#Gabriel Gabrio

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Gabriel Gabrio as Jean Valjean Les Misérables (1925) | dir. Henri Fescourt

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Javert (Jean Toulout) helps Valjean (Gabriel Gabrio) get Marius (Francois Rozet) home but his mind is in turmoil and he leaves alone - Les Mis 1925

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LES MIS LETTERS IN ADAPTATION - To Wit, the Plan of Paris in 1727, LM 2.5.5 (Les Miserables 1925)

Nevertheless, the hour, the place, the darkness, Jean Valjean’s absorption, his singular gestures, his goings and comings, all had begun to render Cosette uneasy. Any other child than she would have given vent to loud shrieks long before. She contented herself with plucking Jean Valjean by the skirt of his coat. They could hear the sound of the patrol’s approach ever more and more distinctly.

“Father,” said she, in a very low voice, “I am afraid. Who is coming yonder?”

“Hush!” replied the unhappy man; “it is Madame Thénardier.”

Cosette shuddered. He added:—

“Say nothing. Don’t interfere with me. If you cry out, if you weep, the Thénardier is lying in wait for you. She is coming to take you back.”

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Rick DuFer sbotta, Frà Gabrio risponde

Sono giorni che entrando nella home del “mio” YouTube, l’algoritmo mi consigliava la visione del video del filosofo youtuber Rick Du Fer dedicato alla Bibbia ed intitolato: “Come la Chiesa ha distrutto la BIBBIA: simbolo, storia, superstizione” reperibile qui. Inutile dire che, con un titolo simile che sfrutta il clickbait, la prima reazione è stata quella di tenermi alla larga. Ma il tarlo…

[wanderinghedgehog]

In the middle of another high school Les Mis production. I think I kinda love this one. Musically, it’s one of the best high school shows I’ve seen. But the acting is also very good. There are certain choices that were made that the director is more to blame for than the actors so I won’t be too harsh. I will say though, the fight scene in the confrontation just straight up not ending before the lights went down was an odd choice. As for the actors, I’ll make a list:

Valjean’s actor is quite good and captures some of the character’s reserved nature while still looking just a little intimidating. He reminds me a bit of Gabriel Gabrio in the ‘25 film.

Javert is absolutely fascinating. The kid that plays him moves like a damn snake. It’s amazing. He’s got a bit of an odd thing about his voice that I can’t explain, but I don’t mind it.

Fantine had a gorgeous voice and lots of energy. This girl seemed to get a little ahead of herself sometimes acting-wise, but her performance otherwise was quite good.

Little Cosette was adorable. No notes.

The Thénardiers were fairly good. I’m not generally a Thénardier fan anyway, so I guess I’m biased. The actors themselves seemed like they were having a lot of fun and they worked really well together.

I’m loving this production so far and I’m praying that it continues to be good.

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Source: The Daily Illini, 18 March 1928

[Actor Gabriel Gabrio] was changing his make-up as Jean Valjean to that required for M. Madeleine when an interviewer questioned him regarding this important part of screen work. "Make-up? Ah, there you are asking a big question! You cannot understand all that these two words mean to an artist. Make-up is at once his safeguard and his danger. A good make-up can improve a role and make a first-class character: but reverse is also true, and the most beautiful part in the world can be spoilt by a clumsy make-up. I think that the art of make-up is an essential part of an actor's training. One might say it is his second trade, and in filming it is of the first importance for, under the relentless eye of the camera, film artists appear, to the public exactly as they are, and there is no chance of tricking. A clumsy make-up will spoil the harmony of a character. You may have the most attractive appearance, the most correct gestures, and the most expressive miming, but if your make-up is bad, everything goes for nothing.

[pilferingapples]

So it's not the entirety of the 1925 Les Miserables, but @pureanonofficial found this curiosity on Archive.org-- an old recut version, with English intertitles, for home viewing!

It is WAY shorter- about 2 and a half hours, instead of 7--but it's something to see on its own, and will give at least some idea of the performers and the tone of the 25 version!

[ferociousconscience]

Hi! Hope its ok to ask, and sorry if its already been answered before: Do you have fav Les Mis adaption? Or a few?

Thank you for asking me!! I've not watched all of them, considering how many there are floating around out there and how many are sadly lost, but. I have spent this year hunting down and watching every adaptation I could. A special thanks to @ueinra for a lot of help in that regard. I recently made a Letterboxd account and a List just for Les Mis. I've plans to go through and review them properly, (Currently I only have Shoujo Cosette reviewed!) but I'd be happy to try to coalesce my thoughts on my absolute favorite for you, that being the four-part silent* Les Miserables (1925) under this read-more! Hiyah!

