1. Ivan Mosjoukine's most lasting contribution to the theoretical concept of film as image is the legacy of his own face in recurring representation of illusory reactions seen in Lev Kuleshov's psychological montage experiment which demonstrated the Kuleshov Effect.
Ivan Mosjoukine wrote the screenplays for most of his starring vehicles and directed two of them, L'Enfant du carnaval, released on 29 August 1921 and Le Brasier ardent, released on 2 November 1923.
Ivan Mosjoukine received praise for his enthusiastic acting and display of emotion.
However, Ivan Mosjoukine was signed by Universal before Valentino's death, as the August 14,1926 edition of Motion Picture News mentions Ivan Mosjoukine's role in Michel Strogoff as Universal had just announced that they were bringing the film to the American market.
Universal's Laemmle was mentioned as having signed Ivan Mosjoukine to come to America that fall.
Ivan Mosjoukine was only the film's co-star, with the top billing and the central role going to Mary Philbin, a popular leading lady of the period who, eighteen months earlier, had the showy role of Christine, the focus of Lon Chaney's obsession and love in The Phantom of the Opera.
Ivan Mosjoukine received some good notices, but a number of critics doubted his suitability for American audiences.
In 1928 Ivan Mosjoukine married a Danish actress Agnes Petersen.
Ivan Mosjoukine's third wife was a French actress of Russian origin Tania Fedor, although they were married only for a brief period of time.
For several years Ivan Mosjoukine traveled with his civil wife and his son before returning to Moscow and marrying Natalya Lisenko.