The Smiling Madame Beudet
In this clip from Germaine Dulac's The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923), Madame Beudet (played by Germaine Dermoz) daydreams of escape from her husband (Alexandre Arquillière) at the hands of a tennis player (athlete Raoul Paoli).
Produced by Corsilée Films, 1923, directed by Germaine Dulac
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The practical concerns of a movie director shooting on location are explored in this video, a 1976 production of Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation, through the filming of Eugène Ionesco's play The New Tenant (1955).
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The search for knowledge never ends—but it started somewhere.Media Editor: Lauren Sims
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Using as its example the film adaptation of John Millington Synge's play The Well of the Saints (1905), this video discusses the role of an editor in filmmaking. It is a 1976 production of Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Using the example of Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation's 1977 dramatization of Walter van Tilburg Clark's “The Portable Phonograph,” director John Barnes discusses the problems of translating a short story into film and explains what it means to be faithful to the original.
