Charles Henri David (May 4, 1906 – March 1, 1999) was a film director. He worked as an assistant to

Zoltan Korda Zoltan Korda (June 3, 1895 – October 13, 1961) was a Hungarian-born motion picture screenwriter, director and producer. He made his first film in Hungary in 1918, and worked with his brother Alexander Korda on film-making there and in London. ...

for a number of years. He was head of Pathe in France and worked with Jean Renoir and

René Clair René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He wen ...

. He was with the French army until 1940. At Universal he sold a story of his, "A Fairy Tale Murder", to Universal, who let him direct it as ''

River Gang ''River Gang'' is a 1945 American crime film directed by Charles David and written by Leslie Charteris and Dwight V. Babcock. The film stars Gloria Jean, John Qualen, Bill Goodwin, Keefe Brasselle, Sheldon Leonard, Gus Schilling and Vince Barne ...

''. He was the third husband to

Deanna Durbin Edna Mae Durbin (December 4, 1921 – April 17, 2013), known professionally as Deanna Durbin, was a Canadian-born actress and singer, who moved to the USA with her family in infancy. She appeared in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s. With t ...

. They married in December 1950, after she had lived with him in France for eight months, and they stayed married until his death, having one child. They settled in France.

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La Chienne ''La Chienne'' ( en, italic=yes, The Bitch) is a 1931 France, French film by director Jean Renoir. It is the second sound film by the director and the twelfth film of his career. The film is based on the eponymous story "La Chienne" by Georges ...

'' (1931) aka ''The Bitch'' – production manager *'' Baby's Laxative'' (1931) – production manager *''

American Love ''American Love'' is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Jake Owen. It was released on July 29, 2016, through RCA Nashville. It includes the #1 single "American Country Love Song". Reception AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewi ...

'' (1931) – line producer *''

Mam'zelle Nitouche ''Mam'zelle Nitouche'' is a Opérette vaudeville, vaudeville-opérette in three acts by Hervé (composer), Hervé. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Albert Millaud. This story of a respectable musician, transforming himself into a songwriter at ...

'' (1931) – production manager *'' Fantomas'' (1932) aka ''It's in the Bag'' – production manager *'' L'affaire est dans le sac'' (1932) – production manager *'' Trois... six... neuf'' (1937) – production manager *''

Bizarre, Bizarre ''Bizarre, Bizarre'' (french: Drôle de drame) is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Marcel Carné. It is based on the 1912 novel '' His First Offence'' by J. Storer Clouston. Plot At a meeting in London, Bishop Soper denounces scandalous li ...

'' (1937) – production manager *''

The Rebel Son ''The Rebel Son'' is a 1938 British historical adventure film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell and Roger Livesey. Patricia Roc also appears in her first screen role. It is a re-working by Alexander Korda of Gran ...

'' (1938) – producer *''

The Four Feathers ''The Four Feathers'' is a 1902 adventure novel by British writer A. E. W. Mason that has inspired many films of the same title. In December 1901, ''Cornhill Magazine'' announced the title as one of two new serial stories to be published in t ...

'' (1939) – producer's assistant *'' The Thief of Bagdad'' (1940) – associate director *''

The Jungle Book ''The Jungle Book'' (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, ...

'' (1942) – producer's assistant *''

Lady on a Train ''Lady on a Train'' is a 1945 American film noir crime film directed by Charles David and starring Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, and David Bruce. Based on a story by Leslie Charteris, the film is about a woman who witnesses a murder in a nea ...

'' (1945) – director *''

'' (1945) -producer, director, story *'' La fin des Pyrénées'' (1970) – executive producer

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