Raoul Villain (1885 – 1936) was a French nationalist primarily remembered for his assassination of the French socialist leader Jean Jaurès on July 31, 1914 in Paris.
Read more about Raoul Villain: Early Life and Background, Attack On Jaurès and Result, After Being Acquitted
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“Take it easy, soldier. Everybody gets a little “noivous” in the “soivice.””
—Alvah Bessie, Ranald MacDougall, and Lester Cole. Raoul Walsh. Captain Nelson (Errol Flynn)
“In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don’t want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.”
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