Word: ravet
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...cast of "The Passion of Joan of Arc" are Falconetti as Joan, Silvain, M. Schutz, Ravet, and Andre Berly. The film was directed by Carl Dreyer and photographed by Rudolph Mate and Kotula...
Helma's was then, as always, an artistry of the theatre. She was torn by Ravet's death. She thought she needed Raymond again and went to Biarritz to find him. But he had married without telling her, grown heavy, gone into business and was fathering a family. She fled to Buenos Aires and on board ship she married de Laurac who, she discovered later, preferred to her a slovenish bourgeoise who bore him children...
...healthy, worked hard, sang splendidly. John O'Brien, a visiting tenor, heard her, got her an engagement in Paris. Then came the problem of Raymond. A young singer at the Paris Opera should have no handicaps. Raymond, fortunately, understood this. Helma's next episode was Ravet...
...Ravet was a giantish man from the mountains of Dauphine. He knew nothing of singing but he knew the stage and passionately probed all the great roles to their depths. He too loved Helma and had much to give. He gave it all and died. And Helma went on alone, only she was taller than before, and an artist...
...support provided by the rest of the cast is excellent. M. Louis Ravet, as Louis XV, fulfills all the demands, which history makes upon his portrait. He is far outshone by Monsieur De Sax, who plays the role of the Due Debrissac, for there is a vigor to the performance of M. de Sax lending to many scenes that note of reality which the playwrights demand and which Mme. Sorel seems unable to give...