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· French · 1891–1981

Charles de Noailles

The vicomte who bankrolled the avant-garde's boldest year of cinema — L'Âge d'Or and The Blood of a Poet, both 1930, both paid for as a birthday present to his wife Marie-Laure.

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Lived
1891–1981
Born
1891
Died
1981
Nationality
French
Roles
Patron
Also known as
Vicomte de Noailles

In the credits

Works that credit Charles.

People Charles de Noailles Knew

Relationships with other people, with sources for each connection.

Illustrated portrait of Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

  • Author
  • Poet
  • Playwright
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Patron of

The couple's film patronage extended to Cocteau: the Pompidou archive lists Le Sang d'un poète among the projects Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles financed.

— Centre Pompidou — Les Mystères du château de Dé (archive), on the Noailles film patronage

Illustrated portrait of Man Ray

Man Ray

  • Photographer
  • Painter
  • Filmmaker

Patron of

Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles financed Les Mystères du château de Dé, shot at their modernist villa in Hyères — the Pompidou archive dates the shoot 1928 and the film 1929 — one of several film projects the couple paid for together.

— Centre Pompidou — Les Mystères du château de Dé (archive), on the Noailles film patronage

Connections and Sources

Charles de Noailles’s connections to people, places, and works, with the sources behind each one.

Patron of

Jean Cocteau

The couple's film patronage extended to Cocteau: the Pompidou archive lists Le Sang d'un poète among the projects Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles financed.

— Centre Pompidou — Les Mystères du château de Dé (archive), on the Noailles film patronage

Patron of

Man Ray

Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles financed Les Mystères du château de Dé, shot at their modernist villa in Hyères — the Pompidou archive dates the shoot 1928 and the film 1929 — one of several film projects the couple paid for together.

— Centre Pompidou — Les Mystères du château de Dé (archive), on the Noailles film patronage

References

References

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  1. 1Centre Pompidou — Les Mystères du château de Dé (archive), on the Noailles film patronage

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