Mary Astor
American actress and author (1906-1987)
Alexandre-Pierre Georges “Sacha” Guitrywas a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and followed his father into the theatrical profession.
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Alexandre-Pierre Georges “Sacha” Guitrywas a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and followed his father into the theatrical profession. He became known for his stage performances, particularly in boulevardier roles. He was also a prolific playwright, writing 115 plays throughout his career. He was married five times, always to rising actresses whose careers he furthered. Probably his best-known wife was Yvonne Printemps to whom he was married between 1919 and 1932.
Guitry’s plays range from historical dramas to contemporary light comedies. Some have incidental music by composers including Andre Messager and Reynaldo Hahn. When silent films became popular Guitry avoided them, finding the lack of spoken dialogue fatal to dramatic impact. From the 1930s to the end of his life he enthusiastically embraced the cinema, making as many as five films in a single year.
The later years of Guitry’s career were overshadowed by accusations of collaborating with the occupying Germans after the capitulation of France in the Second World War. The charges were dismissed, but Guitry, a strongly patriotic man, was disillusioned by the vilification he received from some of his compatriots. By the time of his death, his popular esteem had been restored to the extent that 12,000 people filed past his coffin before his burial in Paris.
The little I know I owe to my ignorance.
French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)
An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren’t.
French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)
You can pretend to be serious; but you can’t pretend to be witty.
French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)
Why is it better to love than to be loved? It is surer.
French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)
I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)
The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place.
French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)
Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.
French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)
The best way to turn a woman’s head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.
French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)
A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands.
French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)