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  • In Claude Autant-Lara

    Autant-Lara’s first short film, Faits divers (1923; “Diverse Facts”), was made while he was an assistant director to René Clair. After directing two other brief films, he accepted a job in Hollywood directing French versions of American films. It was not until 1933, however, that he directed his first…

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