JOUBÉ, ROMUALD

(1876-1949)

Actor. Romuald Joubé was a stage actor of some renown. He performed at the Odéon under the direction ofAndré Antoine, and was in residence at the Comédie Française from 1921 to 1922. Although Joubé's career was spent primarily on the stage, he managed a respectable film career as well. He got his start in the cinema in productions made byStudio Film d'Art, but continued making films after the studio closed. In total, Joubé appeared in over forty films over a period of more than thirty years.

Joubé made his debut onscreen in 1910 inHenri Desfontaines'sShy-lock, in which he appeared withHarry Baur.That same year, Joubé appeared inCamille de Morlhon'sPolyeucte(1910), and the following year, he appeared in Georges Denola'sPhilemon et Baucis(1911) andAlbert Capellaniand Desfontaines'sLa Momie(1911). Among Joubé's other silent film performances are de Morlhon'sBrittanicus(1912),Henri Pouctal'sSerge Panine(1913) andPêcheur d'Islande(1915), Desfontaines'sLa Reine Margot(1914),La Fôret qui écoute(1916), andLe Dernier rêve(1916), Capellani'sLes Deux gosses(1914) andMarie Tudor(1917), Antoine'sLes Frères corses(1917) andMademoiselle de la Seglière(1920),Abel Gance'sJ'accuse! (1919),Henri Fescourt'sMathias Sandorf(1920) andRouletabille chez le bohemians(1922),Jean Kemm'sL'Énigme(1921),André Hugon'sLe Diamant noir(1922), Henri Étiévant'sLa Fille sauvage(1922), and Raymond Bernard'sLe Miracle des loups(1924).

Joubé's career more or less failed to survive the advent of sound cinema. He had a handful of minor, some even uncredited, roles in film during the sound era, but was one of those actors who was not able to reestablish his film career in speaking roles. Among the sound films in which Joubé did appear areChristian-JacqueandSacha Guitry'sLes Perles de la couronne(1937), Gance's sound remake ofJ'accuse! (1938), Émile Couzinet'sAndorra ou les homes d'Airain(1942) andLe Brigand gentilhomme(1943), and Hugon'sLe Chant de l'exilé(1943).