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Cyril Gardner is a Actor, Director, Writer and Editor French born on 30 may 1898 at Paris (France)

Cyril Gardner

Cyril Gardner
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Birth name Cyril Gottlieb
Nationality France
Birth 30 may 1898 at Paris (France)
Death 30 december 1942 (at 44 years)

Cyril Gardner est un acteur, monteur, producteur, réalisateur et scénariste américain d'origine française, né Cyril Gottlieb le 30 mai 1898 à Paris, mort le 30 décembre 1942 à Los Angeles — quartier d'Hollywood (Californie).

Biography

Émigré très jeune aux États-Unis où il s'installe définitivement, il obtient la citoyenneté américaine sous le nom de Cyril Gardner. Il débute adolescent au cinéma comme acteur, dans quinze courts métrages muets américains, sortis de 1913 à 1915. Le premier est Bread Cast Upon the Waters de Thomas H. Ince (1913, avec Charles Ray). Suivent notamment An Orphan of War de Francis Ford (1913, avec le réalisateur) et The Adventures of Shorty de Francis Ford et Scott Sidney (1914, avec Shorty Hamilton).

Puis il est monteur de treize autres films américains (douze muets) sortis à partir de 1918, auxquels s'ajoute le film muet canadien L'Instinct qui veille de David Hartford (1919, avec Wheeler Oakman). Le dernier qu'il monte est L'Intruse d'Edmund Goulding, premier film parlant de Gloria Swanson, sorti en 1929.

Dans un troisième temps, il est réalisateur de six films parlants américains (1930-1932), dont The Royal Family of Broadway (1930, avec Ina Claire et Fredric March), coréalisé par George Cukor, et Reckless Living (1931, avec Ricardo Cortez et Mae Clarke) qu'il produit. Enfin, il réalise trois films britanniques (1933-1935), dont Le Parfait Accord (1933, avec Gloria Swanson et Laurence Olivier).

Signalons aussi quatre films comme scénariste. Les deux premiers, américains, sont Two Arabian Knights de Lewis Milestone (1927, avec William Boyd et Mary Astor) et Reckless Living pré-cité. Les deux suivants, britanniques, sortent respectivement en 1934 et 1936.

Cyril Gardner meurt prématurément fin 1942, à 44 ans, d'une crise cardiaque.

Best films

The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)
(Director)
Two Arabian Knights (1927)
(Writer)

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Filmography of Cyril Gardner (20 films)

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Actor

Bread Cast Upon the Waters
Directed by Thomas H. Ince
Actors Charles Ray, Hazel Buckham, Cyril Gardner, William Desmond Taylor
Roles James Hamilton

Le Colonel Hamilton quitte sa fille Edna et son fils James pour rejoindre les troupes du Sud. Quelque temps plus tard, un escadron nordiste reçoit l'ordre de se dérouter vers la propriété du colonel afin de récupérer des vivres…
The Drummer of the 8th, 28minutes
Directed by Thomas H. Ince, Jay Hunt
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Mildred Harris, Cyril Gardner, Frank Borzage
Roles Billy Durand - the Drummer
Rating59% 2.9577552.9577552.9577552.9577552.957755
Au début de la Guerre de Sécession, un enfant, Billy Durand parvient à s'engager dans l'armée du Nord comme tambour, malgré l'opposition de ses parents et de son frère, lui-même engagé. Il est blessé lors de sa première bataille et fait prisonnier. Mais il parvient à s'évader…

Director

Perfect Understanding, 1h20
Directed by Cyril Gardner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes La provence
Actors Gloria Swanson, Laurence Olivier, John Halliday, Genevieve Tobin, Nora Swinburne, Charles Cullum
Rating56% 2.8053752.8053752.8053752.8053752.805375
Judy (Swanson) and Nicholas Randall (Olivier) are a newly married couple who agree to a marriage based on "perfect understanding." This agreement is meant to rule out any form of jealousy. During their honeymoon they are called away to Cannes to spend time with their friends. Judy chooses to go back to London to decorate their home but insists that Nicholas spend time with their friends. While in Cannes, Nicholas becomes drunk and ends up sleeping with Stephanie (Swinburne), his former mistress. Nicholas is guilt-stricken and immediately returns home and confesses to Judy his sin. Judy forgives him due to their prior agreement of a perfect understanding. However, while Nicholas is away on business she confesses to her friend Ivan (Halliday) that she is still upset with Nicholas. Ivan then declare his love for Judy and tells her that if she would like, he would be willing to spend the night with her. Judy leaves Ivan to consider her options and ends up wandering the streets at night. Meanwhile, Nicholas has been outside Ivan's apartment and does not realize that Judy has left. He concludes that the two are having an affair. When Judy returns from walking the streets she leaves a letter for Ivan, thanking him for his love.
Grumpy
Grumpy (1930)
, 1h14
Directed by George Cukor, Cyril Gardner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Phillips Holmes, Paul Lukas, Halliwell Hobbes, Paul Cavanagh, Robert Bolder, Olaf Hytten
Rating49% 2.495442.495442.495442.495442.49544
The titular character is a temperamental but lovable retired London barrister now living in the country with his granddaughter Virginia. Ernest Heron, Virginia's beau, returns from South Africa with a valuable diamond, and that night he is attacked and the gem is stolen. The only clue to the perpetrator's identity is a camellia Ernest is found clutching in his hand.

Scriptwriter

Two Arabian Knights, 1h32
Directed by Lewis Milestone
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Prison films, Political films
Actors William Boyd, Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim, Ian Keith, Boris Karloff, Michael Vavitch
Roles Writer
Rating66% 3.3407453.3407453.3407453.3407453.340745
During the First World War, two American soldiers become trapped in no man's land. Expecting to die, W. Daingerfield Phelps III (William Boyd) decides to fulfill his fondest desire: to beat up his sergeant since training camp, Peter O'Gaffney (Louis Wolheim). While they are brawling, the Germans sneak up and capture them.

Editor

The Trespasser, 1h30
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gloria Swanson, Robert Downing Ames, Purnell Pratt, Henry B. Walthall, Stuart Erwin, Wally Albright
Rating64% 3.248123.248123.248123.248123.24812
A humble woman (Swanson) marries a wealthy man (Ames). Their marriage is annulled by the man's father (Holden), who considers her a fortune-hunter, and she is left alone to raise her child. She later becomes a "kept woman" for an older, married man. When the man dies, leaving Swanson a $500,000 inheritance, the press is quick to cast doubts upon the paternity of Swanson's child. Her ex-husband has since remarried, and now comes back into Swanson's life. For the sake of her child, she sends the boy to live with her ex and his wife. The wife dies and the film ends happily (if improbably) with Swanson reunited with her ex-husband.