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Bronze medal from the Paris Mint (cornucopia hallmark from 1880).
Medal struck in 1976.
Beautiful copy.
Engraver/Artist: Gibert.
Dimension :68 mm.
Weight : 183g
Metal : Bronze
Hallmark on the edge (mark on the edge) : cornucopia + bronze.
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Dimension :68 mm.
Weight : 183g
Metal : Bronze
Hallmark on the edge (mark on the edge) : cornucopia + bronze.
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Raimu is a French actor, born December 18, 1883 in Toulon and died September 20, 1946 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
A music hall star in his early days, he became, thanks to Sacha Guitry, one of the “sacred monsters” of French cinema in the 1930s and the first half of the 1940s, notably becoming Marcel Pagnol's favorite performer. Raimu is remembered for his interpretation of Caesar in the “Marseille trilogy”: Marius, Fanny and Caesar, and of the deceived baker in The Baker's Wife.
Biography
The beginnings
Raimu's birthplace in Toulon.
Memorial plaque on Raimu's birthplace.
Jules Auguste Muraire was born on December 18, 1883 in Toulon1,2 to whom he had a real passion3. Not very interested in studies, he got into fights in high school, which caused him to be excluded, and his parents had to enroll him in an institution for difficult children4. He discovered the world of entertainment at a very young age and was attracted to the profession of actor. But his father, who wants to see him resume his tapestry workshop, is opposed to this and has him hired as a scullion at the Hôtel du Louvre. The sudden death of his father, when he was only 15, brought him back to his vocation as an artist5.
He then began under the name Rallum, on June 15, 1900, at the age of 16 and a half, in the café-concerts and sailor taverns of his native region, Provence, but without success, because he sang poorly6. Hired by a modest local troupe, the Lauri-Laur, he even made a short tour of North Africa7. Then he did odd jobs: croupier at the Aix-les-Bains casino and trader. Then a lyric artist, he lived at 209 boulevard de La Madeleine (now boulevard de la Libération) in Marseille, he was exempt from military service for obesity8.
In 1908, he joined the Alhambra theater in Marseille as a prompter, then moved to the Alcazar theater in Marseille and the “Crystal Palace”. Having adopted the pseudonym Raimut (approximate version of his name Muraire), he finally called himself Raimu9 and became a regional star in a comic troupe repertoire popularized by Polin, in which Jean Gabin and Fernandel also tried their hand.
Félix Mayol, a huge star, singer and music hall director of Toulouse origin, spotted him and brought him to Paris to play in the revues that he put on in his own theater, the Concert Mayol10. Until the war of 1914, Raimu performed in numerous café-concerts and music halls, such as La Cigale, the Folies Bergère and the Casino de Paris.
In August 1914, he lived at no. 15 rue de La Tour d'Auvergne in Paris, and in September 1914 at no. 46 rue de la République in Marseille8. Recognized fit for army service on October 28, 1914, he was mobilized in Orange within the 15th ETEM (military crew train squadron)8 and left for the front in September. During one of his first contacts, he was buried under a sapeb. He survived, but lost weight, fell ill and was discharged in Mars 191510.
First successes in the theater
Andrée Spinelly, star of the time with whom he had an affair, had him play alongside her in Plus ça change at the Michel theater in 191510, then it was Sacha Guitry who gave him his first important theater role in Let's Make a Dream in 1916. We then notice him in L'École des cocottes (1920) with Andrée Spinelly, Le Roi de Flers and Caillavet (1920), Le Blanc et le Noir (1922) by Sacha Guitry. Léon Volterra, owner of the Casino de Paris, the Théâtre de Paris and the Théâtre Marigny, had him performed successfully in revues, in the sketch Le Convict, a satire on the financial scandals of the time10, and in comedies by Yves Mirande , by Sacha Guitry or by Flers and Croisset. In 1928, when he met Marcel Pagnol, Raimu was a recognized actor, but he had not yet played a leading role.
Stardom
The arrival of talking cinema in Europe in 1929 made Raimu known for his acting, his personality and his characteristic thundering southern voice.
