Henry Roussel

{{short description|French silent film actor, director and screenwriter (1875–1946)}} {{Infobox person | birth_name = Henri Léon Roussel | birth_date = 17 November 1875 | death_date = 13 February 1946 (aged 70) | occupation = {{hlist|actor|film director|screenwriter}} | image = Henry_Roussel.jpg | years_active = 1912—1939 }} '''Henry Roussel''' ({{IPA|fr|ɑ̃ʁi ʁusɛl}}; 1875–1946), also known as '''Henry Roussell''', was a French silent film actor, film director and screenwriter best known for his silent films of the 1910s and 1920s.

He starred in well over 40 films between 1912 and 1939.

==Selected filmography== * ''The Last Pardon'' (1913) * ''The Cameo'' (1913) * ''The Gaieties of the Squadron'' (1913) * ''The Corsican Brothers'' (1917) *''L'Ame du bronze'' (1918)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QZsAEAAAQBAJ&dq=Henry+Roussel&pg=PA106|title=French Film Theory and Criticism, Volume 1: A History/Anthology, 1907-1939. Volume 1: 1907-1929|first=Richard|last=Abel|date=December 8, 2020|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-3548-5 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xOjQEAAAQBAJ&dq=Henry+Roussel+film&pg=PA345|title=The Cine Goes to Town: French Cinema, 1896-1914, Updated and Expanded Edition|first=Richard|last=Abel|date=September 1, 2023|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-91291-5 |via=Google Books}}</ref> *''The Soul of Bronze'' (1921) * ''Imperial Violets'' (1924) (''Violettes Impériales'')<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e53rijtmrFEC&dq=Henry+Roussel+film&pg=PA118|title=In the Dark Room: Marguerite Duras and Cinema|first1=Rosanna|last1=Maule|first2=Julie|last2=Beaulieu|date=May 31, 2009|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-3-03911-354-5 |via=Google Books}}</ref> * ''The Promised Land'' (1925) * ''The Farewell Waltz'' (1928) * ''Les Nouveaux Messieurs'' (1929) * ''Fun in the Barracks'' (1932) * ''Imperial Violets'' (1932) * ''Orange Blossom'' (1932) * ''Arlette and Her Fathers'' (1934) * ''The Squadron's Baby'' (1935) * ''Imperial Violets'' (1952, original story)

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== External links == *{{IMDb name|746008}}

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