Nicolas Rimsky | |
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 Nicolas Rimsky on cover of Mon Ciné | |
| Born | Nikolai Alexandrovich Kurmashov 18 February 1886 Moscow, Russia |
| Died | 5 September 1941 (aged 55) Marseille, France |
| Other names | Nicolai Rimsky Nikolai Rimsky Rimsky |
| Years active | 1916–1940 |
Nicolas Rimsky (Russian: Николай Алекса́ндрович Римский; born Nikolai Alexandrovich Kurmashov; 18 February 1886 – 5 September 1941) was a Russian-French film actor, director and writer. He was born in Moscow, Russia. In 1931, he directed and starred in Pas sur la bouche (Not on the Mouth), based on an operetta by André Barde.[1]
In The Happy Death (L'heureuse mort, 1924, with a screenplay by Rimsky from the story by Countess Baillehache) he plays an unsuccessful and unpleasant playwright who suddenly becomes much more successful when he is believed drowned (and also plays his brother who turns up for the funeral).[2] Linda Williams, who calls Rimsky a "great comedian", praises his performance as "a gem of comic timing".[3] Leonard Maltin said the film's "cynical take on the nature of celebrity makes it seem quite modern".[4]
He also starred in comedy Because I Love You (Parce Que Je T'Aime, 1929) as a professor who marries his secretary then loses her affections to his godson.[5]
Selected filmography
- Father Sergius (1918)
- Paris in Five Days (1926)
- The Porter from Maxim's (1927)
- Immorality (1928)
- Cagliostro (1929)
- The Patriot (1938)
- Threats (1940)
References
- ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Pas sur la bouche". Allmovie. Retrieved May 17, 2008.
- ↑ "The 15th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival". DVD Talk. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ↑ Williams, Linda (2010). "What's New". Film Quarterly. 63 (3): 52–54. doi:10.1525/fq.2010.63.3.52. JSTOR 10.1525/fq.2010.63.3.52.
- ↑ Maltin, Leonard. "Silent Films Live Again". Indiewire. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
- ↑ Erickson, Hal (2015). "Parce-Que Je T'Aime". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.