In 1929, he enjoyed a triumph at the Paris theater with Marius by Marcel Pagnol (with Orane Demazis). These two Provençals, one from Aubagne, the other from Toulon, brought each other glory and celebrity with this theater classic. In 1931, Raimu experienced a new triumph with the adaptation of the play to the cinema: Marius, a film by Alexander Korda and the first film in Pagnol's “Marseille trilogy”, became one of the first successful talking films in French cinema. Being angry with the director of the Paris theater, Léon Volterra, he did not participate in the stage creation of Fanny, the role of Caesar being played by Harry Baur, but he took up this role in 1932 in the filmed version of Fanny, toured by Marc Allégret12. He also appears in the film adaptations of plays he performed on stage such as La Petite Chocolatière (1932), L'École des cocottes (1935) and Le Roi (1936).
On Mars 28, 1936, he got married in the silent film theater
1912: The Peanut Agency, medium length film (870 m) by Roger Lion
1912: Godasse fumiste by Gérard Bourgeois
1913: The Naked Man by Henri Desfontaines
1915: Paris during the war, filmed review by Henri Diamant-Berger
1916: Sacré Joseph, short film (660 m) by Roger Lion - under the name Rallum
1916: The Abduction of Venus by Roger Lion
1917: Le Vagabond, short film (370 m) - under the name Rallum
Talking films
1931: The White and the Black by Marc Allégret and Robert Florey: Marcel Desnoyers
1931: Mam'zelle Nitouche by Marc Allégret: Célestin, alias Floridor
1931: Marius by Alexander Korda: César Olliviere
1932: La Petite Chocolatière by Marc Allégret: Félicien Bédaride
1932: Fanny by Marc Allégret: César Ollivier
1932: The Gaités of Maurice Tourneur's squadron: Captain Hurluret of the 51st hunter
1933: Charlemagne by Pierre Colombier: Charlemagne
1933: Théodore et Cie by Pierre Colombier: Clodomir
1934: I have an idea from Roger Richebé: Audrey Hanilgthon, inventor
1934: These gentlemen of Health by Pierre Colombier: Jules Taffard / Gédéon
1934: Tartarin de Tarascon by Raymond Bernard: Tartarin
1934: Midnight, Place Pigalle by Roger Richebé: M. Prosper
1935: The School of Cocottes by Pierre Colombier: Labaume
1935: Gaspard de Besse by André Hugon: Samplan
1936: The King by Pierre Colombier: Bourdier
1936: César by Marcel Pagnol: César Ollivier
1936: Let's have a dream by Sacha Guitry: the husband
1936: The Brighton Twins by Claude Heymann: Alain Beauregard and his two sons
1936: The Open Secret by André Berthomieu: M. Jouvenel
1937: The Kings of Sport by Pierre Colombier: Jules de l’Estaque
1937: You have nothing to declare? by Léo Joannon: Mr. Papillot
1937: La Chaste Suzanne by André Berthomieu: M. des Aubrays
1937: A ball notebook by Julien Duvivier: François Patosset
1937: Armchair 47 by Fernand Rivers: Mr. Theillard, gymnastics teacher
1937: The Pearls of the Crown by Sacha Guitry and Christian-Jaque: the southern industrialist
1937: Gribouille by Marc Allégret: Camille Morestan, known as Gribouille
1938: The Baker's Wife by Marcel Pagnol: Aimable Castagnier
1938: The Hero of the Marne by André Hugon: Bernard Lefrançois
1938: The New Riches by André Berthomieu: Edmond Legendre
1938: The Strange Monsieur Victor by Jean Grémillon: Victor Agardanne
1939: The Man Who Seeks the Truth by Alexander Esway: Jean Vernet
1939: Coconut by Jean Boyer: Loulou Bardentane
1939: Monsieur Brotonneau by Alexander Esway: Mr. Brotonneau
1939: Last Youth or The End of a Life by Jeff Musso: Georges
1939: The Duel of Pierre Fresnay: Father Bolène
1940: The Well Digger's Daughter by Marcel Pagnol: Pascal Amoretti
1941: Parade in seven nights by Marc Allégret: the priest of Les Baux, Mistre
