Burguet, Charles

(Charles Henry Lévy / May 26, 1878, Paris, France - June 9, 1946, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Val-de-Marne, France)

   After being a stage actor (1894-1906), he ran the Réjane theater (1906-1908). Then he was artistic director of Nice, Vichy, and Evian until August 1914. In 1912, he created his own production company in Nice, Les Films Azur. During the shooting of Gosse de Riche in 1920, he went through a car crash (his ac­tress Suzanne Grandais and cinematographer Marcel Ruette died in the accident). He resumed his career two years later. From 1925 to 1940, he was president of the Société des Auteurs.

 Filmography

1912 ◘ Beau Pompier (short)

        ◘ La Dette (short)

        ◘ Un Drame de l'Honneur (short)

        ◘ L'Epreuve tragique (short)

        ◘ Le Fils de l'Innocent (short)

        ◘ La Haine du Sorcier (short)

        ◘ La Montagne d'Or (short)

        ◘ Sacrilège (short)

        ◘ La Saltarella (short)

        ◘ Secrets d'Etat (short)

        ◘ L'Utile Dévouement (short)

        ◘ Gills (short)

        ◘ L'Emeraude (short)

        ◘ Lar Jalousie (short)

        ◘ Lour servir (short)

        ◘ Frès d'un Berceau (short)

        ◘ Le Troisième Larron (short)

        ◘ Vers le Travail (short)

        ◘ La Pépite d'Or (short)

1916

        ◘ Quand Minuit sonna (short)

        ◘ Le Fils (short)

        ◘ Gold Silver et Cie (short)

        ◘ Ruse de Grand-Père / La Ruse du Grand-Père (short)

        ◘ Bou-Bouf pour les Dames (short)

        ◘ L'Or de l'Avare (short)

        ◘ Bou-Bouf enterre sa Vie de Garçon (short)

        ◘ Bou-Bouf se rase (short)

        ◘ Bou-Bouf veut maigrir (short)

        ◘ Le Double Jeu (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Yeux qui accusent (two parts short)

        ◘ Remember (one prologue and two-part short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Filles d'Eve (short)

        ◘ Serments (short)

1917

        ◘ Bou-Bouf et César (short)

        ◘ L'Autre Visage (short)

        ◘ Les Deux Amours (also adapter)

        ◘ Les Deux Serments Gaby en Auto (short)

        ◘ Son Héros

1918

        ◘ Au Paradis des Enfants

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

        ◘ La Course du Flambeau (also screenwriter, adapter)

1919

        ◘ Un Ours

        ◘ La Sultane de l'Amour (two parts; co-director with René Le Somptier; rereleased in 1923 in a shortened version colored with the stencil key set)

1920

        ◘ Le Chevalier de Gaby (short)

        ◘ Suzanne et les Brigands (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Gosse de Riche (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Essor (ten episodes: "La Joie d'aimer", "Le Trimardeur", "Le Regard de l'Aigle", "Le Rhin", "Le Cirque", "Les Ramoneurs", "Dans le Sac", "Les Romanichels", "Les Loups se mangent entre eux", "L'Espérance"; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Bâillonnée (seven episodes: "Entre Deux Haines", "La Nuit douloureuse", "Les Sans-Pitié", "Le Guet-Apens", "L'Impossible Amour", "Un Drame en Mer", "Le Droit de la Mère")

        ◘ Les Mystères de Paris (twelve episodes: "Le Ta­pis franc", "La Ferme de Bouqueval", "Les Jus­ticiers", "Le Ménage Pipelet", "Les Suites d'un Bal à l'Ambassade", "Misère", "Le Martyre de Louise Morel", "L'Etude de Me Ferrand", "L'Île du Ravageur", "Le Maître d'Ecole et la Chou­ette", "Celle qui venge", "Son Altesse Fleur de Marie"; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1924

        ◘ La Mendiante de Saint-Sulpice (also screenwriter, adapter, producer)

        ◘ La Joueuse d'Orgue

1925

        ◘ Faubourg Montmartre (also screenwriter, adapter, producer)

        ◘ Barocco (also actor)

1926

        ◘ Martyre (also screenwriter, adapter, producer)

1929 ◘ Le Meneur de Joies / Die Schleiertanzerin (also screenwriter, adapter; France / Germany)