French postcard by Editions La Malibran, Paris / Saint-Dié, no. CF 22.
Raimu,
Fernand Charpin,
Paul Dullac and
Robert Vattier in
Marius (Alexander Korda, 1931), written by Marcel Pagnol. Caption: The card game.
Beloved, down-to-earth character actor
Raimu (1883-1946) was one of the major stars of French cinema in the 1930s. He started his career as a comedian at the Folies Bergère and other major Paris venues, and in 1929 he had his breakthrough as a serious actor with his part as César in the Marseille trilogy
Marius-Fanny-César by Marcel Pagnol.
Fernand Charpin, better known by his nickname
Charpin, (1887-1944) was a French actor. He is best known for his interpretation of' Panisse', one of the main characters in Marcel Pagnol's filmed Marseille trilogy. He developed a very busy but short (13 years) film career.
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