1942: The Unknowns in the house of Henri Decoin: master Loursat de Saint-Marc
1942: Mr. Mouse by Georges Lacombe: Mr. Mouse
1942: Les Petits Riens by Raymond Leboursier: M. Charpillon
1942: L'Arlésienne by Marc Allégret: Boss Marc
1942: The Benefactor by Henri Decoin: M. Moulinet / M. Guillot
1943: Colonel Chabert by René Le Hénaff: Colonel Hyacinthe Chabert
1945: So-and-so father and son of Julien Duvivierf: Uncle Hector
1946: The Beggars in Paradise by René Le Hénaff: Boule
1946: The Man in the Round Hat by Pierre Billon: Nicolas Pavlovitch
Theater
1915: The more things change! by Rip, Michel theater
1915: You have to have it! by Sacha Guitry and Albert Willemetz, Palais-Royal theater
1916: Hortense said: “I don’t care! » by Georges Feydeau, Palais-Royal theater
1916: Mr. Hunting! by Georges Feydeau, Renaissance theater
1916: Let's have a dream by Sacha Guitry, Bouffes-Parisiens theater
1916: Six men, a woman and a monkey by Pierre Veber and Yves Mirande, Michel theater
1917: Le Poilu, operetta by Pierre Veber, Palais-Royal theater
1918: The School of Cocottes by Paul Armont and Marcel Gerbidon, Grand-Guignol theater, Michel theater
1918: Season of Love by Edmond Sée, Michel theater
1918: The Sleeping Pig, operetta by Rip and Robert Dieudonné, Michel theater
1919: The Girl with Pink Cheeks by François Porché, Sarah-Bernhardt theater
1919: To have Adrienne by Louis Verneuil, Michel theater
1919: The Manhunt by Maurice Donnay, Théâtre des Variétés
1919: The School of Cocottes by Paul Armont and Marcel Gerbidon, Michel theater
1920: The School of Cocottes by Paul Armont and Marcel Gerbidon, Théâtre des Variétés
1920: A man dressed by André Picard and Yves Mirande, theater
A music hall star in his early days, he became, thanks to Sacha Guitry, one of the “sacred monsters” of French cinema in the 1930s and the first half of the 1940s, notably becoming Marcel Pagnol's favorite performer. Raimu is remembered for his interpretation of Caesar in the “Marseille trilogy”: Marius, Fanny and Caesar, and of the deceived baker in The Baker's Wife.
Biography
The beginnings
Raimu's birthplace in Toulon.
Memorial plaque on Raimu's birthplace.
Jules Auguste Muraire was born on December 18, 1883 in Toulon1,2 to whom he had a real passion3. Not very interested in studies, he got into fights in high school, which caused him to be excluded, and his parents had to enroll him in an institution for difficult children4. He discovered the world of entertainment at a very young age and was attracted to the profession of actor. But his father, who wants to see him resume his tapestry workshop, is opposed to this and has him hired as a scullion at the Hôtel du Louvre. The sudden death of his father, when he was only 15, brought him back to his vocation as an artist5.
He then began under the name Rallum, on June 15, 1900, at the age of 16 and a half, in the café-concerts and sailor taverns of his native region, Provence, but without success, because he sang poorly6. Hired by a modest local troupe, the Lauri-Laur, he even made a short tour of North Africa7. Then he did odd jobs: croupier at the Aix-les-Bains casino and trader. Then a lyric artist, he lived at 209 boulevard de La Madeleine (now boulevard de la Libération) in Marseille, he was exempt from military service for obesity8.
In 1908, he joined the Alhambra theater in Marseille as a prompter, then moved to the Alcazar theater in Marseille and the “Crystal Palace”. Having adopted the pseudonym Raimut (approximate version of his name Muraire), he finally called himself Raimu9 and became a regional star in a comic troupe repertoire popularized by Polin, in which Jean Gabin and Fernandel also tried their hand.
