History

1978 • 4th edition

From 4th to 10th Sep­tem­ber 1978.
The star Glo­ria Swan­son came to Deauville! The Fes­ti­val paid her an excep­tion­al trib­ute, along­side King Vidor, Kirk Dou­glas and Nor­man Jew­i­son. On the fringes of these trib­utes, the Fes­ti­val decid­ed to « tip it’s hat » to one of the tal­ents of Amer­i­can 7th Art. And in the great tra­di­tion of silent cin­e­ma, it staged an excep­tion­al screen­ing of The Crowd, direct­ed by King Vidor in 1928, with cre­ation and impro­vi­sa­tion on stage of the film’s music by vio­lin­ist Ivry Giltis. The Fes­ti­val cul­mi­nat­ed in a fren­zy with Grease, in the pres­ence of its young actors, includ­ing an actor-dancer of promis­ing tal­ent: John Tra­vol­ta. For the first time, the orga­niz­ers were oblig­ed to resign them­selves to engag­ing body­guards to ensure the per­son­al safe­ty of the vis­it­ing Amer­i­can stars.

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Gallery

  • John Travolta et Olivia Newton-John , ©Mario Gurrieri , DR
    John Travolta et Olivia Newton-John , ©Mario Gurrieri , DR
  • Kirk Douglas et Anne Buydens, ©Mario Gurrieri , DR
    Kirk Douglas et Anne Buydens, ©Mario Gurrieri , DR
  • John Travolta et Olivia Newton-John , ©Mario Gurrieri , DR
    John Travolta et Olivia Newton-John , ©Mario Gurrieri , DR
  • Olivia Newton-John , ©Mario Gurrieri , DR
    Olivia Newton-John , ©Mario Gurrieri , DR
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