Jean Mamy was a French actor, producer, film and theatre director, screenwriter and journalist, notable for his collaboration with the Vichy regime (for which he was shot in 1949). He was also known by the pseudonym Paul Riche, and wrote for L'Appel

L'Appel

L'Appel was a collaborationist periodicial of Vichy France. It was the organ of the collaborationist French League and edited by the League's leader, Pierre Costantini of the Parti populaire français . Its two main contributors were Robert Julien-Courtine and Paul Riche....

. He belonged to the inter-war left and was film editor on Jean Renoir

Jean Renoir

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's 1931 On purge bébé

On purge bébé

On purge bébé is Jean Renoir's first sound film. It is a 1931 comedy about a supposedly unbreakable chamberpot and a constipated baby. It is noted for mocking the French bourgeoisie....

, but on the fall of France he decided on collaboration. His last film was the anti-Masonic 1943 film Forces occultes

Forces occultes

Forces occultes is a French film of 1943, notable as the last film to be directed by Paul Riche .- Plot :...

, which he directed (he had from 1931 to 1939 been Venerable of the Renan lodge of the Grand Orient de France

Grand Orient de France

The Grand Orient de France is the largest of several Masonic organizations in France and the oldest in Continental Europe, founded in 1733.-Foundation:...

, but had since parted company with Freemasonry).

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