Félix Mayol, a huge star, singer and music hall director of Toulouse origin, spotted him and brought him to Paris to play in the revues that he put on in his own theater, the Concert Mayol10. Until the war of 1914, Raimu performed in numerous café-concerts and music halls, such as La Cigale, the Folies Bergère and the Casino de Paris.
In August 1914, he lived at no. 15 rue de La Tour d'Auvergne in Paris, and in September 1914 at no. 46 rue de la République in Marseille8. Recognized fit for army service on October 28, 1914, he was mobilized in Orange within the 15th ETEM (military crew train squadron)8 and left for the front in September. During one of his first contacts, he was buried under a sapeb. He survived, but lost weight, fell ill and was discharged in Mars 191510.
First successes in the theater
Andrée Spinelly, star of the time with whom he had an affair, had him play alongside her in Plus ça change at the Michel theater in 191510, then it was Sacha Guitry who gave him his first important theater role in Let's Make a Dream in 1916. We then notice him in L'École des cocottes (1920) with Andrée Spinelly, Le Roi de Flers and Caillavet (1920), Le Blanc et le Noir (1922) by Sacha Guitry. Léon Volterra, owner of the Casino de Paris, the Théâtre de Paris and the Théâtre Marigny, had him performed successfully in revues, in the sketch Le Convict, a satire on the financial scandals of the time10, and in comedies by Yves Mirande , by Sacha Guitry or by Flers and Croisset. In 1928, when he met Marcel Pagnol, Raimu was a recognized actor, but he had not yet played a leading role.
Stardom
The arrival of talking cinema in Europe in 1929 made Raimu known for his acting, his personality and his characteristic thundering southern voice.
In 1929, he enjoyed a triumph at the Paris theater with Marius by Marcel Pagnol (with Orane Demazis). These two Provençals, one from Aubagne, the other from Toulon, brought each other glory and celebrity with this theater classic. In 1931, Raimu experienced a new triumph with the adaptation of the play to the cinema: Marius, a film by Alexander Korda and the first film in Pagnol's “Marseille trilogy”, became one of the first successful talking films in French cinema. Being angry with the director of the Paris theater, Léon Volterra, he did not participate in the stage creation of Fanny, the role of Caesar being played by Harry Baur, but he took up this role in 1932 in the filmed version of Fanny, toured by Marc Allégret12. He also appears in the film adaptations of plays he performed on stage such as La Petite Chocolatière (1932), L'École des cocottes (1935) and Le Roi (1936).
On Mars 28, 1936, he got married in the silent film theater
1912: The Peanut Agency, medium length film (870 m) by Roger Lion
1912: Godasse fumiste by Gérard Bourgeois
1913: The Naked Man by Henri Desfontaines
1915: Paris during the war, filmed review by Henri Diamant-Berger
1916: Sacré Joseph, short film (660 m) by Roger Lion - under the name Rallum
1916: The Abduction of Venus by Roger Lion
1917: Le Vagabond, short film (370 m) - under the name Rallum
Talking films
1931: The White and the Black by Marc Allégret and Robert Florey: Marcel Desnoyers
1931: Mam'zelle Nitouche by Marc Allégret: Célestin, alias Floridor
1931: Marius by Alexander Korda: César Olliviere
1932: La Petite Chocolatière by Marc Allégret: Félicien Bédaride
1932: Fanny by Marc Allégret: César Ollivier
1932: The Gaités of Maurice Tourneur's squadron: Captain Hurluret of the 51st hunter
1933: Charlemagne by Pierre Colombier: Charlemagne
