Tavano, Charles-Félix

(April 19, 1887, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France - May 29, 1963, Châtel-de-Neuvre, Allier, France)

   A former theater manager in Nice (l9l0-l9l4), he began his film career in 1919 as an artistic manager for Les Films Louis Aubert (l9l9-l93l) and wrote a few films (1923 L'Île de la Mort, E. B. Donatien; 1924 L'Autre Aile, as adapter, Henri Andréani; La Chevauchée blanche, as co-screenwriter, E. B. Donatien; l931 Le Coeur de Paris, as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, also assistant director, Jean Benoît-Lévy, Marie Epstein). After being general manager of Synchro-Ciné, he created his own production company and financed the following films: 1935 Pension Mimosas (Jacques Feyder); Bout de Chou (Henry Wulschleger); l938 Les Nouveaux Riches (also co-screenwriter, Henry Wul-schleger), l939 Le Bois sacré (Léon Mathot, Robert Bibal), 1943 Le Mistral (Jacques Houssin); L'Homme de Londres (Henri Decoin); l945 La Cage aux Ros­signols / UK and USA: A Cage of Nightingales (Jean Dréville); 1946 Il suffit d'une Fois (Andrée Feix); 1947 Antoine et Antoinette / UK and USA: Antoine and Antoi­nette (Jacques Becker); 1948 Croisière pour l'Inconnu (Pierre Montazel). The first movies he directed were filmed songs.

 Filmography

        ◘ L'Angélus de la Mer (short; filmed song)

        ◘ Quand Madelon (short; filmed song)

        ◘ Le Credo du Paysan (short; filmed song)

        ◘ Deux Fois Vingt Ans (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Le Billet de Logement (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Arrêtez-moi! (short; co-director with Christian Matras)

        ◘ Un beau Mariage (short)

        ◘ Un Client de Province (short; also adapter)

        ◘ La Belle Escale (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Deux Papas (medium-length)

        ◘ Sa Majesté Antonin

        ◘ Un colpo di vento (co-director with Gio-vacchino Forzano; Italy)

        ◘ La Figurante (short)

        ◘ Zizi (short)

        ◘ L'Impeccable Henri

        ◘ Les Vagabonds du Rêve Eve et le Serpent

1951 ◘ Coq en Pâte

        ◘ Le Bonhomme de Jadis (short; also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Ce Bon Monsieur Durand (medium-length; also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Un Amour de Paris (short)