Emmy Lynn

  • Maurice Tourneur – Les deux orphelines (1933)

    1931-1940DramaFranceMaurice Tourneur

    On the eve of the French Revolution, two orphan girls, Henriette and Louise, make their way to Paris…

    There are so many unforgettable scenes:
    – Louise singing in the streets, Henriette and the Countess trying to reach her.
    The police and the Count stopping them. Countess’ silent despair and Henriette’s screams.
    – All the sequences with Pierre and Louise.
    – The Marquis’ costume orgy, masterfully filmed.
    – And, above all, Yvette Guilbert cradling her son with a song… an immense moment of cinema.
    Paul Vecchiali – L’encinéclopédie – cinéastes français des années 1930 et leur oeuvreRead More »

  • Abel Gance – La Dixième Symphonie AKA The Tenth Symphony (1918)

    1911-1920Abel GanceClassicsFranceSilent

    Synopsis:
    A young girl, rich and orphaned (Emmy LYNN), harrassed by a deprived adventurer (Jean TOULOUT) and by his sister, kills the latter. The adventurer blackmails her. A year later, the girl marries a famous composer, an admiror of Beethoven (Séverin MARS). The adventurer starts courting, secretly, the composer’s daughter (Elizabeth NIZAN) – daughter by a previous marriage. The composer, on finding out that a sordid relationship had existed, in the past, between his wife and the adventurer wrote, on the occasion of his daughter’s engagement, a symphony describing his unhappiness. The composer hereby defines the theme of the 10th symphony: “At the feet of his master Beethoven , a musician distraught by the treason of women, tries to forget and express his sadness”.Read More »

  • Marcel L’Herbier – Le vertige (1926)

    1921-1930DramaFranceMarcel L'HerbierSilent

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    Based on a play by Charles Méré, the 1926 French production Le Vertige was released in the U.S. two years later as “The Living Image”, or “The Lady of Petrograd”. The film opens with the overthrow of the Czar during the 1917 Russian revolution. The family of General Count Svirsky (Roger Karl) cower in their home, certain that the mobs of angry peasants will tear them apart. But even in this moment of crisis, Svirsky can find time to murder the young officer who has been having an affair with Countess Svirska (Emmy Lynn). The Countess knows what has happened, but she loyally remains with her husband as they escape to the safety of the French Riviera. It is here that the Countess meets Henri de Cassel (Jaque Catelain), the “living image” of her dead lover. Once again, the General prepares to shoot the Countess’ paramour in cold blood — but this time, the outcome is quite different.From Hal EricksonRead More »

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