1910 Duel: Henri de Jouvenel vs Marcel Hutin

1910. France. Silent. Duel to first blood with épées de combat between Marcel Hutin and Henri de Jouvenel. The duel is filmed from some distance. The two duelists compete in front of the witnesses. End of the duel. Congratulations from the winner. Henry de Jouvenel had a fairly easy duel to defend his newspaper against Marcel Hutin (editor of the Echo de Paris). Henri de Jouvenel was an editor-in-chief for the newspaper Le Matin. This was NOT de Jouvenel's only duel. The famous French author Colette’s success with "The Vagabond" (it was short-listed for the Prix Gon­court) meant that her writing was in demand, and she began penning columns and publishing stories in Le Matin towards the end of 1910. By the spring of 1911, Colette and Jouvenel were falling madly in love. She had to send telegrams to Auguste Hériot (her previous paramour), forbidding him to come see her perform in Geneva, because Jouvenel would be there and she feared a duel. Colette’s life too was in some danger—from Jouvenel’s mis­tress, Isabelle de Comminges. Jouvenel could not marry Com­minges because her husband was insane (he thought he was a dog) but the two lived as a married couple and had a son together. When Jouvenel admitted he loved another woman, Comminges swore she would kill her. In an excited letter to Léon Hamel, Colette writes that she was being guarded by a trio of Le Matin editors because “the Panther” (Comminges) “was still prowling around with a revolver and looking for me.” Then, suddenly, the Panther had gone—with, of all people, Auguste Hériot, departing on his yacht for a six weeks’ cruise “after having astonished their home port of Le Havre with their spectacular drunken parties. Isn’t that fine? Isn’t it theatrical? Really too much, don’t you think?”.