Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

170 • CANOLLE, JEAN
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CANOLLE, JEAN (Jean Pascal Louis Canolle / May
25, 1919, Toulon, Var, France–)
A former assistant to directors Jean Grémillon, Jacques
Feyder, Léonide Moguy, and Vittorio de Sica, he was
also author of radio serials (notably 42 Rue Courte,
2,260 episodes from 1956 to 1965), a playwright, and
a novelist (about fi fteen novels, including Lutte contre
la Bête, La Belle Cordire, 1944; Des Vessies pour des
Lanternes, Editions Mondiales, 1954; Le Connétable, Julliard,
1956; L’Homme au Papier bleu, Julliard, 1957; Fontcouverte,
Denoël, 1965; Le Temps des Copains, Denoël,
1965; Sylvie des 3 Ormes, Gautier-Languereau, 1968;
Les Demoiselles de Suresnes, Gautier-Languereau, 1968;
Le Cavalier rouge, Robert Laffont, 1970; La Ribaudaille,
Robert Laffont, 1971; La Sauvagesse, Trévise, 1974; Le
Jaguar, Robert Laffont, 1976; Le Dieu fou, Carrère, 1986;
La Maison des Esclaves, Robert Laffont, 1989; Kinkéliba,
Robert Laffont, 1991; Sir Basil, Robert Laffont, 1992).
He also co-wrote movies (1961 Le Puits aux Trois Vérités
/ Il pozzo delle tre verità, as co-adapter only, François
Villiers; 1962 Mon Oncle du Texas, also dialogist, Robert
Guez; 1963 Le Temps des Copains, also adapter, dialogist,
Robert Guez; Le Roi du Village / Bikini pericolosi, also dialogist,
Henri Gruel, France / Italy) and TV (1961–1962
Le Temps des Copains, 115 13', Robert Guez; 1965
Foncouverte, 52 13', Robert Guez; 1968 Les Demoiselles
de Suresnes, 26 13', Pierre Goutas; Sylvie des 3
Ormes, 26 13', André Pergament; 1969 Alice où estu?,
26 13', Paul Siegrist, France / Switzerland; 1980
La Vie des Autres, episode “Le Secret de Vallincourt,”
Emmanuel Fonlladosa; 1981 La Vie des Autres, episode
“Sofi a,” Gilles Legrand).
Filmography
1971 Une Drôle de Bourrique (also adapter; shot in
1969)
Television Filmography
1970 Maurin des Maures (52 13'; co-director with
Claude Dagues)
1972 Les Habits neufs du Grand Duc
1987 La Calanque (50 26')
CANONGE, MAURICE DE (March 18, 1894, Toulon,
Var, France–January 10, 1979, Paris, France)
A stage actor at the Odéon from 1910, he played in
many movies in France (from 1911 to 1923) before
being hired by Paramount and moving to Hollywood,
where he played supporting roles as Maurice Cannon
(1923 Trilby, James Young; 1924 Shadows of Paris, Herbert
Brenon; The Side Show of Life, Herbert Brenon;
The Alaskan, Herbert Brenon; Love’s Wilderness, Robert
Z. Leonard; Peter Pan, Herbert Brenon; 1925 The Little
French Girl, 1928 Forbidden Hours, Harry Beaumont).
He returned to France in the late 1920s and made
his directing debut in 1931. From 1967 to 1971, he
played small parts in a couple of international productions
(1967 Cervantès / Les Aventures extraordinaires de
Cervantes / Avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes,
Vincent Sherman, Spain / France / Italy; 1968 Le Rouble
à Deux Faces / Le Téléphone rouge / El rublo de las dos
caras / USA: The Day the Hot Line Got Hot / US video:
Hot Line, Etienne Périer, France / Spain; 1971 Kill / Kill:
Matar / Kill! / USA: Kill! Kill! Kill!, Romain Gary, France
/ Italy / Spain / West Germany). Other credit (as production
manager): 1934 Adémaï au Moyen Âge (Jean
de Marguenat).
Filmography
1931 Monsieur cambriole (short)
Olive se marie (medium-length; also actor)
Olive Passager clandestin (medium-length; also
actor)
1936 Inspecteur Grey (also screenwriter)
Le Secret de l’Emeraude
L’Empreinte rouge (also screenwriter, adapter)
1937 A Minuit, le 7
Boulot Aviateur
1938 Un Soir à Marseille
Gosse de Riche
Grisou / Les Hommes sans Soleil
1939 Thérèse Martin
Le Capitaine Benoit
1940 Les Trois Tambours
Soldats sans Uniforme (unreleased)
1945 Dernier Métro
1946 Mission spéciale (two parts: “L’Esponne,” “Réseau
clandestine”)
1947 Un Flic
1948 Erreur judiciaire (also actor)
1949 La Bataille du Feu / Les Joyeux Conscrits (also
actor)
Dernière Heure, Edition spéciale (also actor)