1933: Théodore et Cie by Pierre Colombier: Clodomir
1934: I have an idea from Roger Richebé: Audrey Hanilgthon, inventor
1934: These gentlemen of Health by Pierre Colombier: Jules Taffard / Gédéon
1934: Tartarin de Tarascon by Raymond Bernard: Tartarin
1934: Midnight, Place Pigalle by Roger Richebé: M. Prosper
1935: The School of Cocottes by Pierre Colombier: Labaume
1935: Gaspard de Besse by André Hugon: Samplan
1936: The King by Pierre Colombier: Bourdier
1936: César by Marcel Pagnol: César Ollivier
1936: Let's have a dream by Sacha Guitry: the husband
1936: The Brighton Twins by Claude Heymann: Alain Beauregard and his two sons
1936: The Open Secret by André Berthomieu: M. Jouvenel
1937: The Kings of Sport by Pierre Colombier: Jules de l’Estaque
1937: You have nothing to declare? by Léo Joannon: Mr. Papillot
1937: La Chaste Suzanne by André Berthomieu: M. des Aubrays
1937: A ball notebook by Julien Duvivier: François Patosset
1937: Armchair 47 by Fernand Rivers: Mr. Theillard, gymnastics teacher
1937: The Pearls of the Crown by Sacha Guitry and Christian-Jaque: the southern industrialist
1937: Gribouille by Marc Allégret: Camille Morestan, known as Gribouille
1938: The Baker's Wife by Marcel Pagnol: Aimable Castagnier
1938: The Hero of the Marne by André Hugon: Bernard Lefrançois
1938: The New Riches by André Berthomieu: Edmond Legendre
1938: The Strange Monsieur Victor by Jean Grémillon: Victor Agardanne
1939: The Man Who Seeks the Truth by Alexander Esway: Jean Vernet
1939: Coconut by Jean Boyer: Loulou Bardentane
1939: Monsieur Brotonneau by Alexander Esway: Mr. Brotonneau
1939: Last Youth or The End of a Life by Jeff Musso: Georges
1939: The Duel of Pierre Fresnay: Father Bolène
1940: The Well Digger's Daughter by Marcel Pagnol: Pascal Amoretti
1941: Parade in seven nights by Marc Allégret: the priest of Les Baux, Mistre
1942: The Unknowns in the house of Henri Decoin: master Loursat de Saint-Marc
1942: Mr. Mouse by Georges Lacombe: Mr. Mouse
1942: Les Petits Riens by Raymond Leboursier: M. Charpillon
1942: L'Arlésienne by Marc Allégret: Boss Marc
1942: The Benefactor by Henri Decoin: M. Moulinet / M. Guillot
1943: Colonel Chabert by René Le Hénaff: Colonel Hyacinthe Chabert
1945: So-and-so father and son of Julien Duvivierf: Uncle Hector
1946: The Beggars in Paradise by René Le Hénaff: Boule
1946: The Man in the Round Hat by Pierre Billon: Nicolas Pavlovitch
Theater
1915: The more things change! by Rip, Michel theater
1915: You have to have it! by Sacha Guitry and Albert Willemetz, Palais-Royal theater
1916: Hortense said: “I don’t care! » by Georges Feydeau, Palais-Royal theater
1916: Mr. Hunting! by Georges Feydeau, Renaissance theater
1916: Let's have a dream by Sacha Guitry, Bouffes-Parisiens theater
1916: Six men, a woman and a monkey by Pierre Veber and Yves Mirande, Michel theater
1917: Le Poilu, operetta by Pierre Veber, Palais-Royal theater
1918: The School of Cocottes by Paul Armont and Marcel Gerbidon, Grand-Guignol theater, Michel theater
1918: Season of Love by Edmond Sée, Michel theater
1918: The Sleeping Pig, operetta by Rip and Robert Dieudonné, Michel theater
1919: The Girl with Pink Cheeks by François Porché, Sarah-Bernhardt theater
1919: To have Adrienne by Louis Verneuil, Michel theater
1919: The Manhunt by Maurice Donnay, Théâtre des Variétés
1919: The School of Cocottes by Paul Armont and Marcel Gerbidon, Michel theater
1920: The School of Cocottes by Paul Armont and Marcel Gerbidon, Théâtre des Variétés
1920: A man dressed by André Picard and Yves Mirande, theater