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Edmond T. Gréville was a French film director ( real name Edmond Gréville Thonger), born 20 June 1906 Nice - died 26 May 1966, Nice, in a car accident.

The son of Franco-British parents, his father was a Protestant pastor. He began his career as a film journalist and critic. In parallel with a few acting performances in some silent films and in the first talkie of René Clair, Sous les toits de Paris (1930), he directed his first short films. His first experience of directing had been on the shooting of Abel Gance's Napoléon in 1927. He had then worked as an assistant director, notably on the English film Piccadilly, L'Arlésienne (directed by Jacques de Baroncelli), Augusto Genina's Prix de beauté ( with Louise Brooks) and Abel Gance's La Fin du Monde.

Between 1930 and 1940 he directed several French films - Le Train des suicidés (1931), Remous (1933) with Françoise Rosay, and two comedy musical films Princesse Tam Tam (1935) with Josephine Baker, and Gypsy Melody (1936), with Lupe Velez. In Britain again, he filmed Mademoiselle Docteur with Dita Parlo and John Loder, and Menaces (1938) with Mireille Balin and Erich von Stroheim, playing an Austrian refugee who commits suicide following the Anschluss. With a heavy atmosphere charged with eroticism which characterises his films, he imposed his independence and original style on the cinema of the time. He stopped directing films during the Second World War and the Occupation - the war put a stop to the careers of Jews, among film-makers Gréville, Léonide Moguy and Pierre Chenal (and took away production and distribution companies belonging to Jews, for example, the father and son distributors Siriztky). ^[1] In 1948 he made a film on the subject of resistance and collaboration in the Dutch film Niet tevergeefs. The same year he made a film with Carole Landis, Noose. In Le Port du désir (1954) he directed Jean Gabin as a captain confronted by an unscrupulous smuggler and torn by his love for a young woman who is also loved by a younger man.

In th 1960s he made Beat Girl with Adam Faith and a horror film The Hands of Orlac with Mel Ferrer. His last film was L'Accident with Magali Noël based on a Frédéric David novel.

References

^ French National Cinema Susan Hayward ISBN 0-415-30783-X

[1] French National Cinema Susan Hayward ISBN 0-415-30783-X

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 The son of Franco-British parents, his father was a Protestant pastor. He began his career as a film journalist and critic. In parallel with a few acting performances in some silent films and in the first talkie of [[René Clair]], [[Under the Roofs of Paris|Sous les toits de Paris]] (1930), he directed his first short films. His first experience of directing had been on the shooting of [[Abel Gance]]'s ''Napoléon'' in 1927. He had then worked as an assistant director, notably on the English film ''[[Piccadilly (film)|Piccadilly]]'', ''L'Arlésienne'' (directed by [[Jacques de Baroncelli]]), [[Augusto Genina]]'s  ''[[Prix de beauté]]'' ( with [[Louise Brooks]]) and  Abel Gance's ''La Fin du Monde''.
-Between 1930 and 1940 he directed several French films - ''Le Train des suicidés'' (1931), ''Remous'' (1933) with [[Françoise Rosay]], and two comedy musical films ''[[Princesse Tam Tam]]'' (1935) with [[Josephine Baker]], and ''Gypsy Melody'' (1936), with [[Lupe Velez]]. In Britain again, he filmed ''Mademoiselle Docteur'' with [[Dita Parlo]] and John Loder, and ''Menaces'' (1939) with Mireille Balin and [[Erich von Stroheim]], playing an Austrian refugee who commits suicide following the [[Anschluss]]. With a heavy atmosphere charged with eroticism which characterises his films, he imposed his independence and original style on the cinema of the time. He stopped directing films during the [[Second World War]] and the Occupation.
+Between 1930 and 1940 he directed several French films - ''Le Train des suicidés'' (1931), ''Remous'' (1933) with [[Françoise Rosay]], and two comedy musical films ''[[Princesse Tam Tam]]'' (1935) with [[Josephine Baker]], and ''Gypsy Melody'' (1936), with [[Lupe Velez]]. In Britain again, he filmed ''Mademoiselle Docteur'' with [[Dita Parlo]] and John Loder, and ''[[Menaces]]'' (1938) with Mireille Balin and [[Erich von Stroheim]], playing an Austrian refugee who commits suicide following the [[Anschluss]]. With a heavy atmosphere charged with eroticism which characterises his films, he imposed his independence and original style on the cinema of the time. He stopped directing films during the [[Second World War]] and the Occupation - the war put a stop to the careers of Jews, among film-makers Gréville, [[Léonide Moguy]] and [[Pierre Chenal]] (and took away production and distribution companies belonging to Jews, for example, the father and son distributors ''Siriztky''). <ref> ''French National Cinema'' Susan Hayward  ISBN 0-415-30783-X </ref>
 In 1948 he made a film on the subject of resistance and collaboration in the Dutch film ''Niet tevergeefs''. The same year he made a film with [[Carole Landis]], ''[[Noose (film)|Noose]]''. In ''Le Port du désir'' (1954) he directed [[Jean Gabin]] as a captain confronted by an unscrupulous smuggler and torn by his love for a young woman who is also loved by a younger man.
 In th 1960s he made [[Beat Girl]] with [[Adam Faith]] and a horror film ''The Hands of Orlac''  with [[Mel Ferrer]]. His last film was ''L'Accident'' with [[Magali Noël]] based on a Frédéric David novel.
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