘ La Légende d'Œdipe (short)

        ◘ La Rose du Radjah (short)

        ◘ Sa Majesté la Reine (short)

        ◘ Arizona Bill: La Piste argentée (short; uncon­firmed; directed by Gaston Roudès or Jean Durand)

        ◘ Papillon et le Roi nègre (short)

        ◘ Le Scarabée rouge (short)

        ◘ Le Mot du Coffre (short)

        ◘ Sous le beau Ciel de Monte-Carlo / Sous le Ciel bleu de Monte-Carlo (short)

1914 ◘ Les Gaz 1918

1918 ◘ Cronstadt (short)

        ◘ La Petite Princesse (short)

1920 ◘ Marthe

        ◘ La Dette

        ◘ Au-delà des Lois humaines (co-director with Marcel Dumont; also screenwriter)

1921 ◘ Le Doute (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Maître Evora (also producer)

        ◘ Prisca (also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ La Voix de l'Océan (also producer)

        ◘ Le Lac d'Argent (also producer)

        ◘ Le Double Piège

        ◘ Le Petit Moineau de Paris Le Crime des Hommes La Guitare et le Jazz Band

1924 ◘ Pulcinella (also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Les Rantzau (also producer)

        ◘ L'Ombre du Bonheur (also screenwriter, producer)

1925 ◘ L'Eveil / Das Erwachen einer Seele (co-director with Marcel Dumont; also co-screenwriter; France / Switzerland)

        ◘ La Maternelle / Petite Mère (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Léliana l'Espionne (also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Les Elus de la Mer (co-director with Marcel Dumont; also producer)

        ◘ La Douleur (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Les Petits / USA: The Little Ones (co-director with Marcel Dumont)

        ◘ Oiseaux de Passage

        ◘ Le Prince Zilah (also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Le Dédale / UK: The Labyrinth (co-director with Marcel Dumont)

        ◘ Le Chemin de la Gloire

        ◘ Cousine de France (also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ L'Âme de Pierre (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, producer)

1929 ◘ La Maison au Soleil / Gueule cassée

        ◘ Visage d'Aïeule / Portrait d'Aïeule, Visage de jeune Fille (shot in 1926)

1931 ◘ Le Maître de sa Vie

        ◘ Le Carillon de la liberté / De Beiaard van de vri-jheid (France / Belgium)

        ◘ Le Gamin de Paris (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Roger la Honte (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ L'Assommoir (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Un Coup de Mistral / Mon Oncle d'Arles (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1934 ◘ La Maison du Mystère (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Le Petit Jacques (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Flofloche

        ◘ Le Chant de l'Amour

        ◘ La Joueuse d'Orgue Enfants de Paris

        ◘ Un Coup de Rouge

        ◘ La Tour de Nesle (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1939 ◘ Une Main a frappé