 Gravey performed in four films in 1913 and 1914 (as Fernand Mertens), but his first film of importance was "L'Amour Chante", released in 1930.In 1933, he made "Bitter Sweet", his first English language movie, which became more famous in its 1940 incarnation with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.In 1937, after several more French and British movies, Gravey went to Hollywood, where the spelling of his last name was altered to Gravet, and he became the focus of a rather extensive Hollywood publicity campaign (instructing moviegoers to pronounce his name properly