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Rouben Mamoulian (1897–1987)

Author of The Mark of Zorro [1940 film]

30+ Works 422 Members 7 Reviews

About the Author

Image credit: Credit: Vandamm Studio, 1927
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Works by Rouben Mamoulian

The Mark of Zorro [1940 film] (1940) — Director — 87 copies, 1 review
Silk Stockings [1957 film] (1957) — Director — 47 copies, 1 review
Queen Christina [1933 film] (1933) — Director — 43 copies
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1931 film] (1975) — Director — 38 copies, 1 review
Love Me Tonight [1932 film] (1932) — Director — 35 copies, 2 reviews
Blood and Sand [1941 film] (1941) — Director — 28 copies
Great Cinema Classics (2013) — Director — 23 copies
Applause [1929 film] (1929) — Director — 15 copies, 2 reviews
Greta Garbo: The Signature Collection (2005) — Director — 12 copies
Shakespeare's Hamlet: A New Version — Adapter — 7 copies
Golden Boy [1939 film] (2014) — Director — 5 copies

Associated Works

Cleopatra [1963 film] (1963) — Director — 237 copies, 5 reviews
Famosos casos de estafa y pillaje (1977) — Contributor — 5 copies
Candid Monsters Volume 13 — Contributor — 1 copy
Love Me Tonight : Booklet (Indicator Series, 374) (2023) — Contributor — 1 copy

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11 reviews
A scientist figures out how to turn himself into an ugly and cruel man, for recreational purposes.

3/4 (Good).

There's a lot to dislike about this movie (especially the makeup design). But Frederic March is absolutely riveting, and decades ahead of his time.

(Apr. 2021)
½
'Applause', starring a young Helen Morgan made up to look like a washed up burlesque star, is about a singer, Kitty Darling, who has a lowlife husband and a daughter hidden away in a convent. Things change when the money runs out and the daughter is recalled from her safe and cozy world. From the first scenes of large legged chorus girls wearily high kicking before slavering customers, to the scenes in the railway station where young April Darling sends her sailor lover away so she can bump show more and grind to save the family pride, 'Applause' is never anything other than engrossing. But the acting honours go to Morgan, who is simply wonderful and heartbreaking. The ending, where she lies dying in her dressing room after overdosing on sleeping tablets, while April and her lover plan an escape for the three of them, is powerful and shocking. A hard hitting early talkie which you'll remember for a long time. show less
L'histoire commence à Paris alors qu'un tailleur (Maurice Chevalier, épatant !) ouvre sa boutique. Un de ses clients, un aristocrate ruiné ne venant pas régler les nombreux costumes qu'il lui a confectionnés, Maurice se rend au château où habite l'oncle du vicomte. En chemin, il rencontre une jeune femme (Jeanette MacDonald) dont il tombe immédiatement amoureux. Celle-ci, le croyant fou, refuse de dire son nom et s'éloigne. À son arrivée au château, le vicomte, ne souhaitant pas show more que sa famille apprenne qu'il a des dettes, fait passer Maurice pour un baron. Quand il découvre que la femme dont il est tombé amoureux est princesse et qu'elle habite le château, il décide de ne pas révéler son identité.
Il faut voir la scène de la chasse à courre pendant laquelle Maurice décide de sauver le superbe cerf traqué. Alors que les chasseurs s'approchent de la cabane où Maurice se trouve avec l'animal, il leur demande de bien vouloir parler plus bas, la pauvre créature épuisée ayant besoin de repos. C'est d'une drôlerie et d'une beauté renversantes !
Voilà une comédie dynamique et joyeuse (emportée par l'accent frenchie de Maurice Chevalier !) dont le rythme ne faiblit pas. Une jolie surprise.
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Lorenz Hart Lyricist
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Victor Milner Cinematographer
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Mark Robson Director
Arthur C. Miller Cinematographer
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Melchior Lengyel Original book
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