It's... Hard to grasp my feelings on LM1925, considering how special it is to me. These films really made me love the idea of cinema again. I had never seen a silent movie before, and frankly I thought they were one of those things that were a bit out of reach for me, but wow I am so so happy I watched LM1925. Not only is it a fantastic adaptation of LM, it's also just a fantastic set of movies (miniseries??) in general. The casting, the acting, the sets, the locations, the attention to detail, the quality of the visuals (which often are just frankly stunningly beautiful), the pacing, the atmosphere. Everything just works and is faithful to the feeling of reading the novel. (I will say I watched it without the accompany music at first, but have since gone back and listened to it overtop on a rewatch, and wow what a cool oddity it is. The Sims 1 soundtrack but with a surreal and often nightmarish twist.) I adore Gabriel Gabrio as Valjean. He really captures the idea that Valjean can both be noble, kind, and fearsome all in one. And Jean Toulout as scrunkly and lively Javert...!! I truly love him. I think them and Sandra Milovanoff as Fantine (less so as her playing Cosette, too, wish they would have cast another person) give absolutely amazing performances. This is also a great adaptation for the Gorbeau part of the book, ESPECIALLY Suzanne Nivette as Eponine, wow! What an Eponine! Probably my favorite Eponine. Same with Thenardier, both the Eponine and Thenardier in this one are tied with LM1972 for me. I also just like the... what I'll call "Theater Acting" performances I've seen in this and in the other early films I've watched since. The thick makeup. The funny expressions. The dramatic poses. All this would be considered overacting in the modern day, but to me it just feels alive. It reminds me of a lot of animations, I suppose, and that delights me. I also love love love that they didn't attempt to make big changes to the material at hand (Hell, they even touch on Waterloo in a way I thought was cool!). LM1925 and Shoujo Cosette made me realise that the longer a Les Mis adaptation is, typically the better it is to me. (with. One exception off the top of my head...) I think by the time I had watched all the other adaptations of both the novel and the musical, I had grown fatigued over the different ways films would try to condense things into 2 hours, and leave a lot on the cutting room floor (even if that usually means they focus more on the J vs JVJ aspect that I always have a weakness for), or when they try to cram everything into said 2 hours and turns it into a pacing nightmare. LM1925 avoids all that!

I feel I'm rambling on, so I'll rapid fire some stuff off. I love that they filmed in the actual msurm. I love that they kept things really grungy when the film calls for it. I love the scenes of the barricade, especially the scenes with the national guards spilling in. I love the subtle changes to the valvert side of things, it's truly one of the better adaptations for the shippers. I need to get on making some gifsets. If you love Les Mis, or just film in general, I think you owe it to yourself to watch LM1925. It's free! It's on the Internet Archive! There are download buttons or you can stream it! Please do! And tell me your thoughts on it!

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Line Noro and Jean Gabin in Pépé le Moko (Julien Duvivier, 1937)

Cast: Jean Gabin, Gabriel Gabrio, Mireille Balin, Saturnin Fabre, Fernand Charpin, Lucas Gridoux, Gilbert Gil, Marcel Dalio, Gaston Modot, LIne Noro. Screenplay: Henri La Barthe, Julien Duvivier, Jacques Constant, Henri Jeanson. Cinematography: Marc Fossard, Jules Kruger. Production design: Jacques Krauss. Film editing: Marguerite Beaugé. Music: Vincent Scotto, Mohamed Ygerbuchen. 

When Walter Wanger decided to remake Pépé le Moko in 1938 as Algiers (John Cromwell), he tried to buy up all the existing copies of the French film and destroy them. Fortunately, he didn't succeed, but it's easy to see why he made the effort: As fine an actor as Charles Boyer was, he could never capture the combination of thuggishness and charm that Jean Gabin displays in the role of Pépé, a thief living in the labyrinth of the Casbah in Algiers. It's one of the definitive film performances, an inspiration for, among many others, Humphrey Bogart's Rick in Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1943). The story, based on a novel by Henri La Barthe, who collaborated with Duvivier on the screenplay, is pure romantic hokum, but done with the kind of commitment on the part of everyone involved that raises hokum to the level of art. Gabin makes us believe that Pépé would give up the security of a life where the flics can't touch him, all out of love for the chic Gaby (Mireille Balin), the mistress of a wealthy man vacationing in Algiers. He is also drawn out of his hiding place in the Casbah by a nostalgia for Paris, which Gaby elicits from him in a memorable scene in which they recall the places they once knew. Gabin and Balin are surrounded by a marvelous supporting cast of thieves and spies and informers, including Line Noro as Pépé's Algerian mistress, Inès, and the invaluable Marcel Dalio as L'Arbi.

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Campement 13 (1940)

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On exiting the sewers Valjean (Gabriel Gabrio) encounters Javert (Jean Toulout) who is ready to arrest him. But Valjean persuades Javert to help him get Marius (Francois Rozet) home.

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LES MIS LETTERS IN ADAPTATION - A Nest For Owl and a Warbler, LM 2.4.2 (Les Miserables 1925)

“Yes, madame!” cried Cosette, waking with a start, “here I am! here I am!”

And she sprang out of bed, her eyes still half shut with the heaviness of sleep, extending her arms towards the corner of the wall.

“Ah! mon Dieu, my broom!” said she.

She opened her eyes wide now, and beheld the smiling countenance of Jean Valjean.

“Ah! so it is true!” said the child. “Good morning, Monsieur.”

Children accept joy and happiness instantly and familiarly, being themselves by nature joy and happiness.

Cosette caught sight of Catherine at the foot of her bed, and took possession of her, and, as she played, she put a hundred questions to Jean Valjean. Where was she? Was Paris very large? Was Madame Thénardier very far away? Was she to go back? etc., etc. All at once she exclaimed, “How pretty it is here!”

It was a frightful hole, but she felt free.

“Must I sweep?” she resumed at last.

“Play!” said Jean Valjean.

The day passed thus. Cosette, without troubling herself to understand anything, was inexpressibly happy with that doll and that kind man.

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Gabriel Gabrio?

Certainly.

He's been added and will be posted in the near future.

💖

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Bibbia e Gesù storico: torniamo seri con Adriano

Non faccio in tempo a scrivere sul piccolo battibecco fra DuFer e Frà Gabrio sulla Bibbia che subito esce sullo stesso Canale Jordanus una live dedicata allo stesso argomento con protagonisti, oltre a Frà Gabrio OP, due pesi massimi del calibro del prof. Gabriele Boccaccini e del “nostro” Adriano Virgili alias Trianello. Tema: presentazione a Firenze del libro di quest’ultimo edito dalla…