Romeo Bosetti
Romeo Bosetti (sometimes Romolus Joseph Bosetti ; born January 18, 1879 in Chiari , † October 27, 1948 in Suresnes ) was an Italian - French acrobat, actor , film director , screenwriter and film producer .
Life
Bosetti was a child of the circus. His parents performed as artists, he made his debut in the ring at the age of ten. He never went to school, but taught himself French (in addition to his mother tongue Italian) at an early age, as the circus family often made guest appearances in areas where this language is spoken.
He remained connected to the circus as an artist until 1906, but also to the first films as a stuntman and the stage as a music hall artist; then he appeared for the first time in a film for the Pathé , La course à la perruque . He soon moved to Gaumont , where he appeared in numerous short, action-packed comedies in the thirty or so films about Roméo, who was named after himself, from 1908 to 1914. By 1916, again for the Pathé from 1911, but also for the Nice- based production company “Comica Film”, he directed around 340 films with numerous successful series characters - he already had experience as a producer of three Louis Feuilladescher Fantomas films - so u . a. Calino (played by Clément Mégé ), Bigorno ( René Lantini ), Caroline ( Ellen Lowe ), Casimir ( Lucien Bataille ), Little Moritz ( Maurice Schwartz ), Patouilard ( Paul Bertho ) and Rosalie ( Sarah Duhamel ). He used techniques such as stop motion early on .
After the First World War , in which Bosetti took part and was wounded, the films made by Bosetti were no longer in demand, so he switched to production and other tasks in the distributive area.
Filmography (selection)
- actor
- 1906: La course à la perruque
- Director
- 1906: Le matelas épileptique
- 1911: Little Moritz demande Rosalie en mariage
- 1911: Little Moritz enlève Rosalie
- 1911: Rosalie et Léontine vont au théâtre
- 1912: C'est la faute à Rosalie
- 1912: Rosalie danseuse
- 1916: Casimir et Pétronille au bal de l'ambassade
- producer
- 1913: Fantômas
Web links
- Romeo Bosetti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maurice Charney (Ed.): Comedy. A Geographic and Historical Guide. Volume 1. Praeger, Westport CT et al. 2005, ISBN 0-313-32714-9 , p. 136.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bosetti, Romeo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bosetti, Romolus Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian-French acrobat, actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chiari |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 1948 |
| Place of death | Suresnes |