Léonce Perret

Léonce Perret was born in Niort in 1880. A stage actor, he performed notably at the Odéon under André Antoine, then was hired by Gaumont, where he became, after Louis Feuillade, one of the leading directors; there he also starred in a comic series of some forty episodes, under his own name. He left for the United States in 1917 and founded his own production company there, linked to Pathé. Back in France, he directed in 1925 the first Franco-American co-production, with Gloria Swanson. He died in 1935.

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• CinemaThe Child of ParisL'Enfant de ParisLéonce Perret · 1913Cinema