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 Madame Pompadour
(1927)Production Line: British National Films, for Paramount, film Directed by: Herbert Wilcox Screenplay by: Frances Marion and E.A. Dupont. Based on the play by: Rudolph Schanzer and Ernst Wellish. Writing credits: Ewald Andrè Dupont - Frances Marion Country: UK Color: Black and White Sound Mix: Silent Interpreters : Dorothy Gish: Madame de Pompadour Antonio Moreno: Rene Laval Nelson Keys: Duc de Courcelette Henri Bosc: Louis XV Gibb McLaughlin: Comte Maurepas Cyril McLaglen: Gogo Marsa Beauplan: Madame Poisson Marie Ault: Belotte |
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Dorothy Gish (1898-1968) Biography 
At 16 Natalie was enrolled in a college where she studied dramatics and language. She also took music and singing lessons with a noted Viennese teacher. When she left college in 1925, she continued her dramatic lessons privately, meanwhile applying for small parts in Berlin stage plays. It took some time, but eventually she landed a part in a musical version of Madame Pompadour directed by Eric Charell and seen in Berlin in 1926.
Charell was to become famous later as director of the 1932 film Congress Dances which became a worldwide hit. During the run of Madame Pompadour, Natalie was seen by Max Reinhardt, who signed her for the lead in his play es Leight in der Luft (The Light in the Sky). Natalie who had by now changed her name to the more harmonious sounding Tala Birell, was a hit in the play. Despite this success in the Reinhardt play, no other stage parts were offered after it closed, so in 1928 she took a job as understudy to Marlene Dietrich in a revue at the Reinhardt-Buhnen theater in Berlin. Marlene Dietrich proved to be a picture of health, and Tala had to wait until the revue went on tour before inheriting the Dietrich part, since the latter had film commitments. |
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Filmography
Cardinal, The (1963) - Celia
Harvest (1953) (TV) - Ellen Zalinka
Whistle at Eaton Falls, The (1951) - Mrs. Doubleday
... aka Richer Than the Earth (1951) (UK) Centennial Summer (1946) - Mrs. Rogers
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944) - Mrs. Skinner
Wolves (1930) - Leila McDonald
... aka Wanted Men (1936) (USA: cut version) Madame Pompadour (1927) - Mme Pompadour
Tiptoes (1927) - Tiptoes Kaye
... aka Tip Toes (1927) London (1926) - Mavis Hogan
Nell Gwynne (1926) - Nell Gwyn
... aka Nell Gwyn (1926) Clothes Make the Pirate (1925) - Betsy Tidd
Beautiful City, The (1925) - Mollie
Night Life of New York (1925) - Meg
Romola (1924) - Tessa
Bright Shawl, The (1923) - La Clavel
Fury (1923) - Minnie
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Country Flapper, The (1922) - Jolanda (the flapper)
Orphans of the Storm (1921) - Louise Girard
Ghost in the Garret, The (1921) - Delsie O'Dell
Flying Pat (1920) - Patricia Van Nuys
Little Miss Rebellion (1920) - Grand Duchess Marie Louise
Remodeling Her Husband (1920) - Janie Wakefield
Mary Ellen Comes to Town (1920) - Mary Ellen
Turning the Tables (1919) - Doris Pennington
Nobody Home (1919) - Frances Wadsworth
Nugget Nell (1919) - Nugget Nell
I'll Get Him Yet (1919) - Susy Faraday Jones
Peppy Polly (1919) - Polly
Boots (1919) - Boots
Hope Chest, The (1919) - Sheila Moore
Battling Jane (1918) - Jane
Hun Within, The (1918) - Beth
Hearts of the World (1918) (uncredited) - The Little Disturber
Her Official Fathers (1917) - Janice
Stage Struck (1917) - Ruth Colby
Little Yank, The (1917)
Children of the Feud (1916) - Sairy Ann
Atta Boy's Last Race (1916) - Lois Brandon
Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916) - Gretchen
Little School Ma'am, The (1916) - Nan
Susan Rocks the Boat (1916) - Susan Johnstone
Little Meena's Romance (1916) - Meena
Betty of Greystone (1916) - Betty Lockwood
Her Grandparents (1915)
Her Mother's Daughter (1915)
Little Catamount, The (1915)
Lost Lord Lowell, The (1915)
Mountain Girl, The (1915)
Old-Fashioned Girl, An (1915)
Out of Bondage (1915)
Victorine (1915)
Jordan Is a Hard Road (1915) - Cora Findley
Warning, The (1915)
... aka Eternal Penalty, The (1919) (reissue title) Old Heidelberg (1915) - Kathie
Bred in the Bone (1915) - Mercy
Minerva's Mission (1915) - Minerva
How Hazel Got Even (1915)
Arms and the Gringo (1914)
... aka Rufle Smugglers, The (1914) Availing Prayer, The (1914)
Back to the Kitchen (1914)
Better Way, The (1914)
City Beautiful, The (1914)
Down the Road to Creditville (1914)
Duel for Love, A (1914)
Fair Rebel, A (1914)
Granny (1914)
Her Father's Silent Partner (1914)
Her Mother's Necklace (1914)
Her Old Teacher (1914)
Lesson in Mechanics, A (1914)
Liberty Belles (1914)
Mountain Rat, The (1914) - Nell, ''The Mountin Rat''
Newer Woman, The (1914)
Old Man, The (1914)
Rebellion of Kitty Belle, The (1914)
Sands of Fate (1914)
Saving Grace, The (1914)
Silent Sandy (1914)
Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville, The (1914)
Tavern of Tragedy, The (1914)
Their First Acquaintance (1914)
Wife, The (1914)
Sisters, The (1914/I) - Carol, May's Younger Sister
Warning, The (1914/I)
Home, Sweet Home (1914) - Payne's Sweetheart
Floor Above, The (1914) - Stella Ford
Mysterious Shot, The (1914)
Judith of Bethulia (1914) - The crippled beggar
... aka Her Condoned Sin (1914) (USA) Adopted Brother, The (1913)
Almost a Wild Man (1913)
House of Discord, The (1913)
Lady in Black, The (1913)
Pa Says (1913)
Those Little Flowers (1913)
Vengeance of Galora, The (1913)
Widow's Kid, The (1913)
Her Mother's Oath (1913)
Just Gold (1913)
Lady and the Mouse, The (1913)
Perfidy of Mary, The (1913)
Oil and Water (1913)
Burglar's Dilemma, The (1912) - Birthday Wellwisher
Cry for Help, A (1912)
My Hero (1912)
New York Hat, The (1912)
Brutality (1912)
Informer, The (1912)
My Baby (1912)
Gold and Glitter (1912)
Musketeers of Pig Alley, The (1912) - - Frizzy-haired woman
in street Painted Lady, The (1912)
Unseen Enemy, An (1912) - The Sister (